Chapter 1: What is the significance of Carlton's recent win over Geelong?
The award-winning Crunch Time. Neil floats it long. Cameron! Got it! Goal square. He's going to hook kick this around the body to just squeeze the goal in and make it a one-kick game.
Jack Henry! Jack! Jack! Jack!
Jack in the box.
In the goal square. He popped off like a sprinkler. And kicked a miracle goal. He chips it to McGovern.
Chapter 2: How has Patrick Cripps' performance impacted Carlton's season?
80 from goal. Leeds still continue to come. Who does he want? Mackay's in the goal square. It's longer. It's longer to cross.
He came off the bench. Captain fantastic. He kicked the Blues back in front. Their captain.
Iconic.
from captain fantastic patrick britts they're gonna win it I'd like to think that we're focused on getting better as opposed to what that might lead to.
I think it's important with where we're at as a club and the foundations that have been built and where we want to take this that we don't get too far ahead of ourselves. But I've got confidence in our group that we won't.
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Chapter 3: What changes have occurred in Carlton's coaching staff recently?
Getting to work is going to be important for us. We've got a lot of work to do still. The heroics of Patrick Cripps propels Carlton to a third straight win under interim coach Josh Fraser. Challenging the imagination what the Blues might yet be capable of achieving. Vice-captain Jacob Weiderich joins us. Loads up into the goal square. Off hands.
Might have been socked off the ground right on the goal line. No, umpire said it was touched. It was probably off the knee.
60,000. Did he get it down? I reckon he shindered over the line. Oh, well, so the AFL don't go.
Yeah, he has.
Chapter 4: How does the panel view the future of James Hird as a coach?
He shindered.
Oh, my goodness. So the AFL off the back of what? Last night's stuff up for Watson. We've got to stuff up just to start it, just to keep the fun rolling.
I'd probably disagree in principle with the idea that someone sitting in the arc And they can't see. The technology's there for the howler. And someone within the arc should have seen that that was a howler within seconds. Oh, look, it's surprising, but I'm easily surprised with this stuff. The fail safe fails again.
All involved in the score review system unable to correct the howler on a day the umpire's department treated the football world like lemmings.
We know recent times have been hard for Essendon people. And we feel that deeply. But I want to be clear.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the recent umpiring decisions in AFL?
We are not going backwards from here.
Yeah, it was surprising. But it's, in a way, I've been in this industry for a long time. It's not surprising because pressure does strange things. And I get the feeling that there's a very, very strong push from a lot of people out there to get James. back at Essendon coaching.
The mistakes that were made at the Essendon Football Club back in 2011, 2012 were partly my fault. I put my hand up so it was partly that. But a lot of time has gone on the bridge. I've suffered a lot, the football club suffered a lot, the supporters mostly have suffered a lot and I think it's time to really everyone kick in and try and make this football club great again.
And the eternal fascination that is Essendon.
The sacking of Brad Scott, the declaration of James Heard and the campaigning to make Essendon great again. This is the Round 12 edition of Crunch Time. There hasn't been euphoria from the Carlton community like that since the 2023 semifinal. And just as it was then, last night was intoxicating.
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Chapter 6: How is Essendon's leadership navigating the current challenges?
We are going to close Crunch Time today with Blues Radio. So just under two hours from now, and you don't want to miss. The best of Blues Radio from last night. Crunch time for the all-new Ford Ranger Wolf Track V6 and Azito brushless power tools built to work. Azito, do you. Gerard Whaley, Adam Simpson. Simo, you've made the wrong call. Don't worry about selecting the coach.
You should coach them. Yeah. Well, geez, it's... It just shows you that any club, and you can talk about where is Carlton going to finish this year? So regardless of that, having a couple of wins from a club point of view on a Monday after a heavy year, the feeling for the staff as much as the players, it's such a good feeling to be a winner for a couple of weeks anyway.
And I think Fraser's doing a great job. The way he's handling the media as well, he's very composed.
Chapter 7: What role do player contracts play in team dynamics?
He always... He deflects the praise as well in his press conferences, and I don't think it's false. I think it's a real ā that's him, isn't it?
So well done to everyone connected to the game last night. Cain Corns. Hello to you, Cain. G'day. Give us a scoop, Simmo. Surely you tap him on the shoulder. Surely you say, I know you don't want it, or at least publicly you're saying, I don't want it, but surely you at least try and get him to apply for this job. The phrase train.
Is that what we call it? Yes. Look, they're going to work and we're going to work through all the candidates in the next couple of weeks. So I just think at the moment he's handling himself really well as an interim coach.
Chapter 8: What are the key factors influencing the upcoming AFL matches?
And the way he's delivering his message to us in the public is first class. So doing everything right at the moment. They challenge the imagination, Cain, don't they?
Yeah.
When they look like that. Good to watch, Gerard. It was just fast. They were prepared to take a risk. It was risky, which hurt them early, I thought, off turnover. That was obvious. But they just kept playing the game. There's a genuine, I don't know, there's a spirit.
speed about the game feels like the shackles have been released a lot's going to be spoken about the young players that have been given an opportunity but I think just as important is the senior players feel rejuvenated and there's a level of confidence about them that's just as important as the young players getting a game so what Hewitt's been able to do McKayne to the ruck looks a little bit of a different player Cripps of course we're going to get to and spend
Some time on Walsh looks to be covering the ground better than he has in some time. And Jagger Smith and all of a sudden you go, the midfield of Walsh, Cripps and Smith looked pretty good last night. 21 clearances between them and they did a lot of damage from stoppage. And then the new recruits in Haywood are doing their thing as well. So yeah, it was great to watch.
It was just one of those Friday night games where you sit back and you go, this is what we love about footy. Did not know which way the game was going to go right there until the last moment. Some big last quarter moments, which you're going to reflect on. And you go, this is what we love about blockbuster footy on a Friday night. Tom Morris rounds out our quartet. Hello to you, Tom.
G'day, Gerard. Just a quick one on Josh Fraser.
Speaking to people very close to him, they are adamant that he's rock solid, that he's not going to go through this process. But if Graeme Wright asked, he is all about continued improvement and development, and they wouldn't be surprised if in the end he did it just for the experience of going through the process and to see where he can get to.
So it is, in my view, still a watch this space, despite what both Graeme Wright and Josh Fraser After he's won the wildcard game, after he's won the elimination final, once they're in the semifinal, it's a different conversation. Just before we delve right there, just what are we hearing from Pravda today?
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