WEBVTT - Doueihi's regret, Saint Nikorima & the next Blues coach 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.680 It's unprecedented what we've seen of late with Adam, do 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:05.960 you think? Look, I had a blow up with Gus Gould. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:08.080 I walked out of training once, but then I played 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.119 that weekend because I thought I can't let my teammates down. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:16.200 Hey, there. Welcome to the Continuous Call Team daily podcast. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:17.840 My name is Adam Haws, and I just gave a 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.720 shock to my cohost, M G Mark Geier. Welcome. 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:24.759 Is this on? Are we here? Are we here yet? Dad, welcome. 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.240 I'm here for a, uh, a great discussion today because 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.920 it's been a quiet week in rugby league. Not much 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.560 to talk about. Very snoozy the game that always it 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:32.519 just never sleeps, does it? 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.920 Never sleeps. Especially at Tiger Town. Today though, Benji, Marshall 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.560 and Adam do. We have come forward and spoken of 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.479 mistakes they have made in this rift, which they are 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.720 putting together because Benji has named Adam Dewi back at 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.200 halfback for his team to take on the Eagles this Sunday. 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.640 So they're hoping that's the end of this dispute. After 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.520 Adam walked out, of course, last week, m g uh, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.840 you heard the press conference. Do you think this is 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.080 all hunky dory now? It's in the past. We can 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:00.600 all move on and hold hands. 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:02.510 We'd like to hope so, horsie. You'd like to hope 0:01:02.510 --> 0:01:05.750 so for the Tigers fans sake. You know, there's there's 0:01:05.790 --> 0:01:08.350 not just one set of fans. We've got the fans 0:01:08.350 --> 0:01:11.509 of the the Tigers per se, who have been fans 0:01:11.510 --> 0:01:14.709 of the joint venture since 1999. But you've also got 0:01:14.910 --> 0:01:18.550 old Balmain fans. You've got old Western suburbs, Magpies fans, 0:01:19.150 --> 0:01:21.910 and they're the ones who keep. We keep asking. All 0:01:21.950 --> 0:01:24.709 the Tigers keep asking to come to the three grounds 0:01:24.709 --> 0:01:27.390 we've got and keep buying the jerseys, and then there 0:01:27.390 --> 0:01:29.190 doesn't seem to be a year go by that the 0:01:29.230 --> 0:01:33.750 Tigers don't have drama. Mhm. And I think it's unprecedented 0:01:33.750 --> 0:01:35.870 what we've seen of late with Adam. Do you think. 0:01:35.910 --> 0:01:38.910 I look I had a blow up with Gus Gould. 0:01:38.910 --> 0:01:41.030 I walked out of training once, but then I played 0:01:41.030 --> 0:01:43.990 that weekend because I thought I can't let my teammates down. 0:01:44.030 --> 0:01:45.990 I just can't do it. It's not in my it's 0:01:45.990 --> 0:01:48.990 not in my DNA. But the Monday rugby league players 0:01:49.030 --> 0:01:50.990 are a lot different to what we were yesterday. You know, 0:01:51.030 --> 0:01:54.550 you get dropped these days back to reserve grade. You're 0:01:54.550 --> 0:01:55.870 in the phone of your manager saying, I want out 0:01:55.870 --> 0:01:58.590 of this place. I don't think I'm any good. There 0:01:58.590 --> 0:02:02.070 is no intestinal fortitude in the modern day rugby league player, 0:02:02.420 --> 0:02:05.660 And that's across everyone, not just I'm not saying Adam 0:02:05.900 --> 0:02:08.220 is in that basket. He might love the club too much. 0:02:08.220 --> 0:02:10.900 I don't know, but I'm glad they've put a bow 0:02:10.900 --> 0:02:13.139 on it because what we need now is a Tigers fan. 0:02:13.139 --> 0:02:15.380 If you are one, is is to finish the season 0:02:15.380 --> 0:02:17.300 with 3 or 4 wins. Yeah. And the only thing 0:02:17.300 --> 0:02:21.140 that will get this will flush. This drama is a victory. 