Knights v Dolphins, Wooden Spoon Battle, NRL Round 27 Preview & Tips 2024

Introduction ladies and gentlemen welcome to the final edition of the regular season back yourself podcast round 27 of the NRL go the [ __ ] Tigers don't cheer for them now it's going to be a very very special episode of the backy self podcast sign off a lot of teams we have eight teams to sign off seven of them we already well at least we think we know unless there's a draw seven of those idiots we already know that they will be eliminated so we'll be taking extra minute sance for them as the Pod progresses thank you for your service Tigers eels Sals Titans Warriors yukon's already packed it up so that's fine Raiders dragons possibly Knights possibly Dolphins did I miss anyone out of the all the teams you say Broncos I purposely left them out those guyss don't get a salute from me but thank you for the ups the the highs the lows the comical moments throughout the season us and all the loyal pod listeners you know particularly South they will be missed severely now in saying that obviously we'll be looking ahead next week to some big time showdowns and we thought we'd get a lot of action in lineups come Tuesday morning but in my recollection Chris of all the last round information or movement that has happened in the last five or six years this was probably the most dead week yeah in terms of everyone's trying for literally no reason in saying that welcome Chris I know you feel in a certain type of way about a lot of these teams and you got your Tigers J on M how you feeling with the final round of the reg a dead last round at least like I'd rather see quitters well you see quitters Saturday 3 p.m. you're going to see quitters I mean I don't know if they're going to quit or not but like but the beauty is the quitters are playing each other yeah but like I just want like there's literally only two good games three what's the third one if I can see 700 n on the scoreboard I'll enjoy that yeah but overall there's two good games Battle of coming last the battle coming eth the rest of them is just sharks is a good game yeah but they're just trying for no reason like but they're still trying yeah but why it's would you rather watch the Sharks quitters right out there yeah just quit on the year like not on the year but quit on this game well we're very like the only thing that will piss me off if I see [ __ ] sharks run out all their players and three of them get injured or something sharks could quit they have the their extended bench is better than their starters you going to talai and [ __ ] maybe they maybe they will do that I don't know any there's a bit more to discuss but toy of a team that don't has all going into this round like what are you looking for in like in particular looking for a massive quid job someone lose by 50 or plus okay that will be like that will actually do something for you in the last round yeah of course cuz then officially someone has quit on the air okay it still hasn't happened yet well do you do you have a theory of who could potentially do this I do it could be the first game and I'm going to start straight away with the Brisbane Broncos hosting the Melbourne Thursday Night 8pm: Broncos Vs Storm storm or are Melbourne stor hosting the Brisbane Broncos at s stadium with their obviously they have a sickeningly good record up there in sop Mona Harry Grant all these players are Queensland local boys and obviously they have a lot of big game experience playing state of origin deciders game one game two they've been in that building plenty of times and they've come around with many big wins but obviously the stakes are very very very low in this one after the Broncos got their ass torn by the fins last week Fins Up shout out to upset alert Chris was all over it um seems like the rest of the world wasn't and now obviously after I call out Kevy Walters and say pack it up get this G out of here I was met with probably 50/50 wave of yeah mate you're right and no mate you don't know anything we had two injuries and that's why we came 14th with this roster so H saying that team are trying and Broncos are not trying Kon Stags P literally walls playing and one other inbred are not playing this game replaced by idiots I think Xavier Willis's out as well after his Tre he got suspended treacherous Behavior by hitting raystone so here's out so you subtract four of the best players of the team that got raped by Dolphins 40 to six when they had an incentive to try so obviously my rationale I think these CS are going to lose 70 n and and when Broncos quit like it goes from bad to ugly and then it goes from ugly to hideous and a few of their recent performances aka the Titans game last week the first 10 minutes of the power game to me reminiscent of their wooden spoon year where like they were just running out there and just F on the floor like this in front of their opposition and it's one thing to lose a game and I think like this was the main point I was trying to make to the Broncos fans on Tik Tok it's one thing to lose and it's one thing to fall down the ladder maybe you narrowly missed the eight then I'll be a little bit more receptive of hey look we've had this many injuries Adam Reynolds has missed a bunch of time blah blah blah but when your