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Chapter 1: What snap judgments are being shared about the weekend's sport?
1-300-736-736 and 0433-981116 to cast your snap judgments. From the debate over Collingwood's list strategy to Luke Beveridge's attempts to retool the Bulldogs for the back part of the season, the search for meaning is pretty deep for Adam Simpson in half an hour's time, but you cast your snap judgments first. Louis had the not-so-snap judgment.
Yesterday, in the most perfect playing conditions, I was unfortunate enough, along with 41,000 others, to witness the worst quarter in VFL-AFL history. I have been trying to figure out what to say about Richmond and North Melbourne, and I haven't even got halfway there yet. Let's get into your snap judgments.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of Collingwood's list strategy?
Dom's in Burwood. Welcome to you, Dom.
Yeah, g'day, Gerard. Look, as a Blues fan, a couple of really quick points. Fraser is doing an unbelievable job. And if you go back to talk, the T train under Bolton, the last 31 games, we won two games, and then T came in and won five out of seven. So it was that sugar hit.
But if you have a look at our numbers, I guarantee if Tony do the numbers, the way we're playing, we would be playing as a premiership team. And it's not... Go back to 2023 on that 9-1 run. It was our stars. Harry and Charlie averaged five goals a game in those 10 games.
This is a total team performance where the good players are playing well, but it's Haywood, it's Ainsworth, Florent, Harry Dean, who I've got 67-1 for the Rising Star, and he's in the 34. Yes. I mean, it's just... It's a total, total coaching thing. It's not a sugar hit. And look, with Fraser, the test will come the last six games.
Chapter 3: Why was the recent VFL-AFL quarter considered the worst in history?
We've got Collingwood, we've got Hawthorne, Gold Coast, the Lions, Spreo and St Kilda. That's where it's going to come. But irrespective, he has to be involved in the coaching process. And the turnaround has just been absolutely fantastic. And We are playing nothing like we played under Vos.
And the reason we got run over in the first eight games, the fact that we ended up flooding the forward line, flooding the back line, and when teams broke, it was just a procession down the game. And we got the best... I think we're number two now in defensive profile.
He was told to chase the wrong things, Dom.
Chapter 4: What is the current state of Richmond and North Melbourne?
They were chasing the wrong things. Josh Fraser, this is what coaching looks like. There's no freedom and abandon. There's no releasing the handbrake. There's no freshened old minds with new ideas. This is just good, sound coaching that puts process ahead of outcome. And how do you get your ball movement? You get it through connection. So this is ā it's so interesting.
The only imperative is that Fraser's part ā of the coaching search. Nando's in Epping. Hello, Nando.
Morning, Gerard. How are you?
I'm well, thank you.
I'm really excited watching the Baggers. I love the brand they're playing. It's totally different to Michael Boss. I think the club, well, Carlton doesn't perform under pressure. There was a lot of pressure in the club under Michael Boss to perform, and the Shaq...
To his credit, Josh Fraser and the rest of the players in the club had just broken the shackles and said, hey boys, go out and have some fun. And he's doing it. Will Haywood couldn't get a kick. Very rarely he couldn't get a kick a month and a half ago. Paddy Cripps was in his form that he was in. George Shaw couldn't even get a game.
Now, these boys are the boys that are... We're not relying on Charlie. We're not relying on Harry anymore. Charlie's not there anymore. But it's a team effort. It's a really, really balanced team effort where it wasn't before.
Nando, thank you. So I couldn't disagree more with your release the shackles and have some fun. That's not what's going on at Carlton. It is a total team buy-in to a strategy that actually is built on their strengths rather than chasing something that they're not. So our outcome looks the same, but the way they got there, we're polar opposites on that.
So love the way everyone sees it differently. Jackson Chernside Park on the Dogs. Hello, Jack. Morning, Gerard. How are you? Very well, thank you.
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Chapter 5: How is Josh Fraser influencing Carlton's coaching strategy?
Well, I don't bury fish and kill all the Western Bulldogs, but I watched that game. I watched every second of that game yesterday. And Wanganine Malira, I'm going to make a snap judgment here that's not going to be very popular, Gerard. I'm going to say that for the price that he's paid, he's the most overrated footballer in the AFL. And I'll tell you why.
Yesterday, he had six turnovers coming out of the back half. His direct opponent kicked two goals. He doesn't defend when he's in the back line. And I know that Ross Lyon probably has somebody else come down for him to cover his man. But when there's a stoppage in the defensive 50, he just does not man up.
Three times yesterday he could have used his left foot and three times he turned the ball over, twice kicking the ball out of bounds on the full. He just doesn't use his left foot. So for somebody who's paid as much as he is paid, which is an absorbent amount, he is the most overrated footballer in the comp. Gerard, that's my snap judgment.
Yes, Jake. Well, that will be provocative. I think the difference between one week and the next was profound. He was maximum impact against the Giants, damaging everywhere that he went. And yesterday, they went back to that old habit. They just stuffed the ball to him and... Yes, Luke Beverages, he could have had 65 and they were unfussed by it.
So it's week to week because one week he was devastating in his impact and the next they used him in all the wrong ways. Steve, Billy, your snap judgments are coming up. The Belgravia Apparel Open Line 1300 736 736 and the 40 Wings Temper Text is 0433 98 11 16. Find your personalised bedtime solution with our friendly neighbourhood sleep advisors. 40 Wings, serious about
Now, back to Whiteley. Now the Americans are way down the left. They've got a big chance here. Oh, it's a no-go. America take the lead. It's Cameron Burgess, the unlucky defender, who got the final touch. The cross had pace on it and there was nothing else that Burgess could do but turn the ball into his own net and Australia fall behind after 10 minutes.
It's the United States of America 1, Australia 0 in Seattle. Here's the free kick, Robinson back to the top of the box and it's fired in with pace, it spoons up in the air and into the back of the net it goes. Alex Freeman got the final touch but Australia may yet be saved. There's your answer. It's 2-0 for the United States of America.
I mean, look, you can always think about was it personnel? I'm not sure how much the personnel would have made a difference in that first half. You know, it was warm for us out there. It was difficult. We found it difficult. And I think the players that came on would have probably struggled to last long in the first half. So we needed some fresh bodies for the second half to come on.
We needed to stay in the game better than what we did in the first half. But you've got to give them credit as well. You know, there's a reason why they are so good. But overall, I'm very, very happy with the response.
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