WEBVTT - ‘EELS FANS CAN HAVE A GO. I DON'T CARE!’: Bulldog slams Parramatta performance | ROUND 17 REVIEW 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:08.200 Well, welcome back everyone to another edition of the Code 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.320 NRL Monday Podcast. You're in luck. It's going to be 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:14.640 me Alex also known as NRL Soapbock, going up against 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.239 the Great Bulldog Dean Richie. How are you, mate, Champion. 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.960 I'm well, I'm doing well. Yeah. They've cleared the room. 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:21.400 No one else is in here, so we can go 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:23.840 right at it. There's been some huge talking points from 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:25.599 the weekend. We're going to break down some of the 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.560 key results from the past round of NRL games, but 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.840 we've got to talk about Origin Bulldog. What did you 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:33.360 make of Lori Daily's selections. 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:35.159 Yeah, I liked it. I like the side. It's a 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.560 good looking team. I mean it's out there already, but 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:39.120 I mean we've got Critter back. We'll just run through 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:43.080 a couple. Yeah, Crichton's back, Bradman Best is in the side. 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.040 I was a little surprised Mitch Moses is there. I 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:49.280 thought you might have gone with Ethan Strange. I like 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.800 the selection of Leam Martin. I think you'll go after Munster. 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.680 I love Hamoli being back. A bit surprised. I thought 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.760 maybe Robson might have gone out and a Happy might 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.360 have stayed in fifty to fifty call, and of course 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.640 Dylan Lucas is the other one to get the chop. 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.360 Tyler Kohla goes back to the bench. Catoni Stags has 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.800 been dropped. Good looking team. I think they're trying to 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.160 score more points, but I do like. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:14.200 The credit selections. 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:17.280 I think you'll tightened up that right side where Queensland 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.440 went through. Obviously their left side down there in Melbourne 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:21.960 with considerable. 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.040 Ease, so there's some reasonable decisions there. What do you 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:27.679 think about the controversial one of dropping Brian's tough call. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.600 I think business form has been modest this year given 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:33.119 the level of expectation that we. 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:33.640 Have of Brian. 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.040 He's played seventeen Origin games over the past five years, 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:40.880 so he's well established State of Origin player. But I 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.920 think in the air he's been caught out a few 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.600 times this year. It's funny it hasn't happened in the past, 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.600 but it seems of read up this year. So I 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.160 think Laurie's looking for a bit of size and the 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.160 wing hence Jack Bosstock one hundred and ninety four sims 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:58.360 and that might well nullify the attacking bombs which went 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:03.840 to that edge last time an feel himself to be unlucky. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.840 But yeah, a lot of people are already bagging the side. 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.880 It's typical New South Wales. Let's tear each other down 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:11.880 straight away. That's just what we do down here. But 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.440 you know, people demanded changes after Melbourne. They want to 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.040 change after Melbourne. Laurie makes five changes and what do 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.000 they do. They start winging and moaning again. You just 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.520 cannot win, all right, Bulldock. So I'm on your side 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:23.799 on the top o selection, right. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.400 I think he's obviously probably one of the best wingers 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.280 we've ever seen for New South Wales. He's been a 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.919 great servant for the game, but in this series he's 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.960 been the fifth best winger. Like he hasn't overperformed. In 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.120 Game one he absolutely had a shocker. But when you 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.040 were great, you get the opportunity to come back and 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.040 look up and redeem what you've done. He was good, 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.680 he led meters and all that kind of stuff from yardage, 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:45.560 but he wasn't brilliant and he hasn't been brilliant in 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:49.400 the season. So I can defend Laurie's decision there on. Hey, 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.560 you're going for a different strategy obviously, Billy's trying to 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.440 exploit Toto's height in the air, So putting bosstoc In 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.880 makes sense where fans are still like and this is 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.760 where I feel like. I know you think that News 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.919 of Ours fans just rip in. We only rip in 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:04.680 when we're passionate before we go on. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:06.519 Everyone's got a different side. 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.160 Everyone thinks that their team should be the one picked 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.560 next year. Guess what, he's got a different side as well. 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:16.000 But then it's not even a civilized debate. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:17.280 It just turns to abuse. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:18.360 And that's what annoying. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.720 This is what pisses me off. Bull I'm trying to 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.240 find abuse. I'm trying to find abuse of Lorie Daily. 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:24.680 Tell me who's abused him. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.000 I've just got on the Facebook the first coming I 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:31.160 sees that team. I mean, that's constructive, isn't it? And 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.680 what a crap side this is? I mean, what do 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:34.480 people want? 