S1: Hi everyone. Welcome to another edition of the Mark My
S1: Words podcast. Gentlemen, you are here, piggy and m g. Yes,
S1: ladies and gentlemen, we were given one bit of advice
S1: when we started podcasting. Don't wear black because we've got
S1: a black background. What are we wearing wearing black?
S2: Black is grey.
S1: But I'm glad we're talking about this piggy because milligrams
S1: just let slip.
S2: Oh, yes.
S1: That he's wearing an interesting piece of attire at home.
S1: M g care to spill the beans?
S3: Good morning. Good afternoon and, uh, good. Good day to
S3: everyone watching at home.
S2: Good start. Are we starting with that?
S1: We're starting.
S2: We're gonna start with okay, so.
S3: All my girls, I've got three daughters and a wife, obviously, and, um,
S3: they've all got big dressing gowns. Um, so every time
S3: they wake up in the morning, they don the dressing
S3: gown straight away. So I said to them before winter came,
S3: I said, I'm going to get a robe for this
S3: winter coming up. So I get straight out of bed
S3: now in my boxers. Put my robe on. Yes. Walk out.
S3: Put the kettle on. Beautiful. Have a coffee with a robe.
S3: I feel like Mark Hefner.
S1: Well, Peggy, we're working with Hugh.
S3: Hugh.
S1: You're no longer.
S3: What? Can you give us a description of it? It's
S3: big chocolate. It's chocolate. Yeah. It's thick. Thick. Nice and warm.
S3: Lost in it. Down to the ankles. Down past my knees. Okay.
S1: What about the.
S3: Robe? So I've got to cross my legs.
S1: He's brought back the chocolate soldiers.
S3: I can never get rid of the chocolate soldier.
S1: How good.
S3: Is that? They're so comfortable. Do it. I do it.
S3: It's great. I'm just trying. Instead of putting the pants
S3: on in the hoodie. Well, I just put my t shirt.
S3: I've just got my t shirt and shorts on. You're
S3: warm blooded. Oh.
S1: Not very professional.
S3: Should we answer?
S1: Answer. Sammy Bremner.
S3: Sammy.
S4: G'day, mate.
S3: You're on. You're you're on. You're on the podcast with
S3: Levi and Sammy. Sammy.
S1: Sammy, it's Mark Levi. Can you do me a favor?
S1: Tell the listeners the truth. Does Peggy know anything about
S1: recruiting players or not?
S4: She doesn't. We don't get him.
S3: We get him for his good looks. Can I ring
S3: you back? All right. Sammy.
S1: The truth. The truth. Actually, you know what? This is
S1: where we start. Dragons. Big news.
S3: Oh.
S1: You are putting together your club one hell of a
S1: football team next year. Kodi nikorima.
S3: Yeah, it's a it's a big one, isn't it? Obviously,
S3: the reports are out that Kodi Nikorima has signed with
S3: the Dragons for two years. Um, another one. Another great signing.
S3: I'm stoked. And Levi, I we've spoken about Kodi Nikorima.
S3: I know we have over the last few months, I
S3: know big man has spoken about him just about how
S3: he wasn't signed at the Dolphins. Now obviously they've got
S3: um George Williams. George Williams coming from. Can't believe that
S3: England can't believe that. Uh, and there was an opportunity
S3: for the Dragons to get Katie Nicholl. Nikorima. I just
S3: think it's a great buy. I love the way he plays.
S3: I love what he's done up there at the Dolphins
S3: and the fact that the Dragons will have Drinkwater at fullback.
S3: Metcalfe at half and Nick arena at five eight. Connor
S3: Watson as well in and around the ruck. Keon Koloamatangi.
S3: Phillip Sami out wide.
S5: They throw them in with the couch boys. Yeah. Egan.
S5: Hamish Stuart.
S3: Yeah loco. And then you got Val Holmes still there
S3: like it's.
S5: Who's um is it Daniel Anderson. Who's your recruitment officer Daniel.
S3: And yeah. And who's the head of.
S5: Recruitment at the moment have put together a top eight
S5: team for next year. Wow. I will say right now
S5: it's the 29th of July. My bold statement for next
S5: year was the Dragons will make the eight. Wow will
S5: make the eight. If they don't, I'll walk to Wollongong
S5: backwards nude now.
S3: In the.
S1: Road.
S3: In the road.
S5: I walk in the road. Yeah. Not nude.
S1: No one needs to say that.
S5: Especially winner.
S1: No one can afford that.
S3: What they've done is they've given themselves a chance, haven't they?
S3: Pretty pretty quickly. It's a big turnaround. Um, but the
S3: hard work will start in November.
S1: You're, uh.
S5: That's very diplomatic, isn't it? The hard work will start
S5: in November.
S1: Wow.
S5: You're turning into a coach.
S1: I would say this, though. It's like the. Is there
S1: genuine excitement amongst the Dragons fans? Because I reckon out
S1: of all the supporters in the rugby league, the Dragons
S1: fans are very, very hard to please.
S5: Oh, sorry. What about poor Tigers at the moment?
S1: Yeah. True. We'll get to them in a second.
S3: But um at least there's, there's a, there's some hope
S3: there now isn't there. Very quickly from, from like it's,
S3: it's a disastrous season really. Let's be honest with the Dragons.
S3: They're in last position. I don't think the Dragons St
S3: George Illawarra have never finished last in the 26 years
S3: or 27 years. It is. So this is the first year.
