WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.440 If you love the West Tigers as much as we do, 2 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:08.279 and that's in a powerful light, you'll welcome to come 3 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:10.880 and join us in our discussions on the West Tigers 4 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:14.160 Podcast Forum. Our forum is the number one forum for 5 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.960 West Tigers fans to talk everything West Tigers. West Tigers 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:20.719 Podcast dot com dot au slash forum. 7 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:46.719 We hope to see you there soon. West Tigers Podcast 8 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.960 Episode number four hundred and nine, joined by Steven Deklan 9 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:55.320 on a Thursday night, Steve, we're a little bit we've 10 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:56.920 been caught on the hop a bit. I don't think 11 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:58.719 we've had a Friday night game this year, which is 12 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:02.119 suited the podcast teams, because if ever we couldn't get 13 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:03.759 organized on a Wednesday, we had a bit of time 14 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:05.239 up our sleeve, but not this week. 15 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.640 Now we've got eight o'clock Friday night, we've got the 16 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.359 we've got the Brisbane Broncos timeslot. So I don't know 17 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.239 why they're not playing. They must have requested it. But Jeromes, 18 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.840 Jerome's in apparently he's he's going to be playing, so 19 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.560 it's all all systems go for an upsit against Canberra. 20 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:24.760 They've probably got a buy, Steve. That's probably why they're 21 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:28.640 not on Friday at day that would be right, I'd say, yeah, Jacklin, 22 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.640 I really you know, I've got my theories on different things. 23 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.640 But Friday eight pm I hate that time slot because 24 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.439 if we lose in a nail biter, it's just going 25 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.560 to put me in a horrible mood all weekend, at 26 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:41.840 least Sunday, you know, the good part of the weekends 27 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.239 almost over. So you depressed on Monday anyway, that's my theory. 28 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.359 Yeah, I don't know. I'm the opposite. 29 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:50.519 I feel like there's something really depressing, but weeke it 30 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.480 up on a Monday morning after getting flogged and then 31 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.079 just that one second where you wake up and you 32 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.159 remember what happened the night before. 33 00:01:58.319 --> 00:01:59.840 So I don't know. I think I'd rather just get 34 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:00.959 to for a dune Worth. 35 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:04.519 Earlier in the week weekend and then just recover on 36 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:05.159 the Sunday. 37 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.719 Obviously, we'll preview the game, we'll do rdies quiz and 38 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:12.000 a little bit of chat just from some feedback from 39 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.360 our podcast forum listeners about the crossover pods we did 40 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.360 in the last week or so. But first, Steve one 41 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:20.439 word for State of Origin last night. 42 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.599 Well, as usual, I can't stick to one words I've 43 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:29.680 got I've got two one. My first word, I've toned 44 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.680 it back. I was going to say manufactured, but I've 45 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.199 turned that, turned that down a little bit and said 46 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.800 over officiated. You know, I just love Origin games when 47 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.680 there's three or four penalties and the players are let 48 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.840 play the game and they decide the game. And I 49 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.120 just felt that was so over officiated last night. 50 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:51.719 So that's one word. 51 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.680 But the other one is in a smoke bugbear about 52 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.360 Origin and the football season in general, and it's just 53 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.439 drawn out. It's just on it every year. It's a 54 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.159 sign that the nrow competition. And I'm only speaking from 55 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:09.639 my own perspective, I just love the narrow competition. That's 56 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.240 that's what I enjoy watching. And this just takes over 57 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:18.039 and occupies all their space for far too long, in 58 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:18.639 my opinion. 59 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:20.039 Decline your word. 60 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:25.759 I just missed opportunity because I actually can't believes lost 61 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:26.159 that one. 62 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.680 I mean like to like to tell the views. 