Speaker 1: Welcome to the COVID NRL Show.
Speaker 2: As always, Michael carry On, It's Dave Rickyo here to
Speaker 2: discuss all things Rugby League, the headlines that matter, all
Speaker 2: the drama, all the scandal, and all the debate and
Speaker 2: talking points that has consumed the entire week. I want
Speaker 2: to start with one thing. Are we going soft on
Speaker 2: Jason Ryles?
Speaker 1: No? I don't think so, not yet, not yet.
Speaker 3: I think you know, the paramount of situation, lots of
Speaker 3: injuries are really inexperienced spine.
Speaker 1: You know, Ready's mate bomb.
Speaker 3: And Midell compared it to the Brisbane Broncos and unbelievable comparisons,
Speaker 3: not even close. And Jason Rowles will be underscrewted in
Speaker 3: next year, no doubt he will. But this year no,
Speaker 3: I don't feel like there's any pressure in his position.
Speaker 1: I think with para, let's put it into the context.
Speaker 2: Right soon, Jason Rowles walks into the front door and
Speaker 2: he taps the influential captain on the show, to Clint
Speaker 2: Guthereson and makes that huge decision at the time, knowing
Speaker 2: that he wants to blood Isaiah Youngie.
Speaker 1: He's a rookie.
Speaker 2: I never anticipated the yels to be suddenly in a
Speaker 2: finals opportunity with Isaiah and Isaia Young at fullback. Then
Speaker 2: comes a thirteen million dollar deal for Dylan Brown. Of
Speaker 2: what no one saw coming. How does Paramatta plan for that?
Speaker 1: If?
Speaker 2: And it was only it was only in Paramatta that
Speaker 2: he was going to join. If he didn't join the Nights,
Speaker 2: he was going to.
Speaker 1: Resign with them. So they've had the repercussions of that.
Speaker 2: And then the dummy half situation with Riley Smith and
Speaker 2: tallon to silver two rookies. I don't this is no
Speaker 2: comparison whatsoever to the Broncos.
Speaker 4: I look at this way, Dave, who had Paramatta in
Speaker 4: the top eight before this season began, no one, if
Speaker 4: you did good luck to you're missing the screw right
Speaker 4: because the squad wasn't up to it. And then compounding that,
Speaker 4: they've had more injuries than anyone in the competition. If
Speaker 4: you look at their injury record, it's been diabolical. So
Speaker 4: no one had them in the eight. Their injury record
Speaker 4: has been wayful. I think they won six games, the
Speaker 4: same amount as the Broncos. For me, it's almost a
Speaker 4: pass mark for Jason and the way given the lower expectations,
Speaker 4: the amount of injuries. They've had to win six games
Speaker 4: is not bad for me. So it's a drawer line
Speaker 4: between them and Brisbane. Is it borders on insanity? And
Speaker 4: Bomber and I had it out last night over it,
Speaker 4: and it's madness from the BA. I love the guy.
Speaker 4: Just to be clear, I love the bomb champion.
Speaker 2: That he is a paraffan too, by the way, you know,
Speaker 2: I just you said it's a past mark.
Speaker 1: It's probably like like it's five out of ten. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a that's a five out of ten. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Like what I will say is and I will be
Speaker 2: beginning to.
Speaker 1: And I have been.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't say critical, but I'm keeping putting a spotlight
Speaker 2: on is their current recruitment and future recruitment into the
Speaker 2: officer into the pre season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they need the Nielson players day, there's no doubt, mister.
Speaker 4: As we said, that score at the moment is good. Well,
Speaker 4: they missed Bronson Cherry, they missed Jesse McClean, they missed
Speaker 4: not a few, they missed a lot.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a fan of Yeah, you.
Speaker 4: Love Jaden Sewer. They're trying to get Jack Hawarth obviously,
Speaker 4: and I think they still hold our hope there for
Speaker 4: Jackie excuse me, jack Howard down the track. They need
Speaker 4: a front rower, particularly if they lose Junior Paulo. And
Speaker 4: that's really in the balance of the moment because they've
Speaker 4: only offered one year Perth. They're offering two years and
Speaker 4: significant money, so there's every chance maybe Junior goes, which
Speaker 4: would leave a pretty.
Speaker 1: Curt parat An a better team without him. But do
Speaker 1: you disagree with him going one year? No, no, that's fine,
Speaker 1: but he needs to stay at the footy club.
Speaker 4: All they need to replace him Dave And obviously the
Speaker 4: Spencer and new rumor has been doing and.
Speaker 2: He's not a replacement for Junior, but you j Butler
Speaker 2: is a super experienced front rower.
