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Speaker 1: Joining us on the line right now. Saints men's coach

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Speaker 1: Anthony Valagio, good morning to you. Hang on a sect.

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Speaker 1: Let's try that again. Good morning, Anthony.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, how are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm good mate. How are you feeling ahead of the

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Speaker 1: big dance tomorrow?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah good, pretty exciting to be here and hopefully

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Speaker 2: the weather please up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Well, I was just thinking the same thing. It is

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Speaker 1: looking very wet and overcast out there. Does it change

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Speaker 1: things much for you guys in terms of how you

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Speaker 1: prep for tomorrow's game?

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Speaker 2: No, op, preparations are done. You know, we rehab on Monday,

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Speaker 2: training Tuesday, Thursday. We'll all get together tonight and watch

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Speaker 2: our underratings team playing the Grand Final tonight and then yeah,

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Speaker 2: game on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: I love that. Go and support the younger blokes as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah. It's a massive family club. You know.

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Speaker 2: I think there's you know, eight juniors that have come

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Speaker 2: through the program playing in their first Premier League final

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Speaker 2: on Saturday night. So yeah, you know, juniors and family

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Speaker 2: connections what Jane's all about.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, we're just talking to Ricky Nolan about the

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Speaker 1: Pints women's team. He said that, you know, training was

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Speaker 1: a little bit lighter for them last night, making sure

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Speaker 1: you know that nobody ends up injured or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: What about for you guys in terms of the men's

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Speaker 1: Saints team, are you injury free at this point? And

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Speaker 1: has it been a fairly light week of training.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it has been a fairly light week on the track.

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Speaker 2: You're just really freshening it up because it looks like

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Speaker 2: it's going to be a wet one and it will

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Speaker 2: take a lot out of out of the player's legs

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Speaker 2: on the weekend, So yeah, keep an impression pretty excited.

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Speaker 1: How much does it change the game if it is

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Speaker 1: a really like if there is a lot of rain about,

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Speaker 1: and if it is really wet, like you said, you know,

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Speaker 1: you're stepping through in some cases quite a substantial amount

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Speaker 1: of water. It would have an impact in terms of

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Speaker 1: tiring your legs out a little. But does it change

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Speaker 1: the you know, your ball control and that kind of

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Speaker 1: thing too, I would imagine it would.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. You know, typical empty footy is a lot

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Speaker 2: of flair, a lot of run and bounce, lots of

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Speaker 2: blokes doing a little bit too much typical anty footy,

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Speaker 2: where on the weekend it might be strictly one handball

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Speaker 2: kick sort of things. You get to get the ball

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Speaker 2: as close as goals as possible and just play that

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Speaker 2: ground sort of coverage sort of game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now tell me what are you sort of you know,

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Speaker 1: where have you got any areas of concern when it

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Speaker 1: comes to your opposition? When it comes to Nightcliffe Tigers,

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Speaker 1: they are indeed a strong team and have been all

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Speaker 1: throughout the season.

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Speaker 2: Oh look, they're a fantastic team, you know, a really

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Speaker 2: big club, you know, strong history. They've beaten us three

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Speaker 2: times this year, so you know, they obviously have got

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Speaker 2: the wood on us. So we're going to the game

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Speaker 2: with you know, all confidence, nothing to lose really and

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Speaker 2: just having a crack. We're more worried about how we

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Speaker 2: want to play than them. You know, I think it'll

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Speaker 2: be one in the midfield, and both teams are names

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Speaker 2: are pretty strong midfield. You know, I'm pretty sure which

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Speaker 2: you will play for them up forward? You know they've

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Speaker 2: named them, you know, a couple of good on ballers

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Speaker 2: that will play. So yeah, it'll be a pretty good game,

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Speaker 2: but I think it'll be one in the midfield.

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Speaker 1: Now, you guys have got the Nichols medal winner for

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Speaker 1: the last well, back to back, Dylan Land, he's playing

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Speaker 1: incredibly strong footy's They've put a lot of emphasis, or

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Speaker 1: a lot of the teams have put a lot of

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Speaker 1: emphasis into trying to sort of control him over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of seasons, haven't they.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you know, like I heard a radio interview with

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Speaker 2: him this morning, and he gets tagged most games, you know,

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Speaker 2: and he's a fantastic player and deserving the winner of

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Speaker 2: the Nichols Medal. He won our best and Bear. So

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Speaker 2: he's a fantastic play But you know we've also got

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Speaker 2: Nate Paridi's in there, who's a fantastic player also, you know,

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Speaker 2: So if they put all their attention onto one play,

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Speaker 2: so I'm sure someone else might pop up. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you move things around a bit and adapt. I

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Speaker 1: would imagine you've got to be like that as a

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Speaker 1: footy coach.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you're right. You know, we've got two or

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Speaker 2: three different game plans that we can go into the

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Speaker 2: game if things aren't working, So it's not strictly you know,

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Speaker 2: one sort of one sort of way we want to play,

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Speaker 2: but yeah, adapting to the weather, and you know, who's

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Speaker 2: getting on top and who's fining the footy and just

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Speaker 2: changing things away might get us the win.

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Speaker 1: Well, I tell you what, it is going to be

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Speaker 1: an exciting weekend of footy and and I bet you know,

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Speaker 1: I bet you pumped. Are the nerves there as well?

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Speaker 2: I've been here a couple of times before as a player,

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Speaker 2: now as a coach, so it's more, yeah, just getting

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Speaker 2: everything organized and making sure everything runs smoothly for the players. Know,

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Speaker 2: it's all about them, the players at this point in time,

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Speaker 2: and you want them to have a good experience coming

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Speaker 2: into these things. You know, a lot of these boys

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Speaker 2: have been going since probably middle of August, so it

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Speaker 2: has been a really long season for him in terms

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Speaker 2: of pre season. And you know, we're playing off in

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Speaker 2: the Grand Final and you know it's we say it

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Speaker 2: every year, but it's possibly the last chance, you know,

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Speaker 2: this group will ever play together as a group, so

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Speaker 2: we want to make it as memorable as we can.

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Speaker 2: And we've also got a really strong volunteer base and

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Speaker 2: supporter base, so just making sure you know, it's you know,

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Speaker 2: we're not only playing for ourselves, but there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of people that are counting on us to really perform

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Speaker 2: and do well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, mate, no doubt it is going to be a

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Speaker 1: fantastic weekend of I really appreciate you taking the time

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Speaker 1: to have a chat with us this morning. I know

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Speaker 1: that it's a busy week for you as the coach,

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Speaker 1: so Anthony Vallejo, thank you very much for having a

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Speaker 1: chat with me this morning.

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Speaker 2: Not a problem anytime.

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Speaker 1: Thanks mate,