63 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:30.680 I didn't watch the second half because I was just 64 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.800 kind of over after the first and I went to 65 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:34.759 bed early. So I'm not going to pretend like I 66 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.120 was an expert on the whole game, but just watching 67 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.520 that first half just how like ill discipline news help 68 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.159 folds were and just like they scored the first try, 69 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:45.879 they look like they were going to go on with 70 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:48.240 it and then just drop ball. Ill disciplined. Yes, like 71 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.560 the rest. Obviously there was an element of the like 72 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:54.039 being a little bit of pedantic, but I just thought 73 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:58.280 the news it was really were massive opportunity to to 74 00:03:58.319 --> 00:03:58.800 seal it. 75 00:03:58.960 --> 00:03:59.960 But what can you do? 76 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.759 And then you also found it was terrible. That really 77 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:05.240 annoyed me see him out there knowing that, like he 78 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:07.400 got picked on a trail made, But yeah, what can 79 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:07.639 you do? 80 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:10.039 Well, Steve, you know I'm a positive guy, So my 81 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.199 word was just trash. I thought it was trash. The 82 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.759 whole build up was nothing except for Billy Slater throwing 83 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.040 a tantrum, which was bizarre. I thought the refereeing was 84 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:24.360 awful and I thought it was manufactured. I think every team, 85 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.759 Steve that's down one Nill, you'll findal win the penalty 86 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.240 cout in a big way, because that's what the NRL want, 87 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:30.680 and that's what I would want if I was running 88 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.120 the NRL. You wanted the cider. Otherwise you've got a 89 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:35.360 dead rubber in three weeks time and you've got to 90 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.839 try and build that up. Good luck with that, you know, any. 91 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.680 Of the build up. It's getting close at each time 92 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.199 to a boxing build up, you know, where you just 93 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.279 get these ridiculous barbs thrown across, you know, at each 94 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:50.040 of us, just to try to hype up the fight 95 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.240 and get the pay per views in. And it's starting 96 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:56.439 to get a little bit like that, you know, like 97 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:59.560 like if Billy Slater is so emotional just to need 98 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.279 to say what he said about a comment that was 99 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.199 nothing really, you know, coll when someone had grabbed me 100 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:09.160 a big deal, but then to stage it at the 101 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.360 official press conference on the eve of the game, it 102 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:16.120 just stunk of. I don't know, I'll go back to 103 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:17.920 my first word, manufactured. 104 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.600 Yeah, well I haven't finished with my trash Steve. I've 105 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.600 got through the build up and the referee, but I'm 106 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.680 also going to go both teams. I thought like New 107 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.000 South Wales were poor like that game. They've got a 108 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:33.360 far better side and obviously I think didn't help, but 109 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.199 they also contributed to that that ten to one penalty count. 110 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.639 But Queensland, like, what would you be thinking you win 111 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.240 a penalty count ten to one and you've got outscored 112 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.639 the only reason they won is because Zach Lomax couldn't 113 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.360 kick a dog like I just thought they will get 114 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.759 absolutely lapped in game three decline. I know there's the 115 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.120 pressure of a game three. I don't even care to 116 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.360 be honest, but I just think New South Wales are 117 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.360 so superior and they were so far from their best one. 118 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:01.560 Yeah. 119 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:04.959 I mean it's crazy, isn't it. And that's kind of 120 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.319 when you go into a game two. The motivation for 121 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.360 the team that lost game one is always so much 122 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:14.560 higher than the team that kind of has that safety 123 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:15.279 in it, isn't it. 124 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.199 But yeah, I don't know. 125 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.839 I'm just like, I'm not a bit different to everyone here. 126 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.560 I think I actually do care about the origin. Do 127 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.839 I think anyone else is a particular bugs fan of 128 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.040 the Blazes here, But I do get invested in it, 129 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.879 and I'm probably I'm a little bit nervous for game three, 130 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.720 but I think that's only because you know, we've like 131 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.759 we've been here before, we've lost those deciders and New 132 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:37.639 Sephos as well. But I do agree with you, Eddie. 