0:02:21.980 --> 0:02:24.700 Yeah. Well look Adam Dewey, he definitely did show some 0:02:24.700 --> 0:02:26.740 backbone today. He could have hidden a lot of players 0:02:26.740 --> 0:02:29.300 in this instance would have hidden behind, uh, media managers. 0:02:29.300 --> 0:02:31.500 But he came forward and he admitted he got things wrong. 0:02:31.500 --> 0:02:34.660 He said, I'm a I'm an overthinker, I'm an overthinker. 0:02:34.660 --> 0:02:36.940 There was a miscommunication, which obviously goes back to the 0:02:36.940 --> 0:02:39.500 judiciary hearing when he got off last week and he 0:02:39.500 --> 0:02:41.540 had no word from Benji Marshall. Benji said today, well, 0:02:41.540 --> 0:02:43.020 I had sick kids. They were on the verge of 0:02:43.020 --> 0:02:44.660 going to hospital, so I was a bit tied up. Sorry. 0:02:44.660 --> 0:02:46.420 You see all these we don't know. We don't hear 0:02:46.419 --> 0:02:46.820 all this. 0:02:46.860 --> 0:02:50.940 Yeah. So? So Adam's overthought things. He feels undervalued. He 0:02:50.940 --> 0:02:52.900 has a blow up. He walks out. He had no 0:02:52.900 --> 0:02:55.579 idea it was going to cause the shitstorm that we 0:02:55.580 --> 0:02:57.740 saw over the weekend. When he pulled out of that, 0:02:58.060 --> 0:03:00.340 that team that got thumped by the Raiders. So credit 0:03:00.340 --> 0:03:02.860 to him. He admits now he should have played. His 0:03:02.860 --> 0:03:05.360 manager was telling him to play, but he's stubborn, he admitted. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.680 He's stubborn, Adam. Do he? And he dug his heels 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:09.480 in and didn't play. But he regrets that now. 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:09.919 Yeah, that's. 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:10.920 Well, I'll give him credit for that. 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:12.480 I'm glad he's. Come on. I'm glad he said that. 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:16.000 Because you could just play that the victim card for 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:17.760 as long as you want. And I don't think Adam did. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.760 He thinks he's a victim. I think you know, that 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.440 makes sense. You know that Benji didn't get back to 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:25.240 him because he's got his own dramas and. Yeah, um, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.399 I do in all of this feel sorry for one bloke. 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.520 And that's Javon Andrews who made his debut. Yeah. Um, 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.720 last week against the Raiders and the poor kid was 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.840 just in a, in a thunderstorm. You know, he's kind 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:38.920 of trying to get his first grade game together and 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.440 all this peripheral stuff's going on in the background. I, 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.600 I hope he's not too discouraged. I know he's back 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.520 on in New South Wales Cup this week. Um, but 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:48.240 I hope he doesn't get too discouraged because the kid 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.080 can play. I've seen a lot of him this year 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.760 and he's got a really nice temperament. Um, he's a, 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.280 he's a big bodied halfback, but uh, look Tigers fans 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.960 hold on hopefully hopefully this weekend against your eels they 0:03:59.960 --> 0:04:02.480 can get. Oh that's right. Your eels are playing him 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:03.200 this weekend. 