1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: From the newsroom a news still come today. 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: We got a special episode for you today on from 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: the Newsroom. We are handing the podcast over to the 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: hosts of Sports Ranting and News dot Com dot auvodcast, 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 2: hosted by James McKern Andrew McMurtry and James Dampney. You 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: take it away, boys. 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 3: You know everyone this is from the newsroom, but with 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 3: a bit of a difference where there's sports ranting crew. 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 3: It's that time of year when you get your annual 10 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 3: lists and sort of wrapping up the year that was. 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: So we're guest hosting. I guess she'd say for from 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 3: the newsroom with the sports moments of the year. We 13 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 3: thought we'd do good, bad, and ugly. So Jimmy Mertz's 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 3: let's crack on. I'm gonna kick off with Caitlin Clark. 15 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: She's my good. 16 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 4: It was perhaps statistically the greatest college career men or 17 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 4: women in the history of the sports. Fifty one broken records, 18 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 4: the old time points leader in NCAA history, third all 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 4: time in women's D one assists. She led in Iowa 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 4: women's bad basketball team that had been to the Final 21 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 4: four once previously, to two championship appearances the signature logo 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 4: three and no look past building a fan base never 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 4: before seen in women's basketball. 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 3: Nobody else has been able to make people watch women's 25 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: college sports to the level that she did with some 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 3: of the highest I remember messaging you, Jim in we're 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 3: both watching her, just you know, nailing all those threes 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 3: and so impressive. So and then she just translated it 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: into the pros. She had the most assist ever in 30 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: a season as a rookie, all in, all WNBA First Team, 31 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: all these records. There's a little bit of bad and 32 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 3: ugly because of some of the treatment she was getting 33 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: from other players. And I understand the tall poppy. Everyone 34 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 3: tries to knock down the rookies, but they should also 35 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: appreciate what she's bringing into the sport and the money 36 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: she's going to generate and all the rest of it. 37 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: But there seemed a lot of kind of bitterness towards her. 38 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: But she was awesome. I can see her winning a 39 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 3: three point contest at the NBA All Star Contest, like 40 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: taking on a Steph Curry. She's just breaking down barriers. 41 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: She's awesome. So she's like twenty two years old, so 42 00:01:59,200 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 3: she's my good. 43 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 5: That's a cracking start because Caateon Clark absolutely love her. 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 5: That just actually was I was picking WNBA over NBA 45 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 5: at points when she was playing like that's that's the 46 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 5: level that she was at. So we can't argue with 47 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 5: that one. 48 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: Jayson would never happen before her. So all right, Jimmy, 49 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 3: what's your good of twenty twenty four? 50 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 5: Well, a was an Olympic year, so there was a 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 5: lot that obviously happened in Paris. The Aussies did very well, 52 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 5: very well, unexpectedly with in some sort of categories. But 53 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 5: for me, it was super Sia Saya Sakabara that gold. 54 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 5: I was working it sitting here at the desk and 55 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 5: even I got emotional just sort of watching the scenes 56 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 5: of her crossing the light. 57 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 6: Out in front well and truly setting sensational. Say, Sakakibara 58 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 6: wings gold for Australia. What a comeback she crashed out 59 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 6: three years ago in Tokyo. We know the family history, 60 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 6: this means so much. 61 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 5: That was just so good to watch. She dominated every 62 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: single race and just taking the gold and the scenes 63 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 5: afterwards couldn't go past that for mine. 64 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 7: But it was just a story and as well like 65 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 7: coming in and a brother and everything like that. It 66 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 7: was just it was just the perfect gold medal. 67 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 3: Australian Olympic team in general. We could pretty much highlight, 68 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: you know, eighteen golds and all the rest of it was. 69 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: It was a pretty sensational event. What about your good merds? 70 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 7: My good is well sick? And also with the Olympic theme, 71 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 7: we've got Arisa True a fourteen year old going and 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 7: winning an Olympic gold medal. That was outstanding. But it's 73 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 7: also so hard to go past the Fox sisters after 74 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 7: no Ami won the canoe slalem, the mad race that 75 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 7: that was, but winning that and them just sweeping the 76 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 7: entire canoe slalem event was just fantastic. And those scenes 77 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 7: where she jumped in at the end and went over 78 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 7: to no Amy, it was just like the best, the 79 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 7: best Olympic vision you can get. 80 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: What a story. 81 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: That's an incredible story. 