1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: A modern day great reaches the landmark milestone Patrick Dangerfield 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: to become the twenty fifth player to three hundred and 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: fifty games, and he joins us live. 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: The Dockers are ready themselves for a Thursday night to 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: advance their claims against the beleagued Bombers. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: And how long is too long? And the burgeoning contract markets. 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 1: Simo and Horse ponder if the Max deal needs a limits. 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 3: We talked about his step into it in brace Aulibert. 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 4: In the room and rent it. 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: It's unedifying for a senior coach to do that. 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 4: They're on the side of Courtia with the brain tape. 12 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,319 Speaker 1: The man on they played the best footy I've ever 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: seen at the start of the season. And in the 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: president left the couple older said he. 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 3: Of course they do. 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 4: Is the stuff that legends are made of. 17 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 3: What is holding the ball? 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 5: I don't think I could answer it clearly right now 19 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 5: that I can do. 20 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 3: Something wrong, you know, And I need to get and 21 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 3: the board sexual the. 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: Fans lover and with no fans no through sixty year old. 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: Around fifteen is almost upon us. But Gazz Last night, 24 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: Jesse Hogan and Patrick Cripps how keen Dregon They are 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: to play together for Western Australia. 26 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: They're as keen as you would be to mee at 27 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: Royal Ashcott right now, where your beautiful wife is Claire 28 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: and your daughter beck who's going to have a twenty 29 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: first birthday tomorrow. They are in the rule box yesterday 30 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: and you don't want to be here, you want to 31 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 2: be there, but you are here. 32 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 4: So it's a good thing. Those Foma. I can see 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 4: it in your Jared. 34 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: I know you love your footy, but the Royal listen, no, 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: the boys here they're a little eyes lit up when 36 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: we started talking state footy back and the under sixteen 37 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: days they at the hark back to those West Australian. 38 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: Days champions in twenty ten. So we've got photos from 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: their under fifteen year here, Gaz. So this is the 40 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: collective champions. You're just going to walk us around here 41 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: and show us who's who. 42 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's go to bottom right where a pre pubescent 43 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: Patrick Cripps is nearly the smallest player in the team. 44 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 4: Jared, can you believe that? Sitting down the front row 45 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 4: front row, and that's. 46 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: Big dog Jesse oga back and you've got to hear 47 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: under his arm pits and he's ready to roll, and 48 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: he's got a cut of good teammates because they go. 49 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 2: They talked about was how Jack Martin. Martin got him 50 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: across the line. And there's Dom who kicked one of 51 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: the most famous goals in history. And then it takes 52 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: all types and we all develop at different ages. Jerry, 53 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: there's a half a sleeve there for a young man 54 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: the under fifteens, which I do reckon. You'd rock, but 55 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 2: that's it takes all types. 56 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 4: I love it what he's Someone will tell us the 57 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: name of that young man. Hopefully he's still playing foot. 58 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: And I can't imagine that that's stopped there. 59 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: I wouldn't imagine. So no one's Dusty got his eye in. 60 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: Let's have a look at what we've got coming up 61 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: for Tonight's John My Adam Simpson, Patrick Dangerfield is about 62 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: to join us in Brendan Favola with a heart warming 63 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: story and then First Crack preview will set you up 64 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: what to look for. In round fifteen. Ben Dixon is 65 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: with David King and Lee Montagna. We'll do our d 66 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: days shortly, but we're heading for more. 67 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 4: We only postponed detay for very very special men. 68 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: Alright, our agenda starts with what will be the centerpiece 69 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: story of Friday Night Footy, Patrick Dangerfield Reag's game three 70 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty. He'll become the twenty fifth player in 71 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: league history to do so, and it furthers a story 72 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: legacy in the game. 73 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 5: One of the most remarkable things about Patrick he's playing 74 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 5: is three hundred and fiftieth. It snuck up on me 75 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 5: a little bit. It doesn't feel like it's even close 76 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 5: to the end. 77 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: The superlatives that we've used on Patrick over the years 78 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: have been just well deserved. 79 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: And then you had to go back to. 80 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: Your book to see if there's anything you hadn't said 81 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 2: about him, because he did it all again. 82 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 5: His ability to keep our players kind of mind on 83 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 5: what's important has been amazing. And I go back to 84 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 5: this the measure of the man. He was, if not 85 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: the best player in the competition, pretty close. 