Speaker 1: I think they need both of them.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree, that's well, that's best scenario, but that
Speaker 4: may not may not happen, right because I mean it's
Speaker 4: going to be hard for Junior. I'd imagine to knock
Speaker 4: that money back, turn that opportunity down. Bull Park figures
Speaker 4: are we're here in seven's eights, two eight, one point six,
Speaker 4: I think power about around the five hundred markets one year.
Speaker 4: It's a lot of money to turn you back on potentially,
Speaker 4: and paramatter haven't ruled that going a second year. They've
Speaker 4: just said it's we want to do one year deals
Speaker 4: now with him. So, I mean he's got to effectively
Speaker 4: turn down a guaranteed one point six million dollars to
Speaker 4: accept five hundred guaranteed and the potential for more. So
Speaker 4: it's a big decision for him to make. And regardless
Speaker 4: of what happens, Junior will be back at that club
Speaker 4: when his career is over because they love him, right.
Speaker 4: But you know, if they lose him, it leaves a hole.
Speaker 1: I don't see how you turn it down.
Speaker 4: No, that's got to take it. Mick. Mick, we all
Speaker 4: know you're driven by the mighty dollar. Not everyone else
Speaker 4: is mixed. Some of us are in it for loyalty,
Speaker 4: and you have You are a mercenary. A mercenary.
Speaker 1: You pip yourself out to everyone.
Speaker 4: Pimp, Yeah, I've pipped out today.
Speaker 1: New boots. Yeah, what's going on here? Why are you
Speaker 1: wearing boots for?
Speaker 4: Because I'm playing tonight and I've got new boots, new
Speaker 4: as boots.
Speaker 1: I got to wear them in, right, and he decided
Speaker 1: to wear them on the podcast.
Speaker 4: Got to wear them in otherwise, you know, you gotta
Speaker 4: wear your boots in pipped out for the poorry about
Speaker 4: blister because I'm coming back from a hamstring problem. Pretty
Speaker 4: flash bootout a torn hammy. They're ripping boots without a
Speaker 4: torn amy, so I'm coming back from a torn hammy.
Speaker 1: This is what we have to work with. Colleagues that
Speaker 1: wear their boots to work.
Speaker 4: They're pretty cool.
Speaker 1: I like them, pretty nice.
Speaker 4: I should run faster than these. Do you think you
Speaker 4: you're a mercenary? We all know it right, You're about
Speaker 4: the mighty dollar? Maybe Junior. Maybe there's more to Junior.
Speaker 4: Who he's got more substance to.
Speaker 2: Who's not at the footy club next year at Para.
Speaker 2: Dylan Walker's moving to the UK Super League? What Jack
Speaker 2: the bellin situation?
Speaker 1: I have an option paramatter, but I don't think they're
Speaker 1: going to take that up.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you don't have a good year run involvement.
Speaker 2: Actually they don't think Develon Will were there not as
Speaker 2: it stands as it worked.
Speaker 4: But yeah, I don't you respect the jack. I'm not
Speaker 4: sure they're going to miss Jack Junior. They would miss
Speaker 4: and Dylan Walker and Dylan Walk I would have resigned
Speaker 4: three years.
Speaker 1: This is the thing that's three years on the table
Speaker 1: from leeds. What do you do? I can't go to
Speaker 1: three years?
Speaker 2: Okay, so so where are that? So where are we
Speaker 2: recruiting next year? Like what they definitely spoke about Spencer
Speaker 2: definitely need a middle. They've got They've got Jeram and
Speaker 2: Mitch and the halves.
Speaker 1: They have to stay on the paddy. That's the key, the.
Speaker 2: Spine striking the outside backs, the.
Speaker 3: Striking outside backs, and they're and they're not trees. If
Speaker 3: Junior goes there, two middle short one they're too because
Speaker 3: I think they're a middle short regardless of like with
Speaker 3: Junior resigning.
Speaker 1: So yeah, they need to fill those gaps.
Speaker 3: And you look at Perth trying to scram with look
Speaker 3: at Dragon still trying to find a strikeout outside back.
Speaker 2: I hate to say, it's a tough things backfired.
Speaker 4: It's a tough market to be shopping in Dave at
Speaker 4: the moment because of Perth and p and G. It's
Speaker 4: a really difficult market for them. So then you know,
Speaker 4: as well as the outside back in the middle, they
Speaker 4: also need probably by potentially a half at some point
Speaker 4: in twelve months time, because we all know that Jerome's
Speaker 4: only there for twelve months. If the young blokes aren't ready.
Speaker 4: If the young blokes don't come through, they're gonna have
Speaker 4: to find a six as well.
Speaker 1: They should have just hold on to Ronnie Voultman.
Speaker 4: Then maybe they don't. Maybe they're looking for for someone
Speaker 4: a bit more elite.
Speaker 2: Ready's kool aid. As far as the West Tigers are concerned, well,
Speaker 2: it's all out. I mean he's running out. He's got
Speaker 2: judgs giving up on them, jugs of kool aid.