82 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,559 Speaker 4: Nailmi Fox a gold. 83 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 7: Medal, just Fox, your sister, two gold medals, three golf 84 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 7: between the sisters, Are you kidding me? 85 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: We kept hearing a little bit about the younger sister, 86 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: but we never knew how good she was and for 87 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 3: her to come in and just own like that was 88 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: just fantastic. And we'll imagine being. 89 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 7: Just Fox's sister and just sitting in the shadow and 90 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 7: then coming and doing that. 91 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: It's just amazing, awesome story. All Right, we'll jump into 92 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 3: the bad. This one's a little bit difficult for me. 93 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 3: I don't know if you can see my Swan scarf 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,239 Speaker 3: in the background, but the Sydney Swan's so much hype 95 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 3: and expectation. They had a great season coming into this 96 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 3: Grand Final. Full disclosure, we all tipped a narrow Swaney's 97 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 3: win in our pre Grand Final pod. 98 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 6: Thanks. 99 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I didn't want it just to be just me. 100 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 3: I had to throw it all into the bus and 101 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: they were never in the contest. 102 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: It's a game that will go down in history, the 103 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: Lions mauling the Swans by sixty points, bringing home the 104 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: premiership trophy for the first time in more than twenty years. 105 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 3: And it's just so disappointing. A team that you know, 106 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: bases itself on physicality and all the rest of it 107 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: just showed absolutely none of that. The Lions were just 108 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: so up and ready for it, and you know, learned 109 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: a lot from their Grand Grand Final loss the year before. 110 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 3: So John Longmi's moved on, which is a little bit sad, 111 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 3: but he'd lost four out of five Grand finals. Maybe 112 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 3: it's time for a new voice. Not sure where they 113 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: go from here, but it was just such a disappointing 114 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 3: day for a Swans fan that they basically never fired 115 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: a shot. So that's my bad. 116 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: Not even disappointing for a Swans fan, it was disappointing 117 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 5: as a. 118 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 3: Footy fair footy fan was was It was. 119 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 5: A boring contest pretty much from the outset, from the 120 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 5: first bar of the lines, just dominating. 121 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, it was absolutely like crushing right from the right, 122 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 7: from the opening siren. Basically at the end of that 123 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 7: first quarter, it was just all one way traffic. Was 124 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 7: just yeah, hard to watch, all. 125 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: Right, Jimmy, you're bad. What was the bad moment for you? 126 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 5: Well, from the AFL Grand Final car crash that was 127 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 5: the Sydney Swans to the NRL Grand Final pre game 128 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 5: entertainment car crash that was for Roy, it was it 129 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 5: was just a lot of smoke, a lot of auto 130 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 5: tune and a weird Eagle microphone that just he sounded 131 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 5: not great. 132 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,040 Speaker 1: And you as. 133 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 5: I know that we're sitting here watching it through the 134 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 5: TV which is coming from the speakers on the stadium, whatever, 135 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 5: just wasn't it. I'm not a kid Larroy fan, I'll 136 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 5: say that straight off the bat, but for me, it 137 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 5: just was not exciting, and from what we saw from 138 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 5: people watching, also didn't captivate really anyone except for Diard 139 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 5: kid l Roy fans. 140 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,119 Speaker 7: So just bad, bad, bad, bad mate. You are thirty 141 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 7: five going on sixty. You are so old. 142 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: This this was for the kids. Mate. 143 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 7: He was absolutely fine. But you know what, the piate 144 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 7: technicians at every pregame event should just chill out a 145 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 7: little bit. Guys. You can't see what's going on when 146 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 7: you just cover the stage in smoke. It's ridiculous. 147 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: Look from meat Loaf to probably Robbie Williams, I reckon 148 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: kid Lroy was probably somewhere in the middle. Didn't do 149 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: it for me, but I'm probably in a similar age bracket, 150 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 3: so I probably wasn't a table market. What about you, Mertz, 151 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: what's your bad? 152 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 7: Well? Thank you for the appetizers their boys, But there 153 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 7: was one horrific moment of the year, and that was 154 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 7: Reagun Come on, come on, bloody awful mate, But you 155 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 7: know what I'm actually going to like do what I 156 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 7: did in our actual podcast when we spoke about this, 157 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 7: and I was fired up after just watching it. The 158 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 7: breaking at the Olympics was the bad of the year. 159 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 7: It was absolutely horrific right from the beginning. Did not 160 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 7: deserve to be at the Olympics. Was fascical. The gold 161 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 7: medal rounds were even bad. It was just bad from 162 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 7: beginning to end. And Reagun was just the best at 163 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 7: being horrifically bad. But she's becoming a global like on 164 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 7: now out of it, so I guess it's worked out 165 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 7: for her. 166 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 3: So my ugly I think it needs to be mentioned. 167 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: It was the fight of the year. Was Jake Ball 168 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 3: versus Mike Tyson. 169 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 2: The old Warrior went the distance, took the punches, but 170 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 2: it wasn't enough with Jake Paul crowned the winner on points. 