AFL Round 7 Predictions - Essendon vs Collingwood Anzac Day + Giants vs Dogs Rivalry! | AFL Today

AFL Round 7 Predictions - Essendon vs Collingwood Anzac Day + Giants vs Dogs Rivalry! | AFL Today Show - Thursday April 24

The AFL Today Show is here for all your Round 7 preview needs, covering every single game over the weekend with teams, odds, stats, debates, best bets and tips for some prime time blockbusters including the Anzac Day match between Collingwood and Essendon!

The panel full of banter chat about who will win each match, best on ground, value bets for the weekend, multis, what to keep an eye on and finish with big calls where close games are predicted and how Fremantle,  Adelaide, Sydney and North Melbourne are all under huge pressure!

Get around the AFL Today Show brought to you by panelists Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion, Leo Mullaly and Marcus Bazzano, as they talk out all things footy for the 2025 AFL season!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Thursday Night is here, and so is the AFL Today Show.
For the Thursday Night team show. For a Round seven,
I'm your host, Liam McKellan, also known as the Stats Guy.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
We've got a bit of an upgrade to the set.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
The boys are in the new studio will start off
with Liam Malalley in the corner. I don't know which
team he's going for tonight, but he is sort of
a Hawks man.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
He got there. Hello, wonderful people. I'm feeling good and
I hope everyone out.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
There, Oh, you're very positive since Monday's Hawks the Barker
on Monday.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Nothing nothing happened on Monday. Just too long, awesome winner.
We've also got Marcus Barzano. He is absolutely pumped up
ans Ac Day. We're gonna have a big Anzac Day preview.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
The Bombers Man. You got the Bombers Scarff behind you.

Speaker 4 (00:37):
Yes, it's a fantastic occasion and honestly, I can't wait
for tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
It's gonna be so good.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
We're going together.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's going to be a massive holding hands.

Speaker 4 (00:49):
So yeah, if you see any two men kissing, you
know it's us.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
I don't know about that.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
We'll have to consent to that that's what we're all
about on the show. But we will be holding hands
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Speaker 2 (01:07):
Have we got account or anyone have at least the
soft count.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Two thousand and five hundred and seventy three. How we
going towards that is a good guess.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
I will had a look at about four pm today.
It's currently six twenty seven.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Six point five seven twos in your fives mixed around.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
I'm pretty sure I said that. Play the tape he.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
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Speaker 3 (01:43):
Hats and things in stat of giveaway.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
So yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
In our questions, which was this week, is Nickdakos the
best player in the competition.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
We both said no. I was going to say, make
sure you check out the short to find out, but
check out the short and give your abuse on that shot.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
There was quite a few comments on that short on
YouTube that I saw, So they weren't pro Decos. Let's
say that.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
No, there is else they were in Nacos. They were good?
Was that very good?

Speaker 4 (02:07):
It was well like that?

Speaker 3 (02:08):
That was very good.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
I don't know about that.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Of course, get around us on all the podcast platforms
as well. Out we're going to get into this just
straight away, awesome show. We've got the ANZAC Day preview.
We're going to go through every single game, ins and out, stats,
tips and margins, big calls.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
We're gonna get a few big calls right this week.
I go, if you see my big call, I don't.
I don't know, actually maybe not. MICUs is one of
my big calls, which we're very excited for.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, all right, let's get into the biggest home and
away match in the AFL every single season. I stumbled
across that that's why you're having a giggle there about
round seven Friday and Zac Day. This is the big game.
Boys three twenty at the mcg Collingwood Verst accident. It's
been going since nineteen ninety five. We'll start off with
the teams and then we can go into a bit
of antick day chatter. So teams please, you can start

(02:52):
with Collingwood, please lea and you can do your bombings.

Speaker 5 (02:54):
Well, there's a few big inns for Collingwood, Dan Houston
and Tim Membry massive inns, and Luckie Sullivan comes in
as well. Big out, So Darcy Moore Mason Cox is
a literal big out and Edward Allen also omitted, with
Fox also omitted. Yes, Houston's a beginning and he probably
gives Perryman a bit more freedom, gives Decas a bit
more freedom.

Speaker 3 (03:14):
Yeah's not good for the bombers, is it?

Speaker 4 (03:17):
Seeing that I know, not great, particularly because we presume
it's going to be pretty wet throughout the game. So
I assume that's why Mason Cox was omitted. Darcy Moore
obviously to all defender.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
In saying that membery in Houston are the defender.

Speaker 4 (03:32):
Houston's very good in the way he kicked a goll
us when he was playing.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
I was there. I was there too. I hated it.
I forgot about that.

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Actually, but yeah, so obviously Darcy Moore had an ear
issue from He's knock he got last week, which is
a bit weird.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
So you don't get a Darcy more speech. I swear
every ends like day.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
It's like, oh he doesn't, buddy.

Speaker 4 (03:51):
Who are going to get the speech from now?

Speaker 3 (03:52):
This year?

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Is that's going so Nick Dacos, I'm all for it.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
A lot of people, there's a bit if you haters
out there for Nick dak just is just because he's good.
I think he's got that leadership vibe with like the
She's vibe, the young bond vibe, the younger guys coming through.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
I think they've just got that vibe better. I'm all
for it. What are you guys? I don't know.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
I feel I can kind of see the hater's angle.
Because he's the best player doesn't mean you're going to
be the best.

Speaker 4 (04:16):
Is he a hard man.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Question?

Speaker 5 (04:19):
You don't need to be a hard for reference for reference,
Marcus on Our Cricket Today Show references hard man when
it comes to the.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
Best leaders of the best players, He's not.

Speaker 5 (04:31):
But I don't think it's he was a great.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
He's stiffer than he makes a good fine But I
think I think it's very much going to be still
penalry and side bottom led.

Speaker 3 (04:45):
I think, I think is.

Speaker 4 (04:46):
Just there to you know, experience the the arm bends,
as we say, but look, I don't I don't hate
it though.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
Fair enough, all right, we've talked enough about let's get
onto the SS inside your beloved bombers, Marcus the ins
and outs please.

Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yeah, so Sam Draper is obviously the big out. Another
ruckman done for the year. So that's two ruckman now
too left on the books. So I assume mid season
draft to probably pick someone up. But also omitted is
sad Ol Hooley, who just struggled to really make an
impact with full game time. It hasn't been great. But

(05:24):
I think that that Pudelaide something you remember. I don't
think he will be the sub. I think, yeah, but
he came on early against Melbourne.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
He came on against Melbourne. Yeah, but in the bigin.

Speaker 4 (05:40):
Kyle Langford as a not at all forward, but another
option that forward line which was really good, was it
last year struggled a little bit, Yeah, yeah, last year,
last couple of years.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
Last year I forgot about that. He kicked a point.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
It ended up being a drawer and in the beginning
Todd Goldstein replaces normal the legend the most hit out
in the game, Essendon fan Todd Goldstein came to the Bombs,
Yeah fan, Well.

Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah, not after he played for North for ten years.
But yeah, I don't know telling that now is at
the Bombers.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
Uh, yeah, you're big on a bit of Goldie, bit
of GOLDI actuly, which we'll touch on later.

Speaker 4 (06:17):
So that's pretty good. More just hoping that we don't
get absolutely bathed. But you know what, I think bae
is the word. I don't know. I just I want
to get washed by the toll Goldstein hopefully by the
end of the game.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
He lives around the corner for me, so if you
want to, oh, you know where we live? Yeah, I
know exactly where he lives.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
I see him at the I was gonna say a
few different Yeah, he's he's always down there. If you
more stats in this one would have led the fixtures
on Anzac Day seventeen wins to ten, so you what
are you doing? And they did get a few more wins.
There've been two draws in there, so obviously last year
was a draw. Now, yes, personally as a neutual. I
didn't think either team deserved to win that one.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
That was it was one of those ones where they
both did their best to lose it. So yeah, yeah,
it was.

Speaker 4 (07:01):
It was scarred and fueling. I remember watching that entirely end,
trying to live stream on the pity wife like I had,
but my heart was broken in three sixty p.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
So it was. It was a little bit rough.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
Hopefully that's the first time sixty p all right that
the markets is going to say something and he gave
you nothing. We need some more chemistry on the catch there.
Let's get into the tips of this one, which includes
the Anzac Day Medal.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
So I wrote down here James Urtan Scot Penderby, I
finded a record amount of times obviously heard he can't
win anymore or maybe it needy bring him back. Pendals
can beat the record here and twenty twenty three Nick
dayk Coss one twenty twenty four your man zach Merritt one,
which was a big bit of a surprise on the
not a surprise, but it was a draw so interesting
that you got that one. Who do we think it's
gonna win Antick Day Metal Boys.