Speaker 4: If they win this week, they win this week, the week,
Speaker 4: they're still alive. I'm not declaring this season.
Speaker 1: Have you tipped the West Tigers to meet the Raiders?
Speaker 4: I haven't, right, Okay, I don't think I did.
Speaker 1: Pretty sure I didn't you record Tiger's gonna play make
Speaker 1: the I.
Speaker 4: Said, if they win this week, I'm not the season
Speaker 4: is not over them.
Speaker 1: Do you think I do? Watch time watched the game,
Speaker 1: will make the eight?
Speaker 4: I don't think they make it.
Speaker 1: Okay, cool aid that, But as they said.
Speaker 4: It is not yet.
Speaker 1: Cool Aid's done. It's running out now. I write.
Speaker 2: I wrote a column on on on Tuesday, controversial Breton.
Speaker 1: Read esk and what's that? It's m A D. It
Speaker 1: was out there, Jerry out there. I admit that that
Speaker 1: was out there.
Speaker 2: However, I've had a hey, I must have had very
Speaker 2: very positive feedback from very influential FIGM except.
Speaker 1: For Michael Berry artists.
Speaker 2: Ultimately, it's my belief that the plan Chiefs should have
Speaker 2: signed Jerome Lewye as their man to front the club
Speaker 2: and the franchise for the remainder of the twelve months,
Speaker 2: not risking injury with the paramounter reels and then therefore
Speaker 2: being unavailable the.
Speaker 1: Chief salary cap dave the Chiefs like, what do they
Speaker 1: pay him? Just paying as part of the soft cap
Speaker 1: how much? Seven hundred?
Speaker 2: No, you could why not because that's ruled in the
Speaker 2: cap seven He's not playing for it, exactly exactly. It's
Speaker 2: a way around the cap. So if you said to someone,
Speaker 2: give someone who's off contract right now that doesn't have
Speaker 2: a club for next year, junior Paula Okay, junior, he's
Speaker 2: a million dollars next year to be a recruitment officer.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's free, and he and his junior signed
Speaker 1: to the Bears the following season. He's come and play
Speaker 1: for P and G. He's not playing, He's not he's
Speaker 1: not playing, he's playing.
Speaker 4: How many players are going to take twelve months off
Speaker 4: and not play.
Speaker 1: Well, if you're going to throw the stupid money to
Speaker 1: do so, you can. But he's already contracted to the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: He's going there. There's no drama, but it.
Speaker 4: Would be a next situation.
Speaker 1: No o, what you got like, there's a that's a capital.
Speaker 1: This could be a capital easily. It could because because
Speaker 1: there's no cap for there's no soft cap for what players?
Speaker 4: Did it take twelve months off?
Speaker 1: Exactly what? No one dave suggestion.
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, that's what. No suggestion was that there believe
Speaker 4: that this would be a worker set a present of
Speaker 4: course going to do this, not.
Speaker 1: Something that could be a work to do it.
Speaker 3: But I'm just saying it could be a worker I
Speaker 3: understand what you're saying. But might a workaround, a work
Speaker 3: around the cap?
Speaker 4: Oh it's a yes, okay, what's a workaround you use?
Speaker 1: Understand you're talking man, How is that complicated? I understand what.
Speaker 2: He's sayings already signed to the Cheese.
Speaker 1: Isn't a cap rule. He's already signed to the Cheese
Speaker 1: and the contract has been Look, you can't give someone
Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand dollars off the cap to not play
Speaker 1: next year. But he's an employee. The club can pay
Speaker 1: him whatever he wants an employee. So it's a cap rough.
Speaker 1: He's already signed the chief So what But you can
Speaker 1: send the precident that any player, some young gun kid
Speaker 1: that's eighteen, all right, he's eight hundred thousand dollars next year,
Speaker 1: not to.
Speaker 4: Play, don't play for twelve months, come and play for.
Speaker 1: Yes, Now you're with me. Now you're with me.
Speaker 4: I'm saying you're putting the you're putting the.
Speaker 1: Already signed out the chiefs. Yeah he hasn't. You're not saying,
Speaker 1: come and sign at the chiefe. But we'll give you this.
Speaker 1: There's no difference you can there is. Imagine he's already signed.
Speaker 1: You can do the same thing.
Speaker 4: You could argue just for arguments. It's about something that
Speaker 4: that's the power of the com it's the power of
Speaker 4: this because I settle crowd were on.
Speaker 3: The phone, the three of us from the phone, I said, Dave,
Speaker 3: what are you talking about? And the old mate he's
Speaker 3: going rite it right, And I'm like.
Speaker 4: Well, if you believe it right, of course, that's what
Speaker 4: we do. We stir, debate, we create.
Speaker 2: I don't think that's so to have a year off
Speaker 2: for a player that could risk significant injury.
