Whateley in a Snapshot | Monday (20.04.26)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley.
What is the overview of the Monday Snapshot on April 20?
Here's a snapshot of Monday, April 20. Graeme was our lead-off Snap Judgement. Welcome to you, Graeme.
How does Graeme reflect on mental health in sports?
Good morning. This is my first ever call to anything like this, and I hope it's snappy enough for a Snap Judgement. I'm a retired GP and a Carlton supporter, but in a warped way, I have followed the Elijah Holden story and literally, I suppose, wearing my medical hat barracked for him to recover from play good football and have a happy life. Gerard, I don't know at what age your kids are, but how would you enjoy seeing your son suffer a medical illness in front of probably millions of Australians? They have their photo on the front page of the Herald Sun. Then you discuss at length his challenges and his problems. And then in a bizarre way down the bottom, you put, The five numbers to contact for mental illness if you're having troubles reading his article.
Think of him. Think of his family. It's just how people can write those things. And I know you're a journalist and probably one of the most influential ones. Surely there should be some feedback about how we deal with mental illness. how we deal with people like this and how we deal with their families.
Adam Simpson assessed hope levels on the Monday means test.
Just the game. It feels like it's in reason, all the stuff that's going around it, but the actual football is entertaining. Simo says, what does Simo say? Well, it was a bit of a hope round, wasn't it? There was hope in a lot of sides who, and there's a bit of hope less as well, which we can touch on. But the... The Essendon hope, it's lifted. Port Adelaide, Melbourne, they've gone through the roof. That's been there for a while. But the response after the last week game, Adelaide, Collingwood, North, there's a bit more hope than we've seen. I mean, this time last year, the top nine sides finished top nine. And the only change to the eight was the Bulldogs flipped with Fremantle. So it just feels like it might be a little bit different.
And you don't want to be... the top 10 settled now. Although if you look at it, it might be, but we saw some good games. Unfortunately, some of those hope teams didn't win, but we saw a different style, different brand, different competitiveness. So that was, that was really pleasing. And then, The Hopeless piece, you know, the Richmond West Coast, the Giants. I'm a little bit worried about the Giants. They can't get things going. Carlton, obviously. And then I don't know where the Suns are at and I don't know where the Saints are at. I don't know where we see them as a... Are we still hopeful or are we starting to get worried? What do you think about the Saints at the moment? I'm a little more hopeful than some.
I'm not sure. Nothing's jumping off the page, put it that way. Quite often you go with your gut and then you back it up with some stats. I can't find anything. I'm looking. They seem to be a little bit better than last year, but what are we looking at? Is that the platform? And then the wins and losses, you can't go away from that either.
And Simmo on the season-ending injury for Sam Darcy.
A lot to get through. He never really got going this year either. We saw a couple of signs. He had a really good first quarter last week. But we just haven't seen, I think, the potential and the way that he was touted pre-season was he was going to be the best player in the competition. So it's just sad for everyone that we don't get to see him grow into this season because there was enough talent in that side to make him look really good. And they hadn't quite worked out in the last couple of weeks, how to manage it without an English in the team. But previously, they were getting it done without him at his best. And I think, I'm still sure his best is still to come. But yeah, unfortunately, it's hereditary too, these knees.
We had a lot of our younger players who come in and their parents, mum and dads have had knee reconstructions. And unfortunately, just a bit more susceptible to it. But the good thing is Luke came back really well.
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