1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Ninety six airms Own Freemantle Dogger David Monday. 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, how are you very well? 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: Thank you great to be here morning, Dave. Happy birthday mate, 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you very much. You'd see you. 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 3: Kids jump on you this morning when you. 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 4: Snuck out, So yeah, tiptoeing around the house. But I'll 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 4: go back home to that hopefully. 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 5: Well, you didn't get an early birthday present on the 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 5: weekend because you're lost to Sydney by seventeen points on 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 5: Saturday night. 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 3: The team looked a. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 5: Bit frustrated with Sydney's keep you off game style after 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 5: the halftime. 14 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, the frustrating part was that we couldn't change 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 4: what we were doing. 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, they started really we started the game really. 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 4: Well, and you know, playing the football that we want 18 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 4: to play and going about it that way. 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: And yeah, then after half. 20 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 4: Time in particular, that's the quarter they came out and 21 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 4: we're able to progress all forward using that kick mark 22 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 4: game style. And the frustrating part for from our point 23 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 4: of view was that we recognized that we just couldn't 24 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 4: fix it, change what we were doing quick enough to 25 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 4: impact the game. So, yeah, there was a big lesson 26 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 4: that we learn we've been through it in our reviews 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 4: pretty heavily. We've spoken about it as line groups, about 28 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 4: different things and how we can implement change quicker, and 29 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 4: we're confident. 30 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: That we're well handled, well placed to handle that in 31 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 2: the future. 32 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: It gets reflected in stats, and you can overthink stats 33 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: of course. All of a sudden you see the midfield 34 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: group a lot of down on numbers and lots of 35 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: handball and the like. Is that a sign of being 36 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: maybe rushed at times? 37 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: I think that's more of a sign of how we're 38 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 2: moving the ball. 39 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 4: You know, we're out of our back half for a 40 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 4: little bit too aggressive, turn the ball over a lot. 41 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 4: But then yeah, around the ball, moving the ball further 42 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 4: up the ground. We're pretty straight line ourselves, so you know, 43 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 4: not exploring the ground very much, not making Sydney defend 44 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 4: like they did to us. 45 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 5: Sydney's Chad Warner was unstoppable, so it didn't help. 46 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: No, No, that's not never good, is it. 47 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: In the ideal. 48 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: He's having a very good years, obviously a young man 49 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 4: and learning his craft still, but yeah, on a handful 50 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 4: of games in he's doing some very nice. 51 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: Stuff off with his own footy pretty much. How about 52 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: big Lobby has Rory Lobb gooing mate, He looked a 53 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: bit injured at once that. 54 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, he hurt his shoulder in a Hickey tackle, so 55 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: he's very sore and sorry for himself. Earlier this week 56 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 4: he did a little bit of training last night. He 57 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 4: felt pretty confident coming out of that. So I think 58 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 4: he'll be one of those game time decision while I 59 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 4: came right see how it goes and recovers from training yesterday, 60 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 4: gets through the flight and all that kind of stuff. 61 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 4: But he's obviously been very important for us, so yeah, 62 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 4: we'll give him every chance. 63 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: I don't I want him to miss out because I 64 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: want to see a third hairstyle in three weeks. 65 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 2: Because it was different again on the weekend. 66 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 5: He's heard his shoulder, he can't hard to reach up. 67 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: People talk about shorter turnarounds and so on, which you 68 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 5: do have a slightly shorter turnaround this week, don't you? 69 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 5: Does that is that playing things as much as. 70 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: A little bit? Sometimes it does a little bit. 71 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: We're until six day break this week, and I actually 72 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 4: really like them, assuming unless you're someone like Lobby who's 73 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 4: got a big contact injury. I actually like them because 74 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 4: it really sharpens the focus from the beginning of the week. 75 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: On a seven day particularly eight day breaks, things can 76 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 4: kind of just drift along in the middle days and 77 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: you've done your review and you're kind of waiting to 78 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 4: look ahead, and particularly after a performance like we had 79 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 4: on the weekend, it's always nice to kind of get 80 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: back on the horse as quick as we can, and 81 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 4: we certainly we trained last night and it was no 82 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: really great session. 83 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: So jump on our plane tomorrow and get into it. 84 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: Anyone who's seeing results from AFAR and they're just looking 85 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: at an app or something and see that Sidney came 86 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: to person and beat the doctors by three goals with 87 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: Buddy Franklin just kicking one goal would go How did 88 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: that happen? 89 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 4: But gryffin log was great, he was yeah, and the 90 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 4: one goal he slipped over and he was filthy about 91 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: just before halftime. So now he's putting together some really 92 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 4: impressive performances. Griff, he's doing it forward, he's doing it back. 93 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 4: He's got one of the hardest jobs in that regard, 94 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 4: going back and playing on the likes of Buddy and 95 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 4: Cameron and Kernow from Carlton, but then going forward and 96 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 4: being a key target for us and giving us some 97 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 4: great stuff up there. 98 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 2: So yeah, he's doing very well. 99 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 5: He's the old fashioned utility Friday night football this weekend 100 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 5: this week. 101 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: It's not your first time this year, is it? Or 102 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 3: is it Friday night? 103 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: We had one earlier, but it was a dual game, Yeah, 104 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: on a Friday alright. 105 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 5: The Dock is a now fourth on the AFL Ladder, 106 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 5: but they are also a bit vulnerable of losing that 107 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 5: top four spot we are. 108 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy how tight it is. 109 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 3: Very tight. Yeah, it's you're equal first last week. 110 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, and we'll hopefully be again pretty soon. But yeah, 111 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 4: all the way down through the eight, it's teams are 112 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 4: really curious. We'll be their placed and you know, you 113 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 4: have to keep performing throughout the entire year. So that's 114 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 4: our challenge moving forward. But it's a nice position to 115 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 4: be in, albeit fairly precarious. 