WEBVTT - Round 24 Takeaways 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:06.280 Well, could be your dear friend Billy Slater has stepped 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:07.480 down as Queensland can't. 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:10.240 You're surprised it was a little bit. 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.680 I think most of indication was that he wanted to 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:18.280 go around again. Five years coaching Origin is a hell 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.040 of an effort. But he's contributed to the Queensland jersey, 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:24.319 you know, not like too many other people. Like you 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:26.760 think of the player coaches that have done it before. 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:28.440 He sits right alongside all. 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:32.520 You know what Faddy Vorton did, what Mel's done. Yeah, 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:36.760 he's elevated that jersey to inspire the Queenslanders. And to 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.440 be fair now that that position for me is the 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.320 number one coaching sport position in Queensland. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:43.000 If you want to. 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.080 Coach the Origin side, that's that's the number one right 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.520 So I think a lot of Yeah, our game is big, 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:51.640 our game gets a lot of traction, and I think 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:56.000 sometimes the energy to do that role continuously can get 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.360 chip away over to period of time. But you do 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.560 a good job with those players and the results at 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.560 different stages for inexperienced coach. I remember this guy had 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.240 never coached anything before. He did a damn good job. 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.800 What do you think will he take over the storm. No, 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:12.039 you don't think he'll do it. 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:13.160 No, I don't think he will. 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:18.600 Look I think it all looks quite romantic and there 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.720 might be a flying session. It does all add up, 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.319 but I don't think so. I think he's also said 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.280 that never say never, so he could come back and 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.240 coach Queensland one day. He could coach Australia's There's other 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.000 jobs that might fire his belly at some stage, but 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.600 I don't think the Melbourne Storm or enter L coaching 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.759 in general would be on his prioritis. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.920 At the moment when a lot of stepped away at 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.520 UNI South Wils level, they end up making a quick decision, 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.800 but at first there was no clear cut person you 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.520 know who to put in end up going for Maddie King. 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:54.680 What about queens Lane. It's a little bit the same, 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:58.360 is it? I mean the logical one's camera. But do 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.520 you think he'll do it yet? 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:00.840 To know? 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:03.600 I think the best person will get the job, like 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.320 it truly is a blank canvas, full time in RL coach, 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.760 no experience coach and everything in between. I think it 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.320 was all in on Billy and Billy sort of had 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.400 a chat to his family and so he doesn't want 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.600 to go around again. So now the conversation shifts to 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:19.280 who is it? 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:24.720 And historically great to have someone on this show podcast. 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.040 So't it's Queensland coach. 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.400 I'll tell you for me, it's a logical one. I've 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:32.640 got a Queensland blake who lives next door. And he said, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:33.480 who do you think? 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.880 I see Kronk? And he said, I couldn't agree more. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:37.400 That won't be happy mate? 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.320 Had ever hardened an ambition to coach? 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:45.160 No, I like the idea of it, but coaching to 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.120 me and Billy's showed me that coaching to. 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:48.240 Me is like playing. 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:50.079 There's not enough hours in the day to be great 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.480 at something, and you know you did it for a 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.160 long period of time, Like there's a certain joy you 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.799 get out of playing. It just cannot be recreated. So no, 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.800 I won't be Unfortunately you might have met here. Actually 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.680 we could sort something out. Might be actually just cronk 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:05.600 and we'll get rid of Maia. 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.560 I believe me. I am. I'm more than happy to 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.400 minimalize my workload. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.560 Oh then your contract goes down to it, by the way. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:18.080 It doesn't. It doesn't the cost of living coops. 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.640 Look, you spoke last week about the importance of this 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.280 time of the year, plane a fellow heavyweight and not 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:29.000 being embarrassed or flogged. Penwth lost, but they certainly weren't flogged. 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:30.320 It was It was a hell of a game. What 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.240 did you What did you think? What do you think 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.680 of Penrith after first time so. 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.360 Peneth had played, the Warriors and the Roosters have lost both. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.000 I think it was more important for the Warriors and 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.440 the Roosters to win than it was for Penrith. 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.320 I still think Penrith can win. If the Warriors lost. 