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Chapter 1: What insights does Joey share about Montenegro?
It's one of the more remarkable individual seasons, and we'll show you some numbers later, and David King just mentioned it post-game, what he's done in every game he has played this year, but the emotional toll that he is carrying to still come out and perform and lead his team the way that he has, it has been incredible, amazing that so many people have done their All-Australia mid-year teams, and not many had Jordan Dawson.
He's an absolute lock. It's been incredible and his leadership was on display tonight with his courage. Even some moments that might not have been captured when Geelong had the set play from a kick in and they opened it up for blitz halves. He was the one that came forward to get the fist in and his direction was crucial and a huge win for the club.
I believe that we can win. I believe that we can win. Here we go, rats. Welcome to Wild Wednesday and all the way from God knows where, a weekly special. It is BBR Joey. Where are you right now?
This is it, mate. Montenegro.
Montenegro. What a beautiful part of this beautiful world. Random hat on your head. Captain's hat.
Yep, I am the captain now.
Isn't it great when you go to a country that you've really never been in and just go, just going to rock a random hat for the whole time I'm here. And everyone goes, oh, that guy's definitely a tourist because he's wearing a captain's hat and he doesn't look like us. So he's got to be on holiday. Where'd you get it from?
Yeah, Molly gets so embarrassed because I walk into the first souvenir shop that I see in any country and just get whatever is there. If it's Sweden, I'll buy the flag. Or if it's Denmark, I'll get a shirt that says Denmark on it. And then I got to Montenegro, I found this hat. And I was like, yeah, we're doing this. So we went out to a fancy dinner the other night and I'm wearing this.
Actually, it's been every single dinner and every single breakfast I'm wearing this hat. And people stare at you.
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Chapter 2: How is the World Cup impacting Australia?
The fact you're that flexible too to wrap your... For those who can't see on YouTube, he just pretty much put his body into a pretzel and put his foot behind his head. And he's wearing triangle undies.
The fact he can't even... He can't even use the excuse like I played footy.
No, he's just that flexible. Just crazy, crazy. Oh, well, good on you, mate. You're doing well.
I think it's a good talent to be flexible, isn't it?
How's World Cup fever over there? Is it as crazy over there as it is here? Because we're going crazy back home.
No, it is really good. And I'm super excited because... So the game's at a reasonable time here. So I don't have to wake up like you guys at an absurd time of the day. But I watched Spain-Drew last night, which is... Quite cheap because I'm Australian, but Spanish is my second heritage. I'm half Spanish, so they're my second team. But it was disappointing to see them draw.
But I'm actually going to be in Croatia tomorrow for Croatia versus England. It's at 9 p.m. our time. So that's going to go off. I'm going to let off some flares in the street for sure.
Flares all the way back. Beers at 9 p.m. Being overseas, watching it is definitely the dream. So you're going to have an absolute ball here. But it's okay here. 5 a.m. We've got this 5 a.m. Saturday. It's going to be awesome. Get up early, have some coffees, watch us beat the Yanks. I think we should start with some World Cup. Just an update as it's going because it's on for the next month or so.
We just have to get around it. If you aren't getting around it and you're pretending that you're just not into it but going around, I'd rather... Some guy said he'd rather dig holes than watch the World Cup at the moment. No, you wouldn't. That's such a lie. You know how bad digging holes are and how boring that is? I just don't think you'd rather do that. So stop kidding yourself. It's so good.
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Chapter 3: What are the latest updates on AFL Round 15?
It's like a local, and Ash, you're our resident soccer guy here, football guy. It's like a local team, a local football team just drawing or getting a result against Fremantle.
Yeah, it's like Joey and Fitzroy in Div 13.
Yeah. So that's exactly what it's like. Somehow they do that. They pull off a nil-all draw. They have a 40-year-old goalkeeper, Vazina, who he was saving every shot. If you do know your football, you know they've got Yamar, Rodri, Pedri. So they're just peppering this 40-year-old. This guy should be retired. He shouldn't even be in the net.
At a World Cup, but keeps clean shit, then gets mad at the match after the game once again because everyone's going crazy about getting around a Tim Payne kind of player. But aside, this guy's on 50,000 followers. Let's get him to just millions. He's currently on 5 million followers. What a feel-good story for a 30-year-old who thought his career was done now can be a full-time influencer.
It's just crazy. That's the dream. It's so, so good. And then other news coming out. Tunisia had a mare. Had a mare. Have sacked their coach officially now. He is done after a 5-1 loss to Sweden. After one game of the World Cup, which is tough going. So essentially what they've done here is they've gone after an interim coach. So I don't know if Tunisia are big Carlton fans and gone.