Speaker 3 (07:47):
I think Nick Daekos will win the ANZAC Day Medal.
Oh become.

Speaker 4 (07:53):
I'm not going to say more in for the viewers
because it is part of my Big Call So I'll
wait till the Big Call segment. So but the end,
until the end.

Speaker 3 (08:02):
Who you think?

Speaker 4 (08:02):
I'm who think? I? Who I think is going to
win the Anzac Day Medal?

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Correct, You're on five today, so you've got you've got
Nick take us. I'll go on my camera here, Nick,
I'm gonna go at Pendals. I'm going to go Scott Penderby.
He's just been dominating on Anzact Days for so many
years now. I think this is an awesome way, probably
his last year, his second last year, just to wrap
it up with the Anzac Day Medal.

Speaker 2 (08:26):
I think he's going to absolutely done. He's had a
couple of games this year with thirty plus disposals.

Speaker 3 (08:29):
The old Boy, so why not it goes well? It
goes well? All right?

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Tips and margin because you guys are shamls. Let's just
let's just get it out of there. Tips margin, I.

Speaker 3 (08:36):
Think Pie is by seven on paper. I think Colin
would have a lot like a stronger team. Yep. But
essen lists for these games to be close.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
They do since the Kevin sheety days when he was
teaching them all about it.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah, well, we've won.

Speaker 4 (08:51):
The last five an Zac Day matches that we've won
have been very good, every every four years, every four years,
so that means this year is the year. Last time
we went it was twenty twenty one, which is why
I'm when we go Don's by one one, I don't I.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
Don't have much faith.

Speaker 4 (09:10):
I actually think we're going to get demolitioned. So you
said I'm going to the Dons.

Speaker 1 (09:15):
No like you, and you've got to start to back
it up every four years for the last five wins
you've got, You've got to win every four years.

Speaker 3 (09:22):
So there we go, There we go.

Speaker 1 (09:23):
I'm gonna go pies By, I'm gonna up a bit,
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go twenty five. I just
really I know that Esthdam will lift, but I don't
think it can be for more than three quarters. I
think Colin a much better team. They're absolutely fine. They're
on top of the ladder. The bombers aren't that good.
They beat Melbourne whooped wow, and they just snuck over
West Coast, so I know they'll lift for the occasion,
but I think it'll be for about three quarters. I
think Peter Wright could have a really good game, but

(09:44):
the midfield and the likes of Houston just gonna take
over for the Pies. So there we go, Pies by
twenty five.

Speaker 4 (09:50):
All right.

Speaker 1 (09:50):
There is another game on Friday night, which I'm not
that big of a fan of, but the game itself
will be really good. Freemantle Verse Adelaide, Friday night, eight
ten at op to Stadium. Lads, let's get into the teams.
You can start us off Marcus with Frio please.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
Yeah, Free.

Speaker 4 (10:06):
I've got three changes to their team. James Asha emitted
along with Bailey Banfield and Yago Mirrah just can't get
a good run in the side of the moment. He
is also out injured. Incomes Cory Wagner, Heath Chapman and
Quintin Spark Spark into the side. That's gonna be his
first game for Freemant after played a little bit for Essendon,

(10:28):
then for obviously Geelong Essendon Port Adelaide and now he's
at his fourth club.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
I think that's a bit of something that. Yeah, he
played now VFL and he did.

Speaker 4 (10:40):
I believe he did not game as a maybe, Yeah,
I believe that.

Speaker 3 (10:45):
I don't mind that.

Speaker 1 (10:45):
I think fre doing it a little bit of a
spark is probably going to be most likely. Yeah, what
about the Adelaide team Leo Adelaide team.

Speaker 5 (10:54):
So two begins with joshuh Shlley and James Gas coming back,
but a big out in dark Foggedy obviously injured and
Samburry omitted.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
How did Samberry go last week? Because we talked?

Speaker 4 (11:05):
Did he?

Speaker 3 (11:05):
I didn't actually see how he came on for I
forgot who? But Midfield didn't? It did right?

Speaker 4 (11:13):
It got disposed to get strapped after being the sub.

Speaker 5 (11:17):
Yes, I feel like that's harsh, but you're the sun
when you've got Petling and Raschlle coming.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
That's true.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
You're the sub for a reason though, I reckon Yeah,
what I said before, lads, that's one of your opinion.

Speaker 3 (11:27):
What do we reckon?

Speaker 2 (11:28):
Should Ansac Day just had the one fixture of the
big game?

Speaker 3 (11:31):
I think so?

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah, I don't.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
I don't even good Friday.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
I know North First Count is nowhere near as big,
but just having the two games I don't know about.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
I don't know about that. If you trying to have
it like Easter Monday is not going to have two games.

Speaker 4 (11:42):
No, I agree completely. I think if it's if they
were going to have this second game, I feel like
it should have been uh like the derby in the West.

Speaker 2 (11:52):
Yeah three.

Speaker 4 (11:52):
Obviously they played each other already, but that's how I
would have scheduled it, because the occasion, big day, bigger rivalry,
more people watching just this more or in the game showdown.
I don't think the showdown would have the same effect
on a different day as it does.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Yeah, true Showdown is already watched by like everyone. Yeah,
so that's fair enough. I've got a few more stats
to be lad. Seven of the last eight matches at
Optus have been won by the away team. I think
that's because West Coast play there, but yeah possibly yeah, yeah,
but have lost a few home games.

Speaker 3 (12:26):
So Frio beat the Dogs there just yes, so that's
probably the one that they won.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
And the seven of the last day they have been
won by the away team by the last six meetings
between these two also have been at the Adelaide Oval,
so they don't usually play out at Optis Stadium.

Speaker 3 (12:41):
The Crows, which would be a bit of an interesting one.

Speaker 1 (12:43):
There's a few teams like that I don't understand the
AFL picturing sometimes where you haven't played at a stadium
for like six years, Like we'll get to that normal
North and Paul understand that. But yeah, a few more.
I've really loved Andrew Brasher. I talked about this the
other day. He's averaging thirty disposals and seven clearances the
last month.

Speaker 3 (12:59):
Is he been their best player this season? But Freo,
I think he has.

Speaker 4 (13:03):
I wouldn't say he's been their best player. I think
Josh Tracey is the best player.

Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah maybe outside of it.

Speaker 4 (13:08):
In terms of the midfield, yeah, I think Caleb Sarrong
has probably been a twenty bit underwhelming to start the season.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
It's so harsh because his standards so high.

Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah, that's it is.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, that's why I felt a little bit harsh. But
I think he can he can lift a bit and
that's help. Freer opinion.

Speaker 3 (13:23):
I agreed.

Speaker 4 (13:23):
I just think the if Rio need to become a
genuine side. They have to win matches like these, and
they also, uh probably need a little bit more goals
from midfield. Perhaps that's Quintin nikles In and he can.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
Put the young hating Young was playing full forward against
Richmond a bit. Yeah, yeah, so he could, he could
chip in It's Richmond.

Speaker 3 (13:44):
Yeah he did, he did.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
I was, I was there and I was gonna say
they played Melbourne on the week No at the Barissa, mate,
the beautiful Barossa.

Speaker 3 (13:50):
That was thirty five degree.

Speaker 1 (13:53):
Then another one thriller Phil Thorpe, he's kicked three plus
and his last four away games.

Speaker 3 (13:57):
He didn't get the job done in our group multi,
but he's been pretty good. He's been pretty good.

Speaker 4 (14:02):
He has been good to start the season. A little
bit more reliance on him as well. With Darcy Foggery injured,
that'll be a big out for the Crows.

Speaker 1 (14:10):
All right, any other thoughts or we can just get
into the tips and margin lads, Yeah to tips. Give
me a tip of margin and I've got I've got
a little new segment that I want to do for
this one, but you can go first.

Speaker 3 (14:20):
It's the battle of thern untrustworthy team it is.

Speaker 5 (14:24):
So I'm going to go free about fifteen and I
have no confidence draw both drop points mate.

Speaker 3 (14:31):
You know what, I could be a drawer if a
game is ever going to be a drawers.

Speaker 2 (14:35):
This one so a tentative tip of the drawers.

