Whateley - Monday | Full Show (20.04.26)
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
It's Gerard Waitley. Thanks for listening to the podcast. In this episode, your snap judgments from the weekend of sport, the Monday means test with Adam Simpson, and the latest footy news with Tom Morris. Australian basketball star Josh Giddey in the studio, plus the wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock. You can get in touch at any time. Waitley at sen.com.au. Thanks for listening. Enjoy.
Monday morning.
This is your town. This is your station. This is Waitley. Good morning. Mondays are for snap judgments. What you feel most passionately from the weekend of sports. The Hyundai open line is 1-300-736-736. Enjoy early deals on Hyundai Priaphees. On now at participating Hyundai dealers. And the 40 Wings temper text is 0433 98 11 16. The difference is temper. If I was playing the futures market, I think I'd like to take a little position on our men's 4x100m sprinters in LA. We need a little bit of Don Talbot here to harness Gout and Kennedy and Browning and now Fast Eddie and Kittia. The sub-10 sprinter we didn't even know we had. We only acquired in December from New Zealand. As well as chasing individual records, can we train them to get the baton around one lap of the Olympic track?
I was playing the futures market, I'd like a little dabble there. That feels like something for the wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock. The events of round six give rise to all manner of snap judgements. Three teams topped the tonne and lost. Three players had kicks that would have changed this morning's conversations. Taylor Byrne, Mitch Georgiades and Cam Rainer couldn't claim what was on offer. There's the deeply unsettling Elijah Hollands episode, the dual suspensions at Hawthorne, the ghastly season-ending injury to Sam Darcy. And who played the better individual game, Nick Dacos or Jeremy Cameron? Have your say before Gary Lyon awards the GVPs tonight.
What are the key snap judgments from the weekend of sports?
Round six played out like the defining escape scene in The Dark Knight Rises. Teams lined up like the desperate prisoners of the pit, facing the impossible leap between the two ledges on the vertical wall. The gap, the chasm, the schism. in the AFL ladder. That gap taunted the underclass throughout last season and remained equally impassable through the first month this year. One by one, they came to be tested physically and spiritually to see if they could make that leap to cross the gap. Carlton went first. The maddening crowds barely broke into a chance. No one truly believed the Blues would make it across, no matter how promising the scenario. A milestone marvel, sort of that, and the desperate final lunge was unsuccessful.
Carlton couldn't escape the darkness. Essendon seemed born in the darkness. Few would have imagined the bombers capable of such a leap a fortnight ago, but fuelled by young hope and with the tools of the pre-season finally revealed, the bombers thrust out across the gap. They gave a valiant sight before being knocked off track, ultimately swinging from the rope below the landing zone. Port Adelaide had a carefully crafted plan for their leap of faith. They would give the Hawthorne Interceptors no chance to thwart their endeavours. Hopes were raised, but ultimately dashed by a wizard. St Kilda set forth with great confidence. Fully acclimatised to the surrounds, they took the footholds two at a time.
They stumbled and recovered, only to be pushed away by the big Texan. Sunday wasn't North Melbourne's time to test the gap. They are building strength and resilience and a promising position. They will take the trial in the weeks to come. So it fell to Melbourne as the last hope of the underclass. The second quarter suggested no. The third gave life. The fourth, Melbourne cast off the safety rope and set fearlessly to the task. The crowd jigged more than chanted. Rise and rise they did, largely from the unexpected source of two mighty Cade Chandler roosts. Staring down the scariest foe, the ruling force, Melbourne made it across the gap. Intimidating, yes. Impossible, no. Perhaps the demons threw the rope down into the pit as they completed their climb to the horizon so that others might follow them out in the weeks to come.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–2:07
2
What are the key snap judgments from the weekend of sports?
2:07–5:53
3
How does the Elijah Hollands episode impact the conversation?
5:53–23:26
4
What are the implications of the recent AFL games?
23:26–57:36
5
What are Josh Giddey's thoughts on playing in the Aussie Millions?
57:36–57:54
6
How does Josh Giddey describe his poker form and experience?
57:54–58:12
7
What reflections does Josh Giddey have about his upbringing and return to Melbourne?
58:12–58:34
8
What insights does Robert Craddock provide about the weekend's sports events?
58:34–1:52:04
Speakers
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