WEBVTT - "High Mana"

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you know, and welcome back to the Mad Monday Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>There's always brought to you by four and twenty pis

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect at home snack for watching the rugby League.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Minia Stewart. I'm joining the studio this

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<v Speaker 1>fine Monday afternoon by Die Henwood. Good morning, Die, Good afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>I've I did a rewatcher the game. I thought I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to, but I did. I did my Monday

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<v Speaker 1>morning catch up on the bits and bobs I've missed

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<v Speaker 1>and then sort of start just put that game on

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<v Speaker 1>and got transfixed and it wasn't better. That it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>better the second time. I was just going to say this,

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<v Speaker 1>I did the exact same thing this morning. I was

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<v Speaker 1>at the game and about twenty minutes into it, whenever

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<v Speaker 1>they scored their second try the Eels, I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't do this and I turned my back on

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<v Speaker 1>the On the game, I was treated to some corporate hospitality,

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<v Speaker 1>so I hit the buffet pretty hard.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to say it was we were commentating looking

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<v Speaker 2>directly at I suppose the oldest school fans just under

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<v Speaker 2>the coach's box. Yeah, and that's the first time in

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<v Speaker 2>a while I've seen a straight up walk out from

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<v Speaker 2>that section. Yeah, it was just tough viewing because we

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting nervous when we had about ten to

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minutes on their line and just couldn't score. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>then they scored three times the next three times they

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<v Speaker 2>got the ball, Yes, yeah they did.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was for me it was the way they

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<v Speaker 1>scored those tries as well. There was just it just

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<v Speaker 1>looked like they just ghosted straight through gaps out on

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<v Speaker 1>our each defense. And when you're at the game, I

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<v Speaker 1>was saying this, I think on the Agenda podcast this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're at the game, you know, the crowd rules

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<v Speaker 1>for our tries, but there's no reaction when they score,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's just dead silent and you're all sort

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<v Speaker 1>of sitting there with your own thoughts, like, damn, what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>There that Jake Tungold try. I think the first one

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<v Speaker 2>that was a beautiful play, oh yeah, but then the

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<v Speaker 2>next two were just straight through one on one missus.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where we really miss Rock o'berry, who is

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<v Speaker 2>the best one on one tackler in the comp. Yeah. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>We talk about like the best defenders in the comp.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been one of them. And you know, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>we go on about the injuries, but it is real.

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<v Speaker 1>We are the most injured squad in the competition. But

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<v Speaker 1>even then, it's like it's just the way they were

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<v Speaker 1>coming through. If you didn't watch the game and you

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<v Speaker 1>only saw the score line at the end, you could

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<v Speaker 1>be tricked into thinking that it was a much closer

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<v Speaker 1>game than it was. We laid on I think about

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen points in the last ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like it was looking very grim. Then they got

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<v Speaker 2>sinburn and then we just ran the numbers on that side. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And it's weird. We we played with so much urgency

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<v Speaker 2>towards the end. I know, but it seems so casual in.

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<v Speaker 1>The first seventy four minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy four minutes, and when I watched other games, our

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<v Speaker 2>kicking game just doesn't seem on point.

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<v Speaker 1>Often for no one, you know what I mean. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit shapeless, like you're not packing out a

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<v Speaker 1>guy and just been not right, we're gonna bomb Dws's corner,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, we're dribbling it into the golf of

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<v Speaker 1>this or that. You're right, it's like we're just kicking

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<v Speaker 1>because you have to kick on the last and I

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<v Speaker 1>think we've had that for the entire season, haven't we. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I was running some numbers again to try and get

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<v Speaker 2>a mathematical prediction of if we can make the eight,

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<v Speaker 2>and we sort of technically could. But what's hurting us

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<v Speaker 2>is all those teams that were around us last year

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<v Speaker 2>have suddenly got a lot better dogs, manly even Dragons, Titans,

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<v Speaker 2>Dragons beating Melbourne and shout out to Melbourne making the

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<v Speaker 2>eight fourteen times and fourteen years, that's ridiculous, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors making the eight nine times in thirty years.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's not a fun stant No, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>you watching how because you know I was doing all

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<v Speaker 2>the math as well before this game came in.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we got the buyer in the last round,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's like to add that to our telling. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>then if we win this one, you could conceivably convince

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<v Speaker 1>yourself where in the top eight it gets dire. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we can still make it if we if we rattled

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<v Speaker 1>off four, But after watching that game, like you said

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<v Speaker 1>the replay, it felt even worse. That is not a

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<v Speaker 1>team that's about to rattle off four games in a

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<v Speaker 1>row to go into the finals.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it no, and we've got heavyweight games Dolphins, Bulldogs,

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<v Speaker 2>Sharks and Seagulls. Is it segs?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it might be.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah it is. And they're all form teams. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that Bulldogs team. They're having a year we had. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're right. And it's interesting because I look at the Bulldogs.

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<v Speaker 2>We're very similar right where we came in to take

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<v Speaker 2>over from us the same time Cam Serraldo took over there.

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<v Speaker 2>He had a shocker last year, but it's because they

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<v Speaker 2>completely rejuvenated their squad.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we got them all mont.

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<v Speaker 2>And so they sacked a lot of players and they've

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<v Speaker 2>now got an exact squad they want. We bought thinking

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<v Speaker 2>this year was the year we're going to win the

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<v Speaker 2>premiership big time. We've got Ryan Hoffman. I was listening

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<v Speaker 2>to the Wars Up TV guy. He made a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry not Ryan Hoffman, Kirk Capewell. He made a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, Kirk cap Well is a real Ryan Hoffman

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<v Speaker 2>type purchase. He's not doing anything wrong, but he's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to break the game open.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just think it was like the Kirk kpe

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<v Speaker 1>bar thing was like anytime you got an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>sign Kirk Cape, well to your rugby league franchise. You

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<v Speaker 1>do it. Also, on top of that, there was the

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<v Speaker 1>Penrith sort of Wavy Cape situation. But I just you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't know if it was what

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<v Speaker 1>we needed, although I don't really know how the salary

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<v Speaker 1>cap works in.