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.240 To Penith, I didn't think they could. If the Rusters 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.560 lost to Penith, I didn't think they could. Now the 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:55.520 Roosters are competition favorites. I think Isao brings them a 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.240 little back to the field. The two main threats to 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.040 Penrith have now found a formula that they need to recreate, career, 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:06.600 create and do again. So I still think Penrith can 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.000 win it. Worries and Rusters can win. But I think 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:13.720 Roosters have elevated themselves that they have all the ingredients. 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:14.400 To win the premiership. 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.000 They've got a powerful forward pack, their goal line defense 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.719 against Penrith is that's premiership winning performance defensively, their halves 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:28.160 are good and they're inconfident. Yeah, they can win it. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.880 It's turning into a master threat the DC. We'll get 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:31.839 to that in one set. 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.479 Well, what was penriiths competition two three weeks ago is 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:37.880 now three even contenders. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:39.679 But I saw the number one. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:44.880 It was interesting in the last It's been numerous years now. 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.960 The Roosters kryptonite has been the other top sides. Their 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.720 record against the other top sides has been horrible. Driving 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.760 in the other night, I was listening to the radio 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.800 broadcaster in the warming up and I forget it. 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:00.440 Was what would have been. 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.200 I think it was justin horror he said. On this end, 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.039 he said something very strange. He SAIDs really some penrith 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:07.440 through out there. 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:08.000 In the midst of. 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.640 Their warm up, which is pushing now, about twenty five 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.640 minutes the Roosters came out for he said, no more 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.320 than five minutes and they're back in the sheds. Do 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.000 you think it's Trent Robinson's way of mixing things up? 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.560 Do you think that was part of it? A totally 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.080 different approach? Yeah, may they went into this game. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.200 Yeah, well, their record prior to that wasn't very good 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.280 against betters. So maybe I think if you do the 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:30.520 same thing, you're just. 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:32.000 Going to get the same result results. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:37.200 Right, Maybe they're preparing for September because in my career, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:39.880 when you warmed up inside. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.880 It was a big game origin in Grand finals. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:47.000 So I know coaches start preparing a little bit for September. 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.679 So because if you train it outside the whole time, 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.800 then you get the Grand Final day and go, oh, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:56.240 I can't kick a ball outside, I can't sprint fifty meters. 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.719 All of a sudden, your preparation changes. So maybe they've 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.559 got a little eye on that. They had to shift 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.920 slightly in the prepar but whatever it did, it worked. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.320 I used to light the warm up in the Drey Yep, 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:08.920 you have the old run on the spot a little bit. 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.080 But so I hated getting a sweat in the warm up. 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.480 I get a sweat on the field too, but exactly exactly, 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.960 although these things didn't need to running drop me. 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:19.320 Well that's a little bit, right. 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.560 So you do you shoulder contact and tackling out in 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.839 a stadium, there's not a lot of you know, it 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.520 doesn't reverberate around the scene, but you do it inside 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.120 there is an intensity, There is a noise that happens, 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.520 and there is something about warming up inside, but not 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:35.280 all the time that plays a part. 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.719 Like I noticed that South Sydney warm. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.800 Up inside when they're at a court sometimes, so I 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:41.839 think coaches use that ploy at different stages. 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:42.720 But I thought the. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.440 Best part of the Roosters was their goal line defense. 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:46.799 In the first twenty minutes. 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.440 Nathan had a bucket load to play the balls, probably 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.240 should have scored. Cherry Evans goes down the other end 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.440 and scores a try. There's a lot of Premiership traits 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.479 in that Rooster's performance the other night that says they 0:06:58.480 --> 0:06:59.400 are in pole. 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.840 Position start of the year. 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:03.960 Mixed reviews whether they should have signed him, he had 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.800 Geo coming through at a raider knots. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:07.800 It's proven a master. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:12.000 Straight because it's worked out a really terrific combination. You know, 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:15.239 seam they they're not dissimilar on the way they played, 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.040 the very instinctive reactive players. But there's no doubt to 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:22.000 see him like the last couple of weeks, DCE has 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:22.960 guided the ship home. 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:23.280 Yep. 