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Chapter 1: What are the snap judgments from the weekend of sport?
It's Stuart Waitley. Thanks for listening to the podcast. In this episode, snap judgments from the long weekend of footy, the round 13 means test with Adam Simpson, the wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock, and Bharat Sundaresan in the studio. You can get in touch at any time. Waitley at sen.com.au. Thanks for listening. Enjoy.
Tuesday morning, this is your town.
This is your station. This is Waitley. Good morning. Snap judgments from the long weekend of sports, the King's birthday in particular, and a round like we've never seen in total. Ross Lyons said inches were an exaggeration. It was a game of centimetres and it seemed even narrower than that in certain moments. Have the seconds ever mattered more than across this round?
For the first time, six games were decided by single-figure margins. Any wonder nerves were completely shot by the close of last night. It's ripe for snap judgements. what you feel most passionately from the events of Round 13. 1-300-736-736 and the 40 Winks temper text is 0433 98 11 16. Here's the question out of yesterday. Is Collingwood still close? A matter of minor moments off?
Or are the Magpies now miles away? Five wins from 13 games outside the wildcard zone. This time last year, the Magpies were runaway leaders and firm premiership favourites. In the 23 home and away games since, they are 10 wins a draw and 12 losses. That's not a team any longer on the cusp of returning to contention. The Magpies have played in six games.
games with single-figure margins this season. They have prevailed in only one, when Carlton missed a shot after the siren to force the draw. This used to be Collingwood's long suits. As we noted on Thursday, the Magpies' magic trick was winning the close ones. Now there are no rabbits being produced from hats.
Winning in these circumstances is a learned skill, but evidently it's not like riding a bike. Collingwood won a premiership through situational mastery, playing the moments to perfection, a campaign in which they went 8-1 in single-figure games, including winning all three finals.
This year, they have lost to Melbourne by 8, Fremantle and Sydney by 6, the Bulldogs by 4, drawn with Hawthorne and beaten Carlton by 5. In their previous guise as Houdini, and didn't we marvel at their escape routine, they would have four more wins. They'd be nine and four and third on the ladder. This is the source of Craig McRae's stoic belief that their best is still good enough.
But it doesn't feel that way any longer. While vowing to fight with every breath left in this campaign, the Collingwood coach on 360 last night dropped a couple of hints as to his private thinking about a list in transition and the stocks that are required to return to contention.
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Chapter 2: What questions arise about Collingwood's performance?
He kicks it, no way, not goal. Cameron closes and takes the intercept mark. Gorn can really go, oh, what? Four minutes left. Melbourne lead by two points. 30 metres out. You hear it skinning. That is horrific. Inside 50 to Gowie. Got it. Troubling mark. So what was squandered at one end can wrench the lead away at the other.
Chapter 3: How does Collingwood's current situation compare to last year?
35 out. Degoe kicks. A behind. Frampton hadn't lost it. Cozzy, great hand pass to Gormley. Give and go. Cozzy's chance to seal his kick down at the full. Landon can seal it now. He goes with a short kick to Cozzy.
That does seal it. Cozzy plays on and kicks the sealer. It is over.
He had three goes at its ceiling at Cozzy Pickett. He landed the third one and he walked away with the medal. The Demons got one back on the Magpies as Adelaide had broken its hoodoo against Geelong and the Bulldogs had finally refused to take it any longer from Hawthorne. It was a round for making stands.
Unless you're a Gold Coast who suffer chronic Big Brother Syndrome and North Melbourne who embarrass themselves completely in Bunbury. When this deal was announced selling Games West, we spoke of the Kangaroos as the Expendables, left to do all the work on the class assignment to ease the load on the WA teams. It's starting to look less like the Expendables and more like the Exploitables.
Not for the first time, it's Kangaroos fans who missed all the fun that was being had across the weekend. From the heroics of Jordan Dawson to the Logan Morris spree and Liam Ryan's soaring leap. I for one quite enjoyed Ben and Harry's excellent adventure on Sunday night and yesterday was perfectly staged in remembrance of Neil Danaher.
His capacity to unite and inspire us has outlasted his physical presence as we knew it would. Ahead of the round 13 means test with Adam Simpson, let's hear your snap judgements. 1-300-736-736 and the 40 Winks temper text is 0433 981116. Jack is in Churnside Park. Welcome to you, Jack. Morning, Gerard. How are you? I'm well. Yeah, Friday night was just magnificent, mate.
I'm sitting at halftime in the stands just thinking I've seen this movie far too many times. We're getting pushed around again by Hawthorne and I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at half-time. I think Bevo just put his foot down and said, I've had enough. Had enough being pushed around by the Hawks and we came out and we looked a different side.
Frazier looked a different player after half-time. There was just natural lift from everyone. Cooper Hines played his career breakout game on the wing as well. And, you know, Aaron Norton, he's magnificent for us. I've noted him previously saying that he should be our next captain, possibly. He's that good. I rate him that highly. He was nowhere all night. And then the moment came and he took it.