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<v Speaker 2>The NFL, whether we miss Justin Morgan, yeah, coaching like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>just I can't nothing. There's nothing I can put my

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<v Speaker 2>finger on. It's going to be said, see Jazz go. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he and I were going to become

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<v Speaker 1>fast friends anytime soon, unfortunately.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was like he had just got the errors

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<v Speaker 2>out of his game, he had just got a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the penalties out of his game. Then he's been

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<v Speaker 2>let go. We're obviously banking on a lot of these

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<v Speaker 2>young guys, but they need game time. I think I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>Seraldo's got the club that he wants over at the Bulldogs.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we need to give Wibe time to get

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<v Speaker 1>the kinds of player because there is a kind of

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<v Speaker 1>player he wants, and I think we need to give

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<v Speaker 1>him time to get them. And God knock on wood,

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<v Speaker 1>we can keep them on the park. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk very shortly about how.

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<v Speaker 2>Have yeah, have we signed anyone for next year? Aside

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<v Speaker 2>from James Fish.

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<v Speaker 1>We have signed James Fisher, Harris none that I've no

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<v Speaker 1>big names or no big names, but I do think

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<v Speaker 1>I reckon there's another couple of couple of shots to

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<v Speaker 1>be fired. But just on the weekend, I just I

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<v Speaker 1>can't get past the fact that they're sicking from the table.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know that on paper the Eels are actually

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<v Speaker 1>better than how this season has gone, but they're missing

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<v Speaker 1>some big players as well. You know, Mike Sivo, Mitch Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they didn't have this starting half. Why am I

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<v Speaker 2>forgetting the props name Junior Polo?

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<v Speaker 1>So like, there's all these guys out for them, but

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<v Speaker 1>still just to lose to the second last place team

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<v Speaker 1>on the latter as a real heartbreaker for me, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that it builds the kind of confidence

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<v Speaker 1>that we need to win four games in a row.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I had to put it, like put that

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<v Speaker 1>lost down to one thing, probably the spot.

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<v Speaker 2>I obviously want to reach for injuries straight away, but I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, I just feel like when we when we let

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of tries in, it opens the flood gates

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. I don't know what it is or

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<v Speaker 1>who's fault it is, you know, I just wonder, like

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<v Speaker 1>they get behind the sticks, Are they having a yarn?

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<v Speaker 1>Are they pointing fingers?

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<v Speaker 2>What worries me is the stat that we have won

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<v Speaker 2>four out of nine at Mount Smart this year. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>one was a drawing it yeah, it's well yeah one

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<v Speaker 2>of the so one was a draw. But so, yeah

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<v Speaker 2>we've won.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose you could call that fifty to fifty, but you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know that that should be our fortress. Yeah. I also

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<v Speaker 2>I worried about this at the beginning of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't maybe look quite as fit as some of

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<v Speaker 2>the other teams, so maybe we need one hell of

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<v Speaker 2>an off season. There's the elephant in the room of

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<v Speaker 2>are we going to resign Sewan Johnson?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean he's yeah. Asked about that ad nauseum.

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<v Speaker 2>He was what's going to happen to to Harris.

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<v Speaker 1>Out for the rest of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I I really don't know with Sewan Johnson. One, if

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<v Speaker 1>I had to guess, I would say yes he re

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<v Speaker 1>signs because he has been offered contracts from other clubs

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think that no matter where you're out

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<v Speaker 1>in your career, you ever turned down guaranteed money when

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<v Speaker 1>it's in six figures, you know, even if you get

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<v Speaker 1>to tape yourself together.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, because then the tigers throw I think the roosters

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<v Speaker 3>as well. The roosters, yeah, both of them. So you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it doesn't matter how much money you

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<v Speaker 3>got someone offers you three, four or five six hundred

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<v Speaker 3>thousand dollars a year. I think you just take it

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<v Speaker 3>and figure it out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think what hurts is like You've got Dallen

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<v Speaker 2>who is daily and winner, winner of the year. You've

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<v Speaker 2>got Sean who what's the daisy? To be honest, you

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<v Speaker 2>know he got pipped at the post. They both dipped

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<v Speaker 2>in form. Well, our attacking structure is different. I'd have

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<v Speaker 2>to say Wade is maybe dipped in form, but he

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<v Speaker 2>takes so much traffic in the middle. It's an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>one and it's a very rude awakening for Webee because

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<v Speaker 2>he sort of started had the golden start.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think because I was talking to my dad

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<v Speaker 1>about it yesterday and I was like, if I had

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<v Speaker 1>to put my finger on one thing, there was the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between last year and this year. It is as

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<v Speaker 1>simple as we essentially lost the Dali M Player of

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<v Speaker 1>the Year. Shawn Johnson should have won it last year.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like a clerical era that he didn't. And

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<v Speaker 1>then he's just been injured all year. So it's through

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<v Speaker 1>no fold of his own. But he has been playing

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<v Speaker 1>with injury or been out with injury for this entire year.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think if you take the best player in

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<v Speaker 1>the competition off a team, I don't think it's that

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<v Speaker 1>ridiculous to think that'd fall out of the top four

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<v Speaker 1>down to fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you have a look at the Broncos and

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Reynolds exactly because last year I think everyone thought

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<v Speaker 2>that where he's just Willy went with Will, where he

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<v Speaker 2>was Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. You know that

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<v Speaker 2>he was just this mythical guy. But now it's like

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<v Speaker 2>always at the Grindstone.

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<v Speaker 1>No, now he's Willy Wonker in that tunnel where it

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<v Speaker 1>just goes full acid trip oh hard, and they're certainly

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<v Speaker 1>not showing.

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<v Speaker 2>Any times that they are slowing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's him right now. He's just in the middle of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone's injured. This fucking trippy kalitoscope effects.

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<v Speaker 2>You got glasses glope, but you got on Timmy TV

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever his name is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the different players that we've lost through injuries

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<v Speaker 1>are the different children that died in the Wonka factory

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<v Speaker 1>for various different reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, man, if I went on a chocolate factory tour

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<v Speaker 2>and there were that many deaths, you'd have to contact

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<v Speaker 2>someone after the first. After the first, you just have

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<v Speaker 2>to maybe reach out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean maybe I could be convince if the

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<v Speaker 1>first person died and I was just like, hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you kid just drowned the chocolate river back there,

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<v Speaker 1>and someone's like, nah, yeah, there right, we'll keep going

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<v Speaker 1>after the second definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>And a whole lot of tiny Donald Trump's just carried

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<v Speaker 2>them off to another room.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you guys seen it?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no talk of so.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the Warrior season has been Willie Walker in the

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate factory. We've only got like Charlie. He's the only

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<v Speaker 1>one left. Yeah, Charlie from the chocolate factory and his granddad.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean it's I feel for the club because

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<v Speaker 2>we were heading our strides. We're selling out every home game.