133 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:40.240 I just think that like New Sefway was on paper, 134 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:42.680 its just so much better. And if everyone's really fat 135 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:45.680 there is like, really no excuse they should be winning 136 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.680 the series. It should have it should have been a whitewash, 137 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:50.399 to be honest, if all things are equal. But we 138 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:52.360 are where we are well because. 139 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.079 It's a pretty Gary's not with us tonight because he 140 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.480 cares about origin probably as much as you do, a 141 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.959 lot more than any and it's a pity he's not 142 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:00.959 on the pod with us. 143 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:04.319 Funny you say that, Steve, I was just quite ironic 144 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.480 because I was mentioning five minutes ago Gary that you know, 145 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:10.399 the POD's getting a little bit unprofessional, and we've been 146 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.360 caught out by the fact it's a Monday game and 147 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:16.839 we haven't released anything until Thursday night. And now you're 148 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.120 taking another step further by joining in ten minutes into 149 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.600 a podcast. Do you think that's acceptable? I'm not well. 150 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:24.959 You guys always complain about me not giving you any 151 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.319 space to talk. I thought i'd give you the first 152 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:32.800 ten minutes and Steve could stop complaining about me talking too. 153 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:38.399 Much any before before you while we're talking professionalists, Can 154 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.879 I just give a shout out to Nick because I 155 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.279 think we're out contractually obliged to give a shout out 156 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:46.480 to Nick because they've. 157 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.439 Got to be mentioned in every pod. 158 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.639 Well, there was a lot of complaining on social media 159 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:51.720 that he wasn't mentioned, which worried me until I realized 160 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:52.360 it was all Nick. 161 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.759 Yes, I'm not a big Twitter man, but I have 162 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.279 managed to sign up under an alias account the past 163 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:03.279 few days. I'm like, Gary, I'm like what I used 164 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.160 to do with Dan Laurie and that I'm stalking people 165 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.040 on Twitter now and just you know, seeing what they 166 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:09.079 say behind the scenes. 167 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.959 From what I've seen, it's only you stalking Robert Sharyl 168 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.519 though I think you guys are the best mates. Now. 169 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:19.439 Alrighty leu eyes performance declan very hot in cold obviously 170 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:21.240 put the first kick on the fall. I know you 171 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:24.439 only watched the first half, but I guess the relief 172 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.680 for Tigers fans is he didn't. He might have got charged, 173 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:29.959 but there was It wasn't much in that hands in 174 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:31.279 the face that happens every game. 175 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:33.159 I don't know. 176 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.320 I think the opposite for you, And you know, I'm like, oh, 177 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.159 usually defend Lo and these sorts of situations on the pod, 178 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.559 but I was human out of them because I thought 179 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:44.960 could have come down hyder on that. 180 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.960 I don't think he actually I gauged them, but I think. 181 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.120 He gave every opportunity for then are able to charge 182 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:52.720 them with something like that. So I just thought it 183 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.559 was it was terribly dumb, like it just came out 184 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.759 of nowhere. It was so unnecessary, and I'm sure he 185 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:03.039 was thing about is tame of when he did it, 186 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.600 for he was like with the but just it would 187 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:07.840 have just been an absolute disaster if you got robbed 188 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:09.399 out for a few weeks. 189 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:10.519 For I goas and when our. 190 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.759 Season is just like on the lane, you need your 191 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:16.440 captain to be smarter than that, and you know, like, yes, 192 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.039 he has that kind of guy who pushes that to 193 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.360 the edge. But that was just all and unnecessary and 194 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.279 I'm actually a little bit surprised that he wasn't suspended 195 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:26.559 for it. 196 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.279 His short kicking game, Steve is elite. We've seen that 197 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.519 in the past of Penrith and this year for us. 198 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.240 But the two tries he set up were so deaf, 199 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.279 those little short kicks, and I thought he looked good 200 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.480 on that left hand side, looked really dangerous. He had 201 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.200 some poor moments in the slippery conditions, but I think 202 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:43.159 he's in pretty good nick. 203 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.279 I think a bloke who plays the way Jerome Lew 204 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.120 likes to play is going to have some errors in 205 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.600 a game, you know where it's pelting down with rain 206 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:55.759 the way it was. Also the Queensland line speed was 207 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.600 pretty exceptional for a lot of things, especially in the 208 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:02.080 first half anyway, which put him under a lot of pressure. 