August 7, 2025 • 35 mins
Is 2025 the dullest AFL season in recent memory? Georgie and Abbey tackle the big question - breaking down lopsided scorelines, the lack of drama, and whether the finals footy can save it from fading into forgettable.
There’s also the chaos from the Logies (rogue seat fillers & gravy on gowns), celebration in the netball world, and a nostalgic roast of Adelaide’s infamous power stance.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here at Two Good Sports, we would like to acknowledge
the traditional owners of the land on which we record
this podcast. There were innerie people. This land was never seated,
always was, always will be. Hello, dear listeners, Welcome to
another episode of Two Good Sports Sports News told differently.
I'm Georgie Tunney.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm maybe Gelmy and George. We are returning to our
roots this week, and by that, I mean we're just
waxing lyrical about what we want to talk about because
there has been so much happening in the world of
sport that we just had our little pre production meeting
and I realized we haven't even spoken about the netball yet.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Oh I know, I know, what an incredible result. Thoughts
and prayers with Queen Liz at this difficult time because
of course the Swifts did not make it into the
Grand Final, but between the Vixens and the Fever, for
it to come down to one point.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Incredible and the Vixens were unbackable. Oh yes, everyone thought,
it's lovely that you got to this point. Let's just
see and the call of let's go to the pub
being the through line. I just thought that was really amazing.
I was chatting to Bianca Chatfield, who did the presentation
then was on air with us very early the next morning.
She just said, for so long netballers have needed to
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be serious or felt like we needed to be serious
to be taken seriously. Oh yeah, So now the league
so stands alone that we can have the captain of
the winning side.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Be like, we're going at that pub because you know that.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It's professional, you know it's the best league in the world,
and that stadium of everyone losing their mind.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The direct quote from Bianca was like it felt like
a Taylor Swift concert when she first pops up. Oh,
and everyone just loses their collective mind.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
And I was like, you know what, probably similar demographic.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I mean, is there a better feeling in life?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I don't think there is.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I mean, that is the highest phrase you could bestow
upon any crowd. What I love as well. You're so right.
We ask so much of our athletes, but in particular
our female athletes. They have to be professional. We hold
them to a higher standard. They can't put a toe
out of line. But then we also demand personality from
them and to see them be themselves, their authentic selves.
(02:06):
And I think that we're starting to see that because
they're feeling the confidence of having that support now.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And Queen Liz was very quick to get on the
mic afterwards and be like net ball.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Is stepping into its power. Come here, Brisbane coming. She's
just the best, She's the best.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I'd be like, hailes, how are you She's ready, she's ready, she's.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Out of the campaign with us. She's pushing on. She
pushed it on. But no, the was fantastic. How was
your weaken Oh? But how was the LOGI? Oh, the logies?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
The logis you look like a princess. Thank you, thank you,
thank you, And dear listeners, just so that you're aware,
I would not have been able to get through that
night without my co host Abby Jemmy, because you did
hold my hand. You told me exactly what I need.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
I am in terms of you really I can condition here?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yes, you did. You did. Like we're getting our nails
down here, we're getting a tan. This is how you
want to do this. You're contacting this person, locking this
for phographer. Maybe this is how you feel confident and honestly,
all of your zips. It really worked, It really worked.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I mean, it's a.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Lot night, so much guys. Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
This is a full time job. Okay, yes, I looked good.
I'm gonna say it, but that is a standard to
which I cannot be upheld. I cannot. I cannot do it.
You cannot work full time and look that good. It's impossible.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
No you can't.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Oh no, I mean and I say that, you can't
currently see my feet, which have been destroyed.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
This isn't a visual medium, so no one can demand
we don't charge enough for some sort of foot feature.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
They're so bad, so bad.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
And also the thing that you don't know about the
logis unless you're in the room, it is the longest
night of your life.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It actually carpet starts at three pm.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
The broadcast went for I don't know for.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
It's a kilometer long. And the smell of ten.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh my god. The actual event itself. How long we
were there? I think I was there for nine weeks,
like I just it goes for so long. It was
so lovely to be invited. They need to know what
they do with the grammies.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
They need to do some pre pre event.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
By the way, these people won these high five I've
got some suggestions which ones to eliminate, go on, not
to eliminate, just to switch things up.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'd change the whole order of the night. I'd bring
the Acting awards first, and then you'd have more the
TV Lifestyle Awards, Personality awards more towards the end. I
would definitely have more champagne coming out.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Because they don't.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
This is the thing again with the Brownlow, and we're
really going off with the Brownlow as well as logis.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
They don't serve.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
There's no weight staff walking around while they're presenting. No,
not while the broadcast is So you can't get a drink. Yeah,
you're so trapped in your seat like you cannot.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
If you leave, they lock you out.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yes, and you have it.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I've actually gone back through the kitchen with whippers oh,
in the world's largest blue dress that then dragged gravy
on it until I got gravy on my blo dress.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Thank God. We'd already won a bloody award and I
presented you an award.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yes, that's so true. That's so true. Our first logis
in ins and behind the scenes. Goss absolute Angel on Earth.
Jennifer Kite managed to smoke bomb early again this year.
She did it last year, she did it again this year.
She was sitting next to me and she's just there.
We're looking at the booklet of the awards that are
to come, and I thought, how are there still so
many pages which had hit for nineteen hours?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And most of those booklets, by the way, have people
marking them up for gambling.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yes, that's true.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
That the whole table.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I'm going for this person to win, and you see
everyone like oh, like yes. Anyway, Jen was like, well,
we've just got to stay for the Hall of Fame. Obviously,
we've got to see Magda get inducted. Of course, of
course we've got it. We've got at least stay for that.
Then Jen disappears and I was like, no, she's coming back.
She's coming back, just come back to come back. Then
a seat filler comes because it was that she wasn't
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coming back anymore. And so then I had a seat
filler sit next to me for three hours.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
And I was like, a seat fillery, let me just
it's just a purse that is there so that when
you pan around the room, you're like, oh that fits.
So a girlfriend of mine used to do it really
because she knew that someone that was running the jem.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Oh, yes would be great because she literally to sit.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Down and be like, Hi, what are we drinking? How
are we and you're hello? What are you nom for?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Like? What what brings you here?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Or see that he actually the seat filler. I actually
don't know his name, but he provided me with one
of the best moments of the night as well. Because
now I don't want to worry Lima Granger No, Limagrangeer, brother,
I don't want to offend people. If you love Richard
Mark's amazing, amazing. I did not grow up with Richard Mark,
so I'm not that well.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Okay, I'm terrible. What does he sing?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
This is a great question. He sings that song hold On,
hold On, hold on. I need to get it up
because it has escaped my brain. He didn't sing the
one that I knew I know, do you know?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
No, he was very busy and for context, he's now
one of the judges on the Voice, one of the
judges on the Voice.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Absolutely, no disrespect.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It couldn't get Ron and keating.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
It's just oh, I'd love that roller coaster.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Are you a little bit of you say best?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I mean, come on Channel seven, just hiding the talent
these days.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I mean there is a sports a sport girl, a
spice girl, sorry, sporty spice.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
No, sporty spice. There is a sporty spice on the battle.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We've gone absolutely deranged. But he so he sings right
here Waiting, which is that song mad Here Wait and
for you? I was like, I know that song.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I know that one. I'll be right you know where
you are? Yeah, okay, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Do you think he's saying that.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
No, he's saying, oh no, he's not trying to push
a new album, no, nothing, But no one's ever heard no.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Apparently they were well known songs. I just didn't know,
And I feel like there were moments where Richard was
like you go now, crowd.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
And I was like, I'd love to. I want to help.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
I want to help. I don't know what the words are,
what they are?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Like a seat filler do you know?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Seat Filler pulled out the all time greatest move by
actually knowing the lyrics, which was something that you know,
I would say only five percent of that audience new.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
You said that he decided to be there just because
he wanted to be in the room.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
He must watch him and.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Away oh yeah, Like there's a cross section of society
that would like when you do the Red Carpet out
the logis and there's just.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
People lining up, you kind of feel like going, why, sir,
what brings you here?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
What brings you here? I mean none of them were
like Georgie, Georgie, Georgie, but they went mad. So all
of the fans that had turned up to watch the
Red Carpet, ye, yes, unknown it goes for a kilometer, yes,
and they were going mad at one point and I
was like.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Oh my, for me, for me, let me know.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
For me.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
It was husy.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
It wasn't me, it was defuse. And I was like,
still hus he, what the hell? What the hell? And
then I was in the line for the photos with
Hughsey and him and Sandra Sally were having an absolute
almost screaming match about how bad the Blues are they
must go for cover oh no, and has one not screaming,
which is screaming? And I was just like, I mean,
you're just things you don't you don't usually see growing up,
(09:09):
you know, in the verbs, watching the logos on Telly,
and then you're there with a front row seat. It's
a wonderful night. It's a really long night. I'm happy
I was there. My feet may never recover to remove.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Onto sport ish sportish Yeah, hang on, what one? There's
a category for sport.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Yes, yeh oh the Olympics, of course, the Olympics, the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yes, yes, it's by default. I don't think the Olympics
has me it collected. You want to loag you for
the Olympics, you get it by default.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Well, the content is so good if you fumble the
sport LOGI yes, the year of the Olympics, there needs
to be a national inquiry.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yes, I would, because you are on the podium. You
just need to not stuff it up. And you can
stuff it up and still get the LOGI.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You really can, you really can. You can. But they won,
and I was it was actually quite a strong category.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
I did, yeah, because it's always that, the AFL Grand Final,
the NRL Grand Final.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
It was of origin.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Oh yeah, fair yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yeah, this year's one. I was like, good luck everyone
else because that's.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Good Billy for supporting actor jimmim Oscus.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Like come on. And then there was the Matilda's coverage.