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<v Speaker 2>The game of league is popping off in New Zealand.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is when we need to end strong. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love I we probably could mathematically make the ape,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think so. But I want us to

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<v Speaker 2>end strong, go into Vegas, get a win over there,

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<v Speaker 2>and reassert ourselves. Yeah, for sure, And I think we

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<v Speaker 2>can do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think we neither of us wanted to come

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<v Speaker 1>in here today and have leave this podcast studio.

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<v Speaker 2>On a negative note. So let's take a break. When

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<v Speaker 2>we come back.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't outline exactly how we can do that, how

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<v Speaker 1>we can turn it around, not just for the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the season, but how next year. If we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to make next year our year, how do we do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, just before we do go to this break, I

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<v Speaker 2>really feel for Maila Graham Tulfaw. Well, like you're a

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<v Speaker 2>young guy, you have a breakout game. Oh yeah, Then

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<v Speaker 2>I don't put it down to his fault, you know

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<v Speaker 2>how sometimes you just have one of those games of

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<v Speaker 2>something where you can't do any every ball you drop.

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<v Speaker 2>I have it in cricket. Sometimes I'm a great catfielder, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but then sometimes I just cannot catch a ball. And

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<v Speaker 2>he just had one of those ones where he was

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<v Speaker 2>slightly out of position, he dropped the ball gets stood

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<v Speaker 2>up in a tackle and then you just keep losing

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<v Speaker 2>your confidence because now you're guessing yourself. Yeah, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>that's the thing with these younger guys. They need, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to have a good swag of games under you, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>before you just feel safe and first grade ali Le

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<v Speaker 2>Tower's doing great, excellent. I really like how we've used

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<v Speaker 2>tame to a picky through the year, giving him time,

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<v Speaker 2>but not like going the teams on your shoulders, although

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<v Speaker 2>it did he won the magic round. No, you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the opposite side of that is how many

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<v Speaker 1>wingers have we seen come through the penwith panthers thing

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<v Speaker 1>and then just get signed by another team straight away

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<v Speaker 1>and then.

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<v Speaker 2>They just bring another one up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, well, yeah, of course, because you can't. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't fail when you're on the end of the.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where I think Robbo wants to take the club,

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<v Speaker 2>which is why. And look we've got SGB oh the

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<v Speaker 2>owner bringing in or these yeah teams you know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so I think we've got the stocks and yeah, let's

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<v Speaker 2>talk about how we can come out of the blocks

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<v Speaker 2>and win the prem next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a quick breathing when we come back, We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna We're going to fill you with hope for twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five. All right, welcome back into the Mad Monday Podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're king to join the ACC team from Massive

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<v Speaker 1>Rugby League weekend in March of twenty twenty five in

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<v Speaker 1>Las Vegas, you can do that. Just takes Vegas to

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<v Speaker 1>three two three six to book your spot. You're heading

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<v Speaker 1>over to Vegas, aren't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I'm over there with the ha ha hurly the man.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be looking after a planeload of people.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a long flight.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've never done a thirteen hour stand up. G're

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<v Speaker 2>going to playing before.

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<v Speaker 1>But have you got thirteen hours? You reckon? It's hours.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the type thirty. Now. I don't think they want

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<v Speaker 2>to see much of me at the event we do

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<v Speaker 2>when we land, but yeah, we're taking a crew over.

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<v Speaker 2>I reckon. It's going to be phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The hardest thing is though, four games in one day

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<v Speaker 2>is a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's eight hours of rugby league. It's a good

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<v Speaker 1>God's honest shift at the rugby League Factory. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as talking to some people in the know,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think our games the second game perfect, which

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<v Speaker 2>is perfect. So yeah, sort of cruise in and get

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<v Speaker 2>a feel for the stadium. Check the warm up game.

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<v Speaker 1>Catch the second half of what we'll call a curtain raiser.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and then I'd obviously want to watch the Panthers game.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a Super League game. Yeah, miss that

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<v Speaker 2>Warrington Wolves, you know that it switched Telly Workers or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you've got the jill ARUs playing the English

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<v Speaker 2>women's team and then the Panthers.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's accountable. Also, like, how do you approach it

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<v Speaker 1>if you go to burg on night one? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>your night one?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey? Where I'm where I'm intrigued is we're going the

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<v Speaker 2>reverse to how I think a Vegas trip should be

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<v Speaker 2>focused around an event. I think if you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>specific event in Vegas, you have to almost walk off

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<v Speaker 2>the plane to that event. I agree. Yes, we're landing,

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<v Speaker 2>having three days, then the game, then fly out the

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<v Speaker 2>next day. I'll be a husk. A husk because I

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<v Speaker 2>almost think, right, you've got a bit of excitement on

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<v Speaker 2>the plane, you sort of need to land go and

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<v Speaker 2>drop your bags, get into it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think so too. Throw the bag at the

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<v Speaker 1>back wall of the hotel room. Yeah, straight into it,

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<v Speaker 1>go out party all day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's obviously going to go into the night. Ye, go

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<v Speaker 2>back to your hotel reevaluate the decision you made for

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<v Speaker 2>about ten hours, then get back into it in a

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<v Speaker 2>more gentlemanly like fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I agree with you. I've heard the ACC trips

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<v Speaker 1>not going that way either. So they're going Las Vegas,

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<v Speaker 1>sorry La for a NBA game, then to Vegas, so

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<v Speaker 1>again Husk City by the time they get there.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree with you, you should it just go straight in there.

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<v Speaker 2>There is going to be some steamed hands at that game.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god. But what a way to start your season.

