WEBVTT - “I’ll Never Call Madge Again”: Buzz Slams Broncos Coach, Refuses to Apologise | CODE NRL 

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<v Speaker 1>The phone call I had with him after the Harbor

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<v Speaker 1>cruise was the rudest I've been spoken to, probably by

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<v Speaker 1>anyone in the history of me covering this game. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>never ring Michael McGuire again because I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>Part went inside body. I said, did it well? They're celebrating.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm doing a column on the Brisbane Broncos and

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<v Speaker 3>that spectacular victory down there in Canberra on Sunday. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>joined by Buzz Rothfield, my old colleague. But Buzz, I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's time, in all honesty, that you came out

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<v Speaker 3>and said something publicly about your ongoing criticism of Michael

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<v Speaker 3>McGuire and the Broncos.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been condemnation from round one to hear.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, are you prepared to apologize or to what you

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<v Speaker 1>said about Jason Rowles in August twenty You know they've

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<v Speaker 1>finished eleventh since your column. They beat the russ thirty

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<v Speaker 1>ten Warriors twenty six, twenty two, nine sixty six ten

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<v Speaker 1>forty points to fourteen their average. You know, can I

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<v Speaker 1>write a column about you stuffing it up?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>Because it's a bit different because the Broncos are in

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<v Speaker 3>the Premium Final and PARAMOUNTA around thirteenth, the Michael McGuire.

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<v Speaker 1>Eleven getting backs right, they ran.

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<v Speaker 3>Eleventh, eleventh, Okay, eleventh, it's still not playing finals footy.

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<v Speaker 3>But anyway, you said for the outset buzz, there were

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<v Speaker 3>problems at red Hill and it all started around this

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<v Speaker 3>alleged player unrest.

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<v Speaker 2>Why did you write that. Are you prepared now to

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<v Speaker 2>say that I got it wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm definitely, definitely, definitely not prepared to say I

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<v Speaker 1>got it wrong to I wrote the column because Madge

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of history at the West Tigers and

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<v Speaker 1>at the South Sidney Rabbits, which you would admit that

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<v Speaker 1>he lost the sheds and was sacked from both jobs. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I was getting mal early in the season after their

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<v Speaker 1>army camps and the vomit buckets and players were spewing

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<v Speaker 1>into training, all that sort of stuff that the players

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<v Speaker 1>are off Madge. So I wrote it, and I checked it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think my information at the time was probably

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<v Speaker 1>correct that they were offing, and I think Madge might

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<v Speaker 1>have even recognized that and just pulled back that little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>that slight little bit. I don't know, but I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you what I think. So I've got absolutely no apologies

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<v Speaker 1>to make I'll go into the Harbor cruse. You want

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<v Speaker 1>me to talk about the Harbor Grouse.

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<v Speaker 3>Column harbruse, Yeah, I do, actually, because the Harbor Cruise

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<v Speaker 3>are something that a lot of clubs do, a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of teams do you seem to pick out the Broncos

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<v Speaker 3>and target them specifically, when to me it appeared from

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<v Speaker 3>the outside looking in to be quite unfair.

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<v Speaker 1>So they come to Sydney a couple of days early.

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<v Speaker 1>They jump on Anthony Bell's ten million dollar luxury lot

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<v Speaker 1>that not luxury yacht that normally carries celebrities. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Clark or anyone you seeing Sydney Confidential for a

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<v Speaker 1>culture experience on Fort Dennison. Well, you know what, that's bullshit,

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<v Speaker 1>dog a cultural experience on Fort Dennison. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote that column because we've got a responsibility to tell

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<v Speaker 1>our roaders what happens behind the scenes. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. Two days after that Harbor Cruise they played

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<v Speaker 1>the South Sydney Rabbit as the easy beats of the

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<v Speaker 1>competition and they were beaten twenty two to fourteen, and

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<v Speaker 1>they are in a bit of trouble. Then the Broncos.

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<v Speaker 4>Time I get that but this is about the long haul,

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<v Speaker 4>not about one result.

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<v Speaker 2>This is about building camaraderie. That's what it was all about.

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<v Speaker 2>You can label it what you like, whether it's cultural

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<v Speaker 2>or camaraderie or just mates getting together for a bit,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to call it.