Speaker 1: I've just seen two Achilles injuries. Every player risks significant
Speaker 1: injury every week. Not not the market, signing of the franchise.
Speaker 4: Of the year, the nature of the Beasts around twenty
Speaker 4: nine thirty. You can't be having years off this point.
Speaker 3: Actually help him by that stage, all right, So years
Speaker 3: Law hasn't played for twelve months, Miner hasn't played for
Speaker 3: four years, the recruiting for two.
Speaker 1: If you're going to let Jerome l sit for.
Speaker 4: Twelve months the recruit I think it's fair criticism, but
Speaker 4: that would be that would be formulating a roster that
Speaker 4: hasn't played for a while.
Speaker 1: That would be an issue.
Speaker 4: Hasn't played the league for a while. But I'm not
Speaker 4: worried about your own Joey Marnon, who I think he's
Speaker 4: talid enough that worried about if you play.
Speaker 1: Have you been watching him play.
Speaker 4: In the French rug I haven't watched any of him.
Speaker 1: Let me say this, he's coming from the bench, is
Speaker 1: he yes?
Speaker 4: Because he's a league blake. He probably missed playing rugby league.
Speaker 4: That's probably why he's a better rugby league player.
Speaker 2: The coaches, you look like you're missing rugby league, so
Speaker 2: you think on the bench, So hold on you are
Speaker 2: you worried about Joey Marner was a football Are you
Speaker 2: saying that Joey Marner is not going to come back
Speaker 2: and be a success in rugby league?
Speaker 1: Success? Yes, superstar questionable?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree with Dave, particularly a fullback, because you're
Speaker 3: going to how long has he been out of league?
Speaker 1: Three or four years?
Speaker 4: If it doesn't work. But there's playing in the centers.
Speaker 4: What's the problem?
Speaker 1: Cash money?
Speaker 4: What's he getting eight hundred there or something?
Speaker 1: Maybe?
Speaker 4: Okay, we're playing eight hundred for a center in the
Speaker 4: modern game, star the same.
Speaker 1: That's a good. Same for Zach a star center.
Speaker 4: He's just made.
Speaker 1: He's going to be Actually I actually don't have he'll be.
Speaker 1: He'll be the player you'll pay eight hundred.
Speaker 4: For two centers under the This drives me insane. Say
Speaker 4: it again. We're talking about the cap in twenty twenty eight,
Speaker 4: when it will be minimum fifteen potentially sixteen million dollars.
Speaker 4: You have if you're playing eight hundred for two centers,
Speaker 4: that's fine.
Speaker 1: Was the last problem? Woman? Was the last rugby league game.
Speaker 4: Joey Marnin, who played two three years ago or something.
Speaker 4: I remember being a gun on the gun remember which
Speaker 4: one I remember the time? But for me, right, there's
Speaker 4: there's a handful of centers in the game you would
Speaker 4: pay mega money to. Right, there's Latrell, this Herby farm
Speaker 4: Worth is Steve Crichton, and there is Joey.
Speaker 1: Marty and he's playing my mind, Joe I wouldn't.
Speaker 4: Play that climate to make the money. Well they are
Speaker 4: not really where they play him seven a hundred.
Speaker 1: Well, you said the same money for No, that's.
Speaker 4: What I'm saying on Joey Marny's not an exorbitant but you're.
Speaker 1: Saying you wouldn't pay it for Zap. But that's what
Speaker 1: they're paying him.
Speaker 4: No, just not mega money though, that's not mega money. Okay,
Speaker 4: you could see that mega money under the twenty eight caps.
Speaker 4: You were a huge money.
Speaker 1: But you just listed how much you paid players eight hundred.
Speaker 4: They're getting them cheap for me, they're getting in cheap.
Speaker 1: It's not cheap, not cheap for it because you look
Speaker 1: at look at the I.
Speaker 2: Think I think where you're coming from is it's as
Speaker 2: though he's just walked out of the roofs.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think he's telling enough that it won't make
Speaker 4: a difference.
Speaker 1: Super talent. How many players have come back, but.
Speaker 2: Joey and you talk to the power in the people
Speaker 2: that yeah, coach played.
Speaker 4: People with influence around him.
Speaker 1: Joey. Joey chills out in off season.
Speaker 4: What's wrong with that?
Speaker 2: And takes a chill out in the off season, takes
Speaker 2: a few rounds. I'm not an elite athlete.
Speaker 4: You well, you went very well in the the journalist sprint.
Speaker 4: He would like, that's Tommy Birmingham. He's got your head
Speaker 4: on his He hasn't played rugby.
Speaker 1: League and he has. He has a big off season
Speaker 1: before that.
Speaker 4: Again, I'm not worried about Joey Marney, are you okay?