S3: So they had to make changes. They had to do
S3: something drastic. And it looks like they're doing that.
S5: And you know what it was don't you. It was
S5: the helicopter ride that got him over the line. Whoever
S5: got him.
S3: I've asked for a few of those.
S5: Since Mick Cronin.
S3: No God, no joy.
S5: But like, I think that was the that was the
S5: impetus to get everyone else. Once you get a guy
S5: of his standards, and I never thought I'd see him
S5: leave South Sydney. But once he got over the line,
S5: the Dragons. All of a sudden the bull rush come. Yeah.
S5: And you got, you know, Drinkwater and Metcalfe and then
S5: all of us Phil, Sammy, Phil, Sammy the the most
S5: underrated by the Dragons have got.
S3: He's playing.
S5: Very.
S3: Very well. The best footy he's played and he's and
S3: um he's very excited to get down to dragons and
S3: get started. I was talking to someone the other day
S3: about that.
S1: The thing that gets me boys. And again, this is
S1: just from a fan's perspective. I never played the game
S1: at the top level. Like you blokes, when a team
S1: is sitting in last position on the ladder, it must
S1: be extremely difficult. And given all the drama around the Dragons,
S1: it must be extremely difficult to sit a player down
S1: and say to them, we want you to sign with
S1: the Saint George-illawarra Dragons, but they now look like a
S1: club that people want to go to.
S5: That's a good point.
S1: Which I think is a it's it's it's a great
S1: endorsement for what Dean young is now doing, um, for
S1: what the club has created. And I'm talking from the
S1: top down, you know, there's been a lot of criticism
S1: about the board of the Dragons, the way in which
S1: the sacking of Shane Flanagan was was handled. But what
S1: they're doing now is they're making themselves an attractive option
S1: for players to come to Saint George Illawarra. MJ, Neil, Greg.
S5: I couldn't agree more. I think that you've got to
S5: hit rock bottom to realize how the roses smell, if
S5: that makes sense. Newcastle Knights last you've got the wooden spoon.
S5: Unfortunately for them, they might slide out of the eight
S5: this year with the the litany of injuries, but they
S5: were looking fantastic. Dragons will get the wooden spoon this
S5: year and they'll make the eight next year. That's that's
S5: that's just a given. I obviously hard work has to
S5: come down with it and all that, but they've signed
S5: so many great players and they've still got Gutho who's
S5: a you know, probably going to be number 14 next year,
S5: still got Val Holmes who's an origin and Australian player.
S5: And you throw in, as you mentioned, all these forwards.
S1: What does the future hold though for Val Holmes. Like
S1: can we can we address the elephant in the room.
S1: He's he's nowhere near the player.
S3: He used to be. Yeah. But but I think I
S3: think you've got to give him next year because of
S3: course with this, when you put those players that we
S3: just mentioned inside him that can give him, well, not
S3: only can they get more better sorry phrase, he's probably
S3: not only can they get on the front foot a
S3: lot easier and a lot better next year with some
S3: of the players they've got, they've got players that can
S3: create for their outside men. And then look, let's call
S3: a spade a spade. The Dragons gets it inside the
S3: 20 this year and they can't score points. That's right.
S3: That's their biggest issue. So when you have Metcalf, Nick
S3: and Drinkwater, those blokes feeding the likes of Val Holmes
S3: and Moses Suli, if he gets fit, gets himself back
S3: into contention, then that makes them better players. So when
S3: you get better players, the other players all lift and
S3: play better.
S5: My only reservation if I had one, would be um,
S5: speed at at the moment, Tyrell Sloan is the fastest
S5: bloke you've got. He's gone.
S3: He's gone.
S5: Yeah. Um so these guys are going to create you
S5: know that they're going to be gaps everywhere. They're going
S5: to you know quick play the ball. Metcalf and Nick
S5: and Drinkwater sweeping around. Who's going to keep up with
S5: them once they go through. That's what I'd be worried
S5: about if I was a dragon.
S1: Interesting. Uh, shall we out, piggy now for, uh. He's coming,
S1: he's coming, he's coming again this week, folks. Are the
S1: pigs done it again? I played a part in this, gents.
S1: I got drink water over the line. I booked the
S1: helicopter for Kion, and now I've got Cody down for you.
S5: He goes. He goes.
S3: Well, he's not on the Gold Coast. You flip.
S1: The dolphins. You know what I mean?
S5: He goes, Levi magic. I remember I said something about
S5: Nick arena.
S1: Yes. In fact, I'd go back to yeah, yeah, yeah.
S1: Magic round. I think you're right. We're having a nice read.
S3: There's some GST here.
S5: There's some GST.
S1: I remember sitting next to him in commentary this year.
S1: 2 p.m. G and piggies. He's leant over during commercial breaks.
S1: And he said keep an eye on Nick arena. I
S1: think there's some big things to come. He's not recruitment.
S1: He's the player whisperer he's become.
S3: I'll tell you what. We might have to start on
S3: the girls team shortly.
S1: Oh yeah.
S3: Same thing anyway.
S1: Oh geez. Have you lost the full support of the
S1: board or not yet?
S3: No, not at all. Not at all.
S5: The boss's ring.
S3: We're in a rebuild. Rebuild. And as I keep saying,
S3: it's a five year plan.
S1: Righto, Gus. Uh, from the Dragons. We go to the Tigers.