It was it was a very very stacked category. I
would say but still the Olympics one yeahs os Obbs
and we love Ali Langton.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Do what else could win? We love Ali Langdon.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
So she accepted that award with James Bracey, who we
also love.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But yeah, Ali Langdon sent me a d M when
I was hosting the Olympics and it was particularly tumultuous
time in my life, and she sent me the most
supportive with subtexts that no one else could understand about
being on air and what it takes. And I just
remember being like, you don't know me from a borrough soap,
you actually work for another network, and to go out
(10:47):
of your way to be so kind. I will march
at dawn for you, Ali Langdon, and I will forever.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I will forever.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
And it sometimes it takes people like that to have
such class in the industry that make you think, how
can I repay that?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Pay that forward by doing the same for someone else
that I see in a similar position.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
And I just adore hers.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Of course, Ali, Yeah, everyone very very popular. We adore
we adore her. Let's continue on the sport ish then
I guess, okay, best Actor best Actor in the NRL
OH goes to my mate Corey bocking, who has been fined.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
This is your best segue ever fifty thousand dollars and
been suspended for five matches. Who is this guy by
the way, Oh, he's just a trainer for the Panthers
that decided to run into the line of Jane Campbell
as he's lining up to take a penalty, and everyone
went wait what yeah, what, And apparently there's been a
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long line of shifty Panthers trainers acts to the point
where the DRL come down and been like, you fifty
grand how much a trainer's earn.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
That's what they earn to tax.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
It's yeah, it's it's a very very big fine for them.
You just can't. You can't do that, though, even if
it is an accident, which I am going to so
I'm just gonna say, give him the benefit of the down.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
If it wasn't an accident.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
The sheepish hand up jolt of the same way as
he looked like someone who cuts someone off.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Oh yeah, And when you cut someone off and you're.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Like, oh sorry, I don't mean it.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
There's a head nod, there's a hand gently raised saying
my bad, my.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Bad, my bad for Conny, because it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Would have been the biggest comeback win in the club's history.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
This is and then Nathan Cleary sends it to golden point,
and of course who wins the Panthers.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Well, this is this is the important context, right in
terms of the game and the score line. The two
points was crucial for the Titans because it would have
given them a four point lead with like minus zero
seconds on the clock. Instead, they only had a two
point lead. And then Nathan Cleary does what Nathan Cleary
does and kicks a two point field goal, and then
they win in golden point extra.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
With that, it would have been the largest comeback win
in the Titans history. And instead, as soon as he
misses the commentary, which I think was Mick Ennis goes, well,
you know what this means, and they go, don't say it, Mick,
and they're like, it really reeks of a Nathan Cleary
field goal, doesn't it. And everyone's like, and of course
it happens, and now they've won eight straight. The Panthers
(13:20):
like they are all of a sudden fifth.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
On the ladder.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
I don't want to talk about it, No one does.
I don't want to talk about it because if they
win five in a row, I'm moving countries like I'm
moving I just know as.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
In okay, because they've won eight games in a row.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Five if they win five Premierships in a row, like,
I will move countries. I don't want to be.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Too dramatic about it, but when enough is enough, Okay,
enough is enough, And just to get back to the
actual incident before I lose my mind in another rage
blackout over Nathan Cleary and how good he.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Is if if we were trainers. I'm not saying this
is what Corey Bocking did. If we were trainers, we do.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
This, oh a million percent, I cartwheel for extra effect.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm leaving nothing to chance.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I'd be like, ah, this water bottle bench?
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Do you need it?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Knowing full well, I can't throw you.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Take him out.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
I just like knock him out duc like my bad
like we would do it. This is why we're not
in professional positions at sporting organizations because I would cheat.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I know this about myself.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
So we're saying bad sports, bad sport panthers, bad sport panthers.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, but also just maybe this is how the four
have happened because I just didn't realize that there's been
several incidents I didn't trainers have sledged opposition players.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yeah, they've also apparently wet the footballs.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yes, yes, yes, you know it's it's what I could say,
maybe akin to you know how like AFL players just
oil up.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Real Ah, I grew up in Perth Ben Cousins in
the early two thousand's, late nineties.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Please do you think I know that players oil up?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah? It lives here, Rench free, it's red free and
the brain. But like that, how is that legal because
the ball oily, you can't tell me that that's my.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Tacklem you slip off and I stand vanity.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Yeah, you think that you get affect down for the logs.
They oil up pregame, even more so when it's a
night game and there's more reflection.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's part of the process. It is part of the
pro isn't understand. Yeah, Pedits doesn't need to do this though.
They don't need to have these kind of tactics because
as I may have mentioned before, as my eye starts twitching,
they've won four in a row, so they're a very
good team. They don't need to be doing this niggly things, which,
in all fairness, you talk about Mick Ennis in the
(15:50):
commentary box. He's just recognizing, like for like, he was
the biggest grub and I applaud him for it in
the game.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Miss him, miss him?
Speaker 1 (15:57):
You turn Oh yes, gosh, yes, good sport badsport quick
very quickly at good sport to I'm gonna call it
a good sport for Test cricket because England and India
played out I think a brilliant series and we saw
one of the Tests over the weekend. Chris Wokes came
out trying to save the match. You think back to
Edgeburston all those years ago, with Bretty Lee and Michael
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Kaspovich at the crease trying to hold on for dear life.
Just imagine if one of them only had one eye.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Chris Woke laughing, I just got the visual. God, he
went out with his arm quite literally under his jumper.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It was in a sling. It was in a sleep,
dissicated in a sling underneath his jumper. He's lining up,
just trying to survive.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
So thankfully he never faced a ball, but imagine if
he did.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Imagine if he did, what is the bowl?
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Is the bowler just gone? I'm just going to smack
you one on your bad arm here and see it
like what it was just it was the most all
actually collapse from England. Yes that now since bas McCullum
has taken over Alah, Chris Lyn, you remember Brisbane. He
was one of the Bash brothers. Also happens to be
a former captain of New Zealand who now is the
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coach of England.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
They've won Diddly Squad. Yeah, so bas Ball, while highly.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Entertaining from twenty twenty two to now, hasn't won a
series for England.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
So it frames.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
And there was so much drama in this series in
terms of handshakes and non handshakes and writer, we'll just
call it here. No, we're going to play out what
do you mean, We're going to play out for the
milestone anger?