209 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:05.200 I thought he, you know, he played fairly well. As 210 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.039 you see. He did some great things. He had two 211 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.120 try assists, he was heavily involved, but he also had 212 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.600 some Jerome Lulo moments where he tried to do his 213 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.159 own thing and nothing came of it. And it doesn't 214 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.840 look real flash when that happens. But that's just the 215 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:20.480 way he plays. 216 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.679 He's going to play tomorrow night. Gary, Isn't he like 217 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:26.039 he's too stubborn. I haven't heard Benji's press commence today, 218 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.879 but apparently pretty much said, I'm getting on a flight 219 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.120 regardless coach, I'm playing. 220 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.600 Yeah, I've only seen written what Bendrick said, and he 221 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.720 basically said, I'll tell you what he said. 222 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.320 I'm good to go. I'm in. 223 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.159 So I don't think there's any doubt that he'll be 224 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:45.279 playing tomorrow. I thought he was pretty good in that 225 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.960 second half last night. I agree that first half I 226 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.960 thought he was poor and I was really worried that 227 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.840 he made cop a suspension from that, I Gougers declan 228 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:57.919 was that was concern for me. But he had involvement 229 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:00.039 in all those tries. It may not have been the 230 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.519 last past, but that left edge for New South Wales 231 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.639 great last night, and a lot of that was was 232 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:10.200 Jerome being out there. So the two triss were fantastic. Yeah, 233 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.720 up and down game, but I thought he played pretty 234 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.480 well towards the end. 235 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:16.879 It's always interested in the backup question. 236 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.919 I've always heard that players say that it's actually easier 237 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:23.519 to back up immediately after origin and the first like 238 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.000 two or three days as opposed to like play it 239 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.000 on the Sunday. So yeah, maybe that's the reason why. 240 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:31.519 Like he's pretty confident that he can back up because 241 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.320 it's stull like fresh in terms of his recovery. So 242 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:35.639 it will be interesting to see. 243 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:36.480 Yeah. 244 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.240 I wouldn't have had any doubts at all about him 245 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.679 backing up. The only thing is that game was in Perth, 246 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.440 so it's a what five hour flight back for five 247 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:47.159 hour flight back from Perth, and I thought maybe that 248 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.000 would be enough to kind of rule him out. But 249 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.000 obviously I don't think it's going to be and by 250 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:54.799 expect him to play tomorrow night, and we need him 251 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.639 to play for morow night. 252 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.639 I saw Penrith play in the what in Auckland, So 253 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.320 I mean they've just got not going to care about Penrith, 254 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.440 but they've been completely stiff. What's that an eight or 255 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:09.120 ten hour flight from Perth over to Augward. Crazy scheduling. 256 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:11.720 I thought I heard this afternoon that the Panda players 257 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.840 aren't even going over they. 258 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:14.840 Can't physically get there. 259 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:21.120 Steve Gary mentioned my new friend Rob. I mean, we've 260 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.720 always been friends, Gary, me and Rob. It's just took 261 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.600 him a couple of years to come on because you 262 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.240 and him had a feud or it was your your feud. 263 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.720 Well, I think it was Rob's dued with me. I 264 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.000 don't know. I'm a nice guy. I don't have few, 265 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:34.840 if anyone. 