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:27.720 That experience in those big games, it's just all these 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:29.160 big games going to be invaluable. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.120 Yeah, I think, Look, he's played a lot of big 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.600 games in his career. Last played in a Grand Final 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.960 in two thousand and thirteen against the Roosters. Hasn't played 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.960 in too many prelium finals before in between that and 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.120 now played a lot of origin games. 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.360 That's his best performance in a few years. 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.760 Like running the football, yes, Like taking the line on 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:56.400 twice for two tries against Penrith, Yeah, Like kicking, managing 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.200 decision making like yeah. He's had some up and down, 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.400 particularly last year. It manly like he wasn't running the 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:05.560 football and that all the commentary around the signing was 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.320 fair because it wasn't the signs that he was going 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:09.360 to go to the next level. 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:11.200 Trent Robinson needs a huge rap. 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.840 Whatever he's done to coach Daily, the person is starting 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.920 now to get the performance. Because it was always he's 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.000 going there for the experience to help Sam. He's now 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:26.680 actually contributing in a performance part. Those two tries that 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.720 right foot for the first one was a big moment. 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.199 They defended for twenty minutes, got their first opportunity. He 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.320 saw space and we haven't seen Daily do that too often. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.400 It's been a great It'll be a great experience for 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:40.400 Hugo to Hugo Savala. 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.080 I know they've got a lot of young guys coming through, 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.680 but you'd think, you know, for what Hugo has done 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.200 for the Jersey, no winging, just got on with it, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.200 go and play whatever position by your time made. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.280 We have seen I don't think this gets spoken of. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:56.319 We have seen players at other clubs, I the Tigers, 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.400 ie whatever. When something happens, tills down, I'm out. Yeah, 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.360 hre Svaala could have done tools down, I'm out, probably 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.000 had every right to. But what did he do was 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.080 the best trainerger in preseason. He was probably not in 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.800 their seventeen or twenty to start with. He's found a 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.520 spot at left center and he's been very, very consistent. 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:21.000 And you know, if you're aspiring half, sometimes when you 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.120 play outer position, it gives you a greater understanding what 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:25.880 it takes to play in your preferred position. 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:27.360 And he's doing that right now. 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.400 Like he is learning, you know the other side of things, 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.880 like playing rep football for me off the bench and 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.640 defending in the middle, taught me how to tackle on 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:38.280 the edge. Yeah, there's things that Hugo has done that's 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.360 like he's a damn good player for that club. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:45.200 Nathan in the game made heta. He was certainly busy. 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:47.920 I thought that I thought they were a tackle lacked 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.600 variation when they were attacking the line as we were 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:55.920 watching his touches here, there's no doubt that he missed Isaiah. 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.839 He's got it because they have worked as a. 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.400 Partnership for just so long. Right through the run of success. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.679 I thought a couple of times watching the Roosters defend, 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.400 I reckon there were times that the Roosters outside men 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.440 were pretty empty and outside in like rushing outside in defense, 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.480 and I thought for that reason, I thought a few 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.320 times that Nathan should have varied, maybe give. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.719 The ball two steps earlier. There's little things like that. 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.080 Well, it is one thing when you system and you 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:26.199 are so automated in the way you play, it makes you. 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.280 A little bit predictable. So there is a little bit 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:30.360 for next time. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.319 And this is the thing about Peter and the Roosters 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.960 and the Warriors playing so close together. Is it great 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.200 for the confidence of the Warriors and the Roosters. But 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.240 the bad side is that Ivan and Nathan will sit 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.240 through every bit of vision, yes, and they will go okay, 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.319 this is what they did to us. So here comes 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.319 a variation in prelim final week. So there's a little 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.240 bit of the hold things in the back pocket for 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.760 the big game that you need. But I think Nathan 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.000 is going to get zeroed in on with no Isaiah. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:01.160 Yeah. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:06.079 So I remember in twenty sixteen No Billy playing Crenell 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.760 of Sharks. I just remember thinking, like if I just 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:13.120 my biggest regret of that Grand Final was not coming 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:14.120 up with a player that I was. 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:14.880 A decoy for. 