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Yeah and petchiness.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yes, that is so perfect leading into an Ashes because
we just need more fodder to dislike them more.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Oh, it's so good, it's so good, and it's Ben
Stokes and it's actually mouthwatering. The prospect of the Ashes series. Oh,
at the end of the year, like it already already
If we thought that last year was amazing with India,
it's going to be next level.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
I want someone for a gag to go out with one. Imagine,
imagine Australia.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Australia have it so far in the bag that Sami conserts,
who will not be playing in the action. His average
is negative. He'll be in the shield, just batting for
his life. But imagine or he would do it.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
I reckon it's a Nathan Lyne in Nathan line on
the way.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Out, but he'd been needing to survive, you know, he's
not with the game on the line. If you do
earlier in the order, you can be like, ha, get it.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Out quickly if you do it. If we did it
earlier in the order and didn't win though.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Yeah, but just imagine he walks out. What if just
walking starts and you're walking out and you've got it,
that's classic and then you just shake it out, Yeah,
just shake it out, like ah, got cha?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Was he who's also almost thirty nine, probably doesn't need
to be joking about dislocating limbs?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Short time left, short time left in the game?
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Was he?
Speaker 1 (18:49):
You've cut the opportunity to do the funniest thing that
ever happened.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Anyone who doesn't like I get the test. Cricket gets
a bad rap for not being entertaining.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
It's the best.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
It's the best.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's the best because they're so much room for pettiness
and drama and chat.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Sensational lah ashes come at me.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Talking about pettiness and drama, potentially a great segue into
our actual main discussion after this episode.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
We're gonna keep it quick, we'll keep it brief.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
We are going to be chatting all things AFL footy.
That's next. I think I may have we talk about dislocations.
Dislocated a rib. Reaching for my phone to send you
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this article.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I couldn't get it. Too strange that also would have
broken a rib.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
For god, I couldn't get it to you quick enough.
So this is an article that came out this week
from Peter Ryan from The Age. It's an opinion piece
and he asks the question, is this the worst AFL
season ever? Firstly, before I get into the nitty gritty
of how he makes his argument, what's your initial thought.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
He's got a point. I need to see the rush
now behind it.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
But there have been many knockers as to how the
gap between the haves and the have nots has never
been louder. Yes, and there has never been the start
of rounds at the point end of the season where
usually there's so much jostling for points, where you could
immediately eliminate four games that never got played and people
be like nahah yes.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
And also as a byproduct of that, which is also
in the article, this season has been a tipster's dream,
which I think is really telling. Yeah, you're not going
into a round being like, gosh, who could win that.
It's become quite obvious which team is going to get
the chocolates over the other one. So Peter Ryan begins
(20:54):
this article by saying, I'm declaring twenty twenty five is
on track to being the worst AFL season ever. Only
a great final series can save us. Dramatic perhaps, but
the statistics allow for a good case to be made.
He then goes on to talk about some of that huge,
huge rift between the quality of sides. In Round twenty three,
matches were decided by ninety points or more. In Round
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twenty one, there were four matches decided by a marger
greater than eighty points. And what is telling for me
there is that those are the later rounds of the season,
and the understand injuries can hit in all of that.
But I would expect to see those kind of differences
in the margin in the earlier stages of the season,
when you're still trying to get your shit together. Maybe
maybe that's me being generous. So to have that in
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round twenty round twenty one, that's not good.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
I mean, if I was going to make a counter argument,
the reason why it has been so boring for a
long part of the season is that it was Collingwood
daylight than everyone else, Yes, for so long, and now
they've had this stumble trip stumble trip, as in, I
think they've lost three of their last four going into
a massive match that's can be played in Lowell. Lift
the veil on when we record Hello Friday morning. So
(22:05):
now that ad later on top, it is a little
bit more interesting that we have seen that that little
bit more turmoil at the top of the ladder, which
had been so.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Settled for so Yes.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Yes, but I also.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Think a lot of the debate this season has been
about coaches yea, and that sort of turmoil.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
But we do see that, we see that in other seasons.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Yeah, but it's.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Also boring after a while, Like you can only ask
the same question so many times, even this tazzy stadium.
You can only discuss the tazzy stadium so often, so
like I come it as a point of like, right.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
What were the conversation points? What are the meaty issues?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
I mean it's been the stadium, have or have not? Yes,
the license is given, is it going to happen?
Speaker 3 (22:50):
How is that going to happen.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Something that's been discussed at the moment which I find
interesting is whether or not they're going to get rid
of the father son rule. But that's removed from the
action that we've seen on field this year, from round
one and the loss to Richmond, and I laughed because
absolutely no one gave them a chance, Richmond taking on
the Blues, the lost of Carlton, and from that moment
on the Carlton supporters and their vitriol at themselves and
(23:15):
the I just think, someone send Michael Voss to ibetha
un just let him have a good time, because can
you imagine that amount of pressure and then sustained pressure.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
He's had it from round one.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
From round one, and then you get Simon Goodwin who
literally last week said direct quote, I couldn't feel more
supported by the board. That's why they supported me for
nine years and I was like, Simon, pack your shit.
That's because do you know what has only ever been
said by people on the way out that.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I've got the full I've got the full support of
the board.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Don't let the board hit you on the way out.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
It's literally the next phone call you take. Yes, So Simon,
the supports come to an end and unfortunately, thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
But I like I am extrapolating here about and that all.
The funniest part of that press conference was when they're
literally Firstly, he was like, won't misdriving to Casey, so
he took a sideswipe on the way out about the facilities,
which has been a long standing problem with Melbourne and
their ability to attract talent.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
But also there was a question.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
From the press back saying, so did that last quarter
against the Kilda where they came back from nowhere costs
Simon his job?
Speaker 3 (24:26):
And he goes dog, he's funny, goodie, he is funny.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
He's funny. He's funny. Do I think that he has
always deployed the most interesting style of football? No, but
he also delivered the club something that they had not
been able to do in decades and you can't take
that away from him you cannot.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Well, they did take it away from them.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
They took it away to Perth, so fans never got
to the got to the MCD. My family were there
because they were Australians. They all got tickets and I
was like, well, enjoy the granny, assholes, what do you mean?
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I think you are right in that it can become stale,
especially especially because this seems like it's been a long
time coming for me.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
For me, I feel like so many of the narratives
this year have been negative yeah yeah, or heavy.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Yeah until the desire, until the nasire performance. Crowd was
the performance that everyone that united everyone, and there.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Was even conversation being like, I know everyone has said,
but every year it's the same narrative, right. It gets
to those like late July early August rounds where everyone's like.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
God, are we done, because it.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Just it feels like the season has gone forever.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Yes, I need finals now, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
And last season we've never had a closer finish to
a top eight, and now you turn around to this
season and they're saying that you need to have fifteen
wins in automate the eight, which is just remarkable, but
it's also just it feels like much to do about nothing,
whereas last year it felt there was.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
There was skin in the game for so many teams
last year, whereas I think, well, if I, you know,
just the ladder off the top my head, I feel
like the Bulldogs and Giants they're kind of tussling out
for that top, that last spot Swans could mathematically I
still make it gone.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
They're gone the Giants. The Giants set fire.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Okay, so they're they're dead in the water. So it's
really there, you go, it's only the Bulldogs and Giants.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Really yeah, I just feel I think our friend has
a point. And I'll say that as someone who has
a weekly show where we only have half an hour
to cover the nation sport, how difficult it is to
find minutes to cover AFL when there's other leagues that
have so much Like during State of Origin, it's really
(26:37):
hard to talk about footy and then there's the rugby
on there's a netball that there's so much competition for
space in the landscape that it has felt like footies
missed packing a punch.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
At the moment in terms of that landscape.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
But in good news, good news for the AFL. AFL
w stars next week.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Look out, I know which they would have done the
launch on Tuesday, being.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Like clear eh, clear, Ah, We'll give it a bit
of time.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
No, no, no, Simon Goodwin is walking and the only
thing anyone wants talk about is who's going to be
coaching Melbourne.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
And then Carleton have another long board.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Meeting nineteen hours, maybe the same length as the logis. Yes, yes, yes,
but he's still there. He's still at the time of
this recording, Michael Voss is still.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
The coach of Carlton.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
There was like breaking news, Michael Voss still the coach.