We've seen what happens with Josh Fraser and the Blues over there. Weirdly, a crossover. We want that sugar hit. And then we get that for the next game, which is awesome if they are massive Blues fans. But that seems crazy.
And then the best and funniest storyline to come out of this thing, which took a dark turn, I'll be honest, Sean Evans, the VAR ref, who, again, we can see this whole World Cup coffin, can see this whole World Cup has... They go to the refs on the field, then go to the VAR, and... And they smile in the VAR room and go, this is great. Hello, we're here. We're definitely real people.
We're definitely watching the games. Sean Evans, who was an Aussie, decided with his seven seconds that he was on the screen to cause just a huge stir by playing the circle game with everyone. Gets to punch everyone in the arm or sack tap them. Millions of people he now owes a punch or a sack tap, depending on how you play the rules. Some people play it below the knees. Some are below the hips.
Some people said, well, guess what? Didn't get me. Don't get to punch me. And then a lot of people said, oh, this guy's making like a white supremacy hand sign. We should get him cancelled, which was crazy. So FIFA have to go and do an investigation because people are causing absolute stir where everyone was going, guys, we just relax. I think he's just playing the circle game.
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Chapter 4: What controversies surround Collingwood's interest in Neale?
You'll be here for sure. Getting your dogs out in Montenegro wearing a captain's hat. I think if we get to the round of 16, we just have to, and we have like a layup game.
lay up in around a 16 don't be using the US slang the lay up game then we have to try and maybe look at getting ourselves there and I mean that all sounds expensive now I think about it that sounds super eggsy so we'll get a sponsor on board for sure try and make that work Get that covered by someone, which would be nice. Nice, nice.
Jake Stringer also said it was a disgrace that the league was making him play football while the World Cup was on, which was just hilarious. Like, hey, you just have to play. They're not going to change the World Cup schedule because Jake Stringer said it's a disgrace.
That's like an employee just going into their accounting job and being pissed off that they have to work. Like, Jake Stringer, that's your job to play AFL.
No, Ash was annoyed that he wasn't allowed to open and close tabs on company time.
Yeah, I was agreeing with Jake Stringer and then I was like, hang on, if I translate that to my work and I just tell Dan, I don't want to be working today because the World Cup's on, that'd be crazy.
Yeah. Well, we can probably let you. Might have to do that, though. To be honest, yeah. Let's get into some AFL news that's happening before we get into the round and make our picks for a big round 15. It was reported.
Now, I'll say it was reported by Ralphie, who, Joey, you and I don't see eye to eye with Ralphie because he said that he should double check, triple check, and then quadruple check things again after... A voice note accidentally got leaked out to everyone at the start of the year. Then someone got banned from the club. Somehow everyone's pointing the finger at me and coming after me.
So he's not on the greatest terms with the Rats. The Rats will come after him. We ride at dawn. He went with that Lockie Neal turned down a 600K, a season offer from Fremantle to return back home because Collingwood had then put on the same table an offer of $3 million over the course of three years to him, which is just crazy, crazy money. That broke.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the new MCC rule?
Say it is true. Him and Nick Dacos in that midfield would be unreal. Now, lots of whispers coming out of the gossip factory saying that, well, if you want to keep Nick Dacos happy and keep him around, then you have to put some pieces around him to keep contending for premierships, which I like because anytime you have Nick Dacos in your team, you don't waste Nick Dacos' talent.
There's no season in his career where you go, we're finishing 11th. But that just can't happen. It won't happen. But then you also go, it's pretty funny that they refuse to develop anyone in their football club who might be coming through and avoid the draft, which has been the huge thing about Fly. And people are questioning it.
Even Collingwood fans are saying, can he even develop someone who's just playing the VFL? Is this guy going to keep going out and getting the best players from the other team and saying, screw these picks. We're never going to draft again. So who knows? Who knows? It's crazy, though, if they do do that.
Yeah, that's an interesting point. I wonder if Craig McRae does actually have the ability to develop young players. Has it been proven that he can do that? What's an example of a young player that he's developed? Nick Dacos? I mean, but okay. Obviously Nick Dacos was like a plug and play player from the start.
He could go anywhere. He could go anywhere. Yeah. Nick Dacos is developing himself. Let's be honest. I think Nick Dacos is, you know, training. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's, I mean, it'd be huge. It'd be huge to just give that much money to a guy who will be 36 when that deal's up. But again, I kind of like it. I kind of like if you're in a position to win flags and you have Nick Dacos.