86 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 4: When he came to our club. 87 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 5: Had every right to Puppy's chest out and say on 88 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 5: the man. 89 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 3: By dageer Field accelerated through, but he slotted him by. 90 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 5: I'm Josh Sellwood said, Joel's the captain on here to 91 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 5: support him. So he did his thing on field, but 92 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 5: off field he was so happy he did number two. 93 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 3: And he had every right to say, I reckon, I'm 94 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: number one. 95 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 4: But that's the thing I admire the most. 96 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: Friday Night forty Shapes is one of the biggest games 97 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: of the season. The Cats and the Lions, who have 98 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: a hoodoo to overcome down the Highway and individually the 99 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: centerpiec Is Patrick, Dangerfields, Pat Congratulations preemptively and welcome back 100 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: to three point sixty. 101 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 3: Thanks Jered, thanks for having me. 102 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: Coach says, not even close to the end. 103 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 3: How does that feel for you? Well, it feels pretty good, 104 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 3: I reckon. Well, I'm definitely closer to the end, but 105 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 3: not not enjoying pretty any less. That's certainly true as 106 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: I get older. 107 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: So this is a rare mile stone in the history 108 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: of the game, only the twenty fifth player to do so. 109 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: Have you got a sense of what it does mean 110 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: to you? 111 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 3: It's been lovely to have a few phone calls throughout 112 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 3: the week and plenty of text messages from old teammates 113 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 3: and old players that used to play against. And that's 114 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: sort of been a nice little reflective piece, I suppose, 115 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: because you get a few different random texts and then 116 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 3: it takes you back to the early days of Adelaide 117 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: or you know, playing against some champions of the game 118 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: and little moments like that. So it's been nice to reflect. 119 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 3: I don't often do it. I don't think players do 120 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 3: it often, and it's probably only milestones that they do 121 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 3: sort of take a step back. But it's been nice 122 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 3: to sort of live in the moment a bit this week. 123 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 3: And yeah, recollect. 124 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: Well, deserve Patrick, congratulations, the praise and edulations. Only going 125 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: to reach your peak when you run out there on 126 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 2: Friday nights, sit. 127 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: Back and enjoy all that. 128 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 2: I was taken by what Chris said to us on 129 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: Monday night sat here, and you know, he was just said, look, 130 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 2: it's not even close. And then you've had some soft 131 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 2: tissues that have enabled you to have breaks through the year. Now, 132 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 2: I know you don't plan for that, but the bottom 133 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: line is that the transformation is on the midfield day 134 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: the days of the midfield, and we're not behind you forever. 135 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: You make cameos, but you now sort of set yourself 136 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: for the final phase. I would imagine as a forward, 137 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: how was that presented to you, How have you embraced it? 138 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 4: And are you comfortable in the role. 139 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 3: Very comfortable in it gas. I think it evolved throughout 140 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 3: the preseason as we feel like as a team there's 141 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 3: some you know, the players are more than capable of 142 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 3: taking their own games in there to the next level, 143 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 3: and the game is very much a transition game that 144 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 3: as you get older, and it was never truly my 145 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 3: one would gazz as you would know. For me, it 146 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: was about power on the game. The position that enables 147 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 3: you to do that most effectively is forward, where you 148 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 3: can you know, you can pick your moments and then 149 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: when it's time to exlerate and hit the contest, you 150 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: can do it. But it's just not the same partn 151 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 3: trust that is required in the modern midfield role, which 152 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 3: is you know, in so the heyday people while ago 153 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 3: now it was around that sort of twelve and a 154 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: half to fourteen k mark, but around the twelve twelve 155 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 3: and a bit, and that's that's evolved and does evolve 156 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: for every player. I remember modeling a bit of my 157 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 3: game off Joe because Scott Campeley, who was one of 158 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: my midfield coaches, my midfield coach at Adelaide and a 159 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: really big impact on my career. Joe would go around 160 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 3: the center square and it would just be contest to 161 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 3: contest and the next contest, so and he would do 162 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: around eight and a half to nine k's again and 163 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: really impact, which is extraordinary think that you could run 164 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 3: only that far but it's still really impacted and get 165 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 3: a lot of the footing. So it's changed over time. 166 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 3: But as a thirty five year old understanding where my 167 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 3: body's at now, the forward role, yeah, it suits me, 168 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 3: and it's not easier to keep weight off as you 169 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 3: get older. But what it doesn't that what you do 170 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 3: is to wrestle with a few of the big monster defenders. 