Speaker 1: Well, it's a Thursday morning. There is footy tonight. We've
Speaker 1: grown a customed to the Crows and foot playing on Thursdays,
Speaker 1: but with the release of the fixture, that is to
Speaker 1: be no more. But it does mean Ryan Fitzgerald joins
Speaker 1: us this morning as we go through the weekends, footy
Speaker 1: get his tips and all the excitement for the rest
Speaker 1: of the forty season.
Speaker 2: Morning the fitty, sweet.
Speaker 3: Sweet goodness, Pemba, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Boys, Have you recovered from all the excitement of the draw?
Speaker 2: Had you ever seen the Crows draw before? Were you
Speaker 2: at either the Collingwood game or the Saints game the
Speaker 2: previous two?
Speaker 3: No, no, I wasn't there.
Speaker 4: But it's just a hollow feeling, isn't it. I mean,
Speaker 4: such a close game. It was what I do love
Speaker 4: that now we're getting into moments. Brisbane hit the lead
Speaker 4: and they went three goals.
Speaker 3: Up in that last quarter and you thought we're gone here.
Speaker 4: But we slowly fight our way out of it. Now
Speaker 4: that's a promising sign. But then you know, there were
Speaker 4: moments where we were a couple of goals up and
Speaker 4: I thought we're off here. Yeah, but it was a
Speaker 4: great game. It was it was it was a Brillian game.
Speaker 4: I feel like I'm starting I've always been a traditionalist,
Speaker 4: but I'm starting to move over to I think it
Speaker 4: would be great. Three minutes at either end and it's
Speaker 4: still a draw. It's the next point wins. I would
Speaker 4: love to see that.
Speaker 2: Will's Will's very much implacably opposed. He's keep the draw,
Speaker 2: keep the draw.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the game of footy is at length of a
Speaker 1: game of footy the results.
Speaker 4: I do love tradition, but we had this game has
Speaker 4: moved on so much, so Will.
Speaker 3: This is the thing.
Speaker 4: We have modernized it and moved with the times. Why
Speaker 4: can't we modernize something like that.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a problem that needs fixing.
Speaker 2: A few times I Sunday look like that abolish to
Speaker 2: holding the ball rule, that's my gosh.
Speaker 4: Well there was I went and a couple of game
Speaker 4: a couple of weeks ago. I went and got myself
Speaker 4: a pie and a beer and someone got tackled just
Speaker 4: before it.
Speaker 3: And when I came back, they were still in the
Speaker 3: tackle and no pride. I couldn't believe it. And it
Speaker 3: was the next quarter as well.
Speaker 1: I was.
Speaker 4: It is amazing. Okay, so the fixture has just been
Speaker 4: released as well, and a lot of people are blowing
Speaker 4: up that Crows only get the one Friday night game.
Speaker 3: Port Adelaide get a couple. Is that correct?
Speaker 4: Yep?
Speaker 3: I think Port Adelaide have earned the right.
Speaker 4: But you know, I just unfortunately for us, we had
Speaker 4: our opportunity this year.
Speaker 3: This is Crows.
Speaker 4: I'm talking about Round two Geelong at home, just made
Speaker 4: so many mistakes. Round three on Friday against Freeo at Optus.
Speaker 3: Remember that one dire Oh that was die.
Speaker 4: And then the week after we back it up with
Speaker 4: another Friday against Melbourne at home and made so many mistakes. Unfortunately,
Speaker 4: we lost our right in those three rounds to play
Speaker 4: any home games on a Friday night.
Speaker 2: Yep, it feels like the first four weeks of the
Speaker 2: story of the season. Sadly it is. We've just some
Speaker 2: miracle occurs.
Speaker 4: You got to look, look, we're in a great We've
Speaker 4: the last five games we've only lost one game, you know,
Speaker 4: three wins in a draw, so we are clawing our
Speaker 4: way back. But yeah, it's unfortunately, you know when we
Speaker 4: get given Friday night games and these Thursday I mean
Speaker 4: the Showdown. Don't get me wrong, the Showdown was such
Speaker 4: a well, it was a masterpiece, not just in South
Speaker 4: Australia but all around Australia. I think everyone agrees that
Speaker 4: that is worthy of a Thursday Night. I cannot believe
Speaker 4: that there's no more Thursday night games though after round
Speaker 4: third Ey.
Speaker 3: The audience is just it's there.
Speaker 4: And I understand you're not going to have a blockbuster
Speaker 4: every Thursday night, but you know people have just been.
Speaker 1: It's become part of the week, hasn't. It's become part
Speaker 1: of the rhythm of life. Yeah, I'm with you. I
Speaker 1: hate seeing the Thursday's disappear.
Speaker 2: Well, we've got one tonight, FITZI Gold Coast versus the Cats,
Speaker 2: who do you like?
Speaker 4: The Cats have to bounce back at some stage, So
Speaker 4: I'm going to go the Cats to win that one.
Speaker 2: Now, this is going to be massive. Although you think
Speaker 2: sitting you in the box, seed at home Swans and
Speaker 2: Carlton tomorrow night, this.
Speaker 4: Is going this is going to be an unbelievable game
Speaker 4: because I think Carlton are back into some form, but
Speaker 4: to travel up to the SCG is going to be
Speaker 4: tough for him.
Speaker 3: So I'm going to go the Swans there.
Speaker 2: Now, one of the toughest asks in for the Crows
Speaker 2: traveling to the mcg in front of seventy odd thousand
Speaker 2: feral Collingwood supporters, Are we a chance?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 2: Look?
Speaker 4: Unfortunately we are getting Collingwood when they are at their
Speaker 4: peak best, and they are playing some amazing football at
Speaker 4: the moment.
Speaker 3: They've got their mojo back.
Speaker 4: So look, if they are a little bit off like
Speaker 4: they were at the start of the year, I would
Speaker 4: have backed the Crows, but I can't.
Speaker 3: I got a bit. I've got a tip with my
Speaker 3: head and I'm going to go the Pies now.
Speaker 2: GWS have been struggling a bit, but the Bulldogs. Are
Speaker 2: they a chance in Sydney?
Speaker 3: No, they're not.
Speaker 2: Not.
Speaker 4: At MG Stadium, GWS played really well there, so the
Speaker 4: Giants will win.
Speaker 2: That Saints freo god, this is a tough game.
Speaker 3: Because the Saints are just I I'm actually going to
Speaker 3: go a bit of an up. Yeah, the Saints have gone.
Speaker 4: I just I don't know what's happened to them, and
Speaker 4: you can actually tell by ross Lyn's body language that
Speaker 4: he's just He's got no explanation for it as well.
Speaker 4: So I'm going to go the Dockers to beat the
Speaker 4: Saints at Marvel Stadium.
Speaker 2: Brisbane playing a dollar six to beat Richmond the Cava.
Speaker 3: That's an easy. There's there's some easy.
Speaker 4: The next three games, four games we're going to go
Speaker 4: through a quite easy Brisbane will win that one.
Speaker 2: The Essendon playing a dollar five to be the Kangaroos.
Speaker 4: At Marveaue Bombers will win that convincingly.
Speaker 3: Port and the Hawks that's at Aelaide.
Speaker 4: Hawks are playing good footy though, that'll be closer than
Speaker 4: you think.
Speaker 3: But port Our later win that.
Speaker 2: And then in the west around it out West Coast
Speaker 2: versus Melbourne.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and West Coast are playing a lot better as well.
Speaker 4: But the D's are playing some great footage whole game. Melbourne,
Speaker 4: good on your fifty.
Speaker 2: Thanks mate. We'll do it all again next week.
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