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:36.920 Please tell me? But I don't tell me what do 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:37.360 they want? 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.440 Okay, I'll tell you without a doubt, this is what 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.680 New South Wales fans want. They want Cam Murray to 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.000 start at Lock. That I reckon happened. Yeah, that's what 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.480 I've heard. I've heard. I think of Maddie John's I 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.560 was listening all the way in said he reckons. It's 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.440 a certainty that Daily's playing playing Ducks and Drakes and 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.640 that Murray's going to start. So if that happens, I'm 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.440 pretty happy with the team. Like I feel god bit. 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.680 A new South Wales fan that's actually going to support 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:03.040 the Blue. 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:06.040 I still want some justice for homoli Ola Kawatu, but 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.560 if we have Cam Murray at Lock, I do think 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:10.640 this sets up the new South Wales team to actually 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.600 look good. But I still think but I want to 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.240 press you on this. Facebook commanders don't count because we 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:17.920 know that they're the sk society. 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:20.320 I get that, but they are still the fans. Yeah yeah, 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.720 we ignore and turn our back on the fans. Yeah, 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.039 they're the lifeblood of the game. So I mean, I 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.000 just wish it could be a little bit more constructive. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:27.640 But look, I. 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.200 Said, there's a couple of weeks now it's getting very boring. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.279 But I must say, overall, Sophie, it's a good looking side. 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:35.359 I like Bradman best. 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.440 Okay, he's strong, he's fast, he's been there before, he 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.520 is Aaron. Four twenty four we won the series up 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:43.120 there at ton Corpyn. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:43.560 The decider. 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.400 He's called a crucial try that night from memory. So look, 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.719 it's a totally different set of commodation. But I like 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:49.160 both of them. 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.440 I don't mind Bradman best. Do you think Tom Traboy, 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.240 which is unlucky to not get that spot based on 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.760 the ration now, being that Bradman's a proven winner two, I. 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.240 Wouldn't have picked Tom myself. I'm a massive fan of Tom. 0:04:58.240 --> 0:04:58.599 We all are. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.359 No one mislikes Tom Tramoy on or off the field. 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:03.920 I just think he still needs a couple more weeks. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:05.440 I wouldn't say it looks a bit timid, but I 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.599 just think he needs to find a bit more confidence Tom. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.240 And even Tom said himself last week, I'm probably not 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.000 ready for this just yet. So look, whether he was 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.360 considered I don't know, more than likely was. I guess 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.200 the other one who might need himself a bit unlucky 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.680 was Victor the inflictor. Yeah, made an impact in game 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.360 one game two. Perhaps he's disciplined. Let him down a 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.960 little bit. He's now become twentieth man, so he won't play. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:28.599 So my I read on this pack that Laurie it 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.080 does feel like Laurie in the past was oscillating between 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.120 am I going to choose agile forwards or am I 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.400 going to choose a big pack. It feels like this 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.760 time he's decided I just want the big boys. Is 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:38.400 that the right call? 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:40.920 Yes, We've got to go to war. 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:45.720 Yeah stuff, everybody, Yeah, yeah, stuff, everybody. 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.440 Let's go to war, no holds barred. 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.760 Let's rip in when I say New South Wales we're 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:52.760 fierce underdogs. 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:54.080 No one gives us a chance. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.960 This has got. 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.400 Classic Airbush written all over it. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.280 And I am out of the utmost confidence that we 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.120 will go up there and that game, you know what, 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.640 because no one expects us to and the players have 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.120 had a gupful of the criticism, Laurie's had a gupful 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.200 of the criticism. I think it's going to be screw 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.320 the everybody. We're going to go up there and we 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.679 are going to go hell for leather from the start. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.200 Will play eyes up footy and if it's on, it's on, 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.520 bring it on. The Blues are ready. 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.039 Well, I can see that happening if Cam Murray starts 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.159 at Lock. Otherwise I think Billy's got the game plan 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.599 sorted if he owes at Lock. So I am hoping 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.640 that Laurie hasn't been deceptive yet, maybe he's maybe he's 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.479 playing us all and I really want that because Murray 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.200 at Locke would make them really strong over to Queensland. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.200 They don't have to make many changes when you're winning, 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.599 you're sweet. What do you make of that? The couple 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.360 of changes they made. I think Carrigan's back in. 