Speaker 3: So my concern is more around the fullback situation, and
Speaker 3: you're like, well, we just moving. Are you concerned about
Speaker 3: him playing fullback? Considering all right, he'll be what thirty
Speaker 3: one thirty two hasn't played league for thirty four years,
Speaker 3: hasn't really I know he's played full back, right, but
Speaker 3: hasn't really played a season, week in week out fullback.
Speaker 3: So you expect him to do it for the first
Speaker 3: time when he's thirty one thirty two, four years out
Speaker 3: of the game.
Speaker 4: That. I'm happy to con see.
Speaker 1: That's that's been my reason. You've been screaming at me.
Speaker 4: It's not a risk because they can just move him
Speaker 4: to the centers.
Speaker 1: You just can't, like you can, okay, after full salary
Speaker 1: caps aren't.
Speaker 4: But they're being very smart with the cap because they're
Speaker 4: signing boats without ratchet causes in many cases. Right yeah,
Speaker 4: and there signing guys because of the tax three dollars
Speaker 4: they're getting guys on unders.
Speaker 1: I understand that it just depends who it's not depends
Speaker 1: not a risk, this depends who they sign at fullback,
Speaker 1: this smile, This depends this.
Speaker 4: My other argument in this, right, I think you can
Speaker 4: get away with having a average center. You don't need
Speaker 4: a fullback, Sorry you don't. You don't for me needing
Speaker 4: fullback if you have good halves, a good hooker and
Speaker 4: a gun center.
Speaker 1: Premiership team that's won the comp with.
Speaker 4: An okay, okay, fullback, Yeah, let's go through that. Let's
Speaker 4: go through Dylan Edwards. He's very good full wasting good
Speaker 4: debate fullback. I don't know. I'd have to go back
Speaker 4: and think about it. I think you can get away
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Speaker 2: Friday and night, six o'clock up at Newcastle, Newcastle versus
Speaker 2: the Rouses.
Speaker 1: The Knights are funny. The Knights are funny at the
Speaker 1: moment and it's sort of just there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the comedy games that we thes have been. You're
Speaker 4: doing sideline this game are yeah? Yeah about that trip, Yes,
Speaker 4: love love going up there. McDonald jones.
Speaker 1: I went with the Roosters. I thought it was pretty
Speaker 1: good last week.
Speaker 3: I know they lost then I lost on no better
Speaker 3: than what they had been in a few previous games
Speaker 3: when we spoke about it.
Speaker 1: Here is there an upset here. I just don't think
Speaker 1: they've got the middles. Their middles are heard in at
Speaker 1: the moment.
Speaker 3: I think, you know, Rus robson and like when conn
Speaker 3: of Watson was on, they could have a bit of
Speaker 3: a party in the middle of the field.
Speaker 4: I can't remember what I tipped in this game. Now
Speaker 4: I think about it. I think I tipped the Roosters,
Speaker 4: But now I think about it, I'm thinking it's a
Speaker 4: bit of a toss of the coin game. This one.
Speaker 1: Teddy comes back from them.
Speaker 4: For every chance of winning this game. He turns it on.
Speaker 4: They can win this game.
Speaker 1: My concerns through the middle, Big Nafar, He's just outstanding.
Speaker 1: Their middles are just struggling right now.
Speaker 3: They didn't have the depth there and they lost Jacob
Speaker 3: Sefi and a couple others.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's my concern for.
Speaker 2: The nice second game on Friday night, Bunnies, very storm,
Speaker 2: huge game for both clubs, and everyone's tipping South Sydney
Speaker 2: on Monday.
Speaker 1: By Tuesday you're.
Speaker 2: Having serious considerations to flipping it over to the Melbourne
Speaker 2: Storm given the injury carnage at the Bunnies. Kem Murray
Speaker 2: tell us Duncan Latrell Mitchell Day for food to suspend it,
Speaker 2: like that's just heavy.
Speaker 1: I still tipped him. I went with Melbourne. I was
Speaker 1: still tips house, no confidence.
Speaker 3: Jerame Hughes back, Jerame Hughes massive. If Jerame Hughes wasn't there,
Speaker 3: definitely what a Tips house. Yeah, but still you know
Speaker 3: ke On in the mix. Cody Walker can still he's
Speaker 3: a good player.
Speaker 4: I can't remember I tipped in this class. You're tip
Speaker 4: Melbourne though, I Thinkbourne tip Melbourne. Yeah, two players near
Speaker 4: Batman A bit I'll give you. I'll give you gouse
Speaker 4: because you're a bit of a rookie with.
Speaker 2: This recording, podcast and radio stuff. I'll give you some advice.
Speaker 2: Never tell the listener.
Speaker 4: I can't remember that.
Speaker 1: You can't remember something, Okay, just just say what you
Speaker 1: think A though. If Reenie stops saying, what's it going
Speaker 1: to say?
Speaker 4: Storm for me?