Can you imagine if that was talking about your job?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Ah?
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Yes, Because we've been in those positions, I can project high.
I can't quite understand these hype of headlines actually, but
to have that sustained pressure over the course of what
is and only you, yes, yes, and only your name's
the one that is being attributed to everything the last
time I checked. Look, I know players a couple a
lot of heat. We've spoken about it on this podcast,
(27:49):
but you know Michael Voss has taken all the body shots.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
Well now I've spoken about I drove behind a truck
that had sack Voss I know, and I felt like
pulling up next to the bloat being like, you're well, because.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
I think that what the ultimate telling telling sign with
all of this, in terms of the power brokers of
the game itself, is that Channel seven has decided to
not put the Carlton Essendon Thursday night game in the
final round or round twenty four to air.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
I think that's a little bit of an up yours
to the AFL who do rolling scheduling. Yes, and they've
served that up on the Thursday night and I'm sure
that Channel seven thought couldn't have been.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
A Saturday game. Yeah, AFL, that's only on Fox. You're
giving us this, Joe will do.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
We just won't give it to people in Free to
Wear and see how angry they are. Two supporter bases
that can't watch what would have usually been a classic rivalry.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
I know. Whereas now I think that because they're not
going to do that, Channel seven is going to show
I think It's Hawk's Gold Coast on the Sunday, which
is going to actually be a game that has potential
effects on the makeup of that top eight. So I
can understand that as a business decision, But but where
are we where you don't get a free to air
match on a Thursday night because no one cares what.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
And I also love that Thursday night foot is such
a new thing and now if it rolls around to
Thursday night there's not a footy like.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
It's an Australian we do, we do.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
I love it because it makes the weekend feel like
it's started.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Yeah, yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
I'm for it. So I'm outrageous this whole decision. But
I also think that there would be a little little
bit of political jostling there.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
I agree, I agree with serve as something that's a
bit better.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I agree with you, but I do I think I
think that Peter Ryan he's making he's making a fair point.
He's being dramatic about it. But I'm tending to agree
a little bit because there's not I don't remember going
into the weekend where I'm kind of just like, I'm
not looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Key yeah, whereas I'm looking forward tonight. I think tonight's
going to be a big game.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Or Hawk's Collingwood is a great class. Yeah, but they're
they're well established in that top eight. Like at the
bottom mate.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Yeah, who who wins? The flag quick.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Oh, I think Collingwood really, yeah, because now that Locke
Kneel's hurt, I know it's only meant to be the
home and away season, but going into the finals, I
don't know. So I think Collingwood. I think colling would
will come. I don't I never trust Adelaide, Sorry, Adelaide, Talade, No,
I don't trust you. I don't trust you.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I don't trust them. I don't trust them. Since the Powerstance?
How do you remember the powerstance when they all stood
like you remember this for the Grand Final? I think
it was twenty seventeen.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Or whatever it was.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
It was dark day for them.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Instead of standing like normal humans with their arms around
each other, they stood like warriors. No, this is I
can't believe that you don't remember this, and like as
a real powerstance thing.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
And I remember thinking.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Watching it being like, I don't know how to tell
you this. You've already lost, You've already lost you can
you see the yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:53):
You know, my god? Yep. Now, the problem with the Powerstance,
George is.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Unless you fully bother they are wolverine. Well, unless you
fully they look like wolverine. Before the Claus are about
to come out.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Yeah right, yeah, a clawless auverine.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
But if even one atom in your brain's going, well,
this might look a bit stupid. What you've done is
put a bloke in front of one hundred thousand people
at the MCG going this feels dumb. And that's all
they're thinking where they're listening to the national anthem, is
this looks a bit dumb.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
It's not. It's the opposite of the powerstance.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
And I'm just doing a quick little scroll down the line.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Listeners, get your phone out now and google Adelaide Powerstance.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Google it and just take a little look down the line.
None of them have oiled up arms. First mistake. I mean,
if you're a mistake, if you're going to commit to
a bit, look good doing it. Also, I'm just zooming
in on Eddie Betts.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
You know, he thinks it's right, this is bad, and
he's like, this looks stupid.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
They also look like a toddler that's about to crack it,
Like there's a clenched fist and they're deciding what's happening next,
and don't be wrong, like actually, get me wrong.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
It's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
And the fact they did it on the biggest stage.
That's why I don't trust Adelade because there's too many of.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Them left, Like do you not think that? Like and oh,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
I love that I get to do it at training.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Don't do it like as in because a lot of
time in footy, there's themes, there's things they do for connectiveness,
all of that sort of stuff. Do your powers dance
shoulders shoulder in the rooms and then.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
Run out and put your arm around your teammate and
sing the national anthem. I can't believe because this is
all your apt like, that's like performance.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
Are that is the greatest. That should be our fun.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Fact And I'm sure that you know about if you
don't follow AFL. The Adelaide powers dance is why they
lost that granny and why I think if they get
into this one, they will cuddle each other to make
a point that they have changed.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Yeah, you're so right, You're so right. Wow, wow, God,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
You know what would be great, so me Adelaide to
win the flag and do a cuddle.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
You know what I would do, though again, possibly inside
into why we're not professional athletes. If I was the
opposing team against Adelaide in the Grand Final. I would
stand like that and I'd be like, I remember this, Adelaide.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
I think again, he'll probably hate me saying this. I'm
speaking out of school.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
My significant other was standing opposite Adelaide in that Grand
Final and he said to me, he's like, I remember
going that's dumb. I just remember in my head. Like
He's like, it's a big moment and you just saw
was down there, and you're like and like, that's an imagine.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You're already giving him a one up, giving a one up.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
They didn't need a one up Richmond that year.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
They're already in your head, They're in your heads.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
He's just been like, that's what you're going with.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
You have to do this in order to beat us. Okay, interesting, Interesting.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Well if maybe I will get I will get cane
on the pot.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
At some point, someone's going to have the kids.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
What I would love for Adelaide to do that this season,
to bring a little bit more joy and entertainment.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Come on, Adelaide, their own expense.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
You know, if you're in on the joke, it's not
really at your own expense, is it.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
I don't think they'll be rolling it out, but I do.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I Adelaide are a scary prospect for mine, but so
are the Western Bulldogs if they can sneak in because
the bulldog's best beats anyone.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Huge from you, because the Darcian Bond is basing this one.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Sam Darcy is like created to make football.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Yeah he is, he actually is. It's quite freaky.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Also, like when you, I've been lucky enough to meet
his mum. I a partner of Luke, because I saw
that and I literally looked at them and I was like, Ah,
the superior race like you, tall, athletic, delightful people.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
Of course you've created.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
You've created this man. Yeah, yeah, that's a huge call
from you. I would like to see because I love
the Doggies and they've done it before. Yeah they have.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Well yeah from me, lou Beverage, they've done it.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Oh my goodness. I hope that happens. Yes, when me,
there's a chance, Do we need another fun fact or
are we going to stay now?
Speaker 2 (35:03):
I reckon we go with Google the powerstance. See, it
doesn't get more fun.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
You honestly, you're not gonna regret it. Ever, I'm going
to Google it again right now.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Maybe I'll make it my wallpaper. So good. Okay, let's
not do that. That's been strange.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Love you, this has been fun, this has been very
old school too good sports.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. We've
gone everywhere, dear listeners, and I hope that you enjoyed the.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Right until next week.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Stay with it until next week.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Strap yourself in, do the powerstance at work and just
see if anyone notices that you look like a bit
of a peanut.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
And be a good sport
Here at Two Good Sports, we would like to acknowledge
the traditional owners of the land on which we record
this podcast. There were innerie people. This land was never seated,
always was, always will be. Hello, dear listeners, Welcome to
another episode of Two Good Sports Sports News told differently.