S1: The big story continues. It's Adam Dewey. Um. He's back.
S1: He's back to training. Um, he said he shouldn't have
S1: spat the dummy and stormed off. Um.
S5: Yeah.
S1: What do you reckon, boys?
S5: Oh, look, I've got a I've got to be, you know,
S5: measured what I say because I've got a young bloke
S5: who plays there and, and he doesn't talk shop with
S5: me and I wouldn't expect him to because same was
S5: when he was at Penrith. I don't want him telling
S5: me stuff because it might slip out that I might
S5: say something in the media. Yeah. But um, from an
S5: outsider looking in, I have never seen anything like this.
S5: It's unprecedented. Um, but that is the sign of the
S5: modern day rugby league player that what we, what we've
S5: seen in the last week. Um there is no intestinal
S5: fortitude amongst them any more. If they get dropped, they
S5: go to their manager and they say, I want to
S5: go to another club because that club doesn't want me.
S5: Instead of going back to New South Wales Cup and going,
S5: you know what? What can I work on to become
S5: a better player? Unfortunately, them days are gone because this
S5: game is such a massive monster. We've just signed a
S5: $5 billion broadcast deal. There's a new team coming in
S5: in 2028 that's paying your tax free dollars. Like there's
S5: options for these guys now that they don't have to
S5: put up with their so-called shit. They can just go
S5: and say, see you later. I will say this, um,
S5: yesterday both Benji and Adam Dewey came out and addressed it,
S5: and Adam Dewey was really positive. And if I was
S5: a Tiger fan, I'm believing what he's saying because he
S5: said for the next three years of my contract, I
S5: will be here and I'll be honoring that contract while
S5: I am here at the Tigers. So that's. And Benji
S5: said like there was a bit of when he got
S5: out of the judiciary the other night, apparently there's a
S5: bit of a breakdown because Benji didn't contact Dewey because he's.
S5: A couple of his kids were crook at home. We
S5: don't see all this happen, you know, we don't see
S5: every side of the ledger when there's things going on personally. Um,
S5: I don't know them. I don't know Benji. I know
S5: Benji personally, but not personally. I know him. I don't
S5: know Adam. I've met him twice. They might have other
S5: stuff going on that's contributing to them making rash decisions.
S5: They've come out yesterday and they've got in the front foot,
S5: so all they can do right now is for the
S5: rest of this season. To atone is to win games
S5: for their supporters. That's the first thing they can do
S5: because they're on a six game losing streak or something.
S5: And if they can win a game, this gets washed away.
S1: I'm not buying it.
S3: Huh?
S1: I'm not buying it. I'll tell you why. I'm not buying.
S3: You. Not you think there's more to it?
S1: No no no, I just I if I'm Benji Marshall,
S1: I don't put him in the halves this weekend. I, I,
S1: I make a statement and I say to Adam, do you.
S5: Want to win games? You want to.
S1: Win. But no individual is bigger than the club. If
S1: you're trying to create a culture m g you can't
S1: have a bloke carrying like a pork chop storm off
S1: and spit the dummy because he didn't get his way
S1: and then all of a sudden waltz back into training
S1: as if nothing happens and plays him in the halves,
S1: because there'll be people listening to this podcast right now
S1: that go to work Monday to Friday. The boss tells
S1: them something to do something, and they don't like it.
S1: They don't spit the dummy. They don't go home, they
S1: don't cry, they don't whinge and carry on and say, oh,
S1: poor so-and-so, oh, you've got to look after the manager.
S1: I'm sorry, Adam Dewey, suck it up, do the job.
S1: Otherwise find another club. And I think he's lucky that
S1: he's still got a job because in any other employment,
S1: if I carried on like that, you know what had happened?
S1: They kick me to the curb and say, sorry, you're
S1: not wanted here.
S3: I can't argue with anything. I can't argue with you. I,
S3: I tend to agree to you to a certain extent,
S3: but the issue as well goes back to what milligram
S3: just said in that if Benji did do that with
S3: Adam Dewey, he's hurting his own club by getting rid
S3: of Adam Dewey. That then another club's going to then
S3: benefit from. Yep. Everything else that you said there I
S3: agree with like.
S1: I can't argue Benji was wasn't going to play in
S1: the halves last one. I know they got thumped.
S3: I can't argue with you. I think you've got a
S3: great point because I think you do set standards and
S3: you need to do that. But at the end of
S3: the day, also understand that they've got to win football
S3: games and they're on a 6 or 7 game losing
S3: streak and they've got to play their best players.
S1: But but I'll tell you I'll tell you.
S3: It's a hard one.
S5: It's a really it's unprecedented. I haven't seen I haven't
S5: seen something like this happen before.
S1: But you know what it says boys. It says to
S1: every other player on that roster that if Benji Marshall
S1: drops you to the edges or plays you in a
S1: position you don't want, spit the dummy storm off. Because
S1: next week when you come back and you smoke the
S1: peace pipe and get together and heal the rift, you'll
S1: be back in the position you want to because that's
S1: what's happened with Adam Dooley.
S5: Yeah. Look, I, I, you know, it's I, I feel
S5: for the young Javon Andrews who made his debut last week.
S3: Well, no one heard about it.
S5: Did.
S3: They. Really? Poor bugger.
S5: That's what I feel in all of this. And.
S1: Okay, you got me fired up. Sorry, boys.