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.760 Pat Carrigan's back in Jeremiah and I was there, and 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.480 I think Corey Hallsborough is the new twentieth man. Lindsay 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:49.400 Collins unavailable through concussion. Look, Pat Carrigan wasn't supposed to 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.480 come back. You will still supposed to be injured and unavailable, 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.800 but he's come back a bit early, don't look. Clearly 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.400 he brings a bit of mongols to that coeens Land side. 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.039 So look, they're not major adjustments that didn't need to 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.120 They won by forty odd points in Melbourne or yeh, 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:03.560 they scored forty so yeah, but. 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:04.839 It's a good looking Queensland side. 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.840 Reece Woltz back in there as the eight eighth man, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:09.560 so you know whether he gets the run or not. 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.200 But I mean, you look at the side. 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.920 It's in front of me here, so biponger, cobo hammer 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:16.600 for feeder, monster walker. 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.600 They've got points, yep, they've got points. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:20.560 They play eyes up footy and they're a pleasure to 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.520 watch when they're in full flight if you're a Queensland and. 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.640 If you're a Queenslander, that's right. Where do you think 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.360 New South Wales break this team down? It's a good question. 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.240 We going to certainly tidy up that right hand side, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:31.880 which we've done last time. I think our ford is 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.520 going to be more aggressive. I think we've got to 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.080 be more physical. I think New South Wales have got 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.400 to take a little bit away from what Queensland did 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:44.680 where Harry goes down the short side, Munster throws overhead passes. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:46.480 Just things are a little bit out of the box, 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:47.880 out of the square. 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.200 Just playing. 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.720 Constructed footy where you complete your sets, get to your kick. 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.920 I know that that's going to win. We need to 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:56.960 come in that process. 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.680 I think we need to score twenty to twenty five points. Yeah, 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.320 we're going to have any che of winning this guard 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.120 New South Wales. I've got to be more chaotic in 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.240 their attack. They've got to be a bit more spontaneous. 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.040 But I think there's two things they must do, and 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.800 I'm nervous this should work. If you're picking big boys, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.720 big boys in the pack, this is what should happen. 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.280 They should be slowing down the ruck. I think Queens 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:17.680 and have been taking advantage of the liberal application of 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.800 that the ruck biastic client. They've been taking advantage of it, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.120 and we've been playing too studiously and diligently. We've just 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.120 got to slow that ruck down a little bit because 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.200 we're not getting the opportunity for those eyes up plays. 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.079 Here's my question, how many minutes should Reese Robson play 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:34.400 compared to Blake Brawley. 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:35.440 Good question. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:39.680 I'd say probably play the first thirty yeah, roughly, Yeah, 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:44.040 and i'd have that same time frame for Liam Martin 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:49.679 on the inside knowledge there. Look, Robson might come back 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.960 later on, but certainly Bradley gives us some creativity. 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:54.160 Yeah. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.079 I think Reese has probably been just pulled back a 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.839 little bit in that area, as I said at the 0:08:57.880 --> 0:08:59.400 start of the show. So that's why I would have 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.000 Happy there. Yeah, because happy he does. Yeah, yeah, he's 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:03.880 greatly says. But I think Brayley can do that. 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:05.559 I think if New South Wales get Brayley on, I 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.719 think a huge criticism from last game was not having 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.960 upy on at all. If we can get Brayley on, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.559 then there's a really great opportunity to actually do something 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.560 dynamic in attack and take advantage of a slower rouxpeed 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.240 and do something. So Reese Robson, I'm with you. I 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.240 would think twenty to thirty and then let's see what 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:20.840 Brayley can do. 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.240 Nathan's interesting too when you think about it, Like he 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.120 was good in the second half of Sydney. 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.160 Yeah, it wasn't great in Melbourne and in fact, pretty 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.360 order was it. Let's be honest. Yeah, he missed eleven tackles. 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.800 Even his self approval at full time was that he 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.559 was embarrassed. I don't think Nathan Cleary could possibly play 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.040 any worse. Yeah, So you get the feeling that Nathan 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:39.719 is ready to go to another level. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.040 It's going to be a great contest mate. 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.640 And Mitchell moses another one. You know, he's been not 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:47.320 criticized but questioned around He spot Laurie's showing faith there. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:47.720 Yeah. 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.120 I think Mitchell probably owes Laurie a little bit as well. 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.240 Yeah, I am skeptical. I think Strange is built for it. 