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<v Speaker 1>And what they call Round zero now over there in

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<v Speaker 1>Las Vegas. I reckon this after watching the first round

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<v Speaker 1>in Las Vegas. It's not so much about growing the

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<v Speaker 1>game in Las Vegas. It's more about growing the game

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<v Speaker 1>here in Australasia because we love it and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>great place for us to go.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think it's just forty thousand Aussies and kiwis

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<v Speaker 2>in a different stadium, And I mean what I think

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<v Speaker 2>this is gonna as we segue into how we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be awesome next year. I think this is actually

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a great bonding experience for the team,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think they're on the ground. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>one of the sort of I suppose requirements was that

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<v Speaker 2>they stay in Vegas the whole time. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>their boots on the ground in Vegas for ten days maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>so it'll be a great bonding experience. Yeah, hopefully we've

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<v Speaker 2>got some new signings, you know, by then, and welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to the club fellas. Yeah, and yeah, we'll see what

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<v Speaker 2>young guys they take over. And yeah, no, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be good for the club, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a great way to start. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so stoked we're playing the Raiders rather than the Panthers,

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<v Speaker 2>oh one.

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<v Speaker 1>D because it'll be so NRL of them to be like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to send you guys over to Las Vegas,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're going to fuck you up at the Panthers.

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<v Speaker 2>Play the Panthers or the Storm. Yeah that's right. I

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<v Speaker 2>really thought that's what they're going to do, because the

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<v Speaker 2>Raiders is just a team for us. We don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a whodo against them all for them. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a comment on a Reddit through this morning

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<v Speaker 1>when I was scrolling around when after that loss, and

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<v Speaker 1>someone said they should send the Warriors to New zealand

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<v Speaker 1>get them out of Australia next year.

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<v Speaker 2>My favorite Reddit comment I said putting our through was

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<v Speaker 2>imagine being a single name motherfucker trying to get into

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<v Speaker 2>the war we have. It's outrageous how many even the

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<v Speaker 2>new guys love Mawhila Graham tel for Yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is outrageous.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, I've said for the longest time the best

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<v Speaker 1>rugby league players come from broken homes and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>we've got such a great squad guard at the moment,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think yeah next year. So as we said before,

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<v Speaker 1>the only signing that we've got confirmed so far is

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<v Speaker 1>Fisher Harris, and I think that is the best signing

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<v Speaker 1>that we possibly could have made in the rugby league.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking a lot of levels, on many, many.

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<v Speaker 1>Many different levels. First of all, three time Grand Chabot,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know we're talking about a guy who knows

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<v Speaker 1>how to win competitions of rugby league. He is a

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<v Speaker 1>Kiwi and he's as key as they come, like he's

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<v Speaker 1>and also.

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<v Speaker 2>He personifies mana. Yeah, like he carries so much mana.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't much with Fisher Harris no word is he's

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<v Speaker 2>a real club man as well, like he demands high training.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll pully not like pay out on the younger guys,

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<v Speaker 2>but be such a good example. Yeah, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>when you've got people like him rts tahou Cape.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, who would you say has been our best player

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<v Speaker 1>this year for the Warriors, Mitch Barnie, Mitch Barnier. And

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<v Speaker 1>he is a man of great mana as well, even

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<v Speaker 1>though he's an Australian come over here to in New Zealand.

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<v Speaker 1>He's resigned. He is the captain that ta who Harris

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<v Speaker 1>is out? But even when to who was in there,

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<v Speaker 1>you could tell he was the one that everyone looked to.

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<v Speaker 2>So now you he's a talker. Where to who's nodded to?

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<v Speaker 2>Who's lead from the front?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know lead by example, has a great way

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<v Speaker 1>with talking to the reef, which I think is why

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<v Speaker 1>he was the captain.

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<v Speaker 2>I was at a arcade right with my kids and

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<v Speaker 2>this woman next to me goes this Steven Adams man.

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<v Speaker 2>I was looking Harris and then it was the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I went should they actually do they give off

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<v Speaker 2>similar vibes? And too's at all? Dude.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's a big basket. But yeah, no, you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>that was the exact same note. The only note that

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<v Speaker 1>I made, and how can we make next year? Our

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<v Speaker 1>year is high runner. This team needs to have an identity,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think we had that last year and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't quite think we've had that this year. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's about bringing in those guys like James Fisher

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<v Speaker 1>Harris and what he can do for because, like you say,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got this awesome crop of young fellas coming through,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we just need to make sure that we

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<v Speaker 1>have a team with a solid identity because then even

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<v Speaker 1>if we lose or you know, we finished next season

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<v Speaker 1>in fourteenth place, if we can put our hand up

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<v Speaker 1>so look, we had a team that had a clear

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<v Speaker 1>identity that didn't go our way, then we can feel

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<v Speaker 1>good about the team. And I think that that's maybe

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<v Speaker 1>what we're feeling right now. Coming off the high of

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<v Speaker 1>last year. We come into this year lost our identity

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit and we're like, fuck, at least if

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<v Speaker 1>we had to fired some shots, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I know, Like the identity thing I think is

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<v Speaker 2>so crucial because where we succeeded so much in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three was grind. Yeah, we just every man played

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<v Speaker 2>for their other man. We tackled our asses off our

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<v Speaker 2>goal line defense was insane. Now I notice, I think

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<v Speaker 2>we need to HARKing back to another thing old Wars

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<v Speaker 2>up TV said a good analysis. Dude, he just made

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<v Speaker 2>a good point around. We do probably need some sort

0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:13.080
<v Speaker 2>of attacking coaching flair put in because last year we

0:24:13.160 --> 0:24:16.520
<v Speaker 2>had which I think was justin Morgan, we had this

0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:23.200
<v Speaker 2>big sweeping plays, so many dummy runners, shortball, long ball.

0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:27.520
<v Speaker 2>Now I noticed we just have a sweeping back line.

0:24:27.520 --> 0:24:32.000
<v Speaker 2>We don't have such an intricate flow in the offense,

0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:36.000
<v Speaker 2>and a lot of that is probably because we were

0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:39.359
<v Speaker 2>fresh last year and teams to video on us. So

0:24:39.640 --> 0:24:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I think we we need a lot of reinvigoration. But

0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:50.960
<v Speaker 2>why I'm excited about next year is it's not like, right,

0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:55.320
<v Speaker 2>let's burn the club down and start again there. We

0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:59.960
<v Speaker 2>just need That's what I was saying before this Eels game.