Speaker 5 (14:38):
This is any whatever your tip is tended, I could
tip Adelaid by nine. This game is just weird and
whoever wins it like, well done, I suppose.

Speaker 3 (14:48):
Ye, Marcus your tip.

Speaker 4 (14:49):
I'm going to go Freeman, just purely because of the
home grounded vantage. They have to win these type of games,
especially off the stadium. Adelaide also coming off a big
result against j WS yep. It's just whether they can
either bounce back with strong performances against good swordes that

(15:10):
are fellow finals contenders, or drop these sort of games.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
Yeah, good call, all right, I'm going to try and
persuade you on your tipsy lads. I've got a new
segment for this one. Stats guys, hear me out. So
now here we go a picture like Leo a picture,
paint a picture.

Speaker 3 (15:25):
This is how the.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Crows are going to win, So Adelaide. They've won their
first half in their last six matches, all right, just
just get that in. Yet, they're really good in the
first half. Obviously, they were really good in the first
half against Gelong.

Speaker 3 (15:34):
Now Freo.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
Eight of the last nine games free I have been
down at halftime. They've lost. They don't like being down
at half time. They're not a comeback team. They haven't
had a comeback win and I think about six games
since the last times they've been down at halftime. Now,
obviously Crow's got a really strong start against Geelong to
long or a much better team than Freyer have got
the job done.

Speaker 3 (15:53):
Being thirty points down, I.

Speaker 1 (15:54):
Reckon the Crows are going to jump them, get a
thirty point lead, and Freyer and not going to come
back at all.

Speaker 3 (15:58):
So that's why I'm going to crumb and.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
Just hear me Outlets hear me out.

Speaker 3 (16:01):
It was a long picture. No, it's good. I like
the long picture.

Speaker 2 (16:04):
Yeah, he likes, he likes.

Speaker 5 (16:05):
I respect the effort put in and I respect the
reasons the start there. It makes I respect the stats
as you being.

Speaker 2 (16:13):
The stats guy.

Speaker 3 (16:14):
Thank you. I don't have total tipping for you. That's fine.
I don't think Adelaide can jump them. I think they can.

Speaker 2 (16:21):
They're the best first half team in the comp right now.

Speaker 3 (16:23):
Yeah, but they you are bad first half.

Speaker 4 (16:25):
And there's so many right there, Yeah, so many question
marks about both these sides. Likely I said it could
go either way.

Speaker 1 (16:33):
Yeah, anyway, So that means I'm going Crom I'm going
the Crows by fifteen points.

Speaker 2 (16:37):
I think they'll get a twenty thirty point lead and
then the.

Speaker 1 (16:40):
Dockers or from as you call them, the from will
not be getting that lead back. The Dokas I reckon
Crows will win.

Speaker 3 (16:46):
Well, sorry, lead all the way through. There we go,
hear me out?

Speaker 2 (16:50):
All right, Saturday games, let's get into them for the
next one.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
San Kilda versus Brisbane one twenty at Marvel Stadium. This
is a big one because the Saints nita bounce back
after that horror performance and Brisbane, well, they had horror
performance as well against colling Went at their own home ground.

Speaker 4 (17:07):
Yeah, they sure did. Both teams desperate need of a win.
Based off their previous performance, you'd obviously favored Brisbane in
this one, considering they have a good record against Saint
Kilda they won the last six Yes, and they got
a good record at Marvel as well, eleven and three
I believe.

Speaker 2 (17:23):
In the last six years as well. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (17:25):
Yeah, so they play well at this stadium st Kilda.
I was expecting a lot more than against the Dogs.

Speaker 3 (17:32):
Tipped them.

Speaker 2 (17:33):
Yeah, but Leo Is I feel like you've been blindly to.

Speaker 3 (17:36):
Them a little bit.

Speaker 4 (17:37):
They make they made two emissions for this game do
leam Henry omitted really and.

Speaker 3 (17:44):
Then got some doubt. Yeah he just I know he
had a crap game.

Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, he's someone that can provide the spark.

Speaker 3 (17:51):
Obviously.

Speaker 4 (17:52):
Jack Higgins is doing a big load of that down
for a moment. A Show and Maker also got omitted.
Ducal Howard and Isaac Killer. I don't mind a bit
of Google name, but good player.

Speaker 3 (18:04):
It's all right, serviceable.

Speaker 2 (18:05):
Would you name your kid Google? That's the big question. Doug, No,
Doug the rug, Doug. I don't want to name rug mal.

Speaker 3 (18:14):
I don't mind it.

Speaker 2 (18:15):
Leo Brisbane's team, Brisbane's team.

Speaker 3 (18:17):
Kyle Loman, huge in car his hair, Oh in the
wind comes in for Sam Marshall. No.

Speaker 5 (18:24):
One player on a touch on which you have in
the run sheets. That's Hugh McCluggage. He's had five games,
twenty two plus disposal, six plus clearances.

Speaker 3 (18:32):
Question for you, does win Tager tag him? Or does
he tag Neil? Or does he or does he tag LEVI?
Who does he tag? That's what I want to know.

Speaker 4 (18:42):
There's too many of them.

Speaker 3 (18:44):
Dunky No, not.

Speaker 4 (18:46):
Dunkley is a very good record against probably.

Speaker 3 (18:49):
Just suits wind Hager's grittiness man, he's got a bit
more insurance.

Speaker 1 (18:54):
I'd say right now the most impactful player for Brisbane
is mcclugg, but can win Tagger tag him.

Speaker 3 (19:00):
I don't feel I feel like wind Hager struggled against
the dogs.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
I don't think I've been a Tagger.

Speaker 1 (19:05):
Oh yeah, it hasn't been a Tager since the first
Cup of rounds that has actually done a good job
in my opinion.

Speaker 3 (19:10):
So I don't know.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
You as a team.

Speaker 1 (19:13):
Sometimes if the tag's not working, you've got to figure
out away. That's what they try to take. They've been
trying to tag decos not working. I don't know if
you can tag Neil like he's not. Is he going
to be able to stop Neil? I think possibly you
could stop mcluggage interesting suit him a little bit more,
but i'd be going for I'd be putting to a mcluggage.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
He's been unbelievable. Yeah, he's been very good.

Speaker 5 (19:33):
Probably probably been their best player, business best player. Would
it be in an Australian jacket at the moment, one hundred.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
Per on the wing because actual wingman on the can't. Yeah,
Massimo on the.

Speaker 4 (19:46):
Other Yeah, all Australian will look a little bit different
this year so far. You'd have George Chward in there,
who's won't.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
Last it could?

Speaker 2 (19:55):
That's Olivia behind the camera.

Speaker 3 (19:58):
I reckon it will. He's very good.

Speaker 4 (20:00):
He's a consistent performer. And I feel like you go
to you probably go to crips and maybe not Walsh,
but before you tag.

Speaker 3 (20:09):
You're not tagging here are you? You could?

Speaker 1 (20:12):
He's a very good play two way running player though
he gets a lot of tackles and things like that.

Speaker 2 (20:15):
You couldn't you could anyway?

Speaker 3 (20:18):
Hewart on this game?

Speaker 2 (20:20):
How were talking about Georgia One.

Speaker 1 (20:21):
Two guys that were really crap last week but they
having a really good season is nas Wangan and Miller
and Jackson Claire. We talked about them being the best
two half back pairings. Ye where were they last week?

Speaker 2 (20:31):
You're men?

Speaker 3 (20:32):
Where were they? Do you want me to ring up?
And can you can you go and ask him? Knock
knock wing w Cheerue mccluggy.

Speaker 1 (20:39):
You know.

Speaker 4 (20:42):
The bulls coming in there so easily and they really struggled.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
You're pinning them on them too. It was the whole
team was true. That's true? Yeah, point, good point. Let's
let them off. They can have bad weeks. Ye, fair enough.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
All right, we're talking about this enough. Let's get into
the tips of margin. Marcus, who are you gone?

Speaker 4 (20:59):
I'm going to go the Lions. I think it's not
going to be a comfortable margin like you'd expect seven
eight goals, but I do think it's going to be
about twenty four points yep. But it will be a
cruisy victory.

Speaker 3 (21:11):
Cruis victory. Leo Hard says, Saints head says lines, But
what are you going with? Go with your head. I'm
going with the head, unfortunately.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
Because you love yours, so you're going on Brisbane. I
think that's the smart option. They're really good at Marvel,
as Marcus mentioned eleven three there last six years. I'm
going to go lines by thirty. I think they'll win
this pretty comfortably and they'll have that sort of margin
most of the way through the Saints. The Saints similar
to the game against WS.