favorite to win a game by seven points and you lose 40 to six and it never ever looked close past the first hit up of the game that's when I like start [ __ ] bringing my pitch fork out and telling GS to get the [ __ ] out so in that ways these guns packed it up last week Melbourne like packed it up to Cowboys and are actually going to fire up to kill these gunts like I can't Envision any scenario that these GTS aren't down 50 N halftime so Chris tell me why I'm wrong and if I'm wrong and how you see this one you might be wrong it depends what Kevy does right if Kev is a good coach which half the Brisbane fans think he is and they want to keep him then he's going to get his team to still play competent and not get to what but like to run out there and and and defend hu and mon well you know the players are going to quit exactly so what's they to talk about so there not I don't even have a case my only case is maybe the coach you know you trying to play Devil's Advocate maybe to be like oh you know what the coach fired a no it's too late you quit on this cut seven days 5 days ago you quit on him now you're got to go fire up you know what [ __ ] there's no reason to thank Brisbane in this game all right you want me agree with you there is no Reon good chat next game is that it what is say Melbourne okay let's be realistic what is what is it to say okay genuinely the only way that Melbourne win this game 30 n instead of 60 n is if Bellamy pulls off the starters at some point in the second half like let's say hypothetically what brings on papy now Pap well papy's just out of the 17 altogether if he brings on nappy then like I think at some point I don't think Melbourne will Melbourne how have we identified Melbourne the whole season they haven't tried the coms that don't give but they might try so they're not going to try in all these games they're going to and they're going to go and kill these losers yeah I feel like I will kill them for like 55 minutes 60 minutes and then B will be like all right like we've done our job monster get the seriously get off Hughes maybe he's going to go make a D in Surge obviously without Tesco played last week he's in my opinion should be out of the contention all together but if you're Ling 16 I never ever draw this conclusion and I hate this with a passion but I would probably take the first half line as opposed to the full game no because like I know more want to go out there they're going to go out there beat their dog [ __ ] out of them will they carry on with it later in the game or will they have one eye on um sharks or roosters next week I think it's possible but I do believe that Broncos will go out there and quit so that's my rational no just get the pick your own line scroll as much as you can as a negative and take that I do not believe any of them will come off they had a week off last week chilling in Queensland yeah I I tend to agree with you I'm trying to play Devil's ADV for these losers no they're dead now in saying that the podcast premium followers they are sitting at home kicking their feet on the table they're sleeping easy are they are they going to win though they are on - 5 a half on Melbourne in a line that is currently - 16 and half so if that loses I will come on this podcast come the review and I will lie on the floor in front of everyone because if Broncos cover four and a half i' I'm genuinely out of words for this I agree all right all right one pointless game out of the way onto the real game all right Benji talk to us all right look Tigers host Friday Night 6pm: Wests Tigers Vs Eels power in the Fortress as we've come to call it on this podcast in the final game of the season um T's going to lose aren't they I mean they're really bad really bad I mean but they beat me no no no they're awful I truly think like Benji is sabotaging at this point what is this lineup so there's no Dewey he's gone on holiday to Greece or Lebanon probably where is all them I don't know and now you're starting Josh whatever his name I forget his painful to see his name in the truly Junior tupo comes back for one week I think he played the mainly game remember we played center and we laugh play center laugh yeah you're right the brand new do but like par are actually going to beat them and it's just stupidity to be honest I just to to be honest I actually thought Tigers after beating Manley wasn't the greatest thing in the world because I think they're good no no no it's that one they have to three peat now which is unknown territory for Tigers cuz they're only good at two pting and then quitting and then the other problem is like have they just gone and what the [ __ ] did they do in this buy did they just sit there and just waiting for par like oh we can't wait to play par or were they like they went to [ __ ] we're going to go Beach or we're going to go clubbing and are they're going to come back for one game knowing that they don't have to play the week after I wouldn't want look I I kind of see it in the case of if you're in the finals it's a different story say you had a buy and you play one game and you in the finals that's fine but to have a game knowing that this is your last game of the year luckily it has some sort of importance imagine it didn't you guys would just quit well that's