S5: They've broken bread and look, it's. You know, I know
S5: one who's producing it. He's a Tigers fan over here
S5: and he's he's ready. He's almost jumping through the screen
S5: at us. But, um. Look I do feel for the
S5: Tigers fans. They they deserve better. They'll come in second
S5: in the competition on Anzac Day. Now the second last. Yeah.
S5: So as I say, there's going to be an investigation.
S5: The investigation happened. Um, Adam Dewey did admit that he's
S5: he's he takes things too literally. And when Benji didn't
S5: contact him, um, he kind of thought the worst, and
S5: he admitted he should have handled it better. We all
S5: admit we should handle things better in hindsight, and I've
S5: done a lot of things that I've embarrassed being embarrassed
S5: about in the game. And I'm sure Adam Dewey will
S5: look back on this and go, I could have handled
S5: that a lot better.
S1: You know what? I'm really intrigued as to what the
S1: listeners and viewers think, so leave a message in the
S1: comments and let us know your thoughts. We might even
S1: read back some next week. Yeah, because it's obviously a
S1: big issue in the game and there'll be people that
S1: vehemently disagree with me. There'll be other people that agree
S1: with me. That's the beauty of the game. Everyone's got
S1: an opinion. Uh, so let us know your thoughts in
S1: the comments section. Can we go to a positive? Um,
S1: two teams that really impressed me last week and I'd
S1: love to get your thoughts on them. I think the
S1: sharks are a team on the rise and the real
S1: deal this year. And I think the Bulldogs they're coming
S1: to get them. They might be the little smoky cheese.
S1: They played well last week.
S3: I'm with you. Yeah.
S5: No, I, um, I say about Sharky's because Nicho Hynes
S5: is running the ball. And why is he running the ball?
S5: Because as a young bloke, not a young bloke. He's
S5: younger than me, but he's an ex French rugby union
S5: player called Frederic Michalak. Michalak, who has who was there
S5: in 2022 when guess what Nicho got Dally M player
S5: of the year. He's back this year. And guess what?
S5: Nicho ran like 19 times last weekend against manly. Run
S5: the ball when he runs. He's such a big body.
S5: He's such a big body. He's such a big body
S5: from France. You know what I mean? Let's run for
S5: the ball and you go with him.
S1: Very good.
S5: It's just. I mean, when I agree with you 100%,
S5: I think in the last few years when they've got
S5: the odd prelim and that they just haven't had, I
S5: thought to myself and even I've said this year, that
S5: type of team, they don't really do anything for me.
S5: But they made a statement last week at Brookvale and
S5: I think they've got to keep that statement going. Their
S5: forwards at the moment are playing a perfect role. Um,
S5: they've got McInnes and Brayley in the middle who are
S5: just dynamic um fast feet. And I just think I
S5: love the way that Trindle has just taken control of
S5: this whole situation. I love the way that Niko gives
S5: him space to take control. Um, Kennedy is one of
S5: the most under is he signed Kennedy at full back.
S5: Not sure because he's playing good footy.
S3: He's signed till 2020.
S5: Okay. So yeah, look, I'm with you and I think
S5: the doggies. Yes. I think the Bulldogs um look we're
S5: lucky Galvin um he's playing great footy. Um I think
S5: that Crichton I didn't, I didn't agree with him being
S5: put at five eight. But I've got to take my
S5: words back. I think he's yeah I think he's a
S5: point of difference at five eight.
S1: Yep.
S3: I'm not convinced on the Sharkies.
S5: And Preston and I think our back.
S3: I'm not convinced on the Sharkies. Why. Well I just
S3: think every year they promise us so much and they
S3: get to.
S5: But what about Michalak?
S3: No, I don't care.
S6: No, no no. You can't do it if you want to.
S1: What are you poo poo.
S3: Poo poo poo on the sharks at all? I've said this.
S1: They're your rivals at the Dragons.
S3: No, I've said this. I've said this for weeks. I've
S3: said it for weeks until they win a preliminary final.
S3: No one. They're not going to convince me.
S1: Are.
S3: They? Always? Well, they've done it for the last how
S3: many years? 3 or 4. 3 or 4 years.
S1: They've been warming up for this year. Right.
S3: And then they'll have the same conversations in the same
S3: room at Shark Park. They're going to be out here.
S1: They go to the old dingy bar. And then Blake
S1: gets up and says, come on, we don't want to
S1: be sitting in here next year. I think, look, we're back.
S3: I'm not.
S5: Convinced. You know what I think the problem with them
S5: is they get each year they get a home semi
S5: first go. And there's so much speculation about playing at Shark.
S3: Park.
S5: That they get caught up in it. If they should
S5: be taken away from it, it's in the rules now.
S5: They can get that opportunity, but it should be taken
S5: away from them. They should be playing it at Allianz.
S5: I agree there's no two ways about it. Their first
S5: semi should be there and that would make them rise
S5: to the occasion, because at the moment it's like another
S5: club game to them. You know, they're playing at Shark
S5: Park in front of 11,000 people. It's a major semi.
S3: You should embrace.
S5: It. It should be getting an allowance with 40,000 going
S5: now we're in the big time now.
S3: But unfortunately their fans don't travel.
S5: They might. Get onto him. Shark fans.
S1: Mate. There weren't many at Coachella last week.
S3: Yeah. We're coming last.
S1: Mate. Your fans don't turn up. What, mate? The Tigers
S1: fans turn up. They feel like they're going like bastards.