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.960 What I mean by that is attentions on you to 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:19.960 come up and make with a player. So you keep trying, 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.720 keep trying, keep trying. But if you just sit somewhere 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.400 and have another player come up with a play, it 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.640 just might be the X factor or the difference in it. 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.240 So I think Nathan and Ivan. 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.040 While you put all the responsibility and trust in Nathan 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:36.760 to deliver without Isaiah, at some stage you've got to 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:40.679 come up with an alternate play that says, hey, look 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.079 at me, I'm over here, and you know, whether it's 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:44.840 Cogger or Blaze or someone else. 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:46.480 Well, that makes sense because one of the notes I 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.559 made come out of the game is that Jack needed to. 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:50.800 Give Nathan Moore. 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.240 As you said, there was a distinct lack of variation 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.280 wherever Nathan was that that's where the ball was going 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:56.560 to go. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.400 Do you still think it's Cogger after that performance? Do 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:03.080 you think cog six I thought was Blaze, but I 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.680 thought Blaze was not He could have added more when. 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.160 He came on the field. I expected a more significant impact. 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.360 I sort of get the feeling. And look, I'm only 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:12.959 guessing here. 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:17.719 I'm starting to get the sense that the Blaze at 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.480 six experiment, if you want to call her that, all 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:21.880 that want to turn him into. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.280 A top class six is evaporating. 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:26.800 I think they're starting to think, now we might not 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.760 get there, and we might be I mean, this kid, 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.160 they might be you know, they might be sitting on a. 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.720 Bloke who was a world class fullback. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.880 Or center or somewhere else, and maybe now it's start 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:37.839 trying to push him somewhere. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:41.960 Because Cogo defensively did some pretty good things. So there 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.680 was moments that if that was Blaze, well I don't 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:47.920 know that's that good of contact, right, But it's definitely 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.320 a point that they need to work out because if 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.480 Nathan is going to be touching the ball more times. 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.760 There was a couple of times where Jack went the 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.760 first receiver, Nathan was that second receiving looked threatening. They 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.400 just need to get that ball right. And the other 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:02.880 one is Lindsay Smith. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:03.280 Yeah. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.240 Now this is interesting, Coop, because I said that I 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.840 believe that they needed to change the way they played. 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.120 You're the opinion, No, no, no, They've come this far 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.880 down the road. It's too dangerous to start changing. I'm 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.200 sort of leaning your way a little bit. Although Lindsay 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.880 won't give the same service, doesn't have quite doesn't have 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.839 the same vision everything of Isaiah. I think he showed 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.000 enough the other night to show that he can play 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.320 a role similar. I thought he's I thought his first 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.560 stint was pretty good. I thought his second stint was 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:32.480 just outstanding. 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.160 His first stint was probably two past centric, and his 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.960 second stint he realized he had to know that run 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.480 first mentality and then maybe I. 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:46.360 Can This is this is only second stint here, so 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.920 you just you see in the first half, I just 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:50.600 thought he was a little bit out of sink. That 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.079 second stint, you obviously went went back to back to 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:54.280 the bench, collected himself. 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.640 He took the game on that second stint. But the 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.840 Smith Cleary Coga combo. I don't think they're going to 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.120 change the way they play, but I would say next 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.080 time they play the Roosters or the Warriors, there's going 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.840 to be a variation to their set players. Because you 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:15.679 and I could sit here and say, oh, you know, 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.360 Penrith will go to the one post and they would 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:19.920 come back and drop that back roll off and then 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:20.920 I'll all swing back this way. 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:22.280 You can see it unfold. 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.040 I don't think they're going to showcase any type of 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.080 football they've got in terms of tricks until they play 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:29.800 those teams next. 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:31.760 Now we're dedicating a lot of time here to these 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.200 two sides, but I mean there's a reason for it. 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.040 This is really interesting in one coup in your opinion 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.600 on Sam Walker at the moment, I want if you 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:44.480 were if you were Trent Robinson with everything going on 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:48.280 at the moment, And I don't know Sam, I don't 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.440 know whether he's very good at compartmentalizing. 