266 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:38.399 A few comments on our last pod, Steve on Sunday 267 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:41.519 night you were on it, Rusty sixty three said, just 268 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.879 paraphrasing some of these, good to see you guys spreading 269 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.919 the love. He agreed with Steve the fact that he 270 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.879 thinks our next seven games the boys will use it 271 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:51.919 as a bit of an opportunity for a reset and 272 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:56.559 actually get some wins and stay in contention. The numerator said, 273 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.600 really good listen, guys, Skip A thirteen really enjoyed the 274 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.000 dynam between the boys. Did you hear that, Gary? 275 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.879 No, sorry, I wasn't listening. 276 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.879 It was a little bit. He wasn't sure about Josh 277 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.360 Kerr and Adam Elliot being dream signings from Rob. I'm 278 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:14.279 not sure if Rob's dream signings. Steve certainly made a 279 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:18.679 dream signing with Payne HEAs Camberra Tiger said, really good, 280 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:23.559 pob nice to see the crossover, Lorenzo said, any chance 281 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.320 consolidated pod going further? He said, I actually hope not, 282 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:30.240 as I liked the additional content. Nice distraction when I'm 283 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:32.799 at the gym and during car drives. But yeah, we're 284 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.399 certainly thinking about content. Guys. There may be any less 285 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.960 content going further from both pods, but Steve, nice to 286 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.120 see a few positive comments in there. No snake or 287 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:45.039 something calling a soft that's. 288 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.399 Right, Yeah, yes, Snake had a real a couple of weeks. 289 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:47.960 AG know it was. 290 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.159 It was great, I think with Rob joined us the 291 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.679 other night and then you and Gary joining their pod 292 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.559 later in the week. It was a good thing, and 293 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:59.159 maybe over time we can do a little bit more 294 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:01.919 of that. At the end of the day, real West 295 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.440 Tigers supporters, we all want the same thing. We all 296 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.559 want to talk West Tigers. We all want to see 297 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.440 the West Tigers do well. And so if we can 298 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:11.360 play our part and come together and be a little 299 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:16.120 bit more united and give a little bit more content 300 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.919 out there for people to enjoy, that's a good thing. 301 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.879 I will say, though, I reckon that team. You know, 302 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:24.720 to have the two original members in Eddie and Joel 303 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.559 there and then the rookie in Rob and then the 304 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.720 people's choice in myself, I think we've stumbled on possibly 305 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.440 the best team ever. 306 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.679 A couple of shots by there declan, they returned the 307 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.919 favorite schooes and we jumped on the West Tiger's life 308 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.320 pot and they did a draft. I'm not sure if 309 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:41.440 you're a fan of American sports, but it's pretty interesting 310 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:44.960 try to pick two different West Tigers team. But I've 311 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.600 got a slightly different question for you and the boys 312 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.519 best five West Tigers players of all time if you 313 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.279 had to rank them from five to one. I know 314 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.759 you're a lot younger than us, so didn't see the 315 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:59.039 best part of the first decade. But I know you're 316 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:00.799 aware of some of our great this players if you've 317 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:02.200 got an order there. 318 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:07.639 So from like five to one, yeah, okay, so I 319 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.960 think good prayer. 320 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:14.320 If you want to do no, I can do it. 321 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.559 Five. 322 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:17.720 So obviously, like number one, that's like pretty easy. I 323 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.679 think that's Benji Marshall. That's probably gonna be everyone's consensus 324 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:26.200 number one, Number two Robbie Farr a close second, and 325 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:31.080 number three Clive Heard Clive Church of medal winner Scott Prince, 326 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.960 winning half back, captain of apprenticeship winning team, number number three, 327 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.559 number four, and five, I think like we all might 328 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:42.600 have different ones, but I'm going to stick with who 329 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:45.759 like I saw when I first moved here, and who 330 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.240 like has made the biggest and pressures me. I will 331 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.159 go Gareth Ellis number four because I just thought he 332 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.799 was sensational and like, probably haven't had someone like that 333 00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:59.879 like since he's left, even though the game's obviously different now. 334 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.519 But yeah, and then. 335 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:06.440 