Speaker 1: I remember Saturday, Saturday afternoon down in the nation's capital. Oh,
Speaker 1: I got I got worries for the Tigers here. This
Speaker 1: could get ugly having cambradg just hit a little bit
Speaker 1: of a purple patch, young big out and young big Yeah.
Speaker 2: Hoskin's nose loud normally having back here three weeks four
Speaker 2: weeks ago, I was on the phone of Ricky and
Speaker 2: Ricky's going, I need to get some troops back. Can
Speaker 2: to get Noah Martin back, And I'm thinking, this is
Speaker 2: really excited to get Noel Martin back.
Speaker 1: And now I know why.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was good from him start of the year,
Speaker 3: haven't you know, won that starting back race spot and
Speaker 3: then obviously had that lengthy layoff. I think he got
Speaker 3: injured in the game against the Tigers that like Hut
Speaker 3: he did a few an awesome game that one that.
Speaker 1: Was a fun game.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, but no Raiders for mine Tigers. Just
Speaker 3: a lot of nothing happening there at the moment.
Speaker 4: I remember who I tipped in this one.
Speaker 2: Wow, he went against his own team, Tigers. One of
Speaker 2: the many sorry Bulldogs Warriors.
Speaker 1: Massive game for Canterbury.
Speaker 4: I've chipped the Doggies in this. You know what.
Speaker 1: I can feel it too.
Speaker 4: I think they're back batter. They're went five at their
Speaker 4: last seven.
Speaker 1: Wrior won.
Speaker 4: He's a dogs men as well. Please five of the
Speaker 4: last seven. I think they make it six the last eight.
Speaker 4: They could actually be in the eight by the end
Speaker 4: of the weekend. I think things go their way.
Speaker 2: This is a game if ken, if Canterbury actually realize
Speaker 2: how important it is and they want to go and
Speaker 2: win this game, they will go into that defensive fortress
Speaker 2: mode and really lock in like a finals atmosphere and
Speaker 2: just go absolutely helpful for the victory.
Speaker 3: Let's forget to the defense. Let's talk about their attack again.
Speaker 3: Sean side our standing last week dropped well. Stephen Crichton
Speaker 3: comes back, makesway what would.
Speaker 1: You have done?
Speaker 2: I go with Crichton, and I like Sewan as a
Speaker 2: football player, but he's also come onto the field in
Speaker 2: games this season and not had that level of impact
Speaker 2: that he had last week. And I want to say
Speaker 2: it respectfully. They beat the West Tigers, all right.
Speaker 1: I want I want.
Speaker 2: The best player at my football club on the field
Speaker 2: getting his hands on the ball the most opportunities he can,
Speaker 2: and that is Stephen.
Speaker 4: Krist I'd also say their form was pretty good before
Speaker 4: that game. I just said the one five of the
Speaker 4: past seven, that's four of them if you take that
Speaker 4: that came out. They had won four of their past
Speaker 4: six right with that without Sewn. So I'm like you,
Speaker 4: I love Sewan right coach one day. He was an
Speaker 4: intelligent footballer and he's a great ace to have up
Speaker 4: your sleeve. But I think they're in good form prior
Speaker 4: to him coming into the team anyway. But you forget that.
Speaker 4: People just go to last game. They were great, he
Speaker 4: played half back. Everything changed, Things had already changed, the
Speaker 4: momentum had already shifted to that footage club, right, So
Speaker 4: I think people need to remember that when we have
Speaker 4: this discussion.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think with me on that day.
Speaker 2: Yeah, really, Army kick made Brent thank you to get
Speaker 2: the key for the Dogs. They've got two big Edgebackston
Speaker 2: kickout and the Warrior's edges can be flimsy, so I
Speaker 2: reckon they could have a bit of j.
Speaker 4: You've really turned on the Warriors.
Speaker 1: Cowboys.
Speaker 4: I think the Dogs. I think they're going to make
Speaker 4: the finals.
Speaker 1: I think they Yeah, one week at a time for
Speaker 1: maybe we'll see.
Speaker 4: I reckon you need to get there in the end.
Speaker 4: I just think there's a lot of teams at the
Speaker 4: bottom of the eight who are struggling a little bit,
Speaker 4: and I think they're going to sneak in there.
Speaker 1: Cowboys Broncos Saturday Night.
Speaker 2: Todd Peyton reckons no one likes the broncosh.
Speaker 4: He's right. I like him on the Broncos fan's right
Speaker 4: to their first game. People heard the Broncos. I did
Speaker 4: go their first game against mainly Park Hello King Powers, Powers.
Speaker 4: I don't think it was came out later Cowboys.
Speaker 2: I went the Cowboys that he's got it right. This
Speaker 2: week Peyton bringing Clifford back into the halves did him
Speaker 2: with one run under his belt.