Speaker 2 (21:37):
They stayed in it in the last quarter a little
bit yep, and I was like, oh, they could be
a comeback, but they won't come back and lines will
be too good.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
Lines don't play like that two weeks in tomorrow, No,
they don't. They got absolutely smashed their bounce but it
ended a.

Speaker 4 (21:49):
Ten match winning streak. Yes, yes it did, and they
will look to bounce back because they got top spot
taken off them and they don't have the best percentage
funnily enough, yeah, teen, that's five and one. Yeah, so
the Hawks have one hundred and five percent isn't great,
so they'll probably look to improve that here.

Speaker 3 (22:05):
Good call, good call.

Speaker 2 (22:06):
All right, the next one on Saturday. We can just
skip over this one as a North fan.

Speaker 1 (22:09):
No Port Adelaide versus North Melbourne Saturday four fifteen at
North's favorite ground, the Adelaide Oval. Whee teams at playing
you can't go for Saints Hawthorn. Sorry, just before I
just want to get it out there because I am
the stats guy, but this is my least favorite stat

(22:30):
to say, but it is true.

Speaker 3 (22:31):
Have to say it now.

Speaker 2 (22:31):
We're going to say it. It's We're going to give
the people the stats.

Speaker 3 (22:34):
North.

Speaker 2 (22:34):
We have never won at the Adelaide Oval zero.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
Until this Saturday when they've been poor Adelaide.

Speaker 2 (22:40):
That's what happens.

Speaker 1 (22:41):
Zero and twelve all time at the Adelaide Oval. And
also this is an even worse one. We've lost the
first quarter in our last twenty four away matches.

Speaker 4 (22:49):
Twenty four away matches.

Speaker 3 (22:51):
Do you remember the time you won it away? Wait?

Speaker 2 (22:55):
One and away game?

Speaker 3 (22:56):
The first quarter? No, first quarter?

Speaker 4 (22:58):
Twenty four away, Matt.

Speaker 2 (23:00):
What this is saying to me is I should just
turn it on maybe after the first quarter.

Speaker 4 (23:03):
So you're so you're telling me you haven't won the
first quarter since twenty three twenty way yeah away first quarter?

Speaker 3 (23:11):
Yeah, for three years?

Speaker 2 (23:12):
How bad is that?

Speaker 3 (23:13):
That's really so, that's really bad.

Speaker 2 (23:15):
That teams he wants actually live, even though he's laughing.

Speaker 3 (23:20):
Oh, look at look at this beloved Port Adelaide side.
Joe Richards, Jeremy Finlayson, Joe Berry, come in love, double
Joe action there. Joe Richard's a little sneaky. He's good.
He sort of he was the live y against Hawthorne
in that first quarter. Very good.

Speaker 5 (23:36):
Rory Atkins, Travis Bogue and Tom Cochrane come out of
the side and.

Speaker 3 (23:42):
He's boke dropped. He's going to say, because he's still a.

Speaker 5 (23:45):
Sorry I have that up here as well. Cochrane is
injured and Akins has been omitted.

Speaker 3 (23:49):
They look, they.

Speaker 5 (23:51):
Backed it up two weeks and they're probably going to
do three or if they lose this after beating Sydney
and Hawthorne.

Speaker 4 (23:59):
I can't be a if they lose because they lost
to Essenon in sat Kilda the two weeks prior to beating.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
They're actually if Port lose this game, Ken should be
sacked immediately.

Speaker 3 (24:10):
No, it's my opinion.

Speaker 1 (24:11):
Just beat and Sydney just for a laugh, like he's
gone anyway, get rid of him. If if they lose
the North come on well.

Speaker 4 (24:18):
I mean they don't have the best of records North Melvine.
But they did survive a scare on the team sheet
because Harry Sheezel did go down in the match scene
with what looked like he was hobbling around with a
lower leg injury.

Speaker 3 (24:31):
Interesting, but did not know this.

Speaker 4 (24:33):
He is named in the so named in the side,
but who was not named in the side? Aiden Core
and Griffin Low, two big tool defenders omitted.

Speaker 3 (24:42):
I don't know about that as well.

Speaker 4 (24:43):
Zach Fisher obviously did that hammy and he's out injured.

Speaker 1 (24:47):
Zach Fisher going out obviously Saturday's not a hammy, yep,
that is that is I reckon him or calla Daniel.
We're going to get dropped anyway, because we can we
cannot have two small guys in our background. They just
don't man up and just go I'm gonna run and
get thirty.

Speaker 4 (25:00):
He did play all right against gold Coast.

Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah, yeah, actually he was good against Gold Coast, but
Gold Coasts who Fisher didn't bring there, Yeah he did.

Speaker 3 (25:07):
It was all over.

Speaker 1 (25:09):
He had like thirty touches or something. He was actually
pretty good. But in terms of defending, I mean, which
is a big worry. Yes, we can't have him in Caldwania.
On the same side, it's two wide billies.

Speaker 4 (25:17):
So as an North fan, what are your thoughts on
these ends? Callen Dawson, Jackson Archer obviously huge in a
through suspension and Riley Hardiman.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
All right, so only one of them is a good player,
and that is Jackson Archer. I think like two are
very early on in their career.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah, I'm just saying right now. In terms of like,
I don't think, I don't know. I don't think this
is the answer.

Speaker 3 (25:35):
Core and Low they.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
Obviously been woeful, but in terms of one on one
and things like that, I don't think it's been their
fault at all. So if I'm dropping people from North,
I'm looking at the midfield. I'm looking at some of
the wingers I'm looking at I don't know, like Dylan
Stevens for example.

Speaker 2 (25:50):
I'm not looking at the actual one on one defenders.

Speaker 4 (25:53):
But Port Adelaide aren't very tall in the forward line.

Speaker 3 (25:56):
That's true.

Speaker 4 (25:56):
You could see probably why they did open them. But
it but still is it just a statement from Clarkson?

Speaker 3 (26:03):
Maybe we'll see.

Speaker 5 (26:05):
Can I call out a North player that's going to
be very harsh? Sure, Cobby mkircher. Yes, he has been
very bad, hardball mate, second year.

Speaker 1 (26:14):
Him.

Speaker 3 (26:14):
She's he's struggling to get fifteen disposed I know, which
is very real.

Speaker 5 (26:18):
It's just the fact that like every time he has
to be tough and put his head over, he's just
he's not there.

Speaker 3 (26:25):
Something like he's a bit of a cat. He's a
bit of a cat.

Speaker 5 (26:28):
And him and Stevens patrolling the wings is a bit
They should just start throwing the ball back in because
they're bound ups.

Speaker 2 (26:36):
They're always out on them. I like that, just one
most you want to say something.

Speaker 4 (26:39):
I was going to say just one more on the
North Melbourne team. I've also heard from Monic on who
we had last week. Yes, that Darcy Tucker is playing
in the forward line. It has been in the match
to him, he was playing in the forward line and
it will likely look to put a negating role on
Connor Rosie.

Speaker 2 (26:58):
He's an outside player.

Speaker 1 (26:59):
So I don't mind it because we're changing it up
because usually we getting the style think of not changing
it up.

Speaker 3 (27:04):
But is that the answer? Like we've got our four lines,
all right? I think Clarko's gone, so now yeah, I
think is not he doesn't man up that quickly. I
think Rosi is gonna have a field.

Speaker 1 (27:14):
Then yeah, all right, But I got one more stating
them that it's getting the tips in margin. We've got
Paul Curtis and Jack Kiggans are actually the only two
players to kick two plus goals in all possible twenty
twenty five games, so every round they've kicked two plus goals.
So Paul Curtis, he's been unbelievable. At least that's a
sign for North. But the likes of Rosie running off
half back is just fixed Port Jason or Francis has
been so consistent. Bladers is getting thirty plus and a

(27:36):
goal every week. Port surely going to smash him.

Speaker 3 (27:39):
Yeah, what do you think in saying that.

Speaker 4 (27:42):
I do think it's going to be relatively hot scoring though,
because both sides struggled defensively this season, particularly Port a
lad and you look at the form of some of
the North Melbourne forwards, right Yeah, Nick Larky always bombs
up with at least two every game. Yep, So I
still think Por win. I still think Port win twenty points.

Speaker 1 (28:01):
Oh that's for I think it's gonna be a lot more.
I'm actually might change it to me even more.

Speaker 3 (28:05):
I think Port win this by thirty three points. That's
reasonably close.