171 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so we have a look at these numbers. 172 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: I'm not sure whether you saw them when they come up. 173 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: So you've got to reconcile the fact that you've got 174 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 2: to get less footy, having spent most of your career 175 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 2: accumulating plenty, but have more impact with the opportunities that come. 176 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: And you've made an unbelievable fist of that. 177 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 4: So there would be times. 178 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: I'd imagine you'll come off the field feeling like you 179 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: haven't not play, but you haven't contested in the manner 180 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 2: that you have. 181 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 4: Is that hard to you hit it? 182 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 3: Yeah? It is. It's funny. I was saying to Gains 183 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: Junior this morning and we were talking around that because 184 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: that was obviously how he ended his career. And you 185 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 3: just wrap your head around the impact and how you're 186 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 3: just going to spend less time around the ball making 187 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: the moment's count. But it doesn't make it any easier 188 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: when you can feel like you're in good touch and 189 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: playing a game of footy, but you haven't touched the 190 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 3: ball for fifteen minutes and you might you know, you 191 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 3: might only touch it for two or three times in 192 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 3: a quarter. So mentally that's a different challenge in itself. 193 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 3: And it's been really good to understand the forward craft 194 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 3: and what our forwards go through in terms of being 195 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: a byproduct of the play out the field and the 196 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: resolve that you need to have in order to keep 197 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: yourself in the contest mentally as much as physically. 198 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: The most striking aspects of the season. I think Pat 199 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: with who has been how dynamic you are, how powerful 200 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: you are, And I guess we plotted this through some 201 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: of the soft tissue injuries, whether there was a point 202 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: you were going to have to trade away some of that, 203 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: but it looks like you haven't had to so you've 204 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: modified the game from mid to forward, but you haven't 205 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: had to trade away your power. 206 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 3: Is that right? Yeah? I think that probably the big 207 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: thing that affects it mostly in terms of soft tissue 208 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: for me, is just a fatigue, and you're just under 209 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 3: less fatigue playing forward. There's more accelerations. So there's parts 210 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: of my game physically that have that. There are a 211 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: significant uplift on the last few years compared to midfield 212 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 3: time because you've got the accelerations and the decelerations that 213 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: have gone right up. You're spending less time in that 214 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 3: sort of twenty odd jogging from contest to contest, but 215 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 3: when you go, it's really time to go. And I 216 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 3: think that's you know, you've got to keep that part 217 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 3: of your game as you get older, and as soon 218 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 3: as you lose your power and your speed, you know, 219 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: it's pretty hard to compete. So I don't feel like 220 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 3: I've lost that part of my game. There's other parts 221 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 3: that have deteriorated, but I don't feel like the speed 222 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 3: and power piece. You know, I feel as powerful and 223 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: I did five ten years ago, to be honest, just 224 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 3: i'd have that ability to back it up over long stretches. 225 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 3: And for high kilometers. But I still feel like if 226 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: you know the ball's there to be gotten and I 227 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 3: can attack it in the air on the ground, I 228 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 3: can do that as well as I'd better have. 229 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: Yes, So you look like a wrecking ball at various 230 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: stages at the moment. 231 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 3: What are you working? 232 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: What's your forward craft naturally like? And what are you 233 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: working on? 234 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 3: My forward crafts and James Riley has been wonderful for this. 235 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: My forward craft wasn't always great, still isn't, to be honest, 236 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 3: It's a work in progress, and I've been really fortunate 237 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 3: to be And that's mum and Dad's mom and dad 238 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: to think gifted with speed and power, But what that 239 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 3: sometimes means is you rely on that speed and power 240 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 3: and less on your craft and reading of the play. 241 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 3: So as you get older and there's little dips here 242 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: and there, that the craft becomes more important. And I've 243 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 3: had more time to be able to put into that 244 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: because I've been playing in just that position rather than 245 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 3: changing from mid to forward or vice versa. So this 246 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: is mean, this is meant I can sort of hone 247 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 3: in on that craft a bit more rather than just 248 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 