S3: Hello, Campbelltown.
S5: Yeah.
S3: Hello. Hello. Good point. Thank you.
S5: Like, uh, like, uh. Should be their spiritual home game
S5: ground going forward. That should be once. It's once it's renovated,
S5: that should be their home ground.
S3: Alright. Hold on, I haven't finished. I'm with you on
S3: the doggies. Yeah. I'm not with you on the sharks. Okay.
S1: Um, I was going to we're going to talk about Laurie,
S1: but I mean, I find it. I find it funny
S1: that the bloke who was writing stuff about Laurie throughout
S1: the origin series, Pete Beadle from the Courier Mail is
S1: now reporting that Laurie's walking away from the coaching job
S1: and he's got health problems. Laurie was on the radio
S1: the other day saying, no, no, health's good, and I
S1: haven't made a decision yet. I think I think most
S1: people are aware that he's he's done. But I think
S1: we need to respect the bloke enough to say when
S1: Laurie's ready, he makes that 100%.
S3: Let him go.
S1: Um just just on Daly Cherry-Evans. That's the other issue
S1: that's been bubbling away this week, weighing up whether to
S1: go on again. Or is he still playing like.
S5: He's I I'm declaring right now he's the buyer of
S5: the year.
S1: Wow.
S5: Who else is there. Who's the guy? I mean, um,
S5: maybe Tanner Boyd was up until he got injured.
S3: To think about it a little bit more.
S5: Robson could be second read. Man, he's up there, I suppose.
S5: But I think if you look at the overall.
S3: Pluck some names out there.
S5: I just I just you know I'm I'm Encyclopedia wee wee.
S3: Britannica. Britannica.
S5: No Atlas.
S1: What would we do without Google?
S3: Uh.
S5: Well, you know what we should look at? I got
S5: to read.
S1: All the.
S5: Books. Turn left. Dad. Oh, sorry. It's a tree.
S1: Then. Then you'd have to go to the front for
S1: the city if you went to the town.
S5: I remember that, I remember. I remember when I was
S5: a young bloke, my dad used to be a truck driver,
S5: and I was about 11 going to work with him,
S5: and he was getting lunch and I went under his
S5: seat with this. I said, dad, what's a what's a rebuild?
S5: He said, that's a ride board.
S1: What's that?
S5: Look. And not like penthouse.
S6: Oh.
S1: Wow.
S5: Naughty ace. I see none of these.
S1: Just one last one before you get in the preview. Um,
S1: did you see the vision of Zac Lomax and the
S1: reception he got when he went to PNG? Like I,
S1: I admittedly last week I said, geez.
S5: What are we thinking?
S1: What are we thinking?
S5: Like, like now we're still 18 months out, but what
S5: are we thinking right now, if you ask me? They
S5: are building a team of individuals. They're not building a
S5: team of of guys who are going to graft. And
S5: I'm not saying that because my young blood went to bears. Um,
S5: they they have the bears are looking like being a
S5: team that are full of grafters and they're going to
S5: be a team that's going to be very hard to
S5: beat in Perth.
S3: Just work.
S5: Hard. Gonna be working really hard. But at the moment this.
S5: And there's still a long way out. But I think
S5: at the moment that the the PNG pizazz is is
S5: kind of outweighing there.
S3: I like it PNG pizazz.
S5: Yeah, they can use that. Mickey charmers if you want. Um,
S5: I just think at the moment it's outweighing the how
S5: can I put this soul. Yeah, just it just I
S5: don't know.
S1: I'm working with wordsmiths.
S5: I just don't know if it looks. It looks.
S3: I want to see him sign some tradesmen. Tradesmen. I
S3: want some big forwards tear in and rip in. Yeah,
S3: I know they've got some nice backs and everything, but
S3: where are the where are the forwards? Are they going
S3: to get you forward? I'm gonna have to wait and see. Yeah.
S1: Come on Mick. Lift your game.
S5: But it's it's it's fantastic. Like seeing, um, Lomax up
S5: there mobbed by the the kids of the PNG and
S5: then he had, you know, the speech that he made and,
S5: you know.
S1: Good luck to him.
S5: Yeah. You know.
S1: I wouldn't have signed him. But anyway, that's just me.
S5: He's more clubs than Jack Nicholson, more clubs.
S1: Greg Norman.
S5: Jack Nicholson.
S3: More.
S6: You can't handle the truth.
S3: More movies than Jack Nicholson.
S1: Did he play golf.
S3: Clubs than Jack Nicklaus?
S5: I always get the two mixed up Nicholas Nicholson. Nicholson
S5: and Nicholas always going to mix it up.
S1: Did I? I don't think I've ever told this.
S3: That's why you tune in, ladies and gentlemen.
S1: Well, to make you feel better, we did a show.
S1: We did the ill fated summer show here on two
S1: GB and four BC, and we used to broadcast from
S1: the Australian Open. Golf.
S3: Oh, don't do it to him.
S1: No, I'm going to do it to myself.
S3: Yourself.
S1: So anyway, we're talking talking amongst ourselves, blah blah blah. Anyway,
S1: Clint Newton was coming on to the chat. So Nudo
S1: comes over and we're having a chat to him and
S1: all that sort of thing. And I said, oh jeez,
S1: with a name like Newton, you must be a good golfer.