Speaker 2 (28:09):
Did you watch us last week?

Speaker 1 (28:11):
What you Porter are a better team than Carlton in
my opinion, And maybe I'm just being angry from last week,
but Port at home for a ground this is the
worst ground North ever.

Speaker 4 (28:20):
Played, has ever played at Port by fifty points. At least,
records are meant to be broken.

Speaker 3 (28:26):
I wish I don't. I just feel like Port kind
of lift their mentality for the big games. Yeah that's true.

Speaker 5 (28:33):
North not a big game, and I just reckon north'skulking.
Seventy five percent of it will be Larkin Curtis probably.

Speaker 1 (28:40):
Anyway, we've talked way too long about that game. Let's
get into the next one Saturday night. One of the
biggest rivalries in AFL footy GWS on the Western Bulldogs.
I think it is seven thirty five in camera at
Monica Oval. I think it is one of the biggest
rivalries in football.

Speaker 4 (28:55):
I do think that. But you're just like you look
at the clubs, yeah, like respectively. Yeah, cheap Western Bolldogs. Yeah,
like you wouldn't picture them as a rival.

Speaker 2 (29:04):
But I wrote about this is one of the best
odds dot com that are you actually about the article?

Speaker 1 (29:08):
So obviously they had captain Ryan Griffin left them to
go to GWS.

Speaker 5 (29:13):
Comeboy.

Speaker 1 (29:13):
There was two final twenty sixteen and twenty nine and
some huge finals, especially twenty sixteen. People regard that elimination.

Speaker 3 (29:20):
It was the prilim final.

Speaker 1 (29:21):
Sorry, prelim final is one of the best games of
all time, the best finals of all time.

Speaker 2 (29:25):
I think that was awesome.

Speaker 1 (29:27):
Yeah, that was in I think it was okay. And
there's been a lot of beef. Toby Green karate Toby
Green some way. Callum Ward obviously is a JITIS legend,
but he's also they love him at the Dogs.

Speaker 3 (29:40):
There's just a lot of beef.

Speaker 2 (29:40):
They're always final after the Bonk.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
Went after the Bond, So I'm really excited for this
one because it's just a big matchup.

Speaker 3 (29:46):
Let's go through the teams. Leo, can you do JENNI
rest form me player?

Speaker 5 (29:49):
Can Jesse Hogan massive in? Callum Brown omitted? I think
that's understandable. Jesse Hogan backing is gonna that's good. Yeah,
a lot of issues you'd think for this this Dogs defense.
I've also just noticed a bulldog out that is massive.

Speaker 3 (30:06):
That is a massive Yes, holy crap, Lucky McNeil, he's injured.
That's all right, Lucky McNeil. But the other big out.

Speaker 4 (30:15):
Markets the other big out is Liam Jones. I can't
believe omitted, wait, really omitted whatever.

Speaker 3 (30:21):
He's had such a good run this year Jones, he hasn't.

Speaker 4 (30:26):
But I still think he's one of the best tall
defenders in the competition. And why come in too flak
for saying that, no, get get.

Speaker 3 (30:31):
Out of this Jube. Hey, let's let's break it down.

Speaker 4 (30:33):
I think he is.

Speaker 3 (30:35):
He'd be in the top be in the top six
for me. Last season he was fantastic.

Speaker 5 (30:39):
Yes, this is crappy. I wouldn't say he's in the
top six. I would say the top ten key defenders.

Speaker 3 (30:47):
But can we get into the inns because that relates
to the Liam Jones.

Speaker 4 (30:54):
The inns for the for the Dogs. James Harm's back
in the side he got suspended on pretty sure. Yeah.
Leathan vanname here as well, back in the side who
did have a pretty good start to the spend the bus.
He's in totally making his debut. Jed Bustling comes into
the side for Saturday Night. So is he in?

Speaker 1 (31:14):
Well, I don't know much about him, but you mentioned
that man, he's a key defender, so he's coming forms.

Speaker 4 (31:20):
So do you a lot were surprised to not see
him at the very start of the season.

Speaker 2 (31:23):
Yeah, he Yeah, there's big wraps on him. Obviously a
high draft pick.

Speaker 3 (31:27):
Yeah, it's a big job though. Does he go to
Cadman or does he It's a big job for Rory
Love on Jesse Hogan.

Speaker 4 (31:33):
If you assume that's the matchup.

Speaker 3 (31:35):
You're not going to put Bustling on Hogan, I think.

Speaker 4 (31:38):
But as that's guy likes to say, that's what they
have put in the in the lawn.

Speaker 2 (31:42):
I don't believe in the line of I just think
it's funny.

Speaker 5 (31:46):
I'm like you're the only one that thinks it's I
thinks the af L are lawyers.

Speaker 2 (31:51):
They hunt.

Speaker 3 (31:52):
Mate, have you met the AFI big dogs?

Speaker 1 (31:59):
Talking about the dogs won at the last ten meetings,
Stop saying segway, it's just a part of the show, mate.
The dogs have won oded the last ten meetings, including
the last two comfortably in twenty twenty four. I reckon
they're still in their heads from the twenty sixteen finals.
They've They've won a lot of games since then over there,
since then, over THEJWS Giants. There's a real rivalry here.

(32:19):
Sam Darcy, which we didn't touch on that much, is
obviously out.

Speaker 3 (32:22):
Yes, Bus they.

Speaker 1 (32:23):
Confirm there's no surgery for the Big Man, which is
so good because people thought it might be an ACL.

Speaker 3 (32:28):
Two to three months.

Speaker 4 (32:29):
It looked bad the high per extension obviously, and we
obviously saw the family come out of the change rooms.
Sister was crying, parents deep in conversation. But luckily we
should see him back before the end of the year.

Speaker 2 (32:41):
Yeah, which is very, very handy. Another one I wanted
to touch on his Ed Richards.

Speaker 1 (32:45):
Last year he averaged twenty eight disposals, seven clearances and
a goal across the last two meetings of Jedi, he's
been really good. You've got Liver who's in career best form.
Signed him on for ten more years. Lads, yep, just
better with age. Oh he's so good the way even
the way he runs.

Speaker 3 (32:57):
I love that. I want to run that Liver.

Speaker 1 (32:59):
This all right, tips and margin to wrap it up
for this one. With these big rather games that day night, Leo,
it's tough. It is to really tough, but this is
what we're here to do, say the tough stuff.

Speaker 3 (33:10):
Giants win by four.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
Oh, I think it's gonna be close as well, MIAs.

Speaker 4 (33:15):
I I think it'll be close, but a little bit
more than New Girls probably suggest. I'll go GWS. I'll
go GBS ploy sixteen points to sport the Dog's good
record at Monica.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
Yes, so the Dogs actually have a six and three
record at Monica, which is a bit of a surprise.

Speaker 2 (33:32):
Jennifer's. When they first went there were really bad. They
could only win there, But they've won their last three there.
It's a bit of confidence.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
They've also got the number one defense in the competition
and they allowing like sixty four points a game. So
I'm leaning towards GWS in this one by ten points.
But this is the for me personally, this is the
hardest tip of the round, just because the Dogs lift
for this game, like you said, Essendon Lyft for the
Anti Dogs love playing against the Giants, so it'd be
really close by the Giants by ten points. And then yeah,
I can Aaron Cabman be.

Speaker 4 (33:58):
They need to bounce back as well after that Adelaide performance.

Speaker 3 (34:01):
That's why I was waiting for thirty four points.

Speaker 2 (34:03):
I reckon they'll kick a hundred plus just to prove
that they.

Speaker 3 (34:05):
Can kick a big score.

Speaker 4 (34:06):
And I brought to by Green into my super coach there.

Speaker 3 (34:08):
Don't tell me about it, don't what did he get?
Thirty points? Break even was twenty four? It still be
a break even, but still Max mclaney did a job.
He did do it. He's very good. Ye touching him.

Speaker 1 (34:20):
Sunday, let's get into the Sunday game Sunday, Sunday Funday,
Gold Coast versus Sydney. I think it would be a
really good game Sunday one fifteen at People's First Stadium.

Speaker 3 (34:30):
This would be a fun matchup.

Speaker 1 (34:31):
Obviously, Gold Coast coming off a horrible loss to Richmond,
the Dimmer Curse is still alive and Sydney as well.
They came back against Port but they just couldn't get
the job done. Gold Coast team please mucus.