3: relying on genetic traits of speed and power. That helps, obviously, 249 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 3: but what helps that even more is read and play early, 250 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 3: good body positioning where you don't always have to turn 251 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 3: on the gas. You know, ninety five out one hundred 252 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 3: every time. 253 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 2: Tell us about your ability, and this is one of 254 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: the things that I admired about you over this great 255 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 2: journey is your ability to compartmentalize if you like. So 256 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 2: you've been you know, you started as a schoolboy. That 257 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 2: would your first two games you were still here in Melbourne, 258 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: traveling over and then throughout the journey a new Craig 259 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: tild great stories of yesterday about it. 260 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 4: But you've always. 261 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: Presented publicly relaxed. You don't appear to be carrying heavy 262 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 2: burdens and lands, although I'm sure you have. Throughout the 263 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 2: course of your career. You've taken on, you know, high 264 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 2: profile positions such as the captaincy and also the Player's 265 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 2: Association presidency, and you always do it with great grace 266 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 2: and dignity. I reckon irrespective of what's happening in your 267 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 2: footy life. So just talk us through that. There's young 268 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: kids coming into footy who get burdened and heavy, and 269 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: I did at various stages, but it doesn't seem it's 270 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: the thing I've admired about you. You might be put 271 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: on a good front, I don't know, But can you 272 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 2: share with. 273 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 3: Surround yourself good people? I think that's that's you know, 274 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 3: that's a key ingredient to any good performance, whether it's 275 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 3: professional sport or working life. I think when you're surrounded 276 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 3: by good people, that makes it a heck of a 277 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 3: lot better prioritizing the most important things in any particular role. 278 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: So when you're playing, it's clearly it's plain, but once 279 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 3: you can't affect a result or you know, what I've 280 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 3: probably learned is and whether it's pair or other sort 281 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 3: of connections that I've made, is not being too emotionallynnected 282 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 3: to it and understand there's a bigger picture a play, 283 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: whether that's the collective players, whether that's the collective competition 284 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 3: and what's best for it. You know, that's been a 285 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 3: learning process to me. I understand it a heck of 286 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 3: a lot better at thirty five than I did at 287 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 3: twenty five. So and then I think understanding that footy 288 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 3: is and everything, it's it's a huge part of my life. 289 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: And you know, when people say family always comes first, 290 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: the reality is when you're a professional sportsperson, it's not 291 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: true like the big parts of someone gets sick. Of course, 292 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 3: your family comes first, but the day to day that's 293 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: not how it is. Footy comes first. Everything's centered around that, 294 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 3: and to be really good, that's for me, it's just 295 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 3: how it has had to have been, and my wife 296 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: and family have been unbelievable in that sense. So you 297 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 3: do sort of have to I think I understand that 298 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 3: piece and then have that close in a circle of 299 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 3: people that you can trust and talk to that sort 300 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 3: of keep your grounded and also give you great wisdom 301 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 3: when you're dealing with different things. And it's changed over 302 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 3: my time from becoming a really good player within the 303 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 3: competition in my early twenties mid twenties, taking over the PA, 304 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 3: becoming captain and just having people that you can constantly 305 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 3: talk to them and bounce things off. I'd talk to 306 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 3: Shann Higgins three or four times a week, you know, 307 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 3: most mornings, and just talk about leadership stuff and the 308 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 3: way to approach different scenarios, different players, how you can 309 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: get the best out of people and tactful ways, so 310 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: you can't just do it yourself. You've got to have 311 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 3: some people that you talk to and spend time with 312 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 3: and value with. 313 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Players in their mid thirties is sometimes you are drawn 314 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: to the question around footing, mortality and gays. Having spoken 315 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: to you last weeks with your back, you said you 316 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: knew the exact. 317 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 4: Minute that you're the second that you were a time. 318 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: Are you enjoying being an aging footballer, Pat or do 319 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: you yearn for your mid twenties when you first dominated 320 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: the competition. 321 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 3: I do love being an older player. I must admit, 322 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 3: like there's things that you learn that are invaluable and 323 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 3: the only way to gain that experience is to experience it, 324 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: the only way to really understand that, you know what, 325 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 3: No one is actually really following your career all that closely. 