Number five, I'm gonna go we are safe and save 336 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.480 someone like. 337 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.919 Joins Gondala's just a club legend just to be said 338 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.440 that one. 339 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:16.200 Well, Gary at no point really repeating what declan said, 340 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.799 I think the first four could be fairly unanimous. Five 341 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:21.960 maybe is the one that's up in the air. What 342 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.399 do you got? 343 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.720 Yeah, I'm exactly the same as stick one on the 344 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.759 first four, but number five I would be going and 345 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.120 Robert scha will love this. Retcondson, I think he's on 346 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.960 our top five best players ever. 347 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.519 Fine with out order. Gary Prince at. 348 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:44.919 Three, exactly No, I'm the same as Steclan Steve, Yeah. 349 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.559 Exactly the same. The only difference is the order. I 350 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.919 got Benji and Robbie at one and two. I just 351 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:53.000 pok Gareth Ellis at three. The only reason he got 352 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:56.879 aad of Scott Prince, you know by Whiska, is really 353 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.679 because he was just so impactful. I know he didn't 354 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.720 win a petition with this, but he just we didn't 355 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.000 carry the forward pack, but he led the forward pack consistently. 356 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:10.319 So I just put him as our third that he 357 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.680 was my number three choice. 358 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.119 I haven't been following the votes Gary, of the two 359 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:17.119 sides we put up, but I thought I thought we 360 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.440 got the chocolates comfortably to have Scott Prince at halfback 361 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.400 and Lewie No offense to Robert Louis, But I don't 362 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:25.680 know if he's in the same class as those two boys. 363 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.359 Yeah, I thought ours was far and away the best team, 364 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:32.960 despite what most people here had as a top two players. 365 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.599 We made a decision to not really go after Benji 366 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.960 and Robin Farrett because there are some guys there who 367 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.359 do a really good job. So I think that was 368 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.079 probably a strong strategic move that we made and I 369 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:47.119 think our side was better. 370 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.160 Okay, venice to the West Life boys. They did have, 371 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.440 you know, to Desco Benji, Gareth Ellis has some great players. 372 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:57.839 Declan Under nine Ams Origin tonight. I don't know if 373 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:59.680 I'll bother tuning in, but I might watch the first 374 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.000 ten minuts. You sort of love these sort of games, 375 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.640 don't you. The young fellas coming through, luke Li Lily 376 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:09.039 starting on the wing. He's the only player selected. Apparently 377 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.920 that's made his inner roldaboot. I don't know if that's 378 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.960 just for New South Wales off for both teams, but 379 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:15.400 that's a bit unusual. I know in the past has 380 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.839 been a few and Macassini is the eight eighth man, 381 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.119 so unfortunately, unless he goes out and stomps on someone's 382 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:23.920 foot in the warm up, we won't be seeing him tonight. 383 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.039 Yeah, I was really disappointed that he was eighteenth man. 384 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:31.039 I just assumed he would start who was needing the squad. 385 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.880 But yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see Looke playing 386 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:36.359 his age grip, isn't it, Because you know, he came 387 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.240 into fourth grade so young, kind of surprisingly for a 388 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.960 lot of it look pretty good to start with, but 389 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.480 I'm going to be really interested to see what he 390 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.279 looks like an edge grip footy and by all the case, 391 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:51.720 doing really really well in this Colds Cup, so that's 392 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.160 going to be interested to see. I'm hoping that he 393 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:56.680 can find his way back into the fifth grade team 394 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:59.240 at some point in this season because I think he's 395 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.599 got a lot took. But then, like obviously nor in 396 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:05.039 West Tiger's related, I think seeing that Mitch Woods and 397 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:09.599 that Toby Rodwell, like Woods obviously from the Billdogs and 398 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.519 then Rodville from the Risters, that they've come through with 399 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.680 like huge raps on them. 400 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.640 So I'll be. 401 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:18.200