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Crows Dominate, Freo Tops Ladder — Round 14 Wrap with Jono & Cam · WCBH

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  Joining me on the line is Jono from Geelong. Jono, it's been a few weeks.
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  Welcome back. Thank you, Cam. Great to be back. Good to hear your voice once again.
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  Last weekend was round 14. Let's run through those results. Western Bulldogs
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  up against the Adelaide Crows, and the Crows had a big win there.
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  Yeah, the Crows were very impressive. You know that I am fond of the Crows, Cam.
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  I did pick them at the start of the year to win the flag, and hopefully this
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  is the turning point for them where they can string some solid games together.
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  They beat the Cats the week before by a solitary point and then demolished the
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  doggies at Etihad, or Marvel, I should say, by 57 points.
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  Yeah, they're looking good, the Crows. Now, let's have a look at your cats up
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  against my sons. We are in the post-Darwin hangover period still for the sons. Yeah.
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  It seems that history is repeating itself. It certainly is. And poor Damien
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  Hardwick, he's been a bit cranky in his post-match press conferences of late,
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  questioning some umpiring decisions, which, to be fair, some of them were a
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  little bit questionable.
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  And they've been coming from a cat supporter, Cam.
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  He wasn't too impressed and he did receive a phone call from Greg Swan for a
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  Please Explain yesterday so I think he's on notice the coach of the Suns, Damien Hardwick,
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  little thing saying, Cam, was 45 points the margin in the end the Cats were
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  very impressive against your Suns Yeah, correct, 45 points it's a,
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  bit too late to argue the toss of the coin when you're down by that much on
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  Saturday we saw Melbourne they had a great win another 45-point margin this
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  time over the Essendon Bombers.
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  Yeah, and another tribute to Neil Danaher once again after his funeral,
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  his state funeral, took place earlier in the week.
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  He coached Melbourne for a long time and also Captain Destin and played at Essendon.
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  So it was great to see these two teams come together and pay tribute to the
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  great man, Neil Danaher.
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  And as we probably expected, the Ds were far too strong in the end,
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  45 points over the lowly Bombers who, yeah, they're going from bad to worse
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  this season. once again, the Bombers.
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  Yeah, certainly. They can't seem to get a win anywhere. Now,
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  the Kangaroos had a one-point win over West Coast.
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  They did. They bounced back from their debacle the week before against Frio,
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  where they stayed the week over in WA.
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  The Eagles had their chances. Jake Waterman, he's kicking his being off of late,
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  which a lot of people think is just a mental issue for him.
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  But he took a mark with 40 seconds remaining on the clock and hit the post.
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  They would have put the Eagles four points up and probably won the game.
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  But nonetheless, the Kangas got the job done on the road.
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  And the 15th place, Port Adelaide, they pushed the Swans all the way.
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  Swans finally getting home by three.
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  Yeah, they certainly did. And Port had every opportunity to win that game.
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  The Swans probably just a little bit too classy in the end and handled the pressure
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  in the end of the game better than what Port did. And three-point winners, the Swans.
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  Well done to Port. They've been involved in a lot of close games this year.
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  I think we spoke a few weeks ago, Cam, about how close some of their margins
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  have been. And they really could be up amongst the top two or three teams in
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  the competition if the results had gone their way. So they're doing a lot of
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  things right, Port, but just not getting over the line in those close ones.
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  Yeah, the Lions defeated the Tigers, but you would have expected a larger margin for the Lions.
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  Yeah, and the Tigers were impressive. They probably took two and a half quarters
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  of the Lions to shake off the Tigers.
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  And we've spoken earlier throughout the season about the extensive injury list
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  that Richmond do have, and they've still got a massive amount of names not playing.
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  So it was a fantastic performance by the Tigers down at Hobart at Blunstone Arena.
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  But yeah, the Lions just a little bit too classy in the end once they shook off the Tigers.
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  And St Kilda, they snuck in the top 10 by 0.1% following their victory over GWS.
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  I just can't get a read of either of these teams, Cam. This game was there for the taking.
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  Well, I was flicking between the Socceroos and this game on Sunday, mind you.
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  And both sides had ample opportunities to win this game.
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  And obviously the Saints got it done in the end, getting out of the line by
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  eight points where they let one the week before slip against the Swans where
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  they got things all wrong, drastically wrong towards the end of the game.
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  But they did a better job this week in icing the game at the end.
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  But, yeah, I just don't know. I think they're probably mid-teams,
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  both of these sides, but I just can't get a read of either of them.
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  And the teams that had the buys last week, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies,
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  Fremantle Dockers, and the Hawthorne Hawks. Before we get into round 15,
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  let's have a look at the latter as it's been a few weeks, and Frio and Sydney
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  Swans, both on top on 48 points.
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  Yeah, they're doing a fantastic job, both of those sides, and we'll talk shortly
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  about it. The Cats have got Frio tomorrow night over in WA, and that will be interesting.
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  Rounding out the top six, Yorkats and Melbourne Demons now on 36 points.
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  Gee, they've come up the ladder the last few weeks, haven't they?
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  The Hawks are on 34, Crows are now 32, and in that zone 7 through to 10,
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  so what are we calling that? The wildcard zone.
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  Lions and Bulldogs 32. The Suns, they've been sliding.
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  They're down to 28 and 9th position, and as I mentioned before,
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  Saints on 24 points. They're in 10th place, but just sitting outside the 10,
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  GWS and the Kangaroos are also sitting on 24 points.
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  And then I think we just need to make mention for all the other supporters out
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  there, the four powerhouse sides out of Melbourne, Collingwood and Carlton,
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  Richmond and Essendon, all four of them are in the bottom six.
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  Isn't that just great to see?