Speaker 4 (34:44):
Yeah, well, no force changes for either side apparently, but
they have named three extended ins Gold Coast Brain Fierini,
our boy friend of the.

Speaker 3 (34:54):
Show, Ned More Ned on the extended bench. On the
extended bench, so you won't play, but Sam closely also
joins him. When does Ned Moyle just have to take
out Whitsy's with his legs because he's how old? Is
joy to Essendon that Moyle.

Speaker 4 (35:15):
Considering that we can't trade him between clubs during mid season?
Probably not because back post season we got Nick Bryan,
we got Vego Vigle.

Speaker 3 (35:25):
I love that guy.

Speaker 2 (35:27):
Thirty So Joe Wits is thirty two thirty two? How
do you reckon he looks.

Speaker 4 (35:30):
I'll just google Jared Wits and it came up with
a photo of John Nobles.

Speaker 3 (35:33):
That is great.

Speaker 2 (35:34):
What are they doing now at Golcas that's just disrespectful
to it. Great teams for Sydney please Leo.

Speaker 3 (35:39):
So again it's just to the extended bench. Ben Peyton,
Peter Ladams and the beef Chowdery with no one out
at the moment, but I reckon they'll make a few
changes because of the loss. I think Corey Warner is
under the pump cade and clearly Tom hanneley by on
the extended bench and the team he's kick great even

(36:00):
even still though those inns don't fill me with confidence.

Speaker 5 (36:03):
The change has to come from within. That's Warner and hey,
lift what about Chad Water?

Speaker 2 (36:10):
Big news, boys? What happened Marcus? He's saw one for
two years.

Speaker 4 (36:14):
Obviously that takes him into free agency.

Speaker 2 (36:18):
How you say that's pretty big news?

Speaker 4 (36:20):
He can go over to West Australia. We talked about
this pre pod. If you had to pick between West
Coast and Freemantle, if you have the choices.

Speaker 3 (36:28):
Right now, who would I do you think he would picking.

Speaker 4 (36:33):
At the end of his two years, at the end
of his two.

Speaker 3 (36:36):
Year extension, So who better? Free or West Coast better?

Speaker 2 (36:41):
But don't be don't overthink this, lads. It's might not
be in finals though, yeah, but West Coast will still
be bottom six.

Speaker 3 (36:50):
In my opinion, they still out of North.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
Don't get me started on that. It could actually that
could be true.

Speaker 1 (36:57):
But surely you go on Freo because I just So
you put Chad Warner in that team, that's a pretty
damn good thing.

Speaker 4 (37:04):
It is a good team, but it's still not competitive.

Speaker 3 (37:06):
Enough though you reckon, No, they don't need him. Yep,
I'll get because but he could play a half forward. No,
he's not a half forward.

Speaker 4 (37:15):
Best, his best influences bursting out of the middle with his.

Speaker 3 (37:19):
Wrong, you're right, fifteen young here. Yeah, they go to
West Coast.

Speaker 4 (37:24):
They just don't think that just a long mule is
all right for free middle. But that's a different story.
Get back to god, how free man?

Speaker 2 (37:32):
How we don't have you sound like Alex on the
show sometimes.

Speaker 1 (37:35):
The Gold Coast as well, have won at fourteen of
the last fifteen games at home. We always talk about
them at home. They're just unstoppable up there. This ones though,
they've actually won six of their last seven away games
against the Suns, so.

Speaker 4 (37:46):
They're not unstoppable up there.

Speaker 2 (37:47):
No, But we'll get into the tips soon and we'll
decide that for ourselves. Yeah. I just wanted to give
a contrasting bit of bit able to be.

Speaker 1 (37:55):
It doesn't have to be backing, Yeah, a b ben
and banking the two bends, which are Leo's big Cole
got up the other week against have combined for thirty
one goals this season. Lads that have they been one
of the best one too one two pairing this season.
I think there's a couple of Adelaide Yeah, but they
wouldn't have kicked as many goals.

Speaker 5 (38:15):
Yeah, but they're big honky men, which is exactly, very true,
exactly what we like to watch.

Speaker 4 (38:22):
Well, gold Coast are the best points per game side
in the competition.

Speaker 3 (38:27):
Of the best offense in the one game they have. Yes,
that's what I mean. That's impressive. Yeah, yeah, well Adelaide.

Speaker 4 (38:34):
Adelaide are the only team that are probably better than
them at the moment. And you talked about their twoll
forward stalks. But still it is a worry for Sydney.
And that's why I'm going to tip gold Coast. I'm
going to go gold Coast by four points. And I
think if Sydney do lose this, which I think we're

(38:56):
we're thinking, yep, do they make finals from here.

Speaker 3 (38:59):
I'm going to a nope. And one of the only
people call that.

Speaker 1 (39:03):
One of the only people to call that was producer
Olivia behind the camera tonight.

Speaker 2 (39:07):
She said that they weren't gonna make the fun.

Speaker 3 (39:10):
And in the same breath she said Rory Laird was
the top ten midfielder, so.

Speaker 4 (39:15):
I was giving her a flower then, but also goes
Rory Laird unders So yeah, Laurie red Laurid.

Speaker 1 (39:25):
But genuinely, the Swans won't make fun as if they
lose this one. I think they need to win this
one and they won't. I'm going to go Sons by thirty.
I think they're going to bounce back. I think that
was a bit of an outlier at Marvel and the
Swans just didn't look too good.

Speaker 3 (39:36):
I think the Son's by nine and I just think
if they lose this then they weren't.

Speaker 4 (39:41):
Is there a world where if Richmond win tonight we're
recording this on a Thursday. Once the teams are announced,
they could jump the Sydney Swans come the end of
the round.

Speaker 3 (39:50):
Oh that's funny. I love that. Yeah, I love that.
I don't know, I'm all for it. There we go.
I don't know if I love that. So I'm being
a bit more negative because that means they're getting a
lot better than not. They've won one more game than you. Stressful,
they'd big Gold Coast. You got smashed by.

Speaker 2 (40:07):
The week before, but we didn't play the Marble. I
think they would have been they would have they would have.

Speaker 3 (40:12):
All right, that's enough for that one.

Speaker 1 (40:14):
Let's get into the biggest Sunday game. Argue what the
second biggest game of the round. I'm going to say,
outside of anzac.

Speaker 3 (40:20):
Second biggest game on Sunday, thank you? No Hawthorne West Coast.

Speaker 1 (40:24):
No, It's Carton Verse Geelong Sunday three twenty at the MCG.
I love the three twenty slot at the MCG. Can
just roll in there, even if you're a bit hungover,
you can just jump in there. The teams, please, lads,
I think this is going to be an awesome match.
Carlton obviously coming off two wins, but and they do
it against a good team.

Speaker 4 (40:41):
So we'll have to wait and see they put they
put the faith in the same team. They haven't named
any forced changes at the moment.

Speaker 3 (40:51):
Well, Harry McKay is in the sorry to spoil it,
in the best eighteen well, so they will.

Speaker 4 (40:56):
Be making at least one change. Harry mckaye obviously comes
back into the after his concussion. Be gather around Lachland
Cowen and Sam Dockerty, who was very I think, well,
dock there was a big job off, wasn't it from
the dock? Was that?

Speaker 3 (41:12):
I mean, do we have any sound effect for the dock? No,
just move move, okay for Adam's Harden.

Speaker 4 (41:20):
Well, they're put in the faith. It's going to be
arguably considering its hands. Like today, one of the biggest
games of the weekend.

Speaker 1 (41:25):
Well, one of the biggest games of the year. Usually
this is a big crowded but they're expected eighty thousand.

Speaker 4 (41:29):
I don't know about that, but on a Sunday that
would be.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
And they have got two wins in a row one
hundred and twenty one plus points last two weeks.

Speaker 3 (41:38):
I know I was against North and West Coast, but
at least they get their West Coast beat Geelong team
there Geelong team. My Man Mullen comes in being Duncan
and Jay Clark and Oliver will cheer will Shire do
I'd say that sounds like an english Man even he
might be. He could be.

Speaker 4 (42:00):
There's about five towns in England named after his surnames.

Speaker 2 (42:03):
So yeah, it actually is ceremonial county in England.

Speaker 4 (42:07):
YEP.

Speaker 3 (42:07):
Of course I could have.

Speaker 5 (42:08):
Told they all join the extended bench and obviously grind
myze comes out.

Speaker 3 (42:15):
Oh he put his face into Okay, because because he
gave him I got a close from hell from me. Yeah,
it was a bit of it. Look, I think Geelong
spoiler spoiler alert a far superior team to Carton.