I'm Georgie Tunney.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm maybe Gelmy and George. We are returning to our
roots this week, and by that, I mean we're just
waxing lyrical about what we want to talk about because
there has been so much happening in the world of
sport that we just had our little pre production meeting
and I realized we haven't even spoken about the netball yet.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Oh I know, I know, what an incredible result. Thoughts
and prayers with Queen Liz at this difficult time because
of course the Swifts did not make it into the
Grand Final, but between the Vixens and the Fever, for
it to come down to one point.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Incredible and the Vixens were unbackable. Oh yes, everyone thought,
it's lovely that you got to this point. Let's just
see and the call of let's go to the pub
being the through line. I just thought that was really amazing.
I was chatting to Bianca Chatfield, who did the presentation
then was on air with us very early the next morning.
She just said, for so long netballers have needed to
(01:11):
be serious or felt like we needed to be serious
to be taken seriously. Oh yeah, So now the league
so stands alone that we can have the captain of
the winning side.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Be like, we're going at that pub because you know that.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
It's professional, you know it's the best league in the world,
and that stadium of everyone losing their mind.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The direct quote from Bianca was like it felt like
a Taylor Swift concert when she first pops up. Oh,
and everyone just loses their collective mind.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
And I was like, you know what, probably similar demographic.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I mean, is there a better feeling in life?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
I don't think there is.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I mean, that is the highest phrase you could bestow
upon any crowd. What I love as well. You're so right.
We ask so much of our athletes, but in particular
our female athletes. They have to be professional. We hold
them to a higher standard. They can't put a toe
out of line. But then we also demand personality from
them and to see them be themselves, their authentic selves.
(02:06):
And I think that we're starting to see that because
they're feeling the confidence of having that support now.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And Queen Liz was very quick to get on the
mic afterwards and be like net ball.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Is stepping into its power. Come here, Brisbane coming. She's
just the best, She's the best.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I'd be like, hailes, how are you She's ready, she's ready, she's.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Out of the campaign with us. She's pushing on. She
pushed it on. But no, the was fantastic. How was
your weaken Oh? But how was the LOGI? Oh, the logies?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
The logis you look like a princess. Thank you, thank you,
thank you, And dear listeners, just so that you're aware,
I would not have been able to get through that
night without my co host Abby Jemmy, because you did
hold my hand. You told me exactly what I need.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
I am in terms of you really I can condition here?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yes, you did. You did. Like we're getting our nails
down here, we're getting a tan. This is how you
want to do this. You're contacting this person, locking this
for phographer. Maybe this is how you feel confident and honestly,
all of your zips. It really worked, It really worked.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I mean, it's a.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Lot night, so much guys. Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
This is a full time job. Okay, yes, I looked good.
I'm gonna say it, but that is a standard to
which I cannot be upheld. I cannot. I cannot do it.
You cannot work full time and look that good. It's impossible.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
No you can't.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Oh no, I mean and I say that, you can't
currently see my feet, which have been destroyed.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
This isn't a visual medium, so no one can demand
we don't charge enough for some sort of foot feature.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
They're so bad, so bad.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
And also the thing that you don't know about the
logis unless you're in the room, it is the longest
night of your life.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
It actually carpet starts at three pm.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
The broadcast went for I don't know for.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
It's a kilometer long. And the smell of ten.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oh my god. The actual event itself. How long we
were there? I think I was there for nine weeks,
like I just it goes for so long. It was
so lovely to be invited. They need to know what
they do with the grammies.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
They need to do some pre pre event.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
By the way, these people won these high five I've
got some suggestions which ones to eliminate, go on, not
to eliminate, just to switch things up.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'd change the whole order of the night. I'd bring
the Acting awards first, and then you'd have more the
TV Lifestyle Awards, Personality awards more towards the end. I
would definitely have more champagne coming out.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Because they don't.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
This is the thing again with the Brownlow, and we're
really going off with the Brownlow as well as logis.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
They don't serve.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
There's no weight staff walking around while they're presenting. No,
not while the broadcast is So you can't get a drink. Yeah,
you're so trapped in your seat like you cannot.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
If you leave, they lock you out.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yes, and you have it.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I've actually gone back through the kitchen with whippers oh,
in the world's largest blue dress that then dragged gravy
on it until I got gravy on my blo dress.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Thank God. We'd already won a bloody award and I
presented you an award.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yes, that's so true. That's so true. Our first logis
in ins and behind the scenes. Goss absolute Angel on Earth.
Jennifer Kite managed to smoke bomb early again this year.
She did it last year, she did it again this year.
She was sitting next to me and she's just there.
We're looking at the booklet of the awards that are
to come, and I thought, how are there still so
many pages which had hit for nineteen hours?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And most of those booklets, by the way, have people
marking them up for gambling.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yes, that's true.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
That the whole table.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I'm going for this person to win, and you see
everyone like oh, like yes. Anyway, Jen was like, well,
we've just got to stay for the Hall of Fame. Obviously,
we've got to see Magda get inducted. Of course, of
course we've got it. We've got at least stay for that.
Then Jen disappears and I was like, no, she's coming back.
She's coming back, just come back to come back. Then
a seat filler comes because it was that she wasn't
(05:50):
coming back anymore. And so then I had a seat
filler sit next to me for three hours.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
And I was like, a seat fillery, let me just
it's just a purse that is there so that when
you pan around the room, you're like, oh that fits.
So a girlfriend of mine used to do it really
because she knew that someone that was running the jem.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Oh, yes would be great because she literally to sit.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Down and be like, Hi, what are we drinking? How
are we and you're hello? What are you nom for?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Like? What what brings you here?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Or see that he actually the seat filler. I actually
don't know his name, but he provided me with one
of the best moments of the night as well. Because
now I don't want to worry Lima Granger No, Limagrangeer, brother,
I don't want to offend people. If you love Richard
Mark's amazing, amazing. I did not grow up with Richard Mark,
so I'm not that well.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Okay, I'm terrible. What does he sing?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
This is a great question. He sings that song hold On,
hold On, hold on. I need to get it up
because it has escaped my brain. He didn't sing the
one that I knew I know, do you know?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
No, he was very busy and for context, he's now
one of the judges on the Voice, one of the
judges on the Voice.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Absolutely, no disrespect.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It couldn't get Ron and keating.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
It's just oh, I'd love that roller coaster.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Are you a little bit of you say best?
