The Wisdom & Experience of Robert Craddock (15.06.26)
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What insights does Robert Craddock provide on the World Cup?
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Your thoughts at the end of the means test. Never seen a team go four and nine yet still maintain a percentage over 100 before. Pythagorean winds be damned. This is James on Port Adelaide. So nine and four on expected score. Blimey. A win's a win, I suppose, but Gia's ruse was centimetres away from another absolute disgraceful performance. Surprise the competition and win the next four winnable games? Big George from Seaholm. My snap judgement is the same as last week. The Junt Yard Dogs are their best version. What we saw on Thursday was insipid. What a miserable Thursday night watching the Western Bulldogs take two massive steps back on the hard work of the past month. Absolutely horrific showing. That's from Jack.
Credit where it's due, I thought Uzay coached a young, undermanned side on the weekend and coached well. The team definitely came to play and if it wasn't for a few errant set shots at goal, they were right in the game. And Jasper Elgar continued with his form with seven goals in successive games. And something that really stands out when you watch both Essendon's VFL side and AFL side and something that Solly has outlined repeatedly in his first couple of press conferences is how poor our ball protection has been and how little we seem to value our disposals. That is from Pat Essendon. And what a weekend on a long-suffering Knicks and Arsenal tragic. I'm hoping for Carlton to make the top 10. That will complete my trifecta.
And Cote d'Ivor has just beaten Ecuador in the World Cup 1-0. It was scored late in the piece and caused quite the celebration. The wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock we rely on every Monday and how rich. He told us last week, don't tell an Australian team they have no chance. Yesterday was absolutely thrilling with the Socceroos. And I feel to harness the best of it, this is where you need Andy Harper, who's part of our SEN call team with Simon Hill.
My first reaction was to look at Artur Guler, the Turkish champion. As the ref blew full-time, he spat his dummy completely. It's going to take something for Turkey to regroup after this because they weren't expecting it. They talked down the Socceroos the whole week. Their fans thought it was going to be a 3-0 cakewalk. And now it's men at work beaming through the stadium speakers, as it should be because Australia were magnificent. Guler just made a complete beeline for the dressing room. Didn't congratulate anyone, didn't say anything to anyone. except to turn back to his bench and say something. God knows what, but he wasn't a happy camper. For the Socceroos, it's all smiles. An amazing, amazing result.
Two great goals. Not gimme goals. Goals that had to be earned according to the game plan. And Australia were just fantastic. What a start to a World Cup it's given them. There's nobody at the tournament who's given Australia a chance apart from us and the team of getting out of the group. America's given them a roasting. Turkey didn't think they could do it.
How does Cooper Connolly's performance impact Australian cricket?
And now look at us.
Now look at us indeed. Andy Harper, just perfect after the final whistle. Wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock. Hello to you, Crash.
G'day, Gerard. Wasn't it a beautiful summation by Andy, wasn't it? And wasn't it a classical Australian ambush? I tell you, it took me back to cricket, the 1987 World Cup, which Australia won from nowhere in India with an unfancy team. And Bob Simpson got them together at the start and said, we are in a beautiful position here. No one expects us to win. We are the fittest team in the World Cup and we're filthy rotten hungry. We're ready to go. And that's an Aussie ambush then. And the narrative is so rich again. That sort of feeling is, boys, be free. No one expects you to do anything. You don't have to carry the burdens of France and Brazil. You know, it's wonderful.
It's everything we love about Australian teams, isn't it?
Oh, it is. And, you know, I looked at the – when the team's running out, I looked at where the Turkish players had come from, Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, superstars of the game.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What insights does Robert Craddock provide on the World Cup?
0:00–3:14
2
How does Cooper Connolly's performance impact Australian cricket?
3:14–8:25
3
What are the implications of Kane Williamson's retirement?
8:25–14:31
4
How does the Australian cricket team handle pressure in tournaments?
14:31–29:34
Speakers
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