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<v Speaker 1>If you ask me, at that stage of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>they were in a mini crisis. They were, you know

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<v Speaker 1>they were, And there were rumblings out of Red Hill.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry there were. You might have heard them, but

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<v Speaker 1>I did. I'm prepared to give him a rap now

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<v Speaker 1>and say that he's done a fantastic job with the

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<v Speaker 1>side under the circumstances, and that victory was as good

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<v Speaker 1>a game of football as I can probably ever recall yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>what about you. You wrote a column two years ago

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<v Speaker 1>about Benji Marshall. You said Benji marsh was no good.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you wrote a groveling apology to him. Come on,

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<v Speaker 1>some of the stuff I say, I actually stand by it.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't just me that was concerned about vomit buckets

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<v Speaker 1>and army cans. If you want to check with Clint

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<v Speaker 1>Newton at the RLPA, if you want to check with

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<v Speaker 1>people at the at the NRL, I think you'll find

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<v Speaker 1>They had concerns too about certain training measurements a team make.

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<v Speaker 1>The game has changed. You know that great young footballer

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<v Speaker 1>died from heat Exhauce Gin at many Seagulls. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>debate to have dog the demand on players in the

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<v Speaker 1>summer heat and the off season preparation, it's a debate

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<v Speaker 1>to have.

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<v Speaker 3>In June, you said on radio that Brisbane have no heart,

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<v Speaker 3>no desire, no passion and no idea in hindsight. Given

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<v Speaker 3>they are eighty minutes from a Grand Final, are you

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<v Speaker 3>prepared to say I went to heavy.

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<v Speaker 1>Where were they on the competition ladder?

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<v Speaker 2>Then I haven't got that in front of me.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that's convenia.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point you wrote that that you are demanding

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<v Speaker 2>that they change their playing style, which seems to be

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<v Speaker 2>working right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I demanded, well, how do you know they haven't changed

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<v Speaker 1>this style? Maybe Madg's read it and that was part

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<v Speaker 1>of it. You don't know that the phone call I

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<v Speaker 1>had with him after the Harbor cruise was the rudest

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<v Speaker 1>I've been spoken to, probably by anyone in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of me covering this game. And I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>sit back here have an opinion and allow someone like

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<v Speaker 1>him to just rip and tear. I stand by every

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<v Speaker 1>store where. I stand by the fact he was offloaded

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<v Speaker 1>by the West Tigers and the South in the Rabbits,

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<v Speaker 1>And I wrote it as I saw it, And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I've been proven wrong. But I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to apologize because they have had a great season. But

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<v Speaker 1>you can't tell me they're doing it absolutely everything now

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<v Speaker 1>right now, like Sunday afternoon, like they're doing early in

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<v Speaker 1>the season. The place has evolved, the place has changed.

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<v Speaker 1>They're obviously a happy, foody camp there now.

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<v Speaker 3>Said they've got a communication problem because this has been

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<v Speaker 3>an ongoing an attack from you all year on maguire,

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<v Speaker 3>they had a communication problem and that the players couldn't

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<v Speaker 3>relate to Michael McGuire.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it looked like they were later on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you know that wasn't right when I wrote it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think I just sit here and write stuff

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<v Speaker 1>or do you think I hear from players? And well,

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<v Speaker 1>while I'm telling you, I heard from player managers. And

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<v Speaker 1>I asked Badell, asked Ben Dobbin and Brisbane if I

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a source within the club who's been leaking

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<v Speaker 1>to me all year, and that same source said to

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<v Speaker 1>me and mate, I cannot reveal them. I so wish

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<v Speaker 1>I could. That Madge was having communication problems getting through

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<v Speaker 1>to the team. Now, what coaches do, what very good

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<v Speaker 1>coaches do, when they are having communications problems, They decide

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<v Speaker 1>is it the players or is it me? And Madge,

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<v Speaker 1>for all I know, decided it was him. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that, but things change in rugby league on a

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<v Speaker 1>daily basis. And I'm sorry, bulldog if i'm you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's They're just my thoughts. And the day I worry

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<v Speaker 1>about upsetting people is the day we stop doing our job.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I get that. I just think you've been very

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<v Speaker 3>hard to imagine. I think you should be applauded for

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<v Speaker 3>what he's done.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said that. I've said that, but I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to apologize. Anyone owns an apologics me for the manner

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<v Speaker 1>in which he spoke to me over the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, just finally you wrote something that was negative toward him.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he was to have a crack at year,

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't he?

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<v Speaker 1>There were people in this game not quite as intense

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<v Speaker 1>as mad And this happens to me every week, and

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<v Speaker 1>we pick up the phone and we discuss it like adults, right.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the way I do business. And I'll never ring

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Maguire again because I don't care. I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>what he thinks. I'm paid to have a view. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been around a lot longer than him. Yes, I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>achieved what he has. He's won a great title at

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<v Speaker 1>South Sydney. They're wonderful side to watch Reese Wolf Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>And they've managed to unlock him the last month. You

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<v Speaker 1>know how they've unlocked him because they changed the way

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<v Speaker 1>they've played dog Buzz.

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<v Speaker 2>We disagree. We'll leave it at that. Things buzz see

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<v Speaker 2>a dog