And I've seen him do that time and again now. It's stuff of proper leaders. You know, you're down and out, but you find a way to make an impact when it matters most. And tooth and nail is clearly the theme this year, and it's working a treat. I mean, yeah, luck was on our side, I think, on Friday night. I mean... But, I mean, the pressure we put on them forced the errors.
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Chapter 4: What insights do we gain from Richmond's success in the mid-2000s?
And the biggest beacon of them all in the mid 2000s was Richmond. And what Dimmer was doing with that group, it was like, what are they doing that's so good there? You're envious of how connected they were. I just don't know what it is in Queensland. I'm sure there is something there, but I'm not sure if it's as strong as what it's going to be or what it was at the Tigers.
So they're a watching brief now, aren't they?
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the Means Test for Adam Simpson?
They're seventh. They're still the right side of the ledger. Yeah. Have you readjusted your... Well, I don't know. Possibilities for them.
Well, round one, they were premiership favorites. And it was like, yeah, they've got Petrarca now, plus the Brownlow medalists and what they did last year. But the one thing I thought they were going to be so good at, they're almost last. So it's okay to be not number one, but don't be 18th. And if they can just improve that, then they'll be competitive.
And then there's the intangible, the 10% difference that you see in every club, because 90% of what we do is the same. What's their 10? That's what I'm looking for.
Okay.
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Now, back to Waitley. We did come here tonight knowing that we have significantly lowered our colours against the Hawks the last couple of years. And... That eats at you, no matter who you play. Usually when we come up against them, we believe that we can win.
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Chapter 6: How does the emotional coaching style impact team performance?
So when they continually get the four points, their application maybe in some aspects has been a bit higher and it was at the start of this game and then we're able to tilt it in our favour just through will and determination. But yeah, I think it's great for our players who experience some tension, some hostility.
There were no mysteries in this game whatsoever. That was just played out before us. So PFI for the Bulldogs, as we pose the question, could Bevo arrest the slide, bring through the next iteration of the team and keep them viable? And they have won six games. Single-figure games. So precisely what Collingwood's not able to do, the Bulldogs is doing it. And by virtue, they're back in it.
They're back in it. And what are they, six at the moment? And, you know, their run's reasonable on the way home. And, you know, how they handle Hawthorne. It was my favourite game of the weekend. I've got to be honest. I just love... I love when there's not hatred. It's hatreds are wrong, but if you can get them to that level, that's great.
But when there's this, like, there's an edge to the game, they're the best games, aren't they? Yep.
Chapter 7: What are the key takeaways from the latest AFL news updates?
And to do that, you need, uh, who's going to instigate that? And I think, I think Bevo and the dogs poked the right bears. And the Watson stuff, that was great. Him saying at halftime, you know, if you want to take me on, you've got to walk the walk. That's all great. And the fact that he got beaten in the second half, that's ā I don't think that was because of the comment.
I think Selwood just stuck to his guns and, you know, they backed him in as well because he kicked three goals at halftime. You can sort of argue whether that was on him or not. But it was definitely conversations around ā do we need to change this matchup? And no, since he took that mark against Collingwood, we now know who Selwood is. There's your first tick.
And then we start to see his personality through how he plays. So that's a massive tick for the Bulldogs and the way they handled the first... So this is a bit of a box craft, Gerard. So... You know, to answer your question about the PFI, there's definitely hope there. Absolutely. As long as English doesn't, as soon as English went down there, I thought, oh, he needs to be playing.
But their first half, as much as that Hunter's mindset was there, minus 37 uncontested marks. Newcomb has 23 possessions. Watson kicks three. They're down by nine in the contest and they're down by 10 at clearances. So it's not going great. And they're trying. The effort's there. But the second half, and from what Bevo's done, obviously they tightened up.
Kennedy, I think, went to Newcombe or played a bit tighter on him. So he has the 13 touches. Watson doesn't touch it. The Dogs are plus 10 at clearances. They kick five goals from forward 50 stoppages in the second half. And then Lewis gets under the captain's skin, which is so easy to do. It's so easy to do.
And then the, I wouldn't say petulance, but yeah, he's just got, he's got, his Death Star hole is pretty big. It's like he wants to win the sledge off, which we all do, but the concentration is on the game. He's still playing well, Cicely, don't get me wrong. But when you're looking for your leader to set the example, you look at the Bontempele's, the Dawson's, these types of players.
Heaney's even, I know they do get into their players' opposition a little bit, but... When you know the captain's gettable, why wouldn't you do it is my attitude. So every time you play, and he gets a lot of attention this year. He's having a really good year. But what influence is that having on the game? And in the second half, Hawthorne distracted and smart from the Bulldogs.
So Beveridge has coached really well emotionally and tactically. I'd say he's more of an emotional coach than a tactical coach. And you love the balance. If the perfect coach, what is the balance in your eyes? How much is spirit, emotion, line in the sand, tooth and nail, always underdogs versus, this is a game of chess and we're going to pull you apart.
It's probably 70 system, 30 emotional, is it? I don't know. It's hard to put it in a percentage, but he definitely dug into the emotion more this week, I feel, about when are we going to beat this mob? Are they just going to roll over us again today? What are you going to do? You know, that type of, you can just picture Bevo's, I struggle to keep up with his stories. I've got to be honest.
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