0:25:00.720 --> 0:25:02.600
<v Speaker 2>I was hoping the Eels game would be the game

0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:08.200
<v Speaker 2>where we clicked and we just got into form. Yeah.

0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:13.440
<v Speaker 2>So if we if Sean stays on, I just hope

0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:18.920
<v Speaker 2>he goes works on his body, does what he needs

0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:22.800
<v Speaker 2>to be to be at one hundred percent and can

0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 2>somehow add a couple of tricks to his game or

0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:29.600
<v Speaker 2>just dust a couple off. He has got them.

0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:31.399
<v Speaker 1>You know. Even when he went to Cronulla, he was

0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:34.919
<v Speaker 1>the leading triasis player in the competition. When he was

0:25:35.200 --> 0:25:36.760
<v Speaker 1>over there in last year, he still had them. He

0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:38.679
<v Speaker 1>was throwing no look, well not no look passes. He

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:41.240
<v Speaker 1>was throwing passes to where he couldn't even see charms,

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.639
<v Speaker 1>and he was throwing pinpoint passes to him as they

0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:45.719
<v Speaker 1>were sweeping around that they had that right side clicking,

0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:48.119
<v Speaker 1>and for whatever reason, they haven't this year, but we

0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:48.960
<v Speaker 1>know that they can.

0:25:49.240 --> 0:25:53.840
<v Speaker 2>No, it's right there. We're slightly relying on the short

0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:59.040
<v Speaker 2>ball in the acordo a lot, so I think just

0:25:59.119 --> 0:26:03.120
<v Speaker 2>a couple of tweets, yeah, and just a little bit

0:26:03.160 --> 0:26:06.480
<v Speaker 2>of tweakage and we're going to be good to fly.

0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:12.400
<v Speaker 2>We've got Tine Turpigi, who I think is almost at

0:26:12.440 --> 0:26:16.160
<v Speaker 2>full first grade level, Real Ali, Leia Tower's coming right,

0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:21.000
<v Speaker 2>a lot of green shoots around Lecajalasimo Dimitrix of a

0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:22.040
<v Speaker 2>cooler even Tom Ali.

0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:24.119
<v Speaker 1>We forget how young he is because he's been a

0:26:24.160 --> 0:26:25.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, rotation player this year.

0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:30.920
<v Speaker 2>Next year I think we'll probably see a bit maybe

0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:35.640
<v Speaker 2>of Pasacala or Settu too coming in around the wing.

0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:40.600
<v Speaker 1>I like the guys that we've re signed and Wade

0:26:40.640 --> 0:26:47.879
<v Speaker 1>Egan you talk about obviously Minett, Yeah I believe. Oh no,

0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:49.840
<v Speaker 1>I've lost it, but yeah, just some of the guys

0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:52.639
<v Speaker 1>that we're that we're keeping on. You plug all of

0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:56.320
<v Speaker 1>those dudes in and the key with Mitch baronets and

0:26:56.359 --> 0:26:57.200
<v Speaker 1>this is no Luke.

0:26:57.119 --> 0:27:00.359
<v Speaker 2>Metcalf look at you exactly because we were he's been

0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.119
<v Speaker 2>gone all. He's cool when I saw him with his

0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:05.879
<v Speaker 2>glasses on when we interviewed him. Yeah, he's got a

0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:08.479
<v Speaker 2>Clark kent Via a little bit, yeah, a little bit,

0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:12.320
<v Speaker 2>great talker too. Yeah, he's just like a buff Excel

0:27:12.400 --> 0:27:17.000
<v Speaker 2>spreadsheet that scores strikes. It's exactly. He's a scouting report

0:27:17.000 --> 0:27:20.880
<v Speaker 2>on look. He had a cracking game in the New

0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:25.199
<v Speaker 2>South Wales Cup to Marty Martin did. Yeah, God, just

0:27:25.280 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 2>as you think he can't get hotter like a herd

0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:30.360
<v Speaker 2>out fisherman hunter dude as well.

0:27:30.440 --> 0:27:32.159
<v Speaker 1>I know I've been saying the longest time he is

0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:34.440
<v Speaker 1>whoever in New Zealand man thinks he is. When your

0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:36.880
<v Speaker 1>confidence is at its highest, we all think that we're

0:27:36.920 --> 0:27:39.119
<v Speaker 1>look metcaff You're like, you know what, if I wanted to,

0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:42.920
<v Speaker 1>I could just go out drag ah a pope, take

0:27:42.960 --> 0:27:45.040
<v Speaker 1>three a peg out of the bush, and then go

0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:46.600
<v Speaker 1>play half back for the Warriors on the weekend.

0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Exactly.

0:27:47.320 --> 0:27:48.159
<v Speaker 1>That's what he does.

0:27:49.000 --> 0:27:51.800
<v Speaker 2>And that thing of not It's not like he's posing

0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:55.640
<v Speaker 2>in front of a ford if I'm fifty with aar

0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:59.720
<v Speaker 2>fifteen like some American punisher. He's just on like a

0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:05.359
<v Speaker 2>eu stallion, Yeah, with an old school rifle and like

0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:07.440
<v Speaker 2>a peg over the saddle.

0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:10.399
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's tremendous so home around as well. I just

0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:13.040
<v Speaker 1>feel like we're definitely starting to build a character of

0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:15.360
<v Speaker 1>high mono players that I think once we can put

0:28:15.359 --> 0:28:17.920
<v Speaker 1>that together next year and have a bit of pride

0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.720
<v Speaker 1>in the in the country. You know, we're a one

0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:24.600
<v Speaker 1>club country, and I think that once we put more

0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:25.520
<v Speaker 1>of that money in the g.

0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:29.200
<v Speaker 2>GY, I reckon, if we can get the manna between

0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:33.359
<v Speaker 2>ninety and one, yeah, then we drizzle a bit of

0:28:33.440 --> 0:28:35.520
<v Speaker 2>moldy order, a bit of spirit and a bit of

0:28:35.600 --> 0:28:38.920
<v Speaker 2>life force on that. Unstoppable.

0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:41.280
<v Speaker 1>I think we are unstoppable. So look, that's that's how

0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:43.280
<v Speaker 1>I think. I think if we were to tie a

0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:46.040
<v Speaker 1>bow on that it's the monna next year. It's about

0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:48.720
<v Speaker 1>the mana, restoring the mona to the club, to the jersey.

