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Chapter 1: What topics are covered in the introduction of the episode?
It's Gerard Waitley. Thanks for listening to the podcast. In this episode, the setup for round 14 of the AFL season, the eye of the coach with Adam Simpson, strategy 2026 with Brenton Sanderson, and know your history of the Australian Football Hall of Fame with Shannon Gill. You can get in touch at any time. Waitley at sen.com.au. Thanks for listening. Enjoy.
Business owners, pay.com.au it and start earning rewards today and manage your fleet with Radius GPS trackers. Visit Radius.com and enjoy great deals at Hyundai E-Office. On now at participating Hyundai dealers. Thursday morning. This is your town. This is your station. This is Waitley. Good morning. Billy Frampton was made to answer for a lot at the tribunal last night.
But he answered frankly, convincingly and honestly. And thankfully, he was exonerated. For 24 hours, Frampton was held culpable for the most serious and frightening of injuries. It was a mistake to have judged Frampton responsible for the fracture in the neck suffered by Brodie Marcek.
A distressing situation for all involved, made worse by the decision to charge the Collingwood defender with rough conducts. The crackdown on the dangerous tackle has broadly served the game well. The adjustments made by the players in their duty of care has been impressive, and we've come to recognise and cringe instantly when a tackle looks excessive.
That wasn't the Frampton-Meyer check incident. It was a dreadfully unfortunate tangle with a devastating outcome. Frampton's evidence was straightforward, impressive and married up perfectly with the vision. And that's always been the best way to have a not guilty verdict against you at the tribunal.
He approached the contest cautiously, took care to avoid Majec's head and didn't go front on everything the game has asked. Majec had fatefully slipped and then chose to drive through the tackle and it all fell apart from there. All of which was true. This case required some compassion as well as judgment. The AFL was askew on both fronts. The tribunal sorted that out last night.
Here's an important not guilty verdict for both players involved. And so we head to round 14 with its various flash points. The Bulldogs and Adelaide are in the scrap for the safe harbour of the top six. The Bulldogs captured the points in Adelaide in an early season thriller. The Crows need to get them back at Marvel tonight.
The finishing order of these two teams might very well depend on the carve-up of the eight points from their two meetings. Obviously, we've got them in a tight one early in the year over there.
But last year when we went to Marvel Stadium, our home deck, and they came over, we were aware of some of their threats. And it was one of those games where we got beaten by what we knew. Well, you look at where they're at. I mean, we met the dogs earlier in the season and they were red hot.
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Chapter 2: What happened with Billy Frampton at the tribunal?
It's never not about contest.
It's not who you play, it's when you play them. And the Crows have met the Bulldogs at the wrong points of the compass. Our Thursdays, Brenton Sanderson will be here for our strategy session at 10. Shannon Gills, know your history. We start through the eye of the coach with Adam Simpson. Hello to you, Simmo. Morning, Gerard. How are you? I'm well. It's been a short, big week, hasn't it?
It's a fast turnaround with a jammed week between... Hall of Fame and the State Funeral yesterday. Yeah.
Actually, I've got a question. I need to ask you this question now because I need the help of the listeners. Okay. Are you a voice to text guy? No. So I am. I'm in the car. I want to send a text message. Hey, Siri, send Gerard a text. And it doesn't comprehend my language. What do you do to help that? Because we've gone past not understanding Australian slang or whatever.
So am I doing something wrong out there? So it's a plead. I'm not sure. Okay.
It feels like it needs to, you need to start again with an understanding your voice. Oh, go back and reboot. Yep. Someone will have a much better answer to this than that. 40 Wings, temper text 0 4 3 3 98 11 16. The difference is temper. Simmo needs some help here. His voice to text is askew.
Maybe I'm the problem, but I, yeah, it's so frustrating. Um, anyway, we'll move on to tonight's game. Which is... It's a beauty. Yeah. There's three games this week that define a little bit in terms of the ladder. And these two teams, I'm not surprised, Nix, you mentioned contest and pressure because that seems to be what they're leaning into.
There's a tiny bit of Carlton 2023 when they went on that run. Um, they came back with contest and pressure after they went up to Kernow's farm sort of thing. And they, they bought in on it and they started to get on a run. Um, I'm not saying Adelaide's going to do that, but that seems to be where they live at the moment.
there's an honesty about Adelaide that I think we all start to appreciate and it sort of, uh, it's not very sexy. It's just, we're going to play this, this brand and be really honest about it. And the Bulldogs have got the, um, the hunt back. So I'm hoping for a fiery game again tonight. Like who's going to take on who with, uh, The aggression, that's what I'm looking for.
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Chapter 3: How is the upcoming round 14 of the AFL season set up?