171 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 6: Are you a winner by you dona this decision? 172 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 7: Godo. 173 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 6: It's just honored to be able to fight him, and 174 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 6: he's obviously the toughest, baddest man on the planet. 175 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: So it was really tough like I expected. 176 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 2: It to be. 177 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 3: I think all of us are actually the problem because 178 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 3: we all wanted to watch it, even though we're pretty 179 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: sure we knew what was going to happen. We wanted 180 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 3: to watch it, but the bottom line for me really 181 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 3: is that it never should have happened. Tyson lost his 182 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 3: knockout power and his movement at least twenty years ago, 183 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 3: probably more, no more, and he's fifty eight now. The 184 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: fact that he came out with a knee brace, the 185 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 3: whole thing looked control. Jake Paul wasn't really trying. You know, 186 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 3: Tyson barely threw a punch. There were some times when 187 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 3: it actually looked like he had an opening plenty of 188 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 3: times and just didn't throw that massive under uppercut that 189 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: he used to have. But the whole thing was a 190 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 3: fast Netflix cutting out was the most predictable thing as well. 191 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: You know, they weren't ready to for one hundred million 192 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 3: people to be watching at the exact same time. So yeah, 193 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 3: the whole thing was horrendous. Please Mike don't fight again. 194 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 3: Please some decent boxer knock Jake Paul out like we'd 195 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 3: all like to see. But it was never going to 196 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 3: be a sixty year old Mike Tyson. But anyway, we 197 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: could get stuck on a boxing chat. But to me, 198 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 3: what's your what's your ugly? 199 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 5: Well, mine is the same thing. That seems to happen 200 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 5: every goddamn year at the AFL Grand Final, and it's 201 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 5: when the winning team go up to collect their medals 202 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 5: from the ors. Kick kids and the Brisbane lines went 203 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 5: the step further this year of having a bloke handing 204 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 5: them the hats and saying, do not this up for us, 205 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: don't make us. 206 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 3: Still close the hand on the head, the. 207 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 5: Hat, take your metal, walk off stage. And here we 208 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 5: are again, another bloody player another year, this time Charlie 209 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 5: Cameron just I don't understand what it's going to take 210 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 5: for one of these bokes not to absolutely screw it 211 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 5: up year on year. And then we get to the 212 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 5: AFLW and they absolutely blow it out of the path 213 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 5: with how they do it. These blokes you just can't 214 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 5: get through their thick heads of have a cap, hand it, 215 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 5: put it on the kid's head, shake their hand, give 216 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 5: him a high five, whatever, take your metal, get off 217 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 5: the stage. It's not hard, and yet we're here every 218 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 5: single year one of these blokes do it. 219 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 3: And the AFLW one was so good. They're like, here's 220 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 3: my scrunchy, you know what's your name? Just simple interaction 221 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 3: with a child. It shouldn't be that difficult, but not anyway, 222 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: all right, Mertz, last off the rank is you're ugly 223 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: for twenty twenty four. 224 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, it's also my saddest moment of the year. It's 225 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 7: Danny Rick's sacking by oh pre sacking I guess by 226 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 7: Red Bull at the Singapore Grand Prix. 227 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 8: Daniel Ricardo's time as a VCR Brace driver is over, 228 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 8: with the Australian set to make way for Liam Lawson, 229 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 8: who will take the seat from the next Grand Prix 230 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 8: in Austin. 231 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 7: It was bloody ugly leading all the way up there 232 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 7: where we were all just like, oh, maybe can we 233 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 7: just tuck him in Paris a seat instead. But it's 234 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 7: the right call that he should have been cut loose. 235 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 7: But the way that Red Bull did it was just 236 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 7: about the worst bungling I've ever seen of a sacking 237 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 7: of someone so loved like Daniel. Ricardo's Australia's number one 238 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 7: most loved athlete. He's loved around the world. He's probably 239 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 7: one of the US's most love athletes and probably the 240 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 7: only f one driver they actually all know. The way 241 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 7: that they bungled that was just horrific. But it's been 242 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 7: the whole year with red Bull to be honest. 243 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, massive four from Grace for red Bull. They seem 244 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 3: a bit lost at the moment. I bring on Oscar 245 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 3: Pastor next year. I think he's a real hope. And 246 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 3: it's great to have Jack doing there as well, but just. 247 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 7: Staff and doesn't dive bomb down inside him every week. 248 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 3: All right, Well, good stuff, guys. Sports Ranting is going 249 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 3: to be back in the new year, so keep a 250 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 3: lookout for that and all your favorite podcast platforms and YouTube. 251 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 3: But this is from the Newsroom for this week. 252 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for watching, Follow us, subscribe to from the Newsroom 253 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.