Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Oh, hang on. Movement. We have movement with the chief sports reporter, Sammy Edmund, for Club Tokenwall, Australia's premier Murray River golfing destination. Talked to the golf package team today. Stunning new clubhouse now open. What's all this sighing and carrying on about?
No, no. How'd you go with CD? I missed the chat. Was it good? Was he good, Chris?
Always good.
Yeah. Always good. Did he like your Kenny song? I didn't ask him. I didn't ask him. You guys could have bonded over that.
He loves Kenny as much as... There's too much love between the two of us.
Makes me sick. There's a lot of love for Sam Flanders at St Kilda and therefore a lot of broken hearts because this confirmation he's dealing with an Achilles injury. Nasty. Now the grading to be determined clearly and this will obviously be important in terms of We know the full rupture of the Achilles at their worst. That's going to be a 12, 13, 14, 15-month injury for him.
But again, he'll be scanned. He'll be checked. The specifics we'll know about. Landed on that right leg, receiving a handball in the second. They're always innocuous, the worst injuries, just about, aren't they? And it's just popped on him. So, look, this isn't his fault, but the Saints gave up pick seven. It's a five-year contract. It's a $900,000 a year contract.
It was a pretty big outlay in and amongst other big outlays in their infamous trade period.
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Chapter 2: What injury did Sam Flanders sustain and what are the implications?
So, it'll be a scan that they will be sweating on. That is for sure for Sam Flanders.
There's no suggestion, Sammy, that the dampness of the ground contributed to this injury. Was there... Was Ross alluding to that after the game or not?
I don't believe so. But it's funny. If we want to jump there quickly, the conditions last night, I can't quite put my finger on how it got to the slippery state. Well, worse than that. I mean, both coaches described it as wet. Now, Ross Lyon was asked about it in defense. Not sure if he would have raised it. So those saying it's a tactic from him, he was asked the question.
Sam Mitchell just volunteered it. He said it was really wet. So I don't... The ground wasn't watered, I've been told, so we can chalk that off. In fact, it wasn't watered all week, I've been told, given they had a lot of rain here over the last weekend. The AFL say that because there's a roof, there's a perception, doesn't get dew, but the stadium's still susceptible to that.
I'm not sure there was any dew last night. I got out early to the car this morning, and normally the top of the fence is dripping wet, dry as this morning. So did they leave it open? Did they leave it open? Because it did rain yesterday morning.
It was open. Yeah. It was open.
I was there when they closed it. But did it rain? It rained yesterday morning, did it not? I thought it rained. I thought it rained and then therefore the roof is closed. But look, not the first time. It has been an issue many times over the dampness of the deck at Marvel. And when it is damp or wet there, given the surface, it is like an ice rink, isn't it?
I think it was Mitch Cleary asked the question last night in the press out about the different lanes. Yes. The middle of the ground was damp and the wings were hard and fast.
Because the roof covers some of it. Now, the triple agent tells me it was drizzling all yesterday morning, and the roof was open until about, I'm going to say 4.30 when they closed the roof at Marvel last night.
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Chapter 3: How does the dampness of the surface at Marvel Stadium affect gameplay?
Do you suspect the AFL will release a statement saying that that decision was right or wrong? We're split here this morning.
Yeah, it will be very, very interesting to see what they've got to say. Because there is the feel there that they, not have to, but their leaning is to defend umpires. And they shouldn't apologise for that. I mean, you've got to support your umpires. one of the most important stakeholders in the game. So that's their natural leaning.
I think if they say they got it wrong, then we all say, yeah, you got it wrong and we move on. But if they try to explain it, that it's the right decision, I think we'll battle with that, to be honest. I really think we will battle with that. What if they have supporting video? I'm not even convinced he – well, we need to see it. Because on the angle that we've got, I'm not even sure.
We're talking – we might not be talking anything.
I'm with you. I don't even think he deviated. That's the way I see it. I don't think it's even technical. I think he just ran straight. So of the options, there are three options. No statement. Play on, which they've done before. Support the umpire and say they got it right or they got it wrong and it was an error. Then they'll word it nicely.
I think B or C. There can't be an A. It's fireball, mate. Is it B or is it C?
I think it's a mistake.
Put the music on, JK. Okay, put the music.
This is a long time. First time. Yeah. Oh, jeez, I'm nervous. You do it.
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Chapter 4: What were the conditions like during the game at Marvel Stadium?
You take it. Go on, take it.
I'll do it live. Well, what does it mean for pick and stick? I've got to make a decision right here, right now. Answer it and then take the call. Yeah. I say they... Oh, gee whiz. Because they try to have B and C together in the one statement.
Okay, this is fireball, Sam.
Have you not listened to our program? B. He's with me. No, no, it's B mistake. Oh, this has gone crap.
You talk that long. This has gone crap. You can't talk about pick and stick. Come on, mate. No, I think it's a mistake. I think that should have been a mistake. Do you need to take that phone call? Yeah, I do. You'll take the news. Can you come back in after the news? He's got nothing on. He's got nothing else on for the rest of the day. We'll get to the news.
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