The, the bit of the, bit of the Castle you're going with.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I reckon the Castle defense should've come out, mate, because I, I just think we get caught up...

You know, I'm-- Like, I took calls on this last night on 6PR, the same show, um, and people disagree with me, um, violently at, at times that I know rules are rules.

I, I know they're not made to be broken.

But in this circumstance, I think we do need to some-- have some gray and some common sense and, and not follow the rule book and have two lawyers going head to head and just go, "Look, this is a 50/50 incident." We didn't even know if he was gonna get suspended.

You could either stay in the city or head back, and some guys headed back and some just stayed in the city

of the castle you're going with.

Yeah, yeah.

I reckon the castle defence should have come out, mate, because I just think we get caught up.

I took calls on this last time, 6PR, the same show, and people disagree with me violently at times.

I know rules are rules.

I know they're not made to be broken, but in this circumstance...

I think we do need to have some grey and some common sense and not follow the rule book and have two lawyers going head to head and just go, look, this is a 50-50 incident.

And I think the question mark for a lot of people over here is, will the pressure consume this group?

Mm

... on 6PR on the same show, um, and people disagree with me, um, violently at, at times.

That I know rules are rules.

I, I know they're not made to be broken, but in this circumstance, I think we do need to some-- have some gray and some common sense and, and not follow the rule book and have two lawyers going head-to-head and just go, "Look, this is a 50/50 incident." We didn't even know if he was gonna get suspended.

He's just been given a week.

To do that and to miss a grand final, that, in my mind, is, is as good as a 10-week penalty, and, and I, I really don't think that we do need to be so black and white on the rules with this.

Was it a good look? Maybe, maybe not.

... and some just stayed in the city.

What's, what's the reaction over in the west?

Tell you what, it feels like a millennium ago.

It feels like a long, long time ago Thursday night.

It was, it was deflating.

Like I, I was there working with Fox Footy on the boundary and the crowd was just- ... shattered would probably be the best way to describe it, and I, I was unsurprised.

I picked Hawthorn to win that one.

I, I, I really thought Sam Mitchell was gonna do what he did, which was, uh, like he outcoached Justin Longmuir, I thought.

Yep.

I wouldn't have thought that Longie would wanna play a game like they played last week against Melbourne, and this will be a real contest defense type game.

Yeah, it will, and, um, you know, probably the dropping of McV, he probably understands how Adelaide play a little bit.

They've gone with three talls behind the footy.

Um, you know, F-Freo have found ways to play both ways.

They've been high scoring at stages, but they can match the, the, the sluggish, you know, slog fest games where you've really gotta take your chances.

I mean, they've got chinks in their armor for sure.

I, I think probably last week was the first time they'd scored properly and scored really well for a few.

So anything around eighty, eighty-five normally gets the job done against the Crows.

I wouldn't have thought that Longui would wanna play a game like they played last week against Melbourne, and this will be a real contest defense type game.

Yeah, it will, and, um, you know, probably the dropping of McVeigh, he probably understands how Adelaide play a little bit.

They've gone with three talls behind the footy.

Um, you know, F-Freo have found ways to play both ways.

They've been high scoring at stages, but they can match the, the, the sluggish, you know, slog fest games where you've really gotta take your chances.

I mean, they've got chinks in their armor for sure.

I, I think probably last week was the first time they'd scored properly and scored really well for a few.

So anything around eighty, eighty-five normally gets the job done against the Crows.

He's lengthy.

And then you got Harley, Dusty can go forward, take speckies, the fend offs.

We've got literally those two guys running through the midfield, plus Chad Warner comes over at the end of next year.

Wait, greatest...

Could, could rival the cousins Judd Kerr midfield.

You gotta swing

...

St, St. Kilda are always mid.

Okay.

Um, you know.

If they were playing Scott Pendlebury this week, so Scott Pendlebury's playing the most games, um, next week of all time, uh, breaking the all-time record, doing it against the West Coast Eagles.

Actually, on that point, just to let you know, so Scott Pendlebury i- he's at 432 now.

Next week breaks the record.

He took a week off before 432.

He's then got Sydney in Sydney this weekend, but he's not playing, so he can play his groundbreaker against West Coast at the MG- MCG, his home ground.

Yeah, yeah.

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Okay.

The reason I asked that off the top, are you excited? Because I'm excited with this because as you know, although I did spend some time playing AFL, I probably spent more time and effort being a fantasy head.

My greatest claim to fame came second in a round one year.

I was back to back with you texting.

One of the great moments of my life.

Would have been nice to win it.

Okay.