S1: And then Daryl goes, you know who his daddy is,
S1: don't you? And I'm thinking, oh geez, I've embarrassed myself.
S1: I'll never live that down. Who was the other one?
S3: Jack. Jack Newton And what was he?
S1: I didn't know it was his dad. Oh, I just embarrassed.
S3: No, tell. Tell em. Gee, the thirsty story.
S1: Oh.
S3: At the same Australian Open we're sitting there.
S1: So. Right. So, rod, rod, rod Pampling is leading the
S1: Australian Open golf. I think his course record.
S3: Yeah.
S5: Course record was caddy for him.
S3: Oh, really?
S5: Oh, yeah. Simon.
S3: Years ago. Years ago. Yeah.
S1: So Davy Davy just loved sort of taking control when
S1: he thought he knew someone. So we thought rod, we
S1: got handed. Rod Pampling going to come and have a
S1: chat to you. So we're waiting for Rod Pampling to
S1: come over. In the meantime, a bloke comes and sits
S1: down next to me and I'm about to do the
S1: big introduction.
S3: To was it.
S1: Matt.
S3: Guy?
S1: Matt Guy, the Australian golfer. So I've started introducing him
S1: and then thirsty comes in over the top. Well, this
S1: bloke's just shot a course record. Rod Pampling is here
S1: with the tent with a g'day rod and Matt. Guy said, no,
S1: no I'm not rod, I wish I was.
S3: I'm that guy. What are your best, David?
S1: Your best. One of your best. Let's get into the preview. Let's.
S1: Round 22. We've got our odds thanks to better. How
S1: good is better, boys?
S3: Oh, we love better.
S5: You know that.
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S1: game with better download the app today. What are you
S1: really gambling with? Uh, we start off Thursday night footy
S1: in Townsville. Cowboys and Roosters chooks dollar 53 with better
S1: the Cowboys 250.
S5: Um big big out piggy uh read money for mine.
S5: Concussion massive. Um he's dead and back.
S3: No, no. Dead and dead and may not be back
S3: the rest of this season.
S5: Well they got, they, they got a great win last
S5: week without him against the Broncos. But I don't I
S5: think the Roosters are a different gravy. Um I'm I'm
S5: thinking Roosters.
S3: Yeah I'm with em G here. I'd love to see
S3: the Cowboys win because I've got some friends up there
S3: and I'd love to see him.
S5: Yeah yeah you're good mate.
S3: Hawley Hawley's up there and Tony Peyton good bloke. Tony
S3: Peyton catching up with them in the off season. Um,
S3: but I just think the roosters the quality they're. Tedesco.
S3: We spoke about Cherry Evans. Sammy Walker can't go. You
S3: know who I love at the Roosters. It's just taken
S3: over from Hargreaves Naufahu Whyte. Yeah what he does through.
S5: The middle game in the game.
S3: Like he's modeled his game on JWH. And uh yeah
S3: he's doing a great job for him.
S1: When Stadium 6:00 Friday night. Uh geez. That wind sock
S1: will be active. The dragons and the Dolphins. Dolphins $1.25.
S1: The Dragons $4 milligram. We know who piggy's going to
S1: tip here. Dragons.
S5: Um, yep. Um, and you know the young stick solid
S5: with the same. 13. I like that because um they
S5: were in that first 20 minutes. They looked really good.
S5: They just in the end just I think the Titans
S5: had too much speed for them. Um and that's what
S5: Dolphins have got I think with hammer back and Bostock
S5: and Farnworth and Sako. And so and I think they're
S5: gonna have too much speed. There is an outside chance
S5: that Katoa is back as well after that um fracture
S5: in his arm. So um yeah. Dolphins for mine.
S1: Uh, piggy, I want to throw a stat at you
S1: and then you can explain to me why and how
S1: the dragons are going to win. The Dragons have conceded
S1: 158 points in four straight losses at win stadium. Piggy. Riddell. Why?
S1: Why will the Dragons win at win Stadium when they've
S1: conceded 158 in their last four?
S3: Because that's all in the past.
S6: Yes.
S3: That's why.
S5: Yesterday's history. Tomorrow's a mystery.
S3: Thank you.
S5: That's why today is a present. That's why it's a gift.
S1: Today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper.
S3: I'm Timmy.
S5: The dragons don't do that anymore. Put it in chips
S5: in the newspaper.
S3: I think it's got something to do with the ink
S3: on your chips.
S5: Those chips. Beautiful. Oh.
S1: Yeah, but you know what? Think about all those sand
S1: pits we used to.
S3: Sit in as kids.
S5: I know, I know.
S1: Toughen up. Uh, storm Bulldogs, Friday night footy. The Bulldogs
S1: at Aami Park. $1. 55. The storm $2. 45. Outsiders.
S1: We're better.
S3: Uh, I've got to go. The doggies. We just mentioned
S3: the doggies. And they're probably the team that can make
S3: a run into the finals. Uh, sorry. Into that top eight.
S1: No. Harry Grant, of course.
S3: No Harry Grant. Hamstring injury. Jerome Hughes and Wishart in
S3: the halves. Trent Talau takes over from Harry Grant. I'm going.
S3: The doggies.
S5: Yeah, I think the doggies are starting to look really
S5: well with Kikau and Preston back. Yeah. Um. They're looking
S5: they're looking complete at the moment. Um. Connor Tracey has
S5: found some fantastic form and I can't see the doggies
S5: going down to a Harry grant.