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.510 The timing's amazing, isn't it? You watched that today and 0:04:05.510 --> 0:04:07.390 you think, oh, they're all happy families again. Oh, who 0:04:07.430 --> 0:04:09.710 are they playing? Parramatta. You wouldn't believe it, would you? 0:04:09.750 --> 0:04:11.790 But look for Tigers fans going forward because there has 0:04:11.790 --> 0:04:13.750 been reports that Adam is off to Perth Bears. He's 0:04:13.750 --> 0:04:15.510 not going to stick around. But he was adamant today. 0:04:15.510 --> 0:04:18.190 I love this club, I love Benji, I love the badge. 0:04:18.190 --> 0:04:19.870 I'm not going anywhere. I've got a three year deal. 0:04:19.870 --> 0:04:22.589 I don't walk out on contracts. So he's adamant he's 0:04:22.589 --> 0:04:24.469 not walking out of the Tigers. 0:04:24.510 --> 0:04:27.190 It's the 29th of July today and that's the first 0:04:27.190 --> 0:04:30.270 I've heard of that. If he does that, he'll erase 0:04:30.270 --> 0:04:32.710 all the dramas. He'll erase all the dramas. If he 0:04:32.710 --> 0:04:35.270 sticks solid to his three year deal with the Tigers 0:04:35.550 --> 0:04:37.990 and sees it out. And I think he will if 0:04:37.990 --> 0:04:40.349 he said that. I haven't heard him say that. And 0:04:40.350 --> 0:04:43.870 as we're recording this podcast, you're giving me news that 0:04:43.870 --> 0:04:46.349 I haven't heard. But if he's saying that, well done. 0:04:46.350 --> 0:04:47.909 I think it's the best thing he's said in the 0:04:47.910 --> 0:04:48.510 last week. 0:04:48.790 --> 0:04:50.790 Well, he's apologizing for letting down the fans. So he's 0:04:50.790 --> 0:04:53.349 not he wouldn't do that again because walking out would 0:04:53.350 --> 0:04:54.830 let the fans down again. So he's not going to 0:04:54.830 --> 0:04:56.430 do that again. So I'm going to take Adam Dewey 0:04:56.790 --> 0:04:57.430 at his word. 0:04:57.470 --> 0:04:59.150 I think so, yeah. I'm with you. 0:04:59.190 --> 0:05:01.630 Yeah. So we'll see what happens. Benji Marshall also admitted 0:05:01.630 --> 0:05:04.820 that he he got things wrong on reflection, including moving 0:05:05.140 --> 0:05:07.020 him from half back to lock because he has been 0:05:07.020 --> 0:05:09.140 their best player. He's been playing half back. Jerome Lewis 0:05:09.140 --> 0:05:11.460 is leaving the Tigers, so why wouldn't you have dropped 0:05:11.460 --> 0:05:13.420 him to the bench? That's the question I asked anyway. 0:05:13.460 --> 0:05:16.779 So he's admitted. Yeah. On reflection I got that wrong. Uh, 0:05:16.779 --> 0:05:19.300 and he's also Benji admitted that yes, I probably do 0:05:19.300 --> 0:05:21.380 need some help above me, which is what we've been 0:05:21.380 --> 0:05:23.659 calling for. Uh, it's time for him to have a 0:05:23.700 --> 0:05:26.420 senior head over him, sort of saying, hey, Benji, maybe 0:05:26.460 --> 0:05:27.940 do this. Maybe that was. 0:05:28.260 --> 0:05:32.380 What about the irony in this? If this happens, we've 0:05:32.380 --> 0:05:35.620 seen that, um, Ivan Cleary is leaving the Panthers next year, 0:05:35.620 --> 0:05:38.260 last year, next year. What if he went over back 0:05:38.260 --> 0:05:41.779 to where he was as a as an advisory capacity 0:05:42.260 --> 0:05:42.900 for Benji Marshall. 0:05:42.900 --> 0:05:45.020 He got back in the bus and took the bus back. 0:05:45.180 --> 0:05:48.740 Hey, you never, never, ever say no in this game. 0:05:48.779 --> 0:05:50.820 It could happen. We know he's going to coach New 0:05:50.820 --> 0:05:52.860 South Wales Ivan Cleary. He's going to have time up 0:05:52.860 --> 0:05:55.260 his sleeve. It's only for six weeks a year. So 0:05:55.300 --> 0:05:59.700 imagine him going back and helping out the club. I've seen. No, 0:05:59.700 --> 0:06:01.460 I haven't seen. Do you remember. 