0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:51.880
<v Speaker 1>And also it's there at the ground by the way. Sorry.

0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:55.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and look, I mean look what a little bit

0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:57.680
<v Speaker 2>of mona and beliefs done for the Titans.

0:28:58.080 --> 0:28:58.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:28:59.040 --> 0:29:02.160
<v Speaker 2>Also, why was Dan Carter and Tim Morrison in the

0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:03.400
<v Speaker 2>changing rooms yesterday?

0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:07.880
<v Speaker 1>Could you come to Mount Smart? No, it's like Tim,

0:29:08.040 --> 0:29:11.120
<v Speaker 1>come on, come on, Tim, what do we doing? Could

0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:11.760
<v Speaker 1>have done with it?

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:14.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Putting the money back in the jersey. I think

0:29:15.000 --> 0:29:19.120
<v Speaker 2>he's a bold man looking at Tino for cook me

0:29:19.200 --> 0:29:22.160
<v Speaker 2>some eggs. He's given him the full side eye.

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:27.000
<v Speaker 1>You were that even if you get that frying.

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:32.600
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean we're there. I don't think we

0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:36.800
<v Speaker 2>actually need to sign a huge amount of players. We

0:29:37.120 --> 0:29:40.920
<v Speaker 2>just need to get all of our players back onto

0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:44.640
<v Speaker 2>that twenty twenty three. I think this is we might

0:29:44.800 --> 0:29:51.440
<v Speaker 2>just have to go. Let's forget about four, move into

0:29:51.480 --> 0:29:53.840
<v Speaker 2>the preseason, you know.

0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:56.400
<v Speaker 1>And it wasn't a bad year by Warriors standards. If

0:29:56.680 --> 0:29:58.400
<v Speaker 1>we hadn't had the year that we had last year,

0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:02.560
<v Speaker 1>this Warriors year, but good one, I would say we're twelve.

0:30:03.000 --> 0:30:05.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we've got a mathematical chance.

0:30:05.360 --> 0:30:09.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, mathematical chance. All right, let's draw a line under it.

0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:12.240
<v Speaker 1>We'll take one more break. Hopefully that failed you at

0:30:12.240 --> 0:30:13.920
<v Speaker 1>the bit of confidence with twenty twenty five. When we

0:30:13.960 --> 0:30:16.480
<v Speaker 1>come back, we are going to go through the Stonker

0:30:16.560 --> 0:30:21.200
<v Speaker 1>of the Round. All right, Welcome back to the Mad

0:30:21.200 --> 0:30:23.720
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0:30:39.360 --> 0:30:42.240
<v Speaker 1>it is August, the keyword is game, So text game

0:30:42.560 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 1>two three two three six to be in to win.

0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:47.000
<v Speaker 1>But now it is time to talk about the best

0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:47.960
<v Speaker 1>game of the weekend.

0:30:48.280 --> 0:30:48.880
<v Speaker 2>It is the.

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:54.640
<v Speaker 1>Stonker of the Round and this weekend, die the Stonker

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.880
<v Speaker 1>had to be the Dogs verse the Raiders twenty two

0:30:57.920 --> 0:31:00.880
<v Speaker 1>points to eighteen. I feel like the Dogs have found

0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:03.080
<v Speaker 1>something in the last couple of weeks. I feel like

0:31:03.160 --> 0:31:04.960
<v Speaker 1>they have clicked the way we've been waiting for the

0:31:05.000 --> 0:31:07.840
<v Speaker 1>Warriors to click. They are playing. I described it this

0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:11.600
<v Speaker 1>morning as they are playing like the Fijian drawer of

0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 1>the NRL. They will attack you from fucking anywhere. They

0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:17.440
<v Speaker 1>will spin it wide on the first in their own twenty.

0:31:17.720 --> 0:31:19.920
<v Speaker 1>They will just have a crack at anything. They're very

0:31:19.960 --> 0:31:22.520
<v Speaker 1>exciting to watch out a car back on the weekend.

0:31:22.720 --> 0:31:24.720
<v Speaker 1>They're going from strength to strength the dogs, aren't they.

0:31:24.840 --> 0:31:27.880
<v Speaker 2>If you'd told me the Dogs will be involved in

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:32.240
<v Speaker 2>a Stonker of the Round last year, no way. They

0:31:32.280 --> 0:31:36.440
<v Speaker 2>are back to back Stonker of the Round. I think

0:31:37.000 --> 0:31:42.880
<v Speaker 2>Stephen Crichton is the best center in the competition. His

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 2>try where he fended then sort of bumped off Jordan

0:31:50.200 --> 0:31:55.040
<v Speaker 2>Rappana and then got over the line. He makes really

0:31:55.080 --> 0:31:57.360
<v Speaker 2>hard plays seem very easy.

0:31:58.000 --> 0:32:01.160
<v Speaker 1>He gave them both the business Chris and rap on

0:32:01.240 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 1>it in the same play.

0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:04.400
<v Speaker 2>Rappin is a bit of a punisher.

0:32:05.680 --> 0:32:08.959
<v Speaker 1>I don't know what you've had a see.

0:32:10.040 --> 0:32:12.040
<v Speaker 2>I sort of love him and hate him at the

0:32:12.040 --> 0:32:13.960
<v Speaker 2>same time as he's hardcore grubby.

0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:15.440
<v Speaker 1>He looks like I think we talked about it on

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.680
<v Speaker 1>the podcast last year. He looks like Waluigi, you know,

0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:19.680
<v Speaker 1>the evil Luigi.

0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:23.320
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, if Waluigi sort of mixed up with one

0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:25.560
<v Speaker 2>of those more eastra Island stagues.

0:32:25.640 --> 0:32:27.479
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, he's got a bit of that going on.

0:32:28.040 --> 0:32:30.600
<v Speaker 1>But this game, like I said that, they've they've found

0:32:30.640 --> 0:32:31.560
<v Speaker 1>something in the Bulldogs.