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I mean, come on Channel seven, just hiding the talent
these days.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I mean there is a sports a sport girl, a
spice girl, sorry, sporty spice.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
No, sporty spice. There is a sporty spice on the battle.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We've gone absolutely deranged. But he so he sings right
here Waiting, which is that song mad Here Wait and
for you? I was like, I know that song.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
I know that one. I'll be right you know where
you are? Yeah, okay, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Do you think he's saying that.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
No, he's saying, oh no, he's not trying to push
a new album, no, nothing, But no one's ever heard no.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Apparently they were well known songs. I just didn't know,
And I feel like there were moments where Richard was
like you go now, crowd.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
And I was like, I'd love to. I want to help.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
I want to help. I don't know what the words are,
what they are?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Like a seat filler do you know?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Seat Filler pulled out the all time greatest move by
actually knowing the lyrics, which was something that you know,
I would say only five percent of that audience new.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
You said that he decided to be there just because
he wanted to be in the room.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
He must watch him and.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Away oh yeah, Like there's a cross section of society
that would like when you do the Red Carpet out
the logis and there's just.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
People lining up, you kind of feel like going, why, sir,
what brings you here?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
What brings you here? I mean none of them were
like Georgie, Georgie, Georgie, but they went mad. So all
of the fans that had turned up to watch the
Red Carpet, ye, yes, unknown it goes for a kilometer, yes,
and they were going mad at one point and I
was like.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Oh my, for me, for me, let me know.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
For me.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
It was husy.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
It wasn't me, it was defuse. And I was like,
still hus he, what the hell? What the hell? And
then I was in the line for the photos with
Hughsey and him and Sandra Sally were having an absolute
almost screaming match about how bad the Blues are they
must go for cover oh no, and has one not screaming,
which is screaming? And I was just like, I mean,
you're just things you don't you don't usually see growing up,
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you know, in the verbs, watching the logos on Telly,
and then you're there with a front row seat. It's
a wonderful night. It's a really long night. I'm happy
I was there. My feet may never recover to remove.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Onto sport ish sportish Yeah, hang on, what one? There's
a category for sport.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Yes, yeh oh the Olympics, of course, the Olympics, the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Yes, yes, it's by default. I don't think the Olympics
has me it collected. You want to loag you for
the Olympics, you get it by default.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Well, the content is so good if you fumble the
sport LOGI yes, the year of the Olympics, there needs
to be a national inquiry.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yes, I would, because you are on the podium. You
just need to not stuff it up. And you can
stuff it up and still get the LOGI.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
You really can, you really can. You can. But they won,
and I was it was actually quite a strong category.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
I did, yeah, because it's always that, the AFL Grand Final,
the NRL Grand Final.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
It was of origin.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Oh yeah, fair yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yeah, this year's one. I was like, good luck everyone
else because that's.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Good Billy for supporting actor jimmim Oscus.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Like come on. And then there was the Matilda's coverage.
It was it was a very very stacked category. I
would say but still the Olympics one yeahs os Obbs
and we love Ali Langton.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Do what else could win? We love Ali Langdon.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
So she accepted that award with James Bracey, who we
also love.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But yeah, Ali Langdon sent me a d M when
I was hosting the Olympics and it was particularly tumultuous
time in my life, and she sent me the most
supportive with subtexts that no one else could understand about
being on air and what it takes. And I just
remember being like, you don't know me from a borrough soap,
you actually work for another network, and to go out
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of your way to be so kind. I will march
at dawn for you, Ali Langdon, and I will forever.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I will forever.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
And it sometimes it takes people like that to have
such class in the industry that make you think, how
can I repay that?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Pay that forward by doing the same for someone else
that I see in a similar position.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
And I just adore hers.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Of course, Ali, Yeah, everyone very very popular. We adore
we adore her. Let's continue on the sport ish then
I guess, okay, best Actor best Actor in the NRL
OH goes to my mate Corey bocking, who has been fined.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
This is your best segue ever fifty thousand dollars and
been suspended for five matches. Who is this guy by
the way, Oh, he's just a trainer for the Panthers
that decided to run into the line of Jane Campbell
as he's lining up to take a penalty, and everyone
went wait what yeah, what, And apparently there's been a
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long line of shifty Panthers trainers acts to the point
where the DRL come down and been like, you fifty
grand how much a trainer's earn.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
That's what they earn to tax.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
It's yeah, it's it's a very very big fine for them.
You just can't. You can't do that, though, even if
it is an accident, which I am going to so
I'm just gonna say, give him the benefit of the down.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
If it wasn't an accident.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
The sheepish hand up jolt of the same way as
he looked like someone who cuts someone off.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Oh yeah, And when you cut someone off and you're.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Like, oh sorry, I don't mean it.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
There's a head nod, there's a hand gently raised saying
my bad, my.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Bad, my bad for Conny, because it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Would have been the biggest comeback win in the club's history.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
This is and then Nathan Cleary sends it to golden point,
and of course who wins the Panthers.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Well, this is this is the important context, right in
terms of the game and the score line. The two
points was crucial for the Titans because it would have
given them a four point lead with like minus zero
seconds on the clock. Instead, they only had a two
point lead. And then Nathan Cleary does what Nathan Cleary
does and kicks a two point field goal, and then
they win in golden point extra.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
With that, it would have been the largest comeback win
in the Titans history. And instead, as soon as he
misses the commentary, which I think was Mick Ennis goes, well,
you know what this means, and they go, don't say it, Mick,
and they're like, it really reeks of a Nathan Cleary
field goal, doesn't it. And everyone's like, and of course
it happens, and now they've won eight straight. The Panthers
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like they are all of a sudden fifth.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
On the ladder.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
I don't want to talk about it, No one does.
I don't want to talk about it because if they
win five in a row, I'm moving countries like I'm
moving I just know as.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
In okay, because they've won eight games in a row.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Five if they win five Premierships in a row, like,
I will move countries. I don't want to be.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Too dramatic about it, but when enough is enough, Okay,
enough is enough, And just to get back to the
actual incident before I lose my mind in another rage
blackout over Nathan Cleary and how good he.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Is if if we were trainers. I'm not saying this
is what Corey Bocking did. If we were trainers, we do.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
This, oh a million percent, I cartwheel for extra effect.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm leaving nothing to chance.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
I'd be like, ah, this water bottle bench?
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Do you need it?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Knowing full well, I can't throw you.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Take him out.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
I just like knock him out duc like my bad
like we would do it. This is why we're not
in professional positions at sporting organizations because I would cheat.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
I know this about myself.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
So we're saying bad sports, bad sport panthers, bad sport panthers.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, but also just maybe this is how the four
have happened because I just didn't realize that there's been
several incidents I didn't trainers have sledged opposition players.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Yeah, they've also apparently wet the footballs.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Yes, yes, yes, you know it's it's what I could say,
maybe akin to you know how like AFL players just
oil up.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Real Ah, I grew up in Perth Ben Cousins in
the early two thousand's, late nineties.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Please do you think I know that players oil up?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah? It lives here, Rench free, it's red free and
the brain. But like that, how is that legal because
the ball oily, you can't tell me that that's my.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Tacklem you slip off and I stand vanity.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Yeah, you think that you get affect down for the logs.
They oil up pregame, even more so when it's a
night game and there's more reflection.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's part of the process. It is part of the
pro isn't understand. Yeah, Pedits doesn't need to do this though.
They don't need to have these kind of tactics because
as I may have mentioned before, as my eye starts twitching,
they've won four in a row, so they're a very
good team. They don't need to be doing this niggly things, which,
in all fairness, you talk about Mick Ennis in the
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commentary box. He's just recognizing, like for like, he was
the biggest grub and I applaud him for it in
the game.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
Miss him, miss him?
Speaker 1 (15:57):
You turn Oh yes, gosh, yes, good sport badsport quick
very quickly at good sport to I'm gonna call it
a good sport for Test cricket because England and India
played out I think a brilliant series and we saw
one of the Tests over the weekend. Chris Wokes came
out trying to save the match. You think back to
Edgeburston all those years ago, with Bretty Lee and Michael
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Kaspovich at the crease trying to hold on for dear life.
Just imagine if one of them only had one eye.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Chris Woke laughing, I just got the visual. God, he
went out with his arm quite literally under his jumper.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It was in a sling. It was in a sleep,
dissicated in a sling underneath his jumper. He's lining up,
just trying to survive.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
So thankfully he never faced a ball, but imagine if
he did.
Speaker 1 (16:50):
Imagine if he did, what is the bowl?
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Is the bowler just gone? I'm just going to smack
you one on your bad arm here and see it
like what it was just it was the most all
actually collapse from England. Yes that now since bas McCullum
has taken over Alah, Chris Lyn, you remember Brisbane. He
was one of the Bash brothers. Also happens to be
a former captain of New Zealand who now is the
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coach of England.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
They've won Diddly Squad. Yeah, so bas Ball, while highly.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Entertaining from twenty twenty two to now, hasn't won a
series for England.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
So it frames.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
And there was so much drama in this series in
terms of handshakes and non handshakes and writer, we'll just
call it here. No, we're going to play out what
do you mean, We're going to play out for the
milestone anger?