I can feel it in my bones. Well, and then you look at Dimmer and the way he goes about it, and he can't be more disappointed in his group at the moment. Like, when are we going to grow up? type of talk. So the, the art of the cell, I heard Foggs talk about it, uh, yesterday at the funeral about, um, you gotta, you gotta be an actor and, and, and this, this is part of it.
This is part of the cell and whether it's your, your play in spite of your coach, um, whether you play for inspiration and, and motivation from your coach or the coach believes in us, let's, let's, yeah, he's right. We are good. Um, so that'd be really interesting what, what Nick's is doing. And, uh, I don't think it's for his job, Gerard. I think it's just, come on guys, please be better.
This is important. You know, that type of vibe. I sort of love how innocent it is. Yeah. Yeah. And then there'll be the honesty. He's pretty honest, Nixie. I think the way that- He lays their faults out when they happen. Yeah. Yeah. It's a bit like Vossian when he spoke earlier in the year. It's just like, well, here it is. This is what happened. And this is, there's no-
Other than the please, please bit, it's, he's a pretty honest operator and I think they play that way as well. There's, there's no strategy and tricks and there's no, the forward meters gained by hand, that sort of stuff. No, they just defend well, be tough and let your good players play well.
And we'll try and take out one or two things from the opposition, which they did pretty well last week against the cats. So yeah, it's a pretty honest game. I think we're going to see tonight. The eight point games that you referenced.
So tomorrow night, the loser tomorrow night. We'll have lost three in a row. And in a tight comp, that's nearly a tailspin when you're trying to hang on to top four, top six. So Geelong's now fourth, Gold Coast is seventh. But one of them leaves tomorrow night having lost three in a row.
Yeah. I'm less worried about Geelong. I feel like somehow there's a plan to everything. I'm sure there's not. Not as planned. I don't think there's... Um, as it can't be that good, Chris, where it's like, oh, we'll, we'll lose this one, but then we'll win three in a row and then we'll lose one. And then we'll bring, you know, danger.
We'll put him on ball more and then, you know, we'll finish top four. I don't think it's that simple, but I've got more faith in the cats and, um, the sons. Yeah. That's, and maybe it is about how the coach presents himself. The sons look like they're desperate now to get back on track.
And there's a bit of a, not disconnect with the players, but whatever strategy he's doing in the press conference, um, dimmer that is. It's to get the best out of the players. And when you don't get the best out of the players, sometimes you reflect on, okay, did I coach well during the week in my press conferences, the Monday meetings, the preparation, my pregame, and then we don't play well.
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Chapter 4: What strategies do the Bulldogs and Crows need to focus on?
You need to, you need to bring that in your repertoire. So Frio sit in the middle for that stat from a positive. They play North on the weekend. They recognize North are a one-on-one defense. Let's get them up high and let's run at this team because they're a kicking team. They like to go down the line, all that sort of stuff. But
The strategy this week is let's bring this overlap game going and we can expose them. And they did, they did a really good job. They got up around the 800 metre mark this week and they average about 250. So distinct strategy. So there's the offensive part. Collingwood went in with that strategy against Melbourne. You know, we're going to take them on in their own game.
And it's because they, they think they can defend better behind this place. So there's the offense. And then how do you defend it, Gerard? How do you defend a team like Sydney, um, when they bring it at you? And that's what we probably neglect a little bit. Who's good at defending that. And Fremantle are the best. So they average 200 meters against. And what do they do? And how do you train it?
So if you're playing Sydney this week, you have to train defending that play. And quite often it's, you've got to press. You've got to press them. You've got to press. You've got to risk getting beaten out the back. Because if you retreat, that's when they start running with the ball and then another handball happens.
So a bit of coach talk there, but that's where the comp's sitting at the moment in this particular stat. It's not the be all and end all, but you need to have it. For a team that, you know, Brisbane sort of get exposed that way a little bit. They make the ground big on occasions in offense. So when you get it back, you can possibly go straight back at them.
So dealing with that, I saw it with the Cats. I saw it with Freo against Brisbane. So they've got to work on how we can defend this. So there's your offensive bit, train it, and then there's defensive bit. You've got to train it.
Fremantle are the best at defending it. Sydney are the best at executing it. It's round 18. We have to route to round 18. And who knows what shape they're both in by then. So that's one of the really key parts of when, if that is the matchup as one and two, if that is the matchup destined for the pointy end of the season, it's going to be a big part of it, isn't it?
Yeah. And some teams, I think Melbourne sometimes get caught up and I love it. They just get caught up in what the opposition does. So if the opposition wants to take you on, they take you on and you get this chameleon effect, we used to call it. Where I'd be coaching and going, what are we doing? We're playing like Geelong. And, and it's, so it's a Geelong game. They want to up back, up back.