what I was going to completely like counter your point with that point chis it has importance right had they had the like hypothetically tigers are 14th they have their Buy and they play in the last round I would say get all of your money and bet against them because these CS like obviously they're going to go on their buy already pretty much start their offseason one week early and then they have to go rock up and fire up again now I guess the million-dollar question Chris and I ask you this as the tiger ambass themselves do you feel like for the club for Benji for the players that technically these kinds should have packed it up four five weeks ago with the way their season was going and they didn't know that power was going to turn this garbage and actually give a chance to um like take the spoon off them it do you think it's important enough for them that they would come back off the buy with high motivation to win this game or do you feel like these kinds are just melded in I would I want to say as a Tigers fan we don't want to see the spoon again but truly I believe no one cares and in the club no no no no as in if you get the spoon you get the spoon in my opinion it doesn't matter Tigers fans are going to come at me and be like it's big deal they're not like we know next year Tigers if Tigers next year get the spoon then it's a big deal if par next year get the spoon then it's a big deal this year is like well they had injuries tiger suck anyway parah had a lot of injuries you know they had Brad Arthur they quit on him they had bad the rest of the year it's excuses right not that they're valid but they they're excuses but next year look par get L Max Mitch she be playing the whole year God knows who's playing fullback maybe LX will play there tigers on the other front get L get Tera get Royce hunt as of today as well which is a huge signing and there's no excuse for you guys to come last and Benji has another year as coach and they get Jason rles so I think unfortunately even though I'm wearing their Jersey they're not going to be upset alert I think they've mailed it in simply because they had the buy at the worst time you could possibly have it and Par as much as you hate them are on a little rooll at the moment as annoying as they are R down to 17th I know I know you want them to come 17th but truly outside of the roosters game where you yelled at them to KN cover and they [Applause] didn't they have actually played all right you know they do mail it in from the 70th minute which is pretty funny but if they play competent for 70 minutes Tigers won't have a chance in my opinion like they've been hanging around games cuz they just been playing degenerates Left Right and Panthers play like degenerates against them only par could [ __ ] [ __ ] it up within 5 minutes the way they did Broncos walked out there and just didn't even walk out there and Par still lost to them and Dragons did something I've never seen in my entire life yeah I know but so in my opinion tigers can do anything that's the problem that's that's the very in outcomes right when tigers are involved anything can happen we saw that in the manly game in my opinion I'm not a superstitious person but I believe that the rugby league gods exist and they will hand the Paramount eels The Wooden Spoon because from round three onwards MIT went down they have been by Far and Away the most horrific team in this league well I can't say by far and away cuz tigers have been awful sou it have to be and souths oh my goodness but parah have justifiably been awful with good players Tigers don't even have good players so I give these kinds of pass in some regards but I think the Rugby League Gods will wave their magic wand the Tigers will beat the Paramount eels at Campell Stadium come 6 p.m. sharp and they will avoid the three peat of Wooden Spoons by three peating in winds either side of the bar to beat the par matter eels param matter take the wooden spoon put it in your trophy cabinet you Pricks deserve that for what you've put me Chris the whole Paramount fan base all the punters through from start to finish of us thinking that they're not that bad they're not that bad they are they're aw and after the Tigers beat them on Friday they can pack it up and they can you know what mail it in like it like you said it's not that big of a deal if they get the wooden spoon because next year they have hope so just take the but tigers do too like exactly if tiger literally I would have put tigers as upset alert if they just didn't have the buy I truly believe if they played this game last week and this was like du die whoever comes last I truly would have put Tigers upset alert and not thought for a second second but the fact that they're one game away from going to their off seon and these [ __ ] like at the start of the year were [ __ ] garbage the first two games I can't imagine the last two weeks they've been grinding so hard to make sure they don't come last like can you imagine that mindset of the Tigers yeah we're going to [ __ ] train every single day we're going to make sure we're [ __ ] ready for par we're going to kill par no so can you really be like oh yeah all Goods we're going to put them 2 and a half Point underdogs it's not true and Power on the other hand the last I can't