0:32:31.800 --> 0:32:33.960
<v Speaker 2>And when I was talking about the Warriors kicking game,

0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:39.040
<v Speaker 2>then you see the opposite Matt Burton when you're kicking

0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:42.680
<v Speaker 2>off your own thirty and he just lobs it down

0:32:42.720 --> 0:32:46.719
<v Speaker 2>to their ten meter. Yeah he's kicking. And also he

0:32:46.760 --> 0:32:50.360
<v Speaker 2>can kick the ball so high all the chasers have

0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:51.600
<v Speaker 2>time to get down there.

0:32:51.680 --> 0:32:54.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so you can contest from anywhere. The other thing

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:56.200
<v Speaker 1>that they were talking about in the commentary was he

0:32:56.320 --> 0:32:59.600
<v Speaker 1>kicks it higher than the lights. So the lights at

0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:01.160
<v Speaker 1>the ground they were playing it last night. When he

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:04.360
<v Speaker 1>kicked it, it went above them. So for one mad

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:06.680
<v Speaker 1>moment you lose track of the ball. It's just a shit.

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:09.840
<v Speaker 1>I've seen one in the flesh and it is terrifying.

0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:11.320
<v Speaker 1>It's just pure chaos.

0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:14.120
<v Speaker 2>And it also has that weird wobble to it.

0:33:14.120 --> 0:33:17.120
<v Speaker 1>It can shift about ten meters on its way down

0:33:17.160 --> 0:33:18.719
<v Speaker 1>to you trying to catch it, and they know that.

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.040
<v Speaker 1>So as soon as that goes up, like every player

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:22.400
<v Speaker 1>on the field is like fucking here we go.

0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:24.440
<v Speaker 2>And I where I've got a lot of re speak

0:33:24.480 --> 0:33:28.400
<v Speaker 2>for the Dogs beginning of the season. They built themselves

0:33:28.440 --> 0:33:33.560
<v Speaker 2>on defense. Now they're just playing entertaining football, and they

0:33:33.640 --> 0:33:35.240
<v Speaker 2>forced you to play the way that they play.

0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:36.960
<v Speaker 1>When they were the stonker of the round last week

0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:39.720
<v Speaker 1>against the Broncos, the Broncos were having to do chip

0:33:39.720 --> 0:33:41.800
<v Speaker 1>and chases out of their own end because they just

0:33:41.880 --> 0:33:43.880
<v Speaker 1>to try and compete with them, and so they drag

0:33:43.920 --> 0:33:45.560
<v Speaker 1>you into a ship fight. I think what they've figured

0:33:45.600 --> 0:33:48.840
<v Speaker 1>out they seem to me like a PlayStation team. They

0:33:49.320 --> 0:33:51.640
<v Speaker 1>traded all of the players in that they needed. You know,

0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:54.000
<v Speaker 1>they got the Fox, they got Burton, they got Kriton,

0:33:54.200 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 1>they went and got Kickout, they brought Red Mary. They

0:33:56.600 --> 0:33:58.400
<v Speaker 1>brought all these dudes in over the last two years.

0:33:58.600 --> 0:33:59.960
<v Speaker 1>And it was always going to be a little bit.

0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:03.680
<v Speaker 1>But you could see Carez come out of nowhere. Now

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:07.520
<v Speaker 1>they got Bronze and Sherry back from four years of

0:34:07.760 --> 0:34:13.160
<v Speaker 1>rampant steroid abuse. And they allegedly and but.

0:34:13.040 --> 0:34:15.680
<v Speaker 2>You're not alleged that he actually was.

0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:21.239
<v Speaker 1>Reported reportedly alleged. But you could see on paper all

0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:22.640
<v Speaker 1>of the players, you know, they had.

0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:26.160
<v Speaker 2>Well it's hard out PlayStation where they recruited all the people.

0:34:26.280 --> 0:34:29.200
<v Speaker 2>Then they used all their stats points on.

0:34:29.040 --> 0:34:32.600
<v Speaker 1>The average ones like Carrez bring him up, yes, yeah,

0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:35.000
<v Speaker 1>and then they maxed out certain things, like they took

0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.840
<v Speaker 1>the Fox and they're like, we'll max out his speed rating,

0:34:38.200 --> 0:34:40.439
<v Speaker 1>Matt Burton, We're just going to max out his whole

0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:43.920
<v Speaker 1>running and spiral punt and then like that's it, and

0:34:43.920 --> 0:34:46.560
<v Speaker 1>then we're going to max out Reed Marney's pissing people

0:34:46.560 --> 0:34:49.400
<v Speaker 1>off ability.

0:34:48.160 --> 0:34:51.640
<v Speaker 2>And also how they everyone was mocking them as they

0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:55.960
<v Speaker 2>bought like ten utility players. Yeah, but it's worked out perfectly.

0:34:56.400 --> 0:35:01.280
<v Speaker 2>And ship the Liamy kick ou put a shot on, Yeah,

0:35:02.280 --> 0:35:05.759
<v Speaker 2>could can plain footy, yeah, but he does exactly what

0:35:05.800 --> 0:35:09.160
<v Speaker 2>you need and enforce her to do. He scares the

0:35:09.200 --> 0:35:13.680
<v Speaker 2>Beejesus out of playmakers, yeah, exactly, and not illegally, just

0:35:13.880 --> 0:35:15.200
<v Speaker 2>hits them hard on.

0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:17.759
<v Speaker 1>Offense and on defense on both sides of the ball.

0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:19.840
<v Speaker 1>And he had a really quiet year last year, but

0:35:19.960 --> 0:35:21.560
<v Speaker 1>he is still really only kicked out And there is

0:35:21.600 --> 0:35:24.440
<v Speaker 1>no substitute for just having a dude that big with

0:35:24.560 --> 0:35:28.120
<v Speaker 1>magie noodles for here. Yeah, it's just terrifying. It's frightening.

0:35:29.000 --> 0:35:31.160
<v Speaker 2>A sheepskin vibe as well.

0:35:31.640 --> 0:35:35.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, like an old sheepskin, yeah, graggedy sheepskin, yeah, like

0:35:35.520 --> 0:35:36.480
<v Speaker 1>a yeah.

0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.520
<v Speaker 2>But I mean even it was the first time in

0:35:38.560 --> 0:35:43.360
<v Speaker 2>a press conference I've seen Ricky Stewart actually just be

0:35:44.440 --> 0:35:47.360
<v Speaker 2>that was a pretty cool game, yeah, because the vibe

0:35:47.520 --> 0:35:48.680
<v Speaker 2>was so hostile.