116 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: A few stars missing for Richmond, including Dusty and no 117 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: Tom Lynch up forwards, and you would think that you 118 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: would hope that would make it easier, but that'd be 119 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: pretty angry after losing the North the bottom side. 120 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, they they still play a very aggressive game style 121 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 4: and yeah, clearly they've got a few absolute stars out, 122 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 4: but they've had a pretty solid year anyway, and off 123 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 4: the back of a an disappointing loss for them, Yeah, 124 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 4: we know how that can galvanize a group, and we're 125 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 4: pretty similar this week as well, So it'll be a 126 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 4: great tussle and it's great to be back on Friday night. 127 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,239 Speaker 3: Is there any one back for Freo? 128 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 4: Alex s pears I Reckon might get close and yeah, 129 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: obviously there's a few guys bit saw out of the. 130 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: Game that might might struggle. 131 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: But we'll see Alex Pearce with those vulnerable legs. Is 132 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: he get wrapped up in cotton wool and put in 133 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: the longest seat there on the plane? What happens with Alex? 134 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, he does, and he's obviously had some really big troubles, 135 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 4: particularly with his legs and ankles and things over the journey. 136 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 2: So but he's so important to us. 137 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 4: He's playing some great football this year in particular, so yeah, 138 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 4: we'll carry him onto the plane and softly. 139 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: Place him down on a pillowed seat and with under room. 140 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 5: So free I was going to help the AFL launch 141 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 5: a new partnership with Australia's e Safety Commissioner to help 142 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 5: improve online safety for AFL players on Friday night against Richmond. 143 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 3: What is that about. 144 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 4: Well, I think a lot of that is on the 145 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 4: back of the racial vilification stuff and racial abuse that's 146 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 4: been coming out. We saw it with Sonny Walters and 147 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 4: Michael Frederick a couple of weeks ago. But you know, 148 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: abuse online is something that we all face and we 149 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,799 Speaker 4: all cop and it's one of the biggest negatives about 150 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 4: social media is we're more connected than ever to our 151 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 4: fan base and that's great for a lot of it, 152 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 4: but there is this minor percentage of people who feel 153 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 4: incumbent upon themselves to let us know when their multis 154 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 4: fail or things like that. So yeah, the more we can, 155 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 4: I guess, shield those guys, those people. 156 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: From the greater community, I think the better. 157 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: Surely, if someone loses money on a bet, so they 158 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: must be just taking the mickey a bit and they're 159 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: having fun with it. They get quite nasty, some of. 160 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 2: Them, Yeah, some of them can get quite nasty. Yeah, 161 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: like the pathetic. 162 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, the racial ones that came out with Michael and 163 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 4: Michael last weekend were disgusting and horrible, and they are 164 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 4: obviously on the very very end scale of end of 165 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: the spectrum of disgusting, but you know, even everyone cops 166 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 4: kind of abuse that's fairly personal and fairly pointed most weeks, 167 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 4: So yeah, it'd be nice thing to. 168 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 5: Not absolutely Now, sports journalist Kim Hagdorn has said that 169 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 5: there could be a player exodus looming at the Dockers 170 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: to make way for Luke Jackson. 171 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: What's what's going on there? 172 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, well they could be. 173 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 4: These are the stories that come up, I guess this 174 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 4: time of every year, and particularly with Freeman has been 175 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: linked with Luke Jackson for a long time now, and 176 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 4: he's an up and coming, really bright star of the competition, 177 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 4: so you know, he's obviously going to cost. 178 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: A little bit of trade value and all the rest 179 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: of that. 180 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: So yeah, how Peter Bell and David Walls fit him 181 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 4: into our mix is yet to be seen. 182 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: For the sake of footy and for those people who 183 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: can't afford to pay for it, you can have footy 184 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: on free to a TV, don't you. We've got to 185 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: see our two clubs surely. 186 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yeah, I think so. I think that's a no brainer. 187 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: Discussion, But that's not coming up for a couple of years. 188 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: But the discussion started now. 189 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 4: So Yeah, that would be nice to keep. Yeah, keep 190 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 4: as particularly our games coming back into w A. 191 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 5: It would be a very sad day if that happened. 192 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 5: I don't see it happening, but then you know, never 193 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 5: say never. So it is your birthday, Happy birthday. You 194 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 5: become just the eighth player to ever reach thirty seven 195 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 5: and still be playing AFL, and the first one from a. 196 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: Doubly way club. So there's another another number one. What 197 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: are you going to do to celebrate? 198 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 2: Well, I get to go into the training train, have 199 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: another meeting. Yeah. 200 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 4: Now I'll get to race home after this and take 201 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 4: the kids to school and things like that. And it 202 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 4: might be a few cakes and presents tonight, so. 203 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 3: You can have you can have cake a little bit. 204 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. I'm a father of three young kids. Yeah, cake, 205 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: and the opening of presents is more for my children 206 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 2: than for me. Yeah yeah. Yeah. We all have fun 207 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: and we all enjoy it. Yeah. 208 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:57,599 Speaker 1: And you won't get skin folds after you have a 209 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: cake when you you can't. 210 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 3: Do it week. 211 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 5: Did you ever imagine in your wildest dreams you'd still 212 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 5: be playing at thirty seven? 213 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: No? 214 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 4: No, I still pinched myself, to be honest, it was 215 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 4: my dream to play aff football growing up, and I've 216 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 4: been doing it for nineteen years now. 217 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: After your first game, I was on socials abusing you. You 218 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: remember that, probably long time ago, mate. Well done, thank you, 219 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: Happy birthday.