Whateley with Tom Morris - Monday | Full Show (06.07.26)
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
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This is your town. This is your station. This is Waitley. Good morning. I watched Essendon play last week and I watched them play yesterday. I was on the boundary for both games in my role for Channel 7. Well done to those Bombers fans who stayed until the end. Well done. I take no delight in saying this. The only comparison I have for this current Essendon team is the Mark Neald era at Melbourne. Having won one of their last 29 games, the Bombers appear devoid of answers, suffocated by a lack of confidence and gasping for the end of the season and the breather that comes with that. And it's just the first week of July. Their plight is no fault of one person and one person only. They will tell you their youngsters are talented.
They will say Brad Scott did the hard work. They will contend the future is bright. Unfortunately, none of these views allay the brutal reality this club is currently broken. Again, this is no one person's fault, but the accumulation of errors and misjudgments which have led to this sorry point.
What are the key issues with the Essendon football team?
Zach Merritt and Jordan Ridley have won six of the club's last seven Best and Fairest Awards and both want to leave. Ben McKay appears permanently wounded by the demands of the game and who can blame him? He's played in just 27 wins from 118 matches since debuting in 2017 across two clubs. Darcy Parrish, Will Setterfield and Jai Caldwell looked frustrated and I saw Xavier Dersmer give a teammate three consecutive sprays yesterday, which were as vicious as they were audible. Like many of his teammates, Dersmer looked helpless. and let his younger teammate know about it. One win from 29 matches, whichever way you slice and dice it, is a wretched position to be in. They don't know how to defend under a new system.
They don't know how to move the ball. And they, sure as anything, don't know how to win. To sit in front of Dean Solomon yesterday evening as he faced the media was to see a good man who is facing an excruciating seven weeks. A coach who, as things stand, is best avoiding the job for the time being. Essendon is broken. They need a coach, whether it's James Hurd or another candidate, to pick up the pieces and put them back together, to unite behind a cause first and foremost. The last coach who did this and succeeded? Paul Roos at Melbourne after taking over from Mark Neild. Now, five years after Neild was sacked, Melbourne made a preliminary final. That's the Essendon timeline as a best-case scenario.
Five years. It's a long haul. I'm taking all snap judgements this morning. Give us your best. Essendon is my first one. The worst AFL team since Melbourne in 2012 and 2013. And here's another. Is there any side less predictable than GWS? I can't tip them, but then they punish Brisbane and Fremantle and I wonder why I've ever tipped against them. If Braden Maynard and Toot Miller were involved in an identical incident in 2027, the AFL simply must have regulations which allow a suspension. But under the current guidelines, there were no grounds to suspend either Toot Miller or Braden Maynard. A $5,000 misconduct fine also means Collingwood and Gold Coast avoid five-figure sanctions for umpire contact. A cumulative effect.
Essentially, the AFL punish the players a little more to save the clubs at least $20,000 each. Tom Morris filling in for Gerard Waitley this morning. I'm in for your snap judgments on Geelong, your views on Jake Stringer as the best contract player of all time. How you saw Tim English's role at fullback. I think it's only slightly less wild than if Alistair Clarkson played Caleb Daniel in the ruck. And is there a tipping point for Josh Fraser? Both Essendon and Carlton talked about the win-loss tipping point for Brad Scott and Michael Voss. That is, there were too many losses to absorb. Another question for the Waitley audience is this. How many wins can Carlton absorb before Fraser simply has to be part of the process?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–1:22
2
What are the key issues with the Essendon football team?
1:22–5:22
3
How do the current AFL teams compare in terms of performance?
5:22–29:02
4
What insights does Tom Morris share about the Australian women's cricket team?
29:02–59:31
5
What are the key statistics about the front half game?
59:31–1:00:53
6
What challenges do the Sydney Swans face in the finals?
1:00:53–1:01:22
7
What are the implications of coaching changes in Queensland cricket?
1:01:22–1:02:17
8
How is the Australian women's cricket team performing in the World Cup?
1:02:17–1:56:59
Speakers
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