S1: This Storm Jesus is an in-depth preview from you too.
S1: I love it.
S3: Well, preparation.
S5: It's everything.
S1: I hope, I hope all of our listeners and viewers
S1: are spreading the word about the Mark My Words podcast.
S3: Yeah.
S1: Please do. Um, Titans Warriors.
S5: Mark my words shirts or something like, you know.
S1: Maybe we should get photos with ourselves. Maybe we should
S1: get a character.
S5: We've done that in Vegas. Remember the one we got
S5: in Vegas?
S3: The one their undies.
S5: Women for all seasons.
S3: Yeah.
S1: Put it. Put that into.
S5: A French swing.
S1: Put that into AI and see if you can do
S1: a caricature of, of of us or something.
S3: We've done all that. We did. We did.
S5: We said to each other, yeah, in the piece. That
S5: was 22 weeks ago. MM. Mhm. It's been a long year.
S1: Come on. Uh. Titans. Warriors. Cbus super Stadium. Saturday 3:00.
S1: Warriors dollar 58. Titans $2.40. Warriors win this, don't they?
S5: It's a danger game.
S3: It is, isn't it. Because Warriors haven't been playing that well.
S3: No I'm not convinced myself at the moment. Titans are
S3: in in a nice little patch. They had a win
S3: over the Dragons last week.
S5: Are you. Are you doing it? What Titans.
S3: This could be my upset for the weekend. I think.
S1: It's supposed to be an.
S3: Expert. If it was that. If it was that Mount Smart.
S3: No chance. But the fact is. Yeah, Gold Coast and
S3: they're getting a little bit of momentum. I'm going to go.
S3: I'm going to tip the Titans. There you go. I'll
S3: tip the upset.
S5: Uh, Warriors. Warriors.
S1: Thanks very much. I'm glad we have one expert on
S1: the panel. Um.
S5: But I see where you come from.
S3: Just you.
S5: Just, I.
S3: I'm coming, I'm coming last. Yeah. Dragons right edge was
S3: horrendous defensively. It was tell me about it.
S1: You watch Titans are going to win. You know what?
S1: Titans gonna win. I'm going to back him. Yeah. Jeez.
S1: I got a feeling. Now go to the Titan quick
S1: I will, uh, Panthers. Oh, Panthers. We are off to
S1: the Wembley of the West. Shout out to Ken Sutcliffe,
S1: Mister wide world of Sports muggy Saturday 530 Panthers dollar
S1: 32 Raiders 340.
S5: Well, um, I'm going to ask you a question in
S5: a second, um, without notice. So I want to ask
S5: you what's been your moment of the year thus far.
S5: So have a quick thought. Why. MG because last year
S5: the moment of the year was this. We were out
S5: at um was it the Willows with. Uh, yeah. At
S5: Arthur's Pub.
S1: Yep. Twin willows, twin willows.
S5: Yeah. Commentating this game the Panthers and the Raiders was the.
S3: Oh is that the one where the.
S5: Miracle the miracle of Mudgee when they scored on the
S5: bell in Golden.
S3: Point.
S5: Yeah. Um, I they've dropped, uh, Blake's taulagi.
S3: Yeah. To the bench. Yeah. Gone with um.
S5: With uh.
S3: Cogger.
S5: Yeah. Um, and look, Dylan Edwards is in back. There
S5: is a sniff of an upset here, but I don't
S5: think so, I think that I think Panthers could be
S5: too strong, because if any two got Nathan clear in it,
S5: you can't go against Panthers. Um.
S1: Moment of the moment. Oh, actually, I can answer that.
S5: It's gotta be Alex Johnson.
S1: Yeah. Alex Johnson.
S3: Oh yeah.
S5: It's got to be Alex Johnson yeah.
S3: Alex a the New South Wales origin series win.
S5: That's got to be.
S3: That's not far behind.
S5: I think on the podium has been Milky season.
S3: Yeah.
S5: Like breaking.
S3: Your record.
S5: Breaking.
S3: Records. Yeah jeez we just come up with three there.
S5: Yeah. There you.
S3: Go.
S1: Actually I've got a highlight of this season. Magic round
S1: m g walking back into the hotel after running into
S1: a family member and he was inebriated, he looked at
S1: me and he said, he's putting himself to bed. I said,
S1: that was a highlight.
S5: Weren't you speaking of yourself in the third person? You know,
S5: it's time to.
S3: Time to go.
S1: Now. The best the best part about it was there
S1: were two people in the bar area that were waiting
S1: to meet you, because I think you'd organised to see them.
S1: M G walks back in and sits at the table
S1: with me and the continuous call. Team colleagues. Anyway, M.G.
S1: gets up and goes to bed. The people over the
S1: back go. Where did he go? Where did M.G. go?
S1: We're here to meet him.
S5: Sorry.
S1: Anyway, here's what.
S3: It.
S1: Is. Yeah. Uh, Brian, 150 NRL games. Congratulations to Brian.
S5: He has missed many either over that period.
S3: But you know what? I don't know, am I wrong
S3: in saying I probably thought he already would have had
S3: 150 under his belt. MM. Thought he'd be more than that.
S1: 735 Saturday Broncos night Suncorp Knights. 250 Broncos dollar. 53 favourites.
S5: I think they're two decimated Dylan Edwards, Dylan Edwards, Dillon. Lucas, Dylan, um,
S5: Dylan Brown uh, Ponga still 5050 with that quad injury.