And then suddenly we're doing it. I'm like, no, no, no, no. Let's, let's do what we do. Yeah. And I think younger teams get caught up in it a little bit. They get caught up in the, oh, this is what the pies are bringing. So we, we start doing the same thing. And that's when you get these games that sometimes can be exciting, but it's not on your terms. Um.
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Chapter 5: What insights can young footballers gain from watching the game live?
And I would encourage any young footballer to go to the game tonight because you can't see it on TV what these guys do off the ball as well. So I would go tonight and I would just watch those two, you know, behind the play, what they're doing, leadership, decision-making with ball in hand, all of that stuff. And you'll learn a lot about how to be a gun AFL footballer. Yeah. That's...
As good as anything else that happens tonight. Yep. That's right there. All right. So how have you shaken it out? Well, I just think tonight the best performing teams against the Crows this year have generally pressured their ball movement first and then attack them through stoppage dominance and get them on the back foot early. And I talked about the slow starts.
Chapter 6: What strategies are key for the Bulldogs against the Crows?
So, um, I just think the strongest blueprint has been to make the Bulldogs defend open space rather than out muscle them around the ball. And the teams that have forced Bulldogs into transitional games have generally had the better success. So I'm just not sure when you say who's going to win. Last week's win would have taken its toll on the Crows. You know, they just were, they were epic.
They were so great. Great confidence builder. And it would have given them enormous belief. But I just think I like the Bulldogs contest method against the Crows tonight. And the dogs at Marvel are so hard to tip against. So it's going to be close. Flip a coin. I'll go the dogs just under a goal. Let's just go one point in the dogs. I love it. I hope. I hope it's a thriller in that way.
Ripper game.
Chapter 7: How have the Cats performed recently and what are their challenges?
All right, that's the set-up for Thursday night footy Geelong and Gold Coast next Friday night's game. For City Power, Melbourne's weather partly cloudy atop of 18. City Power working in all conditions to keep your power connected. Essential as. Want to have your say? Ring Gerard on 1300 736 736. Now, back to Waitley. Friday night footy, Geelong is fourth, Gold Coast is seventh.
The loser will have lost three in a row by the end of Friday night, Brenton Sanderson, which in this competition is a near tailspin. You can lose your place really quickly.
Chapter 8: What priorities do the Suns need to focus on to improve their game?
So the strategy here becomes all the more important. We'll start with, let's do the Cats first. Two great weeks, Brisbane and Sydney. Two close losses against teams that they would have fancied themselves beating. What's been noticeable in their profile? Yeah, well, a couple of things have stood out in the last two weeks. They just haven't been at their best. Their turnover defense has slipped.
So the last two weeks, I reckon the opposition teams have been able to move the ball a bit more freely. They haven't been able to set up their defensive shape behind the ball as they were earlier in the year. And their scores from turnover, particularly in the defensive half, have been well below their season averages. So that's been the first part.
Going inside forward 50, their efficiency has dropped away the last two weeks. So under Chris Scott, just the way that they've always moved the ball has been so effective. Hasn't been high volume ever, but it's always been really efficient. But just in the last couple of weeks... Their inside 50 numbers are similar, but their scoring conversion rates dropped away.
So the forward connection has just been a little bit inconsistent. Just think at the moment, the last two weeks, they've looked a little bit rushed when they've gone inside forward 50. So that means the opposition pressure has been dialed right up. That means more intercept marks against and fewer marks inside forward 50.
And the other thing which Chris Scott loves, it's been a trademark of his game throughout his entire coaching journey, He loves a front half game, but the game's been living in Geelong's back half at the moment. So the last fortnight, they haven't been controlling territory, particularly from stoppage.
Haven't been losing clearances badly, but I reckon the opposition teams have been able to exit stoppages a lot cleaner and with a lot more speed than what they have over the start of the season. Makes it even harder this week too, because no Tom Stewart. So that makes it a lot harder. Yeah. But I just think the thing that Chris Scott will refer to the most this week would be their contest method.
So last two weeks, Adelaide and Carlton have matched their contested ball numbers, which has created a lot more intercept opportunities for their opponents. And they just haven't been able to look as dangerous as what they have been with their own transition. That's been really...
uh quite uh quite noticeable and it feels like Geelong's defense is having to work harder than what it what it wants to so they're not necessarily playing poorly um they're actually holding up pretty well Geelong's defense but the issue is they're now being exposed more frequently because of the the failures of the layers ahead of them so that's probably been a couple of things I reckon probably four or five things which Chris Scott will be focusing on after what he would have seen the last two weeks
And where are the flaws in the Suns' profile after losses to North and Brisbane? Yeah, I dug a bit deeper this week on the Suns because under Hardwick, they've been great at contest and clearance. I'm really surprised. They've got the worst clearance differential this year in the AFL and their bottom five in contested possession as well.
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