Speaker 2 (42:31):
Absolutely absolutely, And I've got I've got a weird stat
for you that we were talking about before.

Speaker 1 (42:35):
Geelong have actually won their last twelve matches in April.
So for some reason they lift.

Speaker 4 (42:40):
I don't know, they're an April like team.

Speaker 3 (42:43):
I mean, I like the stat. It's funny.

Speaker 5 (42:45):
If I was a Geelong fan, i'd hate that stat
to if you win April. In case, if you win
in April, win in September, they win, except they notoriously
do they What one one grad final in the last
decade aid average age of twenty seven.

Speaker 3 (43:03):
That's the same. That's probably more the trap for that.

Speaker 2 (43:06):
There's a few long supporters.

Speaker 4 (43:07):
And that is more than all of our clubs combined
in the last decade. So yeah, what is twenty fifteen
it's in the decade. Sorry, the same amount as our
three clubs in the last decade.

Speaker 3 (43:17):
Yeah, I don't know about that one. Yeah, I carry
you too anyway, Geelong.

Speaker 1 (43:20):
Actually another stats is their third in the offense in
the league, which surprised me because Stingle has been a
bit out of form.

Speaker 3 (43:27):
Jeremy Cameron's been very up and down.

Speaker 4 (43:30):
They've lost, they lost, Tom Hawks obviously.

Speaker 3 (43:32):
Been Shannon Neil is not great yet. It doesn't go
with their offense. But Tom Stewart has been it hasn't
He also missed a couple of games. That's true.

Speaker 2 (43:42):
Was he the other game?

Speaker 4 (43:43):
Another lead out Tom Stewart.

Speaker 1 (43:45):
But the reason their offense is clicking is one man
Danger You're going to bring out all you're going to
bring up and good. But that's not the reason. Olivia Camera,
who hasn't not done that? It's kicked five goals. Dangerfield
has fourteen goals. It's been the perfect fit. Fourteen goals
and six matches. I've been absolutely loving his performance.

Speaker 3 (44:04):
Can we before we just get into tips, can we
predict who the laid out is going to be. I'm
going to go with Jack Bows.

Speaker 2 (44:12):
I just have a feeling, Hey, Tom Stewart's still.

Speaker 3 (44:17):
They know not to go in again. That's a bit
sus I Reckon Bow's.

Speaker 4 (44:22):
Just just a spit spence behind the camera. I'm gonna
go Rag closer close.

Speaker 2 (44:27):
I'm going to go.

Speaker 1 (44:28):
I'm going to go Tom Stewart just because he's always
laid out the poor old man.

Speaker 2 (44:32):
Tips margin, lads, please.

Speaker 3 (44:35):
I think Geelong win this by thirty two.

Speaker 5 (44:37):
I think it's a crushing boat to Carlton fans who
come crashing back down to reality.

Speaker 4 (44:44):
Yeah, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Gelong as well
by seventeen points. Look, I didn't expect Geelong to play
as good as they have been. They don't necessarily have
the personnel. I've obviously got greats in that team, but
compared to some other teams, but Geelong, they just always
falled away. It's system. Chris Scott is obviously a very

(45:05):
good coach, superstar, and I think he's just going to
outclass Bossy.

Speaker 3 (45:10):
Oh practical master class. Now I agree with that one.

Speaker 1 (45:12):
I'm going to go Cats by fifteen. I think the
Blues will live for the big occasion, the big crowd,
but the Geelong will get the job done as they
have shown. I haven't actually been that impressed other than
the Adelaide game with Geelong, Like when I went down
to the Cattery and watched them against Melbourne they did
not play well at all. They were just lucky that
Melbourn would just bombing it and they were intercept marking.
So I haven't been as impressed. But they will get

(45:34):
over the line.

Speaker 3 (45:34):
Of this one.

Speaker 4 (45:35):
Yeah, that's a good someone of a good team, though
I always say they don't have to play well to
get the job done.

Speaker 1 (45:39):
Same as Brisbane to start the year. They've had very
close wins, yes, but they know how to win. I'm
going to go to the Cats last one that Leo
somehow was saying is the biggest game of the round,
even though it's his third favorite team.

Speaker 3 (45:49):
Now I don't even know if he goes for the four.

Speaker 1 (45:51):
We've got four favorite Hawthorne on versus West Coast Sunday
four forty five at Marvel.

Speaker 3 (45:56):
Stadium, Marvel Sturdy. Why would this bit of marvels Every
MCG team has to play one? Yeah, I always forget that.

Speaker 2 (46:04):
To be fair, that's a bit of a Hawks team.

Speaker 1 (46:07):
After your crushing defeat on Monday, but it was only
by seven points.

Speaker 3 (46:11):
I don't don't worry too much. I'm worried mate. Connor
Nash is out obviously with the suspension.

Speaker 2 (46:16):
You were saying he was he was robbed and when
you work a bloke in there, they should have suspended my.

Speaker 3 (46:23):
Now I'm jogging in a joke.

Speaker 5 (46:25):
The four Inns, Jack Innovan, Finn mcginners, Henry Huswait and
Bailey mc henry.

Speaker 3 (46:29):
That pencil in that team? Is he called the pencil
because he's skinny? I think so?

Speaker 4 (46:33):
Yeah, Okay, they should have dropped Johnman IMPI for diving.
Uh you sure it's a bit of dives beout that
with Bailey Smith?

Speaker 3 (46:40):
Wasn't it was? It was who cares should have put
a foot into his face? True? I think yeah.

Speaker 5 (46:46):
I think Luke Bruce is vulnerable. I think Jaff is
vulnerable in this team. I'm just looking at the extended bench.
I think Uswait has to what are you talking about?

Speaker 3 (46:56):
We're talking about football? Was about?

Speaker 5 (46:57):
This is serious but fun chat. Henry Hutswaite has to
come into this side.

Speaker 3 (47:03):
He doesn't have this.

Speaker 5 (47:05):
He's not quick, but he's probably the most likeful life
for Connor ash and we need help in that midfield.

Speaker 3 (47:10):
We need to win the contested ball more and we
need to not kick like we don't know, like we
haven't seen our teammates.

Speaker 5 (47:15):
Before, hit a bloody target Hawfwarde and sicily played forward.

Speaker 4 (47:19):
For the love of God played forward very uncharacteristic. There
were a lot of players in that Easter Monday game
that were turning the ball over. It was very uncharacter
I've never met before and they were just they were
just launching forward, which played right in the hands of
the Geelong. It just felt like they read everything off
the brute. So I do think they need a little changer.

Speaker 3 (47:35):
Not wrong in the lineup, not wrong.

Speaker 2 (47:37):
West Coast team plays Marcus a few different changes.

Speaker 4 (47:40):
Yeah, well, from the team that that narrowly lost to
the Bombers, they've got Harry Edwards omitted and Tim Kelly
injured obviously won't play for the Eagles for the second
time in three weeks. In they've named quite a few wins.
Tom Cole, the villain, Oscar Allen comes, Tyler Brockman, former
Hawk as well.

Speaker 3 (48:00):
Loved Tyler.

Speaker 2 (48:02):
He was.

Speaker 3 (48:04):
At Hawthorne, he was at West Coast. Hasn't been the best,
but do you remember he was in out of the siding.

Speaker 4 (48:11):
But when Hawthorne was bad, he was his injury. When
Hawthorne we was bad, he was. He was the one
kicking two goals.

Speaker 3 (48:17):
And he was just a little bit of sparkle.

Speaker 5 (48:19):
Who is My dad loved him. I love watching him.
I wish he stayed the West Coast no long. And
Sandy Brock what a name. Sounds like a Fox cricket commentator.

Speaker 2 (48:32):
But do you mean the AFOL coment a Sandy fix
from Roberts. I think that's Alex's favorite commentist. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (48:43):
So the team's there, we've got and we get the
stats up. Sorry that I haven't got any stats for.

Speaker 3 (48:47):
This one, but just vibe the Hawks.

Speaker 1 (48:50):
I think they need to win this one comfortably, just
to give their fans a bit of confidence. That's what
I meant to write down.

Speaker 2 (48:55):
Do you agree with me on that? As a Hawks fan, I'm.

Speaker 3 (48:57):
Just nervous because we've lost the last two.

Speaker 2 (48:59):
We should win if we concede yourself outside of the eight, yeah.

Speaker 5 (49:03):
One hundred percent, Like we've got to win and our
percentage isn't great, So I'd like to smash him.