Speaker 1: Better, he'll be better, a lot better. I've gone the Cows.
Speaker 3: I've gone the Broncos because that side, like now that
Speaker 3: they are four strengths electric, do you.
Speaker 4: Think they can make the finals? Sneak No, Okay, I've got.
Speaker 1: The uh.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah if they could win, like if they could
Speaker 3: drop two games, and I'd say yes, but I think
Speaker 3: it's going to be a little bit difficult.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I've gone the Broncos as well. Yeah, And
Speaker 4: Todd's right. Everyone does hate the Broncos. That's why it's
Speaker 4: always been. It's not a new thing. They've always been
Speaker 4: the Glamor Club and all that sort of stuff. It's
Speaker 4: a been like the Roosters in Sydney, you know. So
Speaker 4: we've Broncos have thrived on the hate over the years.
Speaker 4: We love, we love it, not really stick it up.
Speaker 1: The haters have only won one premiership however many years.
Speaker 2: Anyway, Sunday afternoon at mix Home Ground at Cogra Dragons
Speaker 2: v Titansbuster.
Speaker 1: What a game, you know what.
Speaker 2: I just wish somethings had one or two more wins
Speaker 2: so that this whole Wooden spoon a battle was I'm
Speaker 2: sure they wish to.
Speaker 1: Get you serve in life, never seen it would Spoon
Speaker 1: not really big on it.
Speaker 4: Make sure we get them, make sure that's a good
Speaker 4: point to see them. How can you remember that when
Speaker 4: it's confirmed in a.
Speaker 1: Few years ago.
Speaker 2: Sure, Dragons Titans, I'll go to the Dragons here showing enough.
Speaker 1: I just worry about that. I think the Titans in
Speaker 1: this game, the second.
Speaker 4: Life, they's time to I feel like that. I was
Speaker 4: actually thinking about this the other day watching a play Dave,
Speaker 4: and I was thinking, I'm not tipped in to make
Speaker 4: the ape next year. I know it's lunacy, but I
Speaker 4: like the way they're I like the way they can't.
Speaker 4: I feel like they turned a bit of a corner.
Speaker 1: You are with me, you're a dead lunatic.
Speaker 4: But no, you're.
Speaker 1: A dead lunatic.
Speaker 2: But that's not that's not in your top drawer of lunacy.
Speaker 2: Yeah it's not totally dumb, but like, no, I'm not with.
Speaker 4: You, Okay. I just feel what I just feel like.
Speaker 2: The Cooper Boys talent. They just look like he's going
Speaker 2: to be better.
Speaker 4: You can see what Josh trying to do.
Speaker 3: I agree with that, and you look at these are
Speaker 3: the worst last and second last size that we've seen.
Speaker 3: They're not do you know what I mean. I'm not horrific,
Speaker 3: They're not. You know, you can see where they get
Speaker 3: to next year. So yeah, I feel like it's not
Speaker 3: totally red Man areas in terms of madness.
Speaker 1: But I don't know. I won't have him in my hate. No.
Speaker 1: I wanted him to come last.
Speaker 4: Night, just like I was thinking about it.
Speaker 1: Did you tip them in this game?
Speaker 4: I did? I think I can't remember.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, your tips on the big screen somewhere.
Speaker 4: I think I did.
Speaker 2: Final game of the round mainly versus Cronella YouTube mainly
Speaker 2: had four pints.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: The one thing I was about to say about the Dragons,
Speaker 2: Titans and so too now this one mainly have you
Speaker 2: checked the weather. It's going to be a cracking Sunday afternoons,
Speaker 2: oh twenty degree.
Speaker 1: It helps the Titans. Like dry track, Dragons Titans, We're
Speaker 1: going to see a lot of hopefully some that helps
Speaker 1: the Titans. They've got a lot more attacking flat in the Dragon.
Speaker 2: And then mainly Coronella dry track at four pints with
Speaker 2: the hill heaving.
Speaker 1: Yeah, manly. I was listening to Kieren Fawn on radio
Speaker 1: this morning.
Speaker 2: He's talking about how their cohesion has just been missing
Speaker 2: since Luke Brooks has gone yep, and I think we're
Speaker 2: underestimating that.
Speaker 4: Which has been out as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah and Tom now Yeah, so I think we underestimate.
Speaker 2: You just can't rip your half out of anything really
Speaker 2: and think that it's not going to have an impact.
Speaker 2: And that certainly has been the case for Manly and
Speaker 2: he was playing really well Brooks and it sort of
Speaker 2: went under the radar.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he was a large part of their with intrigue.
