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Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda in the morning. Oh, how thrilling Footi's

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Speaker 1: back tonight and Evan Moland is back barn, good morning.

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Speaker 1: Can you believe it? Wow? I even you know, initially

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Speaker 1: when Peter Velandia's the commissioner said the May twenty eighth day,

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Speaker 1: I remember sitting on the Sunday Footy show in Stello

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Speaker 1: and I looking at each other and well, I won't

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Speaker 1: say what he said. I won't know what I said,

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Speaker 1: but it was a cautiously optimistic, would be the polite

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Speaker 1: way of putting it. I honestly thought he'd be buckleets.

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Speaker 1: I thought it's great on, you know, great that he's trying,

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Speaker 1: and good on him points for determination. But I thought

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Speaker 1: it were no chance. Though. It's been an incredible couple

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Speaker 1: of months, and as you know, the hurdles have been

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Speaker 1: there consistently, some own goals, some things are out of

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Speaker 1: our control. But hey, we're here. Cannot believe it, Bronston Sherry,

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Speaker 1: what's happening here? Speaking of o Golan? Cannot believe it? Oh?

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Speaker 1: I know, I know, isn't it. It's really disappointing. It's

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Speaker 1: a hard one to kind of comment on. And you

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Speaker 1: know that I don't hold back. I'll always give an opinion,

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Speaker 1: but until I guess, you know, we hear from him

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Speaker 1: and terms of a B sample coming out and that

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Speaker 1: kind of thing. But if it is as has been

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Speaker 1: reported and as has been found in that a sample,

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Speaker 1: then you know, it's gut wrenching for the game, for

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Speaker 1: everyone involved, for his club, for his teammates, and for him.

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Speaker 1: And it is also a point of you know, of

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Speaker 1: real concern and real pity that I have for him.

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Speaker 1: If he has done this, I think it's you know,

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Speaker 1: whatever pressure he's felt or whatever you know, he's put

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Speaker 1: enough without it's that's really really sad. So his welfare

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Speaker 1: needs to come into it as well. But just silly,

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Speaker 1: you know, really really silly, and you know he is.

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Speaker 1: He will be the big loser more than anyone else.

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Speaker 1: He will be the big loser. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: feel sorry for the shark letting the Morris twin go.

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Speaker 1: You know, given a starter, it'd had this for what

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Speaker 1: six months? I did the test six months ago. I

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Speaker 1: don't understand that part of it, but I guess, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'll wait for the B samples come out and then

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Speaker 1: you know, we get confirmation and then you know you

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Speaker 1: take it from there. But really disappointing and the last

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Speaker 1: thing that the game needs. Well happily, it's a ben

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Speaker 1: Chune situation. What happened with Benne the Doctor mucked it up?

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Speaker 1: That would be great. He still had to be punished,

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Speaker 1: but he still got punished. Would I'd find extraordinary because

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Speaker 1: it wasn't being June follows the Doctor the mucked up.

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Speaker 1: It's not tough, isn't it. I saw a tweet of

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Speaker 1: yours err and where you said it makes you nervous

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Speaker 1: that a lot of people are saying that the Raiders

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Speaker 1: this may be their year. I know, you know, when

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Speaker 1: people talk you up, it's almost to your detriment, I find.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not very experienced with that, so I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't know. But with the Raiders, I just feel that

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Speaker 1: we're much better off going under the radar. It makes

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Speaker 1: me a little bit nervous. I think what we did

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Speaker 1: last year was incredible to make it to the Grand Final,

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Speaker 1: but I just think there are so many unknowns and

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Speaker 1: so many variables. So much depends on how George Williams

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Speaker 1: goes in the Hearts. I thought it was fantastic the

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Speaker 1: opening two rounds of combination with White and I thought

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Speaker 1: probably wasn't up there to be able to say he

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Speaker 1: he was one of the main reasons, you know, he'd

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Speaker 1: be one of your top five reasons that the Raiders

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Speaker 1: went all the way last year. So look, I'm nervous,

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Speaker 1: but you know they can do it. Absolutely, They've got

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Speaker 1: the troops, they can definitely do it, but a lot

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Speaker 1: has to go their way in a shortened competition. The

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Speaker 1: Roosters I think will be fantastic again, but no, k

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Speaker 1: no L tell Mitchell A lot will depend on how

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Speaker 1: Carl Flanagan goes in the Hearts, but it'll be a

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Speaker 1: real test for him. But surrounded by so much experience,

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Speaker 1: team I reckon that will go really well with Broncos.

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Speaker 1: You know, their forward pack is phenomenal and so young.

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Speaker 1: I cannot believe how good they are and how big

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Speaker 1: they are For such young guys. They just need to

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Speaker 1: sort the halves out. Milford really needs to have a

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Speaker 1: cracky year. We know he's capable of it. He was

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Speaker 1: phenomenal when he played for the Raiders. Hasn't quite hid

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Speaker 1: what he does. But the Broncos are another one. I reckon,

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Speaker 1: they're right up there. All right, we'll it's get your

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Broncos round one. I

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Speaker 1: think for tonight Broncos will be too good for the

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Speaker 1: Years Cowboys. I'm going to go over the Titans. Well,

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Speaker 1: this is a really hard one, you know what. I

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Speaker 1: initially was thinking South, but no, Walker, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: going to be a cracking match. Warriors Dragons. I'm going

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Speaker 1: with the Dragons. Look at the Warriors is everyone's favorite

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Speaker 1: think they'll really struggle all year. Unfortunately, they weren't great

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Speaker 1: I hope they do well, but I think they will

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Speaker 1: think the Dragons will be too good. I think the

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Speaker 1: West Tigers will beat the Sharks, and I thought that

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Speaker 1: prior to the ronson Sherry News. I just think Michael

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Speaker 1: Maguires just had this. I don't know this stillly look

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Speaker 1: think the West Tigers may potentially fire. I think the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: of course, will beat the Storm. It's amazing this round back.

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Speaker 1: is amazing. I think the Raiders will be too good

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Speaker 1: for the Storm. Panthers nights. I'm going to go to Panthers,

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Speaker 1: even though there's no Nathan Cleary. I just have a

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Speaker 1: feeling that they'll win. Seagles Bulldogs. Look, if Karen Born

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Speaker 1: maybe I'm rusty after Yeah, I was never particularly good

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Speaker 1: at tips anyway, So I don't know if you can

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Speaker 1: then go to being rusty. Yeah, I think you're rustier

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Speaker 1: rusty maybe an improvement. Yeah, But Aaron, we're always just

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Speaker 1: the radio. And we'll talk to you next week. God

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Speaker 1: next week. Thanks you. Join the and Amanda in Good

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