326 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: Apart from him dad, no one really cares that much. 327 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: So don't you know, don't destroy yourself after a poor performance, 328 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 3: or don't internalize and stew over things that you think 329 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 3: everyone's looking at that you know what, they're not. They 330 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: don't care. They've got things in their own lives or 331 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 3: in their own careers, or in their own jobs or 332 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: whatever it might be. So to be able to pull 333 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 3: back on that and see that now I think it 334 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 3: helps with performance and focusing on what's important around leadership 335 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 3: and the cultural impact that you can have. But I 336 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 3: love playing against older players that I love catching up 337 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 3: with them after games and having a chuckle around, you know, 338 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 3: trying to keep up with the young guys. 339 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 4: Coaching. 340 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 2: The coaches you have in your life, I think have 341 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 2: a massive bearing on who you are and what sort 342 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 2: of person you've become. And I think for you and 343 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 2: Chris Scott, it almost looks like a perfect marriage of 344 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 2: footballer and coach. Captain and coach. Now just explore that 345 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 2: a bit in terms of the way he goes. I 346 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 2: think he's a fascinating character. 347 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 4: Chris. 348 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 2: I don't know him clearly as well as any of 349 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 2: you guys, but he seems to have balance, he seems 350 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: to have perspective, and it seems to marry really well 351 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 2: with you. 352 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 3: I reckon, Yeah, it does. I think we have a 353 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,479 Speaker 3: very similar outlook on sport and on the important pass 354 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: of sport and the balance that's needed. Not that we 355 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 3: always probably each of us live exactly what we you know, 356 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 3: we we preach at times because you can get you know, 357 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 3: disappointed with losses and stewing it for a bit. But 358 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 3: you're the your the face is an older player, and 359 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 3: he's the you know, he's our he's our leader. So 360 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 3: you do have to fake it at times because you 361 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 3: know it's about the greater good of the building. But 362 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 3: I've yeah, we've had such an incredible ride together, a 363 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 3: wonderful relationship. I think we view the game similar, doesn't 364 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 3: It doesn't mean we always aground things, but yeah, he's 365 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 3: been so impactful right throughout my career and I'm bloody 366 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 3: thankful to have had him as a coach and we 367 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 3: are as an organization because it's just it's made the 368 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 3: place fun, and I think that's the most important ingredient 369 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: in sport. I coached my son's under ninety and it's 370 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 3: got to be fun. Training's got to be fun. Games 371 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 3: have to be fun, and it really shouldn't change as 372 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 3: you become a professional athlete. As long as it's channeled 373 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 3: in the right way, that's the key to peak performance. 374 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 3: I think that's the key to great buy in, whether 375 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 3: it's a nine year old or a twenty nine year old. 376 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 3: And Chris has driven that and I suppose tried to 377 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 3: reinforce it as well. 378 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: You'll see alongside him at a press conference tomorrow. I 379 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: have this one in your back pocket. So it's May 380 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and three. It's the last time the Brisbane 381 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: lines one at Kadinia Park and in the twenty eight minutes. 382 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: The man who makes it safe is. 383 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 3: One Chris Scott, a nugget. He for such an eloquent speaker, 384 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 3: He's so bad at talking about himself. He's tested. I'm 385 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 3: sure you guys would know that. When he comes on 386 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 3: or you're asking about his coaching, he's happy to talk 387 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,719 Speaker 3: more broadly about it, but he's terrible of talking about himself. 388 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 3: He's a very humble person and he's been so good 389 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 3: for us the games you spoke about Neil Craig, he 390 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: was the other really big impact on my career. Taught 391 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 3: wonderful values early on around professionalism and what was needed 392 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 3: at the level. Yeah, he was incredible as well. 393 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 6: The other feature of Friday Night it's going to be 394 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 6: kick out the Cattery, So the white T shirts all 395 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 6: round there are going to be on every seat, so 396 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 6: a bit like we see in the NBA and in 397 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 6: college football, it should be some sort of site in 398 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 6: the stands. 399 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it'll be fantastic. It's a great initiative. We're really 400 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 3: excited for it as players, and you can just see 401 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 3: the visual impact that it has overseas, so we feel 402 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 3: like it could be pretty pretty special for us as 403 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 3: catch people. And yeah, having forty one thousand of those 404 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 3: on Friday night, it's going to be pretty spectacular. 405 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: Hopefully it's a great one for your patn as always, 406 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: thank you for your time and we'll see you down there. 