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Yeah and petchiness.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yes, that is so perfect leading into an Ashes because
we just need more fodder to dislike them more.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Oh, it's so good, it's so good, and it's Ben
Stokes and it's actually mouthwatering. The prospect of the Ashes series. Oh,
at the end of the year, like it already already
If we thought that last year was amazing with India,
it's going to be next level.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
I want someone for a gag to go out with one. Imagine,
imagine Australia.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Australia have it so far in the bag that Sami conserts,
who will not be playing in the action. His average
is negative. He'll be in the shield, just batting for
his life. But imagine or he would do it.
Speaker 3 (18:17):
I reckon it's a Nathan Lyne in Nathan line on
the way.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Out, but he'd been needing to survive, you know, he's
not with the game on the line. If you do
earlier in the order, you can be like, ha, get it.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Out quickly if you do it. If we did it
earlier in the order and didn't win though.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Yeah, but just imagine he walks out. What if just
walking starts and you're walking out and you've got it,
that's classic and then you just shake it out, Yeah,
just shake it out, like ah, got cha?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Was he who's also almost thirty nine, probably doesn't need
to be joking about dislocating limbs?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Short time left, short time left in the game?
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Was he?
Speaker 1 (18:49):
You've cut the opportunity to do the funniest thing that
ever happened.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Anyone who doesn't like I get the test. Cricket gets
a bad rap for not being entertaining.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
It's the best.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
It's the best.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's the best because they're so much room for pettiness
and drama and chat.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Sensational lah ashes come at me.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
Talking about pettiness and drama, potentially a great segue into
our actual main discussion after this episode.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
We're gonna keep it quick, we'll keep it brief.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
We are going to be chatting all things AFL footy.
That's next. I think I may have we talk about dislocations.
Dislocated a rib. Reaching for my phone to send you
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this article.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
I couldn't get it. Too strange that also would have
broken a rib.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
For god, I couldn't get it to you quick enough.
So this is an article that came out this week
from Peter Ryan from The Age. It's an opinion piece
and he asks the question, is this the worst AFL
season ever? Firstly, before I get into the nitty gritty
of how he makes his argument, what's your initial thought.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
He's got a point. I need to see the rush
now behind it.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
But there have been many knockers as to how the
gap between the haves and the have nots has never
been louder. Yes, and there has never been the start
of rounds at the point end of the season where
usually there's so much jostling for points, where you could
immediately eliminate four games that never got played and people
be like nahah yes.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
And also as a byproduct of that, which is also
in the article, this season has been a tipster's dream,
which I think is really telling. Yeah, you're not going
into a round being like, gosh, who could win that.
It's become quite obvious which team is going to get
the chocolates over the other one. So Peter Ryan begins
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this article by saying, I'm declaring twenty twenty five is
on track to being the worst AFL season ever. Only
a great final series can save us. Dramatic perhaps, but
the statistics allow for a good case to be made.
He then goes on to talk about some of that huge,
huge rift between the quality of sides. In Round twenty three,
matches were decided by ninety points or more. In Round
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twenty one, there were four matches decided by a marger
greater than eighty points. And what is telling for me
there is that those are the later rounds of the season,
and the understand injuries can hit in all of that.
But I would expect to see those kind of differences
in the margin in the earlier stages of the season,
when you're still trying to get your shit together. Maybe
maybe that's me being generous. So to have that in
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round twenty round twenty one, that's not good.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
I mean, if I was going to make a counter argument,
the reason why it has been so boring for a
long part of the season is that it was Collingwood
daylight than everyone else, Yes, for so long, and now
they've had this stumble trip stumble trip, as in, I
think they've lost three of their last four going into
a massive match that's can be played in Lowell. Lift
the veil on when we record Hello Friday morning. So
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now that ad later on top, it is a little
bit more interesting that we have seen that that little
bit more turmoil at the top of the ladder, which
had been so.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Settled for so Yes.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Yes, but I also.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Think a lot of the debate this season has been
about coaches yea, and that sort of turmoil.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
But we do see that, we see that in other seasons.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Yeah, but it's.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Also boring after a while, Like you can only ask
the same question so many times, even this tazzy stadium.
You can only discuss the tazzy stadium so often, so
like I come it as a point of like, right.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
What were the conversation points? What are the meaty issues?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
I mean it's been the stadium, have or have not? Yes,
the license is given, is it going to happen?
Speaker 3 (22:50):
How is that going to happen.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Something that's been discussed at the moment which I find
interesting is whether or not they're going to get rid
of the father son rule. But that's removed from the
action that we've seen on field this year, from round
one and the loss to Richmond, and I laughed because
absolutely no one gave them a chance, Richmond taking on
the Blues, the lost of Carlton, and from that moment
on the Carlton supporters and their vitriol at themselves and
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the I just think, someone send Michael Voss to ibetha
un just let him have a good time, because can
you imagine that amount of pressure and then sustained pressure.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
He's had it from round one.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
From round one, and then you get Simon Goodwin who
literally last week said direct quote, I couldn't feel more
supported by the board. That's why they supported me for
nine years and I was like, Simon, pack your shit.
That's because do you know what has only ever been
said by people on the way out that.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I've got the full I've got the full support of
the board.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
Don't let the board hit you on the way out.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
It's literally the next phone call you take. Yes, So Simon,
the supports come to an end and unfortunately, thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
But I like I am extrapolating here about and that all.
The funniest part of that press conference was when they're
literally Firstly, he was like, won't misdriving to Casey, so
he took a sideswipe on the way out about the facilities,
which has been a long standing problem with Melbourne and
their ability to attract talent.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
But also there was a question.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
From the press back saying, so did that last quarter
against the Kilda where they came back from nowhere costs
Simon his job?
Speaker 3 (24:26):
And he goes dog, he's funny, goodie, he is funny.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
He's funny. He's funny. Do I think that he has
always deployed the most interesting style of football? No, but
he also delivered the club something that they had not
been able to do in decades and you can't take
that away from him you cannot.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Well, they did take it away from them.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
They took it away to Perth, so fans never got
to the got to the MCD. My family were there
because they were Australians. They all got tickets and I
was like, well, enjoy the granny, assholes, what do you mean?
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I think you are right in that it can become stale,
especially especially because this seems like it's been a long
time coming for me.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
For me, I feel like so many of the narratives
this year have been negative yeah yeah, or heavy.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Yeah until the desire, until the nasire performance. Crowd was
the performance that everyone that united everyone, and there.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Was even conversation being like, I know everyone has said,
but every year it's the same narrative, right. It gets
to those like late July early August rounds where everyone's like.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
God, are we done, because it.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Just it feels like the season has gone forever.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Yes, I need finals now, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
And last season we've never had a closer finish to
a top eight, and now you turn around to this
season and they're saying that you need to have fifteen
wins in automate the eight, which is just remarkable, but
it's also just it feels like much to do about nothing,
whereas last year it felt there was.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
There was skin in the game for so many teams
last year, whereas I think, well, if I, you know,
just the ladder off the top my head, I feel
like the Bulldogs and Giants they're kind of tussling out
for that top, that last spot Swans could mathematically I
still make it gone.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
They're gone the Giants. The Giants set fire.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Okay, so they're they're dead in the water. So it's
really there, you go, it's only the Bulldogs and Giants.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Really yeah, I just feel I think our friend has
a point. And I'll say that as someone who has
a weekly show where we only have half an hour
to cover the nation sport, how difficult it is to
find minutes to cover AFL when there's other leagues that
have so much Like during State of Origin, it's really
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hard to talk about footy and then there's the rugby
on there's a netball that there's so much competition for
space in the landscape that it has felt like footies
missed packing a punch.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
At the moment in terms of that landscape.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
But in good news, good news for the AFL. AFL
w stars next week.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Look out, I know which they would have done the
launch on Tuesday, being.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Like clear eh, clear, Ah, We'll give it a bit
of time.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
No, no, no, Simon Goodwin is walking and the only
thing anyone wants talk about is who's going to be
coaching Melbourne.