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.480 He might be, he mightn't bother him at all. But 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.360 there's a lot going on this contract stuff. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.320 Now there's rumors that the you know, the Broncos could 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.160 be the background preparing. 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.280 A big a bid. This talk about the Bulldogs. 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.520 Behind the scenes maybe going to come in as well. 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.000 He got concerns about this being a start to become 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.080 a distraction for Sam. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.680 Will of course it can be, do you think it will? 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.200 And performance is king right, Like the only thing that 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.600 says right now that he compartmentalizes is his performance. 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:21.000 I just don't like the noise. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:25.200 Like these things can be done behind closed doors and 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:26.520 not necessarily. 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:27.360 Hard to they coop in it. 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:27.680 It's hard. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.600 Well, it's hard to look at Nathan's situation like he's 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.400 in the same situation and people have said, oh, he's 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.880 going to p and G, but no one's actually really 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:37.880 speaking about it, because it. 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:38.760 Could be he might be. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.720 He might be having these conversations, but whoever's doing that 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:43.720 is not having external ones. 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:45.120 And I think that's the reason. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.480 Was was the very fact that when you know, when 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:49.240 you heard that, when you heard that Sam and the 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.880 roosters were going to sit down at the table, you 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.480 expect because of the roosters, was going to be that, Okay, 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.680 let's get the deal done. Because from the roosters, I 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.880 don't want him sitting down with that makes sense all 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:03.920 the broncos I'd want the deal done. 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.400 Yeah, See, I might be naive here, But I think 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:11.440 when you're talking about a long term deal, you are 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.920 investing in a person for a long time, then it 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.240 needs to be genuine care and respect both ways. 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.080 Like I couldn't care less if you went to November one. 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.920 Like if you are working together and trying to achieve something, 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.080 you want to achieve together, and he is going to 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.200 be a franchise half back for a long time, take 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:32.480 your time, get it done. And I Sam seems to 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.080 have backed himself in. It might be the thing that 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.920 gets that extra deal, extra number. It might be the 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.080 thing that brings it back to normal. But look at 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.960 the end of the day, but the kick can play. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.280 But yeah, see what happens an xt mounth for So 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:56.760 now the top a structure. 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:58.320 You know, we've got the Cowboys and the Dogs of 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.280 Bunnies were sort of flating around. You expect after the 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.440 weekend they're locked in. Cowboys had the opportunity, they're blowing 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:05.119 it and. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:08.160 You reckon they make it. 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:09.560 I think they do. 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.320 They've got dogs two points outside and the. 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.640 Dogs and the Cowboys are very similar points differential. Dogs 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:20.439 just slight advantage on very slightly sixteen points. Dogs have 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:22.520 got the Dragons, the Panthers and the Broncos. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:25.400 You'd say they're going to win two of those. 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:31.359 You'd think Cowboys have got the buy the Tigers and 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:37.520 the Raiders. Oh, I mean watching on the weekend, like 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.359 you just look at the Cowboys. You got everything to 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.720 play for and off the kickoff like Brian Kelly makes 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:45.360 the break off the kickoff. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.720 But they have they have a history of this, the Cowboys, 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:53.159 Like you're playing PARAMOUNTA down the bottom ladder and this 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:57.000 is your first effort. That's a few weeks ago a 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:00.560 getting Brison. Broncos they smashed kickoff. 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:00.840 Yeh. 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.600 I think it was in tal Malolo's game or something 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:05.720 like Todd Peyton came out and said they don't like 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:11.480 the Broncos and they smashed the kickoff right, Like they're 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.520 so frustrating. I just don't know how where you can 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:15.640 predict the Cowboys. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:19.200 What do you think? Do you think it's the Dogs 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:19.960 or the Cowboys? 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:20.800 I think the dogs? 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:21.639 Do you think the dogs? 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.560 And even like I'm not saying that because I've got 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:26.960 more faith in the Dogs. I just every time I 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.280 backed the Cowboys, something happens, you know. I mean like 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:34.160 last time they played the Eels. They dropped the ten 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:36.680