407 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 3: Thanks Jared, Thanks Gays, thanks for having me. 408 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,479 Speaker 1: Dangers Field Game three hundred fifty Modern Day. 409 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 4: I on the opposition. 410 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: I think opposition support is good nature then, but grudgingly, 411 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 2: and some probably don't like him, but the thing that 412 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 2: gets him is he just smiles his way through whatever's 413 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: going on. That's what I've loved throughout his whole career, 414 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 2: and he just wears it and gets all of. 415 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 3: It all right. 416 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: Let's have a quick look at the teams for tomorrow night. 417 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: Fremantle going for five wins in a row and they 418 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: should improve their position for eight if they do so. 419 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: Minimal change for the Dockers. Ashan O'Driscoll in, Swatkowski's with 420 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: the hamstring injury, and Darcy is being managed, so too 421 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: is Todd Goldstein, who's carried a mountain of work since 422 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: zandzac Day and Dawis has been omitted. Vyscentini, Vigo. Vyscentini 423 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 1: comes in second year on the rookie list. He's going 424 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: to play his first game in Hobbs's back. This means Gaz. 425 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: There are six teenagers in that Essendon team. There are 426 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: six players with four games or fewer and nine with 427 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: twenty three games or fewer. The experience of that is 428 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: Caddy with his twenty three games, so remarkably young. 429 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: Tam Yeah, it's his extraordinary circumstances. So for Bamba fans, 430 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: you continue to get exposed to your list. So that's 431 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 2: the good thing about it. And the three minut of lockers. 432 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 2: They just sleak it up on a few Jared. So 433 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 2: when you're putting together a run of wins like this 434 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: and they go in as red hot favorites, there are 435 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 2: bigger challenges to come. 436 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 4: But they should get this done. 437 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 3: You think. 438 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: So. The ground is a bit of a curiosity, having 439 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: played two games on the weekend. The state of Origin 440 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: Rugby League is there tonight I expected and rain tomorrow, 441 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: so it might be a cowpaddic by the time they 442 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: get there. We'll wait and see. That has been a 443 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: demanding then a bit of a strange schedule. In all honesty, 444 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 1: Ossie brought band D Day. Who is round fifteen? D 445 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: Day four in your mind, I've. 446 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 4: Gone back to the Swan's. 447 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 2: I've had him as a D Day a couple of 448 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 2: times throughout the course of this year, Jared. But they 449 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: are running out of chances, and the chances may have 450 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 2: already gone, but they welcome back a couple of players 451 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 2: by the name of Gulden and Papley. 452 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 4: That's what I'm told at this stage. 453 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: It's Wednesday night and we know how significant they are, 454 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 2: so they need to get rolling where the finals are 455 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: beyond them this year is probably relevant about tomorrow night. 456 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 2: They just got to get those players back in and 457 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 2: start to remind themselves what sort of footy they can play. 458 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 2: And there's no more Papley's influence as a spirit person 459 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 2: in this team and then Golden for what he also 460 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: brings in a connection piece really important. So put Adelaide 461 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 2: very good one to two on the bounce, so you 462 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 2: know there'll be a great challenge for Swance. 463 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 3: You got North Melbourne. 464 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: This takes us back to Good Friday where we pegged 465 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: it as the most important game of Alista Clarkson's reign 466 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: and it went horribly, an eighty two point loss. Since then, 467 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: seven games, two wins and a draw, three credible losses, 468 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: including this against Fremantle last week. The one blemish was 469 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: against Collingwood where they hung tough for a long time. 470 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: But we're not marking anyone down on their performances against Collingwood. 471 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: So it's back to Carlton. They've lost their past five 472 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: against them. The average losing margin has been eight goals, 473 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: and that question is there again, what have you got? 474 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: It's the litmus test, step up to it. There'll be 475 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: a moment when North Melbourne steps up to Carlton and 476 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: says enough is that at the MCG on Saturday after 477 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: I think you've got me. 478 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 4: I think your d day is better than mine, Eyebill. 479 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 2: Carlton steer them down, May Machai, I know Walsh, potentially 480 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 2: no Kerno. 481 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 4: This is a big moment for. 482 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 3: Them, all right. 483 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: So North Melbourne take their turn. Let's bring in our coaches. 484 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: They've got long term contracts on their minds. 485 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 3: They've got a bit of an. 486 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: Into out vision to make us smarter. John Longmye and 487 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: Adam Simpson to join us in a few moments time.