Speaker 3 (27:10):
And then Carleton have another long board.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Meeting nineteen hours, maybe the same length as the logis. Yes, yes, yes,
but he's still there. He's still at the time of
this recording, Michael Voss is still.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
The coach of Carlton.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
There was like breaking news, Michael Voss still the coach.
Can you imagine if that was talking about your job?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Ah?
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Yes, Because we've been in those positions, I can project high.
I can't quite understand these hype of headlines actually, but
to have that sustained pressure over the course of what
is and only you, yes, yes, and only your name's
the one that is being attributed to everything the last
time I checked. Look, I know players a couple a
lot of heat. We've spoken about it on this podcast,
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but you know Michael Voss has taken all the body shots.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
Well now I've spoken about I drove behind a truck
that had sack Voss I know, and I felt like
pulling up next to the bloat being like, you're well, because.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
I think that what the ultimate telling telling sign with
all of this, in terms of the power brokers of
the game itself, is that Channel seven has decided to
not put the Carlton Essendon Thursday night game in the
final round or round twenty four to air.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
I think that's a little bit of an up yours
to the AFL who do rolling scheduling. Yes, and they've
served that up on the Thursday night and I'm sure
that Channel seven thought couldn't have been.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
A Saturday game. Yeah, AFL, that's only on Fox. You're
giving us this, Joe will do.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
We just won't give it to people in Free to
Wear and see how angry they are. Two supporter bases
that can't watch what would have usually been a classic rivalry.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
I know. Whereas now I think that because they're not
going to do that, Channel seven is going to show
I think It's Hawk's Gold Coast on the Sunday, which
is going to actually be a game that has potential
effects on the makeup of that top eight. So I
can understand that as a business decision, But but where
are we where you don't get a free to air
match on a Thursday night because no one cares what.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
And I also love that Thursday night foot is such
a new thing and now if it rolls around to
Thursday night there's not a footy like.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
It's an Australian we do, we do.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
I love it because it makes the weekend feel like
it's started.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Yeah, yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
I'm for it. So I'm outrageous this whole decision. But
I also think that there would be a little little
bit of political jostling there.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
I agree, I agree with serve as something that's a
bit better.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
I agree with you, but I do I think I
think that Peter Ryan he's making he's making a fair point.
He's being dramatic about it. But I'm tending to agree
a little bit because there's not I don't remember going
into the weekend where I'm kind of just like, I'm
not looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Key yeah, whereas I'm looking forward tonight. I think tonight's
going to be a big game.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Or Hawk's Collingwood is a great class. Yeah, but they're
they're well established in that top eight. Like at the
bottom mate.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Yeah, who who wins? The flag quick.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Oh, I think Collingwood really, yeah, because now that Locke
Kneel's hurt, I know it's only meant to be the
home and away season, but going into the finals, I
don't know. So I think Collingwood. I think colling would
will come. I don't I never trust Adelaide, Sorry, Adelaide, Talade, No,
I don't trust you. I don't trust you.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I don't trust them. I don't trust them. Since the Powerstance?
How do you remember the powerstance when they all stood
like you remember this for the Grand Final? I think
it was twenty seventeen.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Or whatever it was.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
It was dark day for them.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Instead of standing like normal humans with their arms around
each other, they stood like warriors. No, this is I
can't believe that you don't remember this, and like as
a real powerstance thing.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
And I remember thinking.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
Watching it being like, I don't know how to tell
you this. You've already lost, You've already lost you can
you see the yeah?
Speaker 3 (30:53):
You know, my god? Yep. Now, the problem with the Powerstance,
George is.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
Unless you fully bother they are wolverine. Well, unless you
fully they look like wolverine. Before the Claus are about
to come out.
Speaker 1 (31:05):
Yeah right, yeah, a clawless auverine.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
But if even one atom in your brain's going, well,
this might look a bit stupid. What you've done is
put a bloke in front of one hundred thousand people
at the MCG going this feels dumb. And that's all
they're thinking where they're listening to the national anthem, is
this looks a bit dumb.
Speaker 3 (31:27):
It's not. It's the opposite of the powerstance.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
And I'm just doing a quick little scroll down the line.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Listeners, get your phone out now and google Adelaide Powerstance.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Google it and just take a little look down the line.
None of them have oiled up arms. First mistake. I mean,
if you're a mistake, if you're going to commit to
a bit, look good doing it. Also, I'm just zooming
in on Eddie Betts.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
You know, he thinks it's right, this is bad, and
he's like, this looks stupid.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
They also look like a toddler that's about to crack it,
Like there's a clenched fist and they're deciding what's happening next,
and don't be wrong, like actually, get me wrong.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
It's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
And the fact they did it on the biggest stage.
That's why I don't trust Adelade because there's too many of.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Them left, Like do you not think that? Like and oh,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
I love that I get to do it at training.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Don't do it like as in because a lot of
time in footy, there's themes, there's things they do for connectiveness,
all of that sort of stuff. Do your powers dance
shoulders shoulder in the rooms and then.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
Run out and put your arm around your teammate and
sing the national anthem. I can't believe because this is
all your apt like, that's like performance.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
Are that is the greatest. That should be our fun.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Fact And I'm sure that you know about if you
don't follow AFL. The Adelaide powers dance is why they
lost that granny and why I think if they get
into this one, they will cuddle each other to make
a point that they have changed.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Yeah, you're so right, You're so right. Wow, wow, God,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (33:00):
You know what would be great, so me Adelaide to
win the flag and do a cuddle.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
You know what I would do, though again, possibly inside
into why we're not professional athletes. If I was the
opposing team against Adelaide in the Grand Final. I would
stand like that and I'd be like, I remember this, Adelaide.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
I think again, he'll probably hate me saying this. I'm
speaking out of school.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
My significant other was standing opposite Adelaide in that Grand
Final and he said to me, he's like, I remember
going that's dumb. I just remember in my head. Like
He's like, it's a big moment and you just saw
was down there, and you're like and like, that's an imagine.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
You're already giving him a one up, giving a one up.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
They didn't need a one up Richmond that year.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
They're already in your head, They're in your heads.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
He's just been like, that's what you're going with.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
You have to do this in order to beat us. Okay, interesting, Interesting.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Well if maybe I will get I will get cane
on the pot.
Speaker 3 (33:56):
At some point, someone's going to have the kids.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
What I would love for Adelaide to do that this season,
to bring a little bit more joy and entertainment.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Come on, Adelaide, their own expense.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
You know, if you're in on the joke, it's not
really at your own expense, is it.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
I don't think they'll be rolling it out, but I do.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I Adelaide are a scary prospect for mine, but so
are the Western Bulldogs if they can sneak in because
the bulldog's best beats anyone.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Huge from you, because the Darcian Bond is basing this one.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Sam Darcy is like created to make football.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Yeah he is, he actually is. It's quite freaky.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Also, like when you, I've been lucky enough to meet
his mum. I a partner of Luke, because I saw
that and I literally looked at them and I was like, Ah,
the superior race like you, tall, athletic, delightful people.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
Of course you've created.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
You've created this man. Yeah, yeah, that's a huge call
from you. I would like to see because I love
the Doggies and they've done it before. Yeah they have.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Well yeah from me, lou Beverage, they've done it.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Oh my goodness. I hope that happens. Yes, when me,
there's a chance, Do we need another fun fact or
are we going to stay now?
Speaker 2 (35:03):
I reckon we go with Google the powerstance. See, it
doesn't get more fun.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
You honestly, you're not gonna regret it. Ever, I'm going
to Google it again right now.
Speaker 3 (35:13):
Maybe I'll make it my wallpaper. So good. Okay, let's
not do that. That's been strange.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Love you, this has been fun, this has been very
old school too good sports.
Speaker 3 (35:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. We've
gone everywhere, dear listeners, and I hope that you enjoyed the.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Right until next week.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Stay with it until next week.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
Strap yourself in, do the powerstance at work and just
see if anyone notices that you look like a bit
of a peanut.
Speaker 3 (35:39):
And be a good sport
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