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.720 I don't see how strange gets on the field, if 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:59.000 with the bench that Laurie has, so I hope that 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.800 Mitch's bit ready. He did not put in a good 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.520 audition on the weekend Bulldog. I think a lot of 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.480 fans are thinking, I was pool, what's going on while 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.640 we chosen Mitch when he really did have a rough game. 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:09.880 Why do you think that Laurie is stuck with Mitch 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:10.760 more Well, I think you're. 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.480 Going to break it down so by and look, sometimes 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:17.480 one game before in Origin shouldn't be the defining factor 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.720 in whether you're picked. If you're an elite player who's 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.000 been at the top of your game for what Mitchell 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.640 moses seven, eight, nine years now, I don't think one 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.600 game should be the contributing factor, as do whether you 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:28.120 play or not. 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.439 Yeah, he does, but it was a poor game. Yeah, 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.280 but he hasn't played the issue. He just hasn't played. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:34.920 So it's not just that correct, he hadn't had a 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:36.680 couple It's like he hasn't played any games and the 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:38.280 game that he's had back at Clubland was. 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.240 Pretty defensively, he was poor. 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.079 Well, mate, it could be it could be a great contest. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.240 I really hope. I generally feel like news should be. 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.080 You're going to disagree with this, but we should be 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:51.240 buoying if Murray plays lock. If not, I think we're 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.760 very vulnerable. Let's we our attention to the weekend's results. 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.120 The Parameter Eels will once again stumble and falter in 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.920 a pretty abysmal performance. I think it was in their 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:02.719 second I think it was their second half completion rate 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.320 thirty eight percent? Bulldog. What's happening with Paramount? 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:07.760 Well, so here we go again, isn't it. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:09.800 I hate to bring up Paramuna because every time I 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:13.320 bagged them, I get absolutely lynched and condemned all in 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.480 the one motion. But look they were poor again. Look 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.200 they've had a lot of injuries. But I can't just 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.200 continue to use that as an excuse. This is now 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.280 forty years. We are being told every year that something 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.600 different is going to happen. Nothing's happening. They've won five 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.559 from fifteen. Yeah, they're not playing finals footy again. No, 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.760 they're gone, They're gone, they're running. I mean it's second 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.800 last Jason Rawles era. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.480 Again. I've questioned it before I got held down. We're 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.080 back to where we were again last year. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.720 They're not playing finals footy I'm repeating myself, you know 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:45.560 why because of. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.959 The fact, and it's something that paramount of fans cannot. 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.600 Expl PARA furious, aren't they? Yeah, and they should be 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:55.240 absolutely furious, like why is this team continually underperforming? When 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.560 I've analyzed it, I think the key area is, yes, 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.880 you can say injuries, but it also reflects what they 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.760 on with their recruitment. They keep missing out on great players. 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:04.960 Bronson Cherry was in the in the market for them 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.760 not going to them. They can't sign great talent. Their 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.840 only marquee talent right now is Mitch Moses. To be 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.520 any sort of competitive team, you need at least three 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.719 marquee players. So as much as the we should be 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.439 asking question marks about the Paramatter performance the Jason Rowles 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.520 is coaching, there needs to be much more scrutiny on 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:23.559 Paramatter's recruitment. 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:27.920 Oh, you're right, one hundred percent. It's it's a how 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:31.680 would I describe their roster without being held down? It's 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.200 above average, but it's not elite. 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:34.960 Isn't It's now where your elite? 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:36.360 You look at that side and you think they're not 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.679 playing Vinyls footy, and you're right with the Marque players 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.240 they need another one or two. But it's a bit 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.360 of a vicious cycle. We go to Paramata when you're 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.120 gonna go to a side that struggling every year. 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.040 But look it's a tough one. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:47.680 But look they've got a multitude of problems out there 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.040 at Paramatta and at the moment, we're just going to 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.640 be on this rotating cycle where we just soon to 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.400 be let down every single year and Parafans can get 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.160 the ships if they want. I don't really care, because 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.400 they'd be the one to jump out now, not me. 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:02.880 I think they do have the shits. I mean, they're 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:04.760 still gonna have the shits at you, bulldog, but they 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.160 the team is underperforming. The only promising side is there 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.280 is some exciting youth coming through, but they still haven't 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:14.320 shown themselves to be excellent first graders yet. And I 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.680 know it takes time, but Paramounta just look like a 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:18.920 team that, like you, should be doing better. And there 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.720 were times where they actually play fantastically. They follow the 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.200 coach's game plan, they're disciplined in the defense, they're exciting 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.160 in attack, but they are not consistent enough. So I 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.280 generally think they've just got to get some star power. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:31.240 I don't know how they do it. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.439 We'll move on all positive. I thought they were really good. 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:36.520 We won't go too much of that match because a 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.200 few days ago now, but I thought that well. 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.760 I think that Sour Sydney are one of only four 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:43.839 or five that can really win this Premiership. You throw 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.199 Latrol back into that side, yeah, maybe you throw Jack 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:47.440 Whitten back into that side. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.280 You've got a bloody good football side. 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:52.719 Yeah. And I think Jack Watten's are missing piece in 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:54.880 that puzzle for them. He really brings a steadiness in 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.199 their defense, so they do have a chance. I've actually 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:58.880 tipped them though, to be the team that falls out. 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.520 I don't know South. Things injuries just come for them 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.000 like no other team. But they were looking fantastic on 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.160 the weekend, and Cody Walker absolutely stood up Mitch Moses. 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.760 So South fans can feel much more encouraged this time 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.960 last year to compared to this time last year, whereas 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.600 Paramatta fans find themselves in the same agonizing position. Let's 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.440 move on to the Titans Bulldogs game. The Bulldogs are 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.360 finally scoring some tries. A lot of people are saying 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.440 it's because of that movement in the spine with Stephen 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.440 Crichton going into five eight, which most people think is 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:32.440 actually just playing like a halfback. They're looking excited, they're 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.320 scoring tries, they're breaking down. There's still the short ball 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.240 to a second roller to break the line, but at 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.200 least they're looking to score points. What did you make 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:39.800 of the Bulldogs? 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.120 Mate? They were good again Again, I'm not convinced. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.560 When I look at Camry, I don't see a side 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.440 that's going to threaten the premiership. Yeah, I don't see 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:48.920 a side that's going to make the top four. I 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.120 think there's still four points outside of the top layes. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:52.840 That's sound about right. Yeah, they're still a long way 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.600 to go to it. I said it the other day, Sophi, 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.120 and I'll say it again. Apart from that Round six 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:02.520 game against Penrith, I'm still for a statement victory where 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.560 I go, holy moly, Yeah, this team is actually a 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.760 fairly side. Yeah, I'm not seeing it. No, he mainly 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.040 I wouldn't say they were lucky. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:10.920 They were lucky. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.320 All went their way and yeah they're winning games and 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.120 that's all you can ask. Yeah, that's still not seeing 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.680 a side that I think can compete with the elite. 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:21.200 All right, well let me throw this theory at you. 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.440 So I don't think the Bulldog's attack has ever been 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.960 that good. To be honest, I think they've actually provided 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.680 themselves on being a defense first team. So here's what 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:29.920 I was doing a bit of study of, like, how 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:31.840 have the Bulldogs started to get some form because they're 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.240 now four from five? How have they done that? Well? 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.520 What I reckon there's a key change in how the 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:40.840 officiating's been executed and the Bulldog's success. So get this 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.880 stat for your Bulldog. Set restarts for the Bulldogs that 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.520 they've conceded is down fifty percent in their last five 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.080 games compared to the first ten of the season, and 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.960 down thirty percent for penalties conceded. So the point I'm 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.320 trying to make here is that the Bulldogs, when the 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.640 game was chaotic and there were so many set restarts 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.120 they pride themselves in defense, they couldn't actually execute that. 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.360 So now that the game's a little slower, they can 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.040 control them momentum a little more. I think that's why 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.240 they're winning. And it's to your point. I'm actually backing 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.440 up your point here. Their attack still isn't going to 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.920 win them games. It's only going to be their defense. 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.480 So my question to you is, though, if the game 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.400 is and we're seeing this across the board fewer set restarts, 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.840 if there's going to be fewer set restarts, doesn't that 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:22.280 mean that the Bulldogs are a really good chance of 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:23.760 making the eight because they can defend. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.720 Oh, they're a good side. Cameron Cirello is a defensive coach. 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.320 You're right with what you say, but that's Ciro's hallmarks 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:31.760 that he is a defensive coach. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.720