0:06:02.140 --> 0:06:04.820 Do you remember when the Tigers played the Panthers and 0:06:04.860 --> 0:06:06.810 the Tigers fans now he was waving. 0:06:06.850 --> 0:06:08.089 Yeah. Yeah. Oh, mate. 0:06:08.130 --> 0:06:10.290 Man. There's some water. There's some water. 0:06:10.650 --> 0:06:12.810 Imagine it, imagine it. There'd be the biggest story of 0:06:12.810 --> 0:06:14.489 the year in rugby league if it happened. 0:06:14.529 --> 0:06:17.210 It makes sense, mate. Now you mention it. It actually 0:06:17.210 --> 0:06:18.290 makes sense. He's a perfect. 0:06:18.290 --> 0:06:20.050 Guy. He's the perfect guy for them. 0:06:20.089 --> 0:06:20.969 And he could do his origin. 0:06:21.210 --> 0:06:22.370 Yes, yes. 0:06:22.410 --> 0:06:22.850 Wow. 0:06:23.170 --> 0:06:24.890 Talk to each other. Get into bed with each other. 0:06:24.930 --> 0:06:25.450 Why not? 0:06:26.130 --> 0:06:27.210 Will you stop saying that expression? 0:06:27.210 --> 0:06:27.890 Get into bed. 0:06:29.610 --> 0:06:32.810 Uh. Anyway. So. Yeah. Look. Parramatta, do you think Parramatta 0:06:32.810 --> 0:06:34.730 players will be watching this going, oh, geez, what do. 0:06:34.730 --> 0:06:38.369 We look like? Their fans? Oh shit. Why us? Why 0:06:38.370 --> 0:06:40.530 can't they be playing the Warriors or the Panthers this week? 0:06:40.810 --> 0:06:43.370 Oh dear. Anyway, so we'll see. Hopefully that's all done 0:06:43.370 --> 0:06:45.570 and dusted. There was. I did get worried. I was 0:06:45.570 --> 0:06:47.969 worried by one thing Adam did. He said. He said 0:06:47.970 --> 0:06:50.330 I'm all in. And then we heard Jerome. Do I 0:06:50.330 --> 0:06:51.930 say that? Didn't we? And we saw how that ended. 0:06:51.930 --> 0:06:55.410 Yeah. Look, it's it's it's the modern day. We we 0:06:56.010 --> 0:07:00.570 we allow clauses. We allow guys to, you know, back 0:07:00.570 --> 0:07:02.570 in the day. And I'm not, I hope saying back 0:07:02.570 --> 0:07:04.890 in the day because straight away you sound like a dinosaur. 0:07:04.890 --> 0:07:08.520 But If a player would even dare speak to another 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:11.640 club while they're under contract. Back in our day. Yeah, 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.680 like like AFL. One good thing they really have that. 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.400 We don't. But when I was on radio with Mick Molloy, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.320 he used to say, I can't believe this thing that 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.280 you guys. He signed with Penrith now, but he signed 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.760 with the dogs next year. He goes, if that was 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.400 one of my players at Richmond who signed with the 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.640 Essendon Bombers for next year, guess what we'd do? Mhm. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:35.680 Out you go. Right now. Right now that like they 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:36.120 got a point. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.000 Well, you've got you've got Connor Watson playing for the Roosters. 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:44.720 Dragons Chiefs Jarome Luai Tigers, eels chiefs. This is all 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.000 going to play out. It's just crazy. The system needs changing. 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:47.640 That's a whole other. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:49.680 I think it does. Yeah it is another episode. But 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:50.480 I think you're right. 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.440 Um just just finally on that. The man who could 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.120 have actually brought this all together, the Tigers together is 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.679 Danny Abdallah, who lost his family. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.120 Well, my young bloke was there um, at training through 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.200 the week and he said, dad, um, Danny, who's who 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.060 lost his kids in that car accident, horrific, horrific. He 0:08:07.060 --> 0:08:09.620 came to training because apparently he's a good mate of 0:08:09.620 --> 0:08:13.620 Adam Davies. And he spoke to us and he said 0:08:13.620 --> 0:08:17.220 that it was almost tears to every kid at training. 0:08:17.260 --> 0:08:19.540 I went, oh man, I know Danny. I met Danny 0:08:19.540 --> 0:08:22.060 many times in the last 5 or 6 years and 0:08:22.260 --> 0:08:24.700 what he's gone through, I suppose if he can say 0:08:24.700 --> 0:08:28.140 anything to a rugby league team to inspire them. The 0:08:28.140 --> 0:08:30.060 Tigers at the moment need something like that. They need 0:08:30.060 --> 0:08:33.500 something that says, you know what? There's bigger. There's bigger 0:08:33.500 --> 0:08:36.339 dramas outside of the world than what we're going through 0:08:36.340 --> 0:08:40.939 at the moment, because it's perspective. It's perspective. It's perspective personified. 0:08:41.179 --> 0:08:44.179 Like this guy lost his kids and by a drink 0:08:44.179 --> 0:08:49.500 driver and he's still preaching to the world that forgive, forgive, forgive. Like, 0:08:49.500 --> 0:08:52.860 come on, come on. Let's put things in perspective. And 0:08:52.860 --> 0:08:55.460 I'm glad you brought that up because I've forgotten all 0:08:55.460 --> 0:08:57.780 about that. When my young black two days ago said 0:08:57.780 --> 0:08:59.900 that he'd been at training, I went, wow, how powerful 0:08:59.900 --> 0:09:00.500 is that? 0:09:00.940 --> 0:09:02.820 Adam Dewey would listen to that and go, hey, jeez, 0:09:02.820 --> 0:09:05.020 I've been moved from halfback to lock. You know, blokes 0:09:05.020 --> 0:09:06.340 are vaping at training, you know. 0:09:06.380 --> 0:09:08.970 Well, that's that's that's bullshit. The vaping at training, like 0:09:08.970 --> 0:09:10.610 I said to me, I'm like, what's this vaping at 0:09:10.610 --> 0:09:14.370 training shit. He goes as if as if anyone would 0:09:14.650 --> 0:09:17.010 have a vape at training, and as if someone wouldn't say, hey, 0:09:17.090 --> 0:09:19.130 what are you doing? Like, just it's. 0:09:19.450 --> 0:09:20.410 Just a bit of clickbait. 0:09:20.850 --> 0:09:21.209 It doesn't. 0:09:21.210 --> 0:09:25.130 Happen. Alright. Uh, dragons are sniffing around Kodi Nikorima or 0:09:25.130 --> 0:09:26.970 more than they've got him around. Is it official? 0:09:27.010 --> 0:09:27.770 I think it's a done deal. 0:09:27.809 --> 0:09:30.890 It's over the line. Amazing. Yeah. So, what are you, mate? 0:09:30.929 --> 0:09:32.450 How do they fit all these blokes in? Uh, they've 0:09:32.450 --> 0:09:34.770 got about six new signings now. What? Drinkwater. 0:09:34.809 --> 0:09:37.010 Yep. They've got Drinkwater. Callum. Matangi. 0:09:37.170 --> 0:09:38.010 Koloamatangi. 0:09:38.210 --> 0:09:42.570 Uh uh, Nick you mentioned um John. John Morris is 0:09:42.570 --> 0:09:43.690 going there from the Tigers. 0:09:43.730 --> 0:09:44.450 Is he coming back? 0:09:44.450 --> 0:09:45.210 He's going back. 0:09:45.250 --> 0:09:46.089 No, he's assistant coach. 0:09:46.130 --> 0:09:49.090 An assistant coach. He's trying to expand upon his 300 games. 0:09:49.210 --> 0:09:52.770 He's going to play interchange. Um look I think now 0:09:52.809 --> 0:09:54.890 if right now I think the Dragons make the eight 0:09:54.890 --> 0:09:58.490 next year. Lock it in lock it in. That's my bold. 0:09:58.650 --> 0:10:01.210 My bold prediction for next year is that the dragons 0:10:01.570 --> 0:10:03.689 not just will make it. They definitely will make the eight. 0:10:03.850 --> 0:10:05.650 Wooden spooners to finalist. 0:10:05.890 --> 0:10:08.130 Yes. When's the last time that happened? I don't know, it. 0:10:08.130 --> 0:10:11.880 Could be this year. Newcastle will drop. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:16.080 Oh! Oh, bastard. Bastard I know. Um. Look, you put 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.240 them names. You mentioned horsey with the Kautzman twins with 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.880 Dylan Egan, Hamish Stuart throwing, Val Holmes and Gutho. I 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.000 just hope the Dragons have enough speed to keep up 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:26.960 with this spine. You know, they need to. They need 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.680 some because Terrell Sloan's gone and he's the fastest player 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.520 by a mile at the moment. They're lacking that guy 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.760 who can run 100m like the Titans the other day 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:37.839 against them showed how you can score a try from 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.840 50m out. The Dragons can't score many tries from 50m out, 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.920 but with these new guys coming, they can certainly make 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.080 the breaks that will lead to 50 meter tries. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.400 You mentioned Clint Gutherson. Where does he fit in next year? 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.160 The veteran just played his 250 game. 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.040 I think he's too slow for a centre or wing 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.440 and I think he's not. I think he's. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.440 Because Drinkwater is fullback obviously. 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:03.520 Yeah well Nick arena and McCaffrey halves. I think Gutho 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.720 has a perfect 14. Just come on and be a 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.520 you know a bit of a filler. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:09.910 Or there could be a tough conversation. 0:11:10.070 --> 0:11:11.870 Like, you know, you can go with Locke, play second row. 0:11:11.870 --> 0:11:13.990 He can play center like at a pinch. But I 0:11:14.030 --> 0:11:17.230 think his days at starting maybe over next year, once 0:11:17.230 --> 0:11:18.630 all the cavalry arrives. 0:11:19.030 --> 0:11:22.310 Laurie Daley has spoken about these reports. He's stepping down 0:11:22.309 --> 0:11:25.390 as blues coach, which we we figure he will do. 0:11:25.429 --> 0:11:27.510 We know that. But he's still holding off on an announcement. 0:11:27.510 --> 0:11:29.270 But it's more the health side of things. He's come 0:11:29.270 --> 0:11:32.310 out and clarified that, hey, what did he say? 0:11:32.309 --> 0:11:34.630 There's nothing nothing wrong with me. Yeah. So I sent 0:11:34.630 --> 0:11:36.350 him a text last night, you know, wishing him all 0:11:36.350 --> 0:11:39.230 the best because we broke it. I spoke to Clint 0:11:39.230 --> 0:11:41.750 Maynard yesterday, and as I was about to sign off, 0:11:41.750 --> 0:11:45.070 he said, wait there. There's breaking news that Laurie Daley 0:11:45.070 --> 0:11:47.230 has stepped down from New South Wales coach because of 0:11:47.230 --> 0:11:50.150 health reasons. So I got straight on my on my 0:11:50.150 --> 0:11:52.350 phone to Loz and said, mate, just heard the news. 0:11:52.390 --> 0:11:54.550 Hope it's okay. And is there anything we can do, 0:11:54.590 --> 0:11:56.870 you know, to help? And he said, mate, I'm fine. 0:11:56.950 --> 0:11:59.350 He said there's no health issues. He said it's. 0:11:59.390 --> 0:12:00.230 Well, that is good news. 0:12:00.270 --> 0:12:02.790 Well it's great news. Um, but now I suppose everything 0:12:02.790 --> 0:12:06.510 goes towards who's going to replace him. Um I know 0:12:06.510 --> 0:12:09.630 Joey Jones won't be. He's, he's already said no he's not. 0:12:09.630 --> 0:12:12.089 He's going to, you know, stop the speculation. So we 0:12:12.090 --> 0:12:15.050 will I think it's got to be Boyd Cordner with that. 0:12:15.090 --> 0:12:19.810 Matt King Brett White set up if not left left 0:12:19.809 --> 0:12:21.810 of field or right of field whatever you want it. 0:12:22.170 --> 0:12:23.370 John Strange. 