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Chapter 1: 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.
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Chapter 2: 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.
The gather by length and away to Chandler. He'll sprint to the 50. Chandler can send this home.
Chandler! Gone. Patrol picket sweating here. Put the afterburners on. Centering ball is beautiful. Down the throat of Van Royen. Kick from 35. 35. He extends the margin again for Melbourne. Now to Cozzy Pickett. On the run from 55. Sends it to the line. Andrews is there. That's going to be a second, boys. Oh, it's a free kick to Melbourne. From in close, Langford.
He has just caught it. The kick inside forward 50. Morris got up. He's plucked it. Cut the margin back to nine points.
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Chapter 3: How does the Elijah Hollands episode impact the conversation?
Skips through the 50. Cam Rayner. It's on its way.
It's What a thrilling Sunday afternoon that was. Melbourne have surprised almost every week that first-up shootout against St Kilda. The 14-goal second half against Carlton. They gave Gold Coast the what's-for. They learned a harsh lesson against Essendon and now defeating the Lions. They're in the wildcard zone and should be a shout of holding that position across the months ahead.
There's so much to delve into in our snap judgments today. The Hyundai open line is yours and the 40 Winks temper text is humming. Graham in Tasmania to get us underway. Welcome to you, Graham.
Good morning. This is my first ever call to anything like this and I hope it's snappy enough for a snap judgment. I'm a retired GP and a carton 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, play good football and have a happy life.
Now, 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 photos. 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. It's bizarre. It's the most unsettling story I can think of, Graham, in 30 years, I reckon, because it played out so graphically, not just on the night, but then in the aftermath.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the recent AFL games?
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, you know, there's a bit of hope less as well, which we can touch on, but the, the essence and 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, um,
Adelaide, Collingwood, North, it'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, um, West coast, the giants. So I'm, I'm a little bit worried about the giants and it just can't, they can't get things going Carlton obviously.
And then I don't know where the sons 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 are losses. You can't go away from that either.
Right. So the hope was found for Essendon, Port, Melbourne, Adelaide, Collingwood North, and the hopeless Richmond, West Coast, Carlton, and the Giants. And we'll get to the Saints and the Suns and dig a little deeper as we go. The big issue, there's sort of no sidestepping where we are with the Elijah Hollins episode. So this was the chief executive of the Blues yesterday, Graham Wright.
Yes.
I've heard the conjecture around that yesterday.
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Chapter 5: What are Josh Giddey's thoughts on playing in the Aussie Millions?
I love to play it. And obviously, I heard about the Aussie Millions through a good friend of mine, Jackson Warne, actually. He told me about it. And funnily enough, I was going to come back and play in it anyway. And then, obviously, Hutchie and my agent, Daniel, got connected. And that's how the Crownbet and the Aussie Millions came about. So, yeah, super excited.
It's something I've always wanted to do.
Chapter 6: How does Josh Giddey describe his poker form and experience?
I've always watched the World Series for years. And, yeah, it's something I'm really, really excited to play in.
How's your form? It's good.
I've been at the tables a bit. I was actually there last night. So I'm feeling good. I'm confident. Tournaments are new to me. I haven't played in a whole lot of tournaments, but it's something I'm excited about and I've always wanted to participate in.
Chapter 7: What reflections does Josh Giddey have about his upbringing and return to Melbourne?
Have you got a guiding principle when it comes to poker?
I honestly don't. No, I don't. I play pretty loose, so I give a lot of action. So yeah, I'm excited to go.
That'll be cool. So main events, tournaments, crown bets, and you're going to be one of the centerpieces of it. So that's a lot of fun to look forward to. When does it get serious? When's the? It's the 24th.
Okay.
Chapter 8: What insights does Robert Craddock provide about the weekend's sports events?
It's always serious. A few days to get yourself up to speed. Awesome. Hey, when you think about life back in the suburbs of Melbourne, my sons at St. Kevin's, where you went, your jersey hangs up in the gym there. Does it seem like a long way? You've gone a long way in a quick amount of time?
It does. It does. But I think coming back here kind of brings me back to those early beginnings. And it does feel like I've gone a long way in a short amount of time. Um, it's good to just kind of sit back and especially when I get back home and I'm from Yarraville on the West side.
So, um, I get back there and, you know, you can reflect on, on my upbringing and my childhood, but yeah, it's always nice getting back home and seeing familiar faces and, you know, places I grew up in and, um, getting to see all my friends and family.
All right. Congrats on all that you've achieved so far, Josh. It's great to see you. Enjoy your time in Melbourne and good luck at the tables at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship presented by Crownbit.
Thanks, Gerald. Thanks for having me.
Good on you. Josh Giddey with us in the studio. Let's check in with Nathan Newsroom, the new McCafe Drinks range.
Now, back to Whiteley.
The kick, it's going to come from 40 metres out. Come on, barely a 45 degree angle. On the approach, the kid, the 18-year-old. Taylor Burnley's back. It's close. He's missed it. He's missed it. There's a minute nine left on the clock. Mitch Georgiades, a set shot to put Port Adelaide in front.
He's missed. 45-degree angle. Skips through the 50. Cam Rader. It's on its way. It's just out to the left-hand side.
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