0:35:48.840 --> 0:35:52.360
<v Speaker 1>So yes, at the ground, it was a massive crowd.

0:35:52.440 --> 0:35:53.880
<v Speaker 1>What is going on out there at Belmore?

0:35:54.200 --> 0:36:00.720
<v Speaker 2>They so they have a traditionally very passionate They've always

0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:04.479
<v Speaker 2>had a heavy Lebanese fan base. You've had your hairs

0:36:04.480 --> 0:36:09.239
<v Speaker 2>and male masaries, those sort of players, Anthony Mundane. Yeah,

0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:16.800
<v Speaker 2>passionate fans. Yeah, you know, and outside of any country

0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:19.800
<v Speaker 2>that people are from, all those dogs fans are so passionate.

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<v Speaker 2>And it felt like I got heavy European football sort

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<v Speaker 2>of vibes with that crowd. And then they're shaking a

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<v Speaker 2>van after the after the scenes afterwards, I thought, so

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<v Speaker 2>they started doing the rounds of social media. The pants

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<v Speaker 2>Man's putting them in our group chat. I was looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the videos and I was like, I thought that

0:36:38.520 --> 0:36:41.839
<v Speaker 2>they were I thought that they were videos from back

0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:45.200
<v Speaker 2>when Willie Mason and them were winning cops. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>this was from the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going on. They're trying to flip a van over.

0:36:50.000 --> 0:36:50.799
<v Speaker 1>They just going ape.

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:53.359
<v Speaker 2>Apparently I expected Seal Team six to come in. At

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<v Speaker 2>one point it had a real downtown Gander sort of

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<v Speaker 2>vibe about it, that anything could happen at any time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was. It was out of control and it

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<v Speaker 1>was just like our game in round twenty two, Round

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, this is out of out of control?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you going on there?

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<v Speaker 2>I would never say this before. I think the Dogs

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<v Speaker 2>could be you know how you pick a team you

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<v Speaker 2>like in the finals, The Dogs could be that team

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<v Speaker 2>for me.

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<v Speaker 1>They are for me last week. I've seen enough. They're

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<v Speaker 1>my team. I'm following them.

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<v Speaker 2>They just play a really enjoyable brand of football.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they have a crack. And you know, we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about what we want the Warriors to look like. This

0:37:33.160 --> 0:37:35.759
<v Speaker 1>has always been it for me. Just a team that

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<v Speaker 1>has a crack, win or lose heart out, Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>then play loose football, have a.

0:37:41.960 --> 0:37:42.640
<v Speaker 2>White hot crack.

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:47.520
<v Speaker 1>You got Bronson Sherry, chip and chasing and Durrell Skelton

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<v Speaker 1>coming out of absolutely nowhere.

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<v Speaker 2>That's technically how you think the Broncos would play. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but they sort of have been in a similar state

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<v Speaker 2>to us. Yeah, they've just picked the bunch the Bulldogs.

0:37:59.200 --> 0:38:01.799
<v Speaker 1>They've just picked the bunch of like footy players and

0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:03.680
<v Speaker 1>this year they finally got to the point where there

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<v Speaker 1>just like we trust you to go for it.

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<v Speaker 2>And if anyone wants to knock Gus Gould, I was

0:38:10.080 --> 0:38:11.040
<v Speaker 2>a bit of a knocker.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>He they said, he rebuild the club. He did a

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<v Speaker 2>phenomenal job. Knows a bit about rugby league football, he does.

0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:22.879
<v Speaker 2>He can he can analyze that kid, yeah he can.

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<v Speaker 1>I reckon.

0:38:23.440 --> 0:38:25.480
<v Speaker 2>He's got a big future in the game, that guy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I reckon. Even if he wasn't at the Dogs.

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<v Speaker 2>I reckon another club would hire I reckon. They might,

0:38:30.560 --> 0:38:33.520
<v Speaker 2>I reckon, they might remember he was it the Warriors

0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:36.279
<v Speaker 2>for two months well just before lockdown. Yeah, and then

0:38:36.320 --> 0:38:39.319
<v Speaker 2>he got the gig at the Dog Yeah, well could

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<v Speaker 2>have done with them.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's our stoker of the round. Just before we go,

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<v Speaker 1>before knock this one on the head, I've got a

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<v Speaker 1>random NRL.

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<v Speaker 2>Stat to throw at you if I could.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations to Isaiah Yongie on his winning debut, more importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>becoming a first ever NRL player with the initials I I.

0:38:57.960 --> 0:38:59.839
<v Speaker 1>There's never been a player in the NRL with those

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<v Speaker 1>and he becomes the first new initials of the year

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<v Speaker 1>and as noted by NRL odd Stats on Instagram, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an alliterative name. So I I he making it the

0:39:12.560 --> 0:39:16.360
<v Speaker 1>twenty first letter to be completed in the NRL. Wow,

0:39:16.440 --> 0:39:21.480
<v Speaker 1>the only letter is yet to be done. Unsurprisingly, Q, Yeah, U, X,

0:39:21.640 --> 0:39:25.239
<v Speaker 1>Y and Z. He is the sixth illiterative name to

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<v Speaker 1>debut this year, joining Samuel stone Street, Trent Toylou, Liam LeBlanc,

0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:34.359
<v Speaker 1>Luke Lowell, Lily and Harry Hayes this year.

0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:39.600
<v Speaker 2>So Street stone Street, it's a real honest name. Good

0:39:39.719 --> 0:39:41.960
<v Speaker 2>God's honest rugby league name. So I just wanted to

0:39:42.000 --> 0:39:44.280
<v Speaker 2>share that one with you. That is a phenomenal stat

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we need a QQ to get in there. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't see it happening anytime soon, all right? That it

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<v Speaker 1>does for this week on the Mad Monday podcast will

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<v Speaker 1>be back again on Thursday. Myself and Chris Key, who

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<v Speaker 1>have not commentated a one together, We are commentating the

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins game this week in Sunday Sunday four pm.

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<v Speaker 2>We broke the curse. We break the curse. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>you then. And Australia without rugby league is not Australia, right,

0:40:11.160 --> 0:40:12.000
<v Speaker 2>Astralia right,