Speaker 4: Ye people thought Joey Walls should just step in and
Speaker 4: fill the void. He's a kid, right and he needs
Speaker 4: to play some first grade and they didn't want to
Speaker 4: rush him. This is why they didn't want to rush
Speaker 4: rushing because it comes up some really good things. But
Speaker 4: sprinkling amongst that is some some rookie sort of areas, right,
Speaker 4: So and Brooks he wasn't making them, so that's hurting
Speaker 4: them a little bit the moment. And as you mentioned,
Speaker 4: the cohesion on the edges, because what when Kieren first
Speaker 4: go over that footy team defensively was sensational, right, they
Speaker 4: played with some real grit and some residience. In the
Speaker 4: last couple of weeks, that's what they've lost. Yeah, they're
Speaker 4: considering a lot of points now, a lot of tackles.
Speaker 4: That's that's killing him. And the Sharks have you missed
Speaker 4: man perform there in Dave they can burn you. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well, Britain Benny Trobovitch comes back in. He's on Brittain
Speaker 2: Nicker's side. BRIT's got some pretty good leg speed in
Speaker 2: that line that he runs.
Speaker 1: Is ridiculous and they're getting some troops back. Carnula are
Speaker 1: getting stronger.
Speaker 2: They bring Jesse Raman back into the team who missed
Speaker 2: last week. Jesse Calhoun comes back into the team from
Speaker 2: last week and one more it is it'll Cometallica comes
Speaker 2: back into the team.
Speaker 4: From last week and pitchy form, aren't they.
Speaker 2: It's Cronulla typically a terrible ground for Cronulla to win matches.
Speaker 2: That that's why.
Speaker 1: And it is old Boy's day for mainly so they'll
Speaker 1: be up in about a huge game for them too.
Speaker 1: They have a buy next week mainly so it's a
Speaker 1: four point games.
Speaker 4: I can't remember our chips, I think mainly with no confidence.
Speaker 2: We brought this in last week, yes, messages of the
Speaker 2: week and basically Mick it's.
Speaker 1: All those soft calls.
Speaker 2: Yeah, those Dodgy reviews them those by rounds that nobody.
Speaker 4: Wants nonsense in rugby league.
Speaker 2: Yeah, which you talk a lot of. It's time to
Speaker 2: call it out read man, so again. Get all your
Speaker 2: messages in. Go to cod sports dot com Today codesports
Speaker 2: dot com, DoD are you we want to hear from?
Speaker 2: Send your bs messages in. Like Kirston has local girl
Speaker 2: from Sydney. She says she's really sick of the bunker
Speaker 2: the rest making decisions because the on field refs are
Speaker 2: incapable or capital letters won't make a decision.
Speaker 1: Kirston records they should grow up.
Speaker 4: It's a tough on referees.
Speaker 1: M she's got a point last week.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but that's not the on field referees fault. It's
Speaker 4: a gibber in the bunker. You've got it wrong? Well,
Speaker 4: you know, they just want to get it right.
Speaker 2: We just need what about the forward pass? Saint George
Speaker 2: la warre versus? What's the sideline official?
Speaker 4: What's he doing? Who's right there?
Speaker 2: Dave's right, he needs to be wearing some of your boots.
Speaker 1: Keep up with the play, baby, what do you think?
Speaker 4: Come on, Mick puns, we're here from you.
Speaker 1: What's that? What is that person.
Speaker 2: If you could only see me, it doesn't jump on
Speaker 2: YouTube to see, doesn't key see what the girls are
Speaker 2: getting involved today. Melissa's chimed in from the Central Coast
Speaker 2: Golden Points.
Speaker 1: She says, she hates it.
Speaker 2: She hates it so much. If after eighty minutes you
Speaker 2: are tired, so be it. Except in the final, she says,
Speaker 2: get rid of Golden Point.
Speaker 4: I cannot agree with you on this one. Golden Points
Speaker 4: had another dimension to rugby league. I like, it's still tiding,
Speaker 4: it's thrilling, it's pulsating. Everything you want out of our game.
Speaker 1: I'm with Brent, no need slight tweak. I'd like.
Speaker 3: Not going to try, but you get an opportunity to
Speaker 3: have the ball the NFL. That's the only week that
Speaker 3: I will explain it to the listeners. So in the
Speaker 3: first set that if you score a point or a
Speaker 3: try right, first set, the next possession, so the opposition
Speaker 3: gets another chance as well to try, and the following set,
Speaker 3: following set right, and you get one set to try
Speaker 3: and score.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're going down the path of diluting the celebration.
Speaker 2: That's what you're going down there.
Speaker 4: You're still in the moment.
Speaker 1: He's still the moment, like the Bunkers stole on the
Speaker 1: moment so many times.
Speaker 4: Actually, I'm not with you on that you stole.
Speaker 1: Don't care for either of You're with me on it.
Speaker 4: That's what I think, calling bs On.
Speaker 2: Calling bs on, Mick, get it in, tell us what
Speaker 2: you hate, get it off your chest.
Speaker 1: Seriously, we're here for you. We're here to counsel you.
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