0:12:23.730 --> 0:12:24.130 Oh yeah. 0:12:24.170 --> 0:12:28.530 Women's coach John Strange for you. I don't know. It's 0:12:28.530 --> 0:12:31.050 like I think I like the I like I like 0:12:31.090 --> 0:12:33.090 the beat of his drum. Yep. I just like what 0:12:33.090 --> 0:12:35.770 he does. I think I think he's a very hard 0:12:35.809 --> 0:12:39.130 for a man to coach in a girl's game and 0:12:39.130 --> 0:12:42.370 have authority without being too bombastic. Yeah. And I like 0:12:42.410 --> 0:12:46.610 the way he massages his ego into the girl's game 0:12:46.970 --> 0:12:49.450 without being too over the top. Um, so I think 0:12:49.450 --> 0:12:52.290 he'd be fantastic for the blokes game. I think he's look, he's, 0:12:52.330 --> 0:12:54.730 he's got a son and daughter both playing. They, you 0:12:54.730 --> 0:12:57.730 know they look like great kids. John Strange you could 0:12:57.730 --> 0:12:58.970 do worse than him for a year just to give 0:12:58.970 --> 0:13:01.410 it a go. Interesting because Ivan will be the coach 0:13:01.650 --> 0:13:02.290 after that. 0:13:02.690 --> 0:13:05.090 Ivan. Yeah. I still think that could make a a 0:13:05.410 --> 0:13:07.370 bending of the rules and bring Ivan in next year 0:13:07.370 --> 0:13:10.130 because the transition is underway. Penrith anyway, with Peter Wallace 0:13:10.130 --> 0:13:14.240 they bring Ivan in. Uh. Yeah. 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.840 Didn't see that coming. Did you see it coming? 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.280 Sort of. Well, well. Still a bit cool, but there's 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.400 been some defensive issues on the left, hasn't there? So 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.560 he's made he's pulled the pins. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. That's 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.800 the sign of a good coach m g great job. 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:28.360 Finished already? Yeah. Gotta move on, mate. 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:28.720 Let's keep. 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:29.480 Going. You got. 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:33.080 Another day. Let's do a marathon. The daily marathon. 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:34.040 Gotta keep it short. 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:34.960 And punchy. 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.040 Mate. Like how you used to play for the Panthers, mate. 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:37.680 Off the bench. 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.520 Off the bench. Hit him hard and get out of there. 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.280 What about when I first come back? My first year 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.520 back in 98, I was on the bench for every 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.920 game that year and I averaged like in the first half. 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.719 I'd come on after ten minutes, then go off in 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.520 ten minutes because unlimited, unlimited to change back in them days. 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:54.280 No more of them days. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:55.000 Good old days. 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:56.120 You were good. Did I. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.079 Was I. Yeah mate. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:58.560 You're always. 0:13:58.559 --> 0:13:58.679 Good. 0:13:58.880 --> 0:13:59.480 You're always. 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.880 Good. You can come back any time, right? You're gibbering now. Okay. Uh, 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.439 thank you for watching the Continuous Call Team daily podcast. 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.880 You can catch us on YouTube and Instagram. Make sure 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:08.960 you subscribe and I'll catch you tomorrow.