was

deliberate.

Yep.

Which...

But it doesn't make sense.

You've got one card round.

It doesn't make sense, but...

You've coached, and someone asked

Uh, Campo, you've been allocated the votes.

I have.

Um, there's some apologies there, but I ended up going one vote Harry Dean.

I thought he was outstanding down back.

Okay, Harold Dean.

He had eleven intercept possessions.

He had twenty disposals himself and eight spoils.

So he gets the one vote.

But the way he came back from that, I, I think he, his football form post the ACL was even better pre s- pre ACL.

Yeah, you could definitely argue that.

There's no question.

And I was probably a bit worried about him, Jimmy.

I mean, the size that he was and the way he moved, you know, you just wonder, are they gonna get back to that level? But he certainly did.

I mean, he's just, uh, smart with the way he leads.

His body work's as good as anyone in the competition.

This year, i- if they don't go so well in the finals, will, will there be more pressure on Matthew Nicks?

But the way he came back from that, I th- I think he, his football form post the ACL was even better pre s- pre ACL.

Yeah, you could definitely argue that.

There's no question.

And I was probably a bit worried about him, Jimmy.

I mean, the size that he was and the way he moved, you know, you just wonder, are they gonna get back to that level? But he certainly did.

I mean, he was just, uh, smart with the way he leads.

His body works as good as anyone in the competition.

This year, i-if they don't go so well in the finals, will, will there be more pressure on Matthew Nicks?

... hulking forward, but the way he came back from that, I, I think he, his football form post the ACL was even better pre s-- pre ACL.

Yeah, you could definitely argue that, there's no question.

And I was probably a bit worried about him, Jimmy.

I mean, the size that he was and the way he moved, you know, you just wonder, are they gonna get back to that level? But he certainly did.

I mean, he's just, uh, smart with the way he leads.

His body works as good as anyone in the competition, and then he was just deadeye.

I mean, he kicked them from everywhere.

This year, i-if they don't go so well in the finals, will, will there be more pressure on Matthew Nicks?

The floor is yours.

Yeah.

Well, I ended up going Charlie Curnow one vote.

Kicked 5-1, he was probably Sydney's best player, uh, up until three-quarter time.

He couldn't have done any more, uh, trying to keep them in there.

I went two votes Caleb Serong.

I thought he worked his way into the game.

Six goals easy

Yeah.

That was a favorite.

Always, you know, everyday stuff that they just took the absolute, you know, out of.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Uh, and then obviously the Crows are playing tonight, so we'll talk to Marco Bello, who was at the Crows, uh, a couple of years ago.

He's now the forward coach at West Coast.

So we'll get a bit of a pre, uh, chat with him.

You got me now?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thanks for putting me on, Ange.

That's okay.

Appreciate that.

Yes, we're down at the beautiful Norwood Oval here, sitting behind the glass at the Wolf Blass Community Centre, which is an outstanding venue here.

What have you got on today?

Well, it's

never one thing, is it? I mean – When it often happens with the coach goes, it frees the place up a little bit.

There's some freedom around what they do.

They change a few things.

All of a sudden, the players play a little bit better.

But I think ultimately, Carlton, they were in reasonable shape all but getting wins at the start of the year.

So there were some good signs.

What have you got on today?

The 5AA Sport Show.

Well, I think that's a part of the challenge, isn't it? You're under pressure.

You, you've had a performance like we've had.

You get to go into the bye and reset.

We'll reset.

We'll have a look at all of our game and just keep working at it.

You know, there's some positive in and around the, the group and, you know, the young guys that have played in the first half of the year.

Po- possibly our midfielders don't hit the scoreboard.

Is that a better model for them?

Well, I think the way the game's being played, particularly in your front half, uh, your front half pressure is important.

Now, they probably got away with it last year on the basis that they connected with those key forwards.

So you think of how many times they were able to mark the ball inside fifty.

But now the ball's not coming in with quite the fluency or the ease, uh, and they're playing against better teams, harder oppositions, better defensive teams.

Maybe it is that it's just the two talls plus, uh, you know, the two ruck, um, mindset.

But then you've got to make a...

That's the modern game.

Num- numbers weren't great either.

Yeah, well, the numbers...

I mean, if you have a look, I mean, contested possession, uncontested, they, you know, they still controlled the ball by marks, but we'll highlight that, the, th- that in a minute.

You know, they got beaten particularly on that ground ball, and then their ability for what Western Bulldogs have, have always been built, their ability to get the ball from inside to outside and get their running game going, you know, that they probably didn't quite get that.

And then the two weeks in a row, just, you know, minus 24 inside 50s is not gonna get it done either offensively or d- defensively.

And they probably...

We said after the game, you put Sam Darcy probably in that forward line, and you probably lose by, you know, six or seven goals because he's-

Well, that, that, that was probably the-