Speaker 3 (49:08):
I'd like to win by one hundred. Can we join please? Hawthorne?
Surely you can, surely you can. We could, but I
don't think we will.

Speaker 2 (49:15):
And then what a West Coast need is it?

Speaker 1 (49:16):
Because obviously they played well last week can they get
I think Esden a lot easier opponent than and Hawks,
but they paid really well.

Speaker 3 (49:24):
They did, they played well.

Speaker 4 (49:25):
I think I'm not sure if that's just like off
the stadium sort of factor. Ja Ordomen did very good,
kicked four in the first quarter, but they did kicked
very straight. They were dominated in the middle and in
the inside fifty count yep but against this Hawthorne team.
That's one thing. That middle area of the ground is
perhaps where Hawthorne are a little bit vulnerable without Little
Day and Tim Kelly's obviously a big out. But if

(49:49):
they can get on top of the middle, especially in
Marble Stadium, small ground and Pennett Pennett in their inside fifty,
then they've got a genuine chance at least kicking a
winnable score.

Speaker 3 (50:00):
And they've got a very tall forward line, so obviously
Alan and Waterman there, archer Read is a tall and
Jack Williams is a tall so it's a very tall
forward line.

Speaker 4 (50:07):
But they're going to be on sur Christ to see
archer Read actually probably in his team.

Speaker 3 (50:11):
Really, I love him. Yeah, he's been good. He's been good.

Speaker 4 (50:14):
I feel like he has a pretty athletic It's better
than Zach Zach Zach captain the zero goals.

Speaker 3 (50:20):
Yeah he got seventy one super coach points, So break even.

Speaker 2 (50:23):
Break all, right, tips and margin lads, Surely.

Speaker 4 (50:26):
I'll go on the Hawkers hawk by thirty four, thirty four, yeap,
oh by fifty one, fifty one.

Speaker 1 (50:34):
I'm going to go in between. I'm going to go
forty points. I think that it will be comfortable, but
it won't be an absolutely should be.

Speaker 3 (50:38):
It should be.

Speaker 4 (50:39):
And they likely likely have mentioned they need a percentage
Brewster because come the end of the year that top
four looks like it could go down a percentage. So
these are games like these that they need to make
the most.

Speaker 3 (50:50):
Is a fantastic point. There we go. There's a lot
of love on this couch. I love it.

Speaker 1 (50:55):
Let's finish off with it. My favorite part of the show.
That big part of the calls, the massive calls. There's
actually some humongous calls on today show. He might have
to change the segment. Start off with Leo because the
man next to Leo my calls is very excited and
I paint a picture.

Speaker 3 (51:13):
Paid me look one of your French girls. Yes, he
loves a French girl. How was that just just do it,
Nick Dakos, I'm starting up a little sit.

Speaker 4 (51:26):
Okay, Tony, he wins the a medal.

Speaker 3 (51:30):
Okay, which is most people could predict that. But yes,
but how is he how is he gonna win it?
And how is he going to get to the stage? Okay,
he gonna be through his bodyguard, ned Long, Move get
out of the way. We've got a Dacos coming through.

Speaker 5 (51:44):
Ned Long himself will have twenty five disposals and eight tackles.
Dacos will win the medal because of because of ned
Long getting in and underfitting him the ball. Dacos will
zip around like the road runner he is, and Collingwood
fans will be like, I love ned Long and I
love Nick Dakos even more.

Speaker 1 (52:01):
Captain it is that is the best picture you've painted.
I love that if it is eleven three oh yea
because you going for bumbas.

Speaker 3 (52:09):
But it's a good picture because because it doesn't.

Speaker 4 (52:11):
It does make sense though, because it's likely going to
be very wet on the exact So ned Long and
Nick David.

Speaker 3 (52:19):
Very good ball users. That's a good one off the deck.
It's made for them, So I wish you had that
gives me not miss all.

Speaker 2 (52:27):
Right, that's his big I really lie that. Now you've
been teasing this for the entire show.

Speaker 4 (52:32):
You know you said, you said, Nick Deacos is a
big call to win the said he said.

Speaker 1 (52:39):
Dedlong is also going to get twenty five plus disposals
and as that's pretty So that's three things from a
big call.

Speaker 2 (52:44):
But this says nothing on this.

Speaker 3 (52:47):
Trig big call.

Speaker 2 (52:50):
Veteran legend, legend, best ruckman of all time boarding Todd.

Speaker 4 (52:54):
Goldstein, it's going to win the Nxact Day medal for
this story. Is an essen fan.

Speaker 3 (53:00):
The story is written, It's written. The stars.

Speaker 4 (53:04):
Essenon lose both ruckman in the first six rounds of
the seas actually injured.

Speaker 3 (53:10):
Maybe this is the plan all along, Todd.

Speaker 4 (53:14):
He's going to come in and he's going to lock
down Darcy Cameron and he's going to do it. You
can do it, mate, He's just going.

Speaker 3 (53:21):
To push him over.

Speaker 2 (53:22):
He locks him down.

Speaker 3 (53:22):
He's not in the medal. He's going to purposely trip him, ruin.

Speaker 4 (53:25):
Him for the rest of the game, and he's gonna
have a day.

Speaker 3 (53:28):
How many hitouts?

Speaker 5 (53:30):
Ah?

Speaker 3 (53:31):
What does which hit out does he lose? Which hit
out does he lose?

Speaker 4 (53:38):
Disposals and how many goals seventy three disposals, seven goals.

Speaker 2 (53:43):
Give me your access that one.

Speaker 3 (53:44):
I love that though, because okay.

Speaker 4 (53:46):
Todd Goldstein will go fourteen disposals, three goals, Bart, but
he might knock your goal if it stays dry.

Speaker 3 (53:54):
If it stays dry, he's going to be He's go.

Speaker 4 (53:58):
Because Todd Goldstein is he's going to be putting a
man in the match performance and I'm going to be
making the ground went.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
It's going to be beautiful.

Speaker 2 (54:06):
I don't know how that one.

Speaker 1 (54:07):
Oh my god, that is one of the biggest calls
you'll ever see on an AFL show, just in general.

Speaker 3 (54:14):
I'm going to go back. I shouldn't.

Speaker 1 (54:15):
I should have done my big call before him, because
now mine's not that big. Aaron Cadman will kick four
plus goals against the Dogs. His career highs three goals.
He's only three yes, so he's done that four times
in his career three goals.

Speaker 2 (54:27):
He kicked three goals last week against Adelaide in the wet,
which was a bit surprising for a big guy.

Speaker 3 (54:32):
Yea in the win kicked three goals. I believe maybe
he double check I want to, but it sounds right.

Speaker 1 (54:40):
He had two goals against the Dogs last time he
played against them, and I don't think they have that
tall depth.

Speaker 2 (54:44):
Obviously they don't have fun.

Speaker 3 (54:45):
What do you want about, mate? He did not kick
a goal.

Speaker 4 (54:47):
He did not kick before he kicked three points. Maybe
you read the start round so the stats guy.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
But he will kick four this week. Don't you worry
about that?

Speaker 4 (54:59):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (54:59):
I like it because love will go to Hogan and
he might get the bustling and matchup.

Speaker 2 (55:03):
Hogan back in the team.

Speaker 3 (55:05):
Sal it.

Speaker 1 (55:05):
Hogan back into the team helps out Cabin a lot
because then he's not on the main defender.

Speaker 2 (55:10):
He might get bustling in his first game. He's going
to take a bit. He's such a good contested mark.
And actually he kicked three goals week before against the Saints.
Now that I remember that going.

Speaker 3 (55:18):
To be a bit of irony because he's going to
be taking the bus for a ride.

Speaker 2 (55:21):
Oh my god, you know that's the like it. I
liked it.

Speaker 3 (55:26):
I liked it. Was Chest behind it. He liked it
until you said he liked it. Doorry.

Speaker 2 (55:34):
Let's end it there.

Speaker 3 (55:34):
That will do us for the AFL Today Show.

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Speaker 3 (56:01):
She'll be cheering them on on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (56:02):
Thank you very much to Leo who's not listening as
always at the end of the show.

Speaker 3 (56:05):
No, I was just putting in my lower third.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
Oh, thank you, and thank you very much my costs.

Speaker 4 (56:09):
I just want to say two things. Oh no Todd
Gold's team for all Australian and number two I having
kicked two goals one against Sant Kultor andgether.

Speaker 1 (56:18):
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