even remember when their last buy was when was their last buy five six weeks ago like ages ago so like and since that Titans game they've actually been not mailing it in like they have before except for Roosters but they just beat anyone that's less than under n ninth on the table except if it's Raiders but like they haven't mailed it in not that tigers have it's just tigers in this situation are more likely to mail it in than parah that's why I'm concerned because par just going to be like all right one more week then we can go on that by tigers could have mailed it in especially beating Manley worst scenario they haven't played since Thursday last week after they won the comp which is a long long time for these idiots it's a very very interesting game to try and put your finger on because like both these teams so unpredictable I know what to guarantee though over Anders because yeah they're going to [ __ ] that no one can score no one can score after par has 84 points it's possible I think like home field advantage will help tigers in this move it to L because I think like there will be an atmosphere at the stadium of Kon like please don't get the spoon for a third year in a row and the players might feed off that a little bit so far I've just made a completely emotional argument because power really pissed me off this year I was [ __ ] sick of those Pricks from around 20 onwards genuinely though they parachute beat these CS MC Tigers just something else lineups just [ __ ] go awful the outside backs a far tape Charlie stains tupo who literally half his jersey is tigers and the other half is dolphins cuz that's how [ __ ] pointless this game is to him I keep he of War he's so bad and who's the left Center the M Mayhem who I can barely look at and Charlie St really pretty bad but I think even like in the middle of the field with Galvin and carel and and Caesar obviously he probably game in the tiger Jersey I think there's enough there for them to fire up for Benji and genuinely Chris I think par don't give a [ __ ] about getting the wooden no outside of gotho maybe Dylan Brown these other players don't no no it's a race to the bottom it's not that power will care that they come last it's a race to the bottom who's going to play worse but I'm saying because power I genuinely think power don't give a [ __ ] but I don't think Tigers would give a [ __ ] I think tigers do that's where the difference will come in but are they going to like have they done I can when I visualize the game I can see Tigers going out there and scrambling and putting effort in and W do that but par I don't think they will do that they just try and outscore him and tigers probably will like just hang on Enough by the end and like tigers genuinely pointlessly beat par anyway in sort of like close contest so I think they'll dip him again and when it matters yeah it's a great game and for anyone on back yourself that's watching Cass shout out to you um we'll be in Campbell town for this Blockbuster yeah maybe we'll like go live very quickly once we're in the stadium Just For Your Entertainment we entertainment I'll be wearing this of course we will be in attendance at the game Chris and I and don't worry we will find the near nearest pop to go watch sou 10 minutes after oh well of course we have to watch sou one because that is a well actually whoever's watching this in the comment section you let us know who you think will get the spoon uh and obviously I'm going I'm going Tigers I'm going power out of best of luck man May the shittest team wi May the shittest team lose yeah sure um speaking of dog [ __ ] team South Friday Night 8pm: Rabbitohs Vs Roosters + Upset Alert from Chris Sydney rabito starring footy de he is back in there Jack widen a well- earned rest after rest for what after on second after having to [ __ ] take heat UPS on second for this team for the whole state playing in the centers starting the season and ending it on the sidelines I hope you get your body right for next year Jack because they're going to need you now in saying that the Sydney roosters with a multitude of injuries Sam Walker is out so the whole team is just going to fall go to a and z and just fall on the ground at the at the site of South Sydney rabitos running out there because they don't have Walker their average points per game goes from 592 to three because of the absence of Sam Walker now in addition to that obviously Victor Radley out with a shoulder injury two post tired so he's just sitting out and also War H is also out of this one due to his own stupidity and Brandon Smith obviously the news comes out it is the ACL injury for him as well so a little bit of an underman roosters team compared to normal but still obviously both enough talent that you would expect them to score more than 10 points past South Sydney now Robo this is probably the first game of the round where the Intrigue built as the days went on from Sunday of what will Robo do with this fixture will he rest his players will he not rest his players is there really a difference between going to penth and going to Melbourne in week one of the finals we argued in the review you're going to get killed either way so at least go and like be physically fresh and go and get killed as opposed to like in a rival