You're always a chance to win a flag, so why waste his years by not just throwing money at big players and bringing them in and then maybe competing again and again and again, even though it's probably not the one player that a four would be good for him.
Like at the same time, Lockie Neal being 33, Nick Dacos is what, only 23. You've got a good period of time where you could develop a younger side. And by the time Nick Dacos is 26, 27, you could be pushing for finals then. And like you spend the next three years developing a younger side, save your picks, save your money. And then you, maybe then you have the time to spend on a better player.
Lockie Neal's probably only got four seasons left, max. Yeah. That's a lot.
I think the issue is, though, you don't want to waste Nick Dacos' years at all. He's probably in his prime now, and he's going to be in his prime for the next 10 years. You don't want to waste any of those years. You want him to compete at the highest level constantly and consistently.
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Chapter 6: How do the boys analyze the upcoming AFL matches?
A proper one. There's not been any sanctions out there for a coach.
I think you could take it a fair way until a sanction comes in.
Who do you reckon is the closest?
Could you imagine if you were in the AFL? Oh, mate. And how many warnings you'd get from Swanee? I got fined for giving the finger out 25 times at a Legends game. Wow. Jeez. I mean, there was no warning. There was no Greg Swan calling me then. It was just like, hey, we're definitely fining you. And I think if Dimmer had said, hey, these umpires suck. I want to know where they live.
Then you'd probably go, all right, well, that seems a bit too far because that's aggressive to find out where they actually live. But the fact that he's odd, that's where he knows the line is now. Then he also spoke about everyone coming off the players, Ben King, Jed Walter, Bailey Humphries.
He said the trade talk now is starting to piss him off and that he should have, or what he wants really is a period in the season where like they have in the NFL, loves the NFL. He said there should be a period in the season where clubs can just have a free-for-all and have as many coffees, catch-ups, dinners, whatever you want, where you can talk to the players.
But right now is not the time because Bailey Humphreys, I don't know why he did this to Bailey Humphries, but it feels like he threw Bailey Humphries under a massive bus. And it might have been because he got told off or he just had a bad day yesterday. They asked him about, is this a distraction with Bailey Humphries right now? Everyone's talking about he wants out.
He isn't playing good football. I think he's like the 300th ranked player in the league right now. Just falling off. They asked, is it a distraction? He said, if I'm being honest, yes. He genuinely feels like he's letting the side down. That's getting messy. I mean, he did try to leave as well. So that might have something to do with it. Maybe you should have let him leave.
You're just saying that because he was going to Melbourne. Exactly. And he had a walk. Who did he walk around the town with?
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Chapter 7: What are the key player performances to watch this round?
And he's like, works every time. And Moff was naked. I was like, mate, this is not us.
And Moff was naked in Percy Beams. That's crazy. But he had seven seats, so it was sweet.
That's a new one. He's just wearing his triangle undies in Percy B's.
Yeah. If you see anyone walking around in triangle undies at the MCC, you just know they've got 25 seats out of the MCC. That's crazy work. Moff, okay. If anyone does see Moff at the MCC, just with no top on. So arrogant.
Yeah.
So arrogant, Moff. MCCs are arrogant. They're like that. Ash would never be half naked at the MCC.
I actually don't really use my MCC enough. No, you don't.
I prefer to be... Because your dad gets you a box every week. Behind glass.
I'm always behind glass, that's why. I like being with our Melbourne members and stuff.
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Chapter 8: What predictions do the hosts make for the AFL games?
Yeah. Wow.
Going against a team that's won three in a row, three months in a row in football.
I don't know if I... And the stealth Guernsey too. That's another layer.
Stealth looks awesome. It's a cool Guernsey. Mason Cox keep his spot?
I mean... We did this last week when Ash brought up the fact that Adelaide were playing in Marvel and I still backed Adelaide. But you've never gone against Adelaide.
You've got to flip a coin sometimes, you know?
You're the biggest Crows defender.
Yeah, I think Crows, yeah. And I backed that pick from last week, obviously. But I don't think that... Yeah, I know that. You're my boy. But I think... I think Freo at home after a bye, they'll feel well-rested and not have to travel. But Geelong just do that thing where they just go anywhere and win all the time. They're just so good.
Tom Stewart back, I think. Maybe concussion. Could be back. Do we get the bottom of Baz's shoulders as well? Does he have any history of shoulder injuries or is he just strapping it for the look of it? Because I'm all for it if it's just look to the look.
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