S5: So Broncos Broncos would be they'd be livid. They got
S5: beat by the Cowboys who ended their season last week.
S1: So jeez what what about this? For a start, the
S1: Broncos have scored 199 points in six straight wins over
S1: the night.
S5: That's a lot of points.
S3: That's a lot of points.
S1: Wow.
S5: It's only 30 a game.
S1: Are you tipping piggy?
S3: Yep.
S1: Damn Broncos.
S5: Broncos.
S3: Broncos.
S1: Sharks and South Sydney at Ocean Protect Stadium. Sharks and
S1: the Better market $1.30. My bunnies $3.50. Outsiders.
S3: Sharks.
S5: Yeah I think sharks I think um what are the
S5: injuries like for um.
S3: No Brendan Smith surely he won't play will he. He's named.
S3: But remember he came off, he.
S1: Looked like a bloody sniper.
S5: And look they've still got Cam Murray and they've still
S5: got Duncan out. And last week if Harry Grant stays
S5: on that field they win by 20 points. Yeah. Melbourne.
S1: Yeah. What about Nicho Hynes. I was watching the footy
S1: Sunday wasn't it. Yeah I was watching it on um
S1: channel nine. 26 consecutive attempts at goal. Yeah 26 in
S1: a row.
S3: That's outstanding.
S1: How do you get back in your kicking days.
S3: Not 26 mate I know.
S5: Who would you pick if you had to have someone
S5: kick for your life.
S3: Oh at the moment yeah. Cleary.
S1: Nathan Cleary.
S5: I'd have.
S3: Cleary. Yeah yeah yeah.
S5: What about just the.
S3: Halligan.
S1: Not.
S3: Halligan.
S5: He's got the record hasn't he.
S1: Remember that. Remember that Masri kick in Newcastle. Oh.
S5: Joey under the post. He threw his mouth guard down there. Yeah.
S1: Um. All right. And, uh, Sharky's there. You know what?
S1: I'm going to tip him, I bet. Souse and the Titans. Oh,
S1: and the other two upsets. Okay. Um. Tigers and eels.
S1: Commbank Stadium. Oh, the Jarome Luai cup.
S5: Yep. Oh.
S3: It is. We'll be out there on Sunday.
S1: Dollar 40 eels, 295 tigers.
S3: Eels.
S5: My eels $2.95 is great money for the tigers with the.
S5: Every time there's controversy, Jarome Luai and Adam Dewey will
S5: be on absolute fire. The game has been quiet. He
S5: needs a big game to reel. May likewise and Koroisau.
S5: They all will. And I think they'll be. That's my
S5: bet of the round Tigers to win. Jerome Bulla to score.
S3: MM.
S1: Eels pregnant. Pause. All right. We go to the best bets.
S1: Levees like piggies. Pick em g. Multi. Well I'm going
S1: to do the uh. I'm going to go out there
S1: a bit. I'm going to go Souths and the Titans
S1: head to head.
S3: All right. Well, I already went mine.
S1: This is all thanks to better our mates.
S3: We love better. MG, you can go.
S5: Yeah. I'm going. Um. Tigers who are $2. $2. 95. Uh,
S5: to win plus dream bullet score. That'd be about seven bucks.
S3: All right, I'm going. Titans to win and Keanu Kenny
S3: to score a double. Double.
S1: Isn't he a play?
S3: Keanu, Kenny, what a double!
S5: You twisted your arm.
S3: Why not?
S5: He's a grab. All these little halfbacks are fullbacks. We've
S5: got that game at the moment, I love it, I
S5: love it.
S1: Here's a question for you. I asked I asked Tony McGowan,
S1: the continuous call team last week, and I said, who
S1: was the greatest player he ever saw from a sideline perspective.
S1: He said, Steve Rogers. Rogers. Yeah. Who's the greatest player
S1: you ever came up against or laid eyes on over
S1: the years?
S5: Well, to play in person was probably Bradley Clyde. Like
S5: just to play and see how robust he was and
S5: how fit he was. And but the speed of Brett
S5: Mullins was always something that took me by surprise. Like
S5: I was seeing it live. He went, what the f?
S5: How fast is that bloke? And he just was really
S5: laconic when he's run. Yeah. It wasn't.
S3: Easy.
S5: A very easy man. It was so easy for him
S5: to do.
S1: I know it's a random question. I just it just
S1: popped into my head. What about you, pig?
S3: Uh, Joey.
S1: Andrew.
S3: Andrew. Jones.
S1: Did you ever come up against him? Yeah.
S3: Yeah, yeah, lots. I've told the stories. Yeah, well, actually, no,
S3: I haven't.
S5: You've told us after the game.
S3: Yeah.
S1: Well have you got an on field?
S3: No, no none. Let's go.
S1: Oh I remember that story now. No, we can't say
S1: that one.
S6: No.
S1: It involved a sledge to Andrew and it wasn't very nice.
S3: No, no. We've all kissed and made up.
S1: Yeah, I think that was the problem. Anyway, that's it
S1: for us ladies. Well done MJ. Oh, we're shaking hands.
S3: I'm not shaking your hand. I'm fine.
S5: Why is.
S3: Black catches next.
S1: Week? Anyway, we're back on Monday for another edition of
S1: the Mark My Words podcast. Remember, leave a comment, leave
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S1: media and we'll catch you Monday on Mark my words.