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  Yeah, it's wonderful for the national game. There's no argument to be made about
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  the number of teams in Melbourne, is there? I don't think so.
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  Let's move on. I was just fishing there, just trailing, Jono.
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  I thought you might buy it. No, thank you, Cam. Well played.
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  Thursday night, Frio and your Geelong Cats. Yeah, this will be...
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  There's two games that I'm really interested in this weekend,
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  and obviously this one...
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  That I'm a Geelong supporter but we've got the first place versus third place
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  on the ladder and the Cats were very impressive against your sons last week
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  and look to be back playing the footy that they know they can play and the Dockers have just been,
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  winning for fun this year and obviously sitting on top of the ladder for a reason.
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  They're going to be very difficult to knock over over in Perth tomorrow night
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  and I think I'm going to have to tip the Dockers at home, Cam.
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  Well, I'll be tipping the Dockers. I still can't believe that you managed to
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  tip against your team Friday night, Suns and Hawks?
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  Well, I'm going to tip against my team and I'm also going to tip against your
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  team because I don't know how well your team's actually travelling at the moment.
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  There seems to be some reports between the coach and some player riffs as well,
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  which is starting to rear its ugly head in the media.
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  So the Hawks have had their week off. They should be nice and fresh. They're a good side.
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  And again, I think your Giants are suffering that Darwin hangover and I think the Hawks will get them.
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  I'll be tipping the Suns. Always back your team Saturday, Crows versus the Demons.
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  This is the other game I'm really interested in. The Crows demolished the Doggies
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  last week, which we made mention of, and the Dees have been the surprise packet of the season.
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  They're playing a brand of football that's actually good to watch. And...
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  I'm happy to sit down and park my butt on the couch and watch Melbourne play
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  footy because they're playing a really impressive, fast style of football,
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  and it's fun to watch. And this will be a cracking game.
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  I'm just going to lean, even though the Dees are ahead of the Crows on the ladder,
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  but I'm just going to have to lean towards the Crows at Adelaide Oval.
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  Yeah, I'm going to back the Demons in, and you're right, Cozzy and the Dees,
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  they've been a lot of fun to watch.
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  Next game, GWS and Carlton.
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  I don't know what to say here, Cam. Both sides have had equally impressive performances
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  this year, but equally lousy performances, to say the least.
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  The Giants surely get the job done at home, but you just don't know with the
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  way they've fronted up throughout the season.
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  Again, they've been hit with injuries, particularly to key players,
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  which has cost them at certain periods of the year, particularly against opposition
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  that they probably should have beaten at that stage of the game.
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  But I think I'll have to lean towards the Giants here to get over the top of
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  the Blues, who have turned their season around under Josh Fraser.
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  I think they've won four on the trot. And, yeah, core old Michael Voss once again, Cam.
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  Well, that's exactly right. I'm just flipping through the results now.
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  Since Michael Voss departed as coach, they've had a bit of a run there.
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  So that's probably enough for me to lean towards the Blues. They are playing
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  in Sydney, but I will back the Blues. And the Magpies go up against the Power.
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  This is another one I'm not sure about. Now, the Pau's form,
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  as we know, they've played in a lot of close games this year.
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  They can't quite get over the line, but their form's been good.
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  And the Pau's have been a little bit inconsistent. They've had some injuries
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  to key players also throughout the season, which makes a difference,
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  particularly when your list isn't as strong as a lot of people might think.
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  And Collingwood, obviously, sitting in 13th place for a reason.
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  I don't think they'll make the top 10 this year, which a lot of Collingwood
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  supporters will be quite disappointed about. Yeah.
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  I'm going to tip the power to beat the Pies at the G on Saturday night.
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  Yeah, so am I. I think if you can push the Swans and just go down by three points,
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  that's probably an indicator that if they can reproduce that form,
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  they should get the win there. And the Richmond Tigers up against North Melbourne.
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  This is a big game for North Melbourne on 24 points.
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  St Kilda in the 10 on 24. If they get a win here over Richmond,
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  they could be pushing for that 10th spot.
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  Yeah, and it's really open for them. There's an opportunity for them to take
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  that 10th spot, but they just have to continue to win games.
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  I think they won six this year. They won four last year, so they've improved again this season.
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  The Tigers, they were good against Brisbane for two and a half quarters and
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  just the young legs running out towards the end against the season, Brisbane side.
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  But I think Richmond and obviously North being over in Perth,
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  they got demolished by Freo.
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  They just snuck over the line against West Coast. and the Tigers showed a bit
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  against the Lions and I'm going to tip an upset here, Cam, and go for Tigers.
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  Okay. All right. You're on the Tigers. I'm on the Roos and St.
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  Kilda up against the Bulldogs. That's what? Sunday?
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  Yeah, Sunday. Sunday at Marvel. Toss of the coin here.
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  If the Saints produce the football that they can play and they've been impressive
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  the last couple of weeks, they'll win.
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  The Doggies have been a little bit inconsistent throughout the season.
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  Obviously, getting belted by Adelaide last week was not ideal for them,
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  but they beat Hawthorne the week before that. So can you get a read on this
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  game? I'm not sure you can. I reckon you toss the coin and see how it lands.
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  And it lands for me, for the Saints. Yeah, I'll go the Saints as well.
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  Teams with the Byers, the Lions, the Bombers, the Swans and West Coast.
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  Well, Jono, that's round 15. A couple of big games there. The Jockers up against
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  the Cats and the Crows up against the Demons.
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  Yeah, they should be crackers, Cam. I'll be tuning into those two most definitely.
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  And go the Cats and go the Suns. And we'll speak next week and run through all the results.
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  Fantastic. Good talking once again, Cam.
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  It's game time.