Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (17.06.26)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Wednesday, June 17. Ken Hinckley on the opportunity opening up for Hawthorne.
If we look at, you know, talent, availability, they've got a pretty healthy list.
What insights does Ken Hinkley share about Hawthorne's opportunities?
Will Day's back now and only getting better. You know, hopefully Gunston's over his issues, Barass is over his issues. They don't want for nothing, do they? As a team, they're fit, they're healthy, they're ready to go. You know, as you said, ride it. Ride the momentum of the best Victorian team and get everyone behind them. Geelong will have something to say about that. But Hawthorne's draw gives them an opportunity to, as you said, plant their flag. And what a great opportunity. We did Horny last night on radio and he talked about the Fab Five games when the top five teams play each other, how great a games they've been. And the defining thing about the top five games was I think seven out of the eight games that he talked about had been won by the home side, Gerard.
So you get to the finals and you have the Fab Five games. That's why it's so, so difficult to win for an interstate side when they have to come to Melbourne. That's why you admire Brisbane of what they've done. They've been in three grand finals from an interstate club, which is an amazing effort. So the Fab Five game says Hawthorne, if you want to be a part of the Fab Five, you get to play the last game of the year, if you're good enough, on your home deck. Yes. And it's stacked in your favour if you can do that.
And Kenny on the challenges facing Craig McRae.
If they lose to Port this week, they can surrender this year, can't they? I think they can almost wipe their hand for this year because their draw after that, Richmond, Suns away, North Melbourne, Carlton, Crows away, you know, Geelong. West Coast away, Hawthorne and Brisbane Lions. So they've got four or five of the top five on the ladder that they're going to have to play in the last 10 rounds. And they need to be better than 50-50 to get there. You know, they have to be better than 50-50. So it's a big journey. But, you know, the stuff that you talked about, managing exiting players, retiring players, champion players, not just players, champion players. having a look in the you know, into the future and seeing what some of the younger players are.
I'm not sure that they've got many other younger players that they're willing to look at that they haven't already probably seen. That would be, you know, that's a question for inside calling, but we don't know the depths of their list and the development of some of their younger players. So they've got some, you know, they've got some real challenges. Then, as you said, with Fly's conversations and comments around impatient to bring in the next look and have a look at how we contend again, well, then he's also talking to players.
How do the top five teams impact the finals in Australian football?
Clearly, this happens at this time of year. We engage and we talk and we try to recruit players. So we have to be involved in those conversations. So there's a lot going on for Fly to be doing in the next 10 weeks of football. And that alone, without trying to win enough games to qualify, I mean, the question is, do they want to qualify now? this year because they can't they can't win the flag this year i mean people listening will think well everything's possible and anything can happen but on the on the balance of probability they're not winning the flag they're not even playing in the prelim finals they're probably not getting to semi-final stage by the way they've performed this year so there's a lot to do phil davis shared his thoughts on gold coast
I think they've got a couple of challenges. One, how Ben King plays is sort of like a very isolated forward and it feels like the other parts of the forward line haven't been able to gel in a way that connects with him, if that makes sense. I think if you compare it to Hawthorne and Jack does so well. Jack Gunston does so well as a sort of like similarly disconnected forward. But the other five forwards know what to do and how they play and they get up the ground and they sort of connect and move the ball quickly and get to them.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:11
2
What insights does Ken Hinkley share about Hawthorne's opportunities?
0:11–2:45
3
How do the top five teams impact the finals in Australian football?
2:45–7:19
4
What challenges does Craig McRae face with his team this season?
7:19–9:04
Speakers
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