game that dates back 100 years as God awful as Sals have been you would expect them to get up for this one emotionally especially farewelling a few players and you know you don't need added motivation to get up to [ __ ] fire up against roosters so will this be a physically taxing game I feel like it kind of will be and it doesn't really serve any in the best interest for robo and his troops to go out there and win this game no one gives a [ __ ] but he's a very proud coach I guess and he wants is going and kill SS before he gets killed by Melbourne so Chris a spread of 12 and a half in this one do the Sal in Robos is there an upset of that coming he's a dick of a coach I mean I have to put s upset a lot I have to there's not even a choice I have because this guy's an idiot I mean look like I don't understand this team because people going to come out and say nah robo's a good coach this is why he's a boron right milber had to play their players this week right you had a choice of not playing anyone and you decide to try against sou to play penth who are both trying so wouldn't you just sit back and I'm going to say it for the dumb [ __ ] that play on Sunday as well but they have a bit of rest spot because once they see you [ __ ] win then they could be like we're locked into fourth no matter what and it doesn't matter so they could just take a few players out but you pricks I mean if they if you don't play anyone lose to S you finish third or fourth melbour and penth are both going to try so you EV got the week off when they've played is that not stupid I mean you cannot if you truly think this is what does my Ed in if you truly think that Titans can beat penth then you need to really question your mentality in this world because honestly there is no chance and TI David fer quit he's going to go get surgery early I mean what try we'll get to him but like roosters makes no sense so without without any confidence in South Sydney at all sound the [ __ ] alarm the rabitos will win this game on Friday night with absolutely no one simply because I think roosters are going to mail it in and not because sou are good there's not much that you need to fire up against roosters especially being a rivalry so I still think the right side the plus 12 A2 and you know what they might [ __ ] around and win this game because roosters after last week have no offense whatsoever we saw it against Raiders if you show a little bit of fight maybe roosters only scored 20 South could score 24 past these idiots you saw Savage walk through the other side of the field with Jennings dropping the ball so you never know and even though I don't truly believe in sou winning outright I you know what I'm just going to say it because [ __ ] it I think it's the most value at least for a line around the whole round because I just think have mailed it in for the year even though they've named everyone so go footy de go J gray go Fletcher bias for one last time you guys are my upset alert let's go sou like am I wrong in this guy actually naming everyone makes no sense that might be one of my favorite moments on the history of the P to end the ating sound the for [ __ ] fleder Myers that's painful but they might go out kind of weird which makes it comical I remember remember actually comically enough the real footy fans out there that remember this from a few years back I think roosters were in a very similar situation where they were locked into like a top four spot and went a Tred and lost they went and try again s go s put 60 on them I like if that happens I would genuinely I will go to [ __ ] Roger David or something buy you a suit and a cigar and I'll sit you down in this chair come through of you and tell you to smoke it up and just soak it in because if these C to South that's the ultimate rest spot in saying that do you think they should arrested is my question I have a few different ways of looking at this one on face Val you are an imbecile for not resting especially like russes generally in the last couple years have actually been cursed as far as injuries go when players go down it's not like a thumb injury or a hand it's either ACL or they break their neck or they just out for 12 months right so one you can injury prone two you know that there's a [ __ ] war on the horizon come the following week regardless of Win Lose or Draw you're going to have to go and play one of the big dogs again boasting a 5% win record against him in the past 20 games you would think that you would need some sort of physical Edge or something against them they [ __ ] have a chance but on the other side do they need some sort sort of like if they just say [ __ ] it we're just going to train and then go and play these cons I don't think their combinations will have like well they have Robo though any fluidity but they have the best coach in the world to be able to go I mean we saw they attack against Raiders right like how the [ __ ] are they going to expect to go to blue b or go to melwin and score in a Finals game so maybe I'm just making the case for robo that he's thinking like all right well I don't have the same team that I did two days ago I need to like see what I have with these losers maybe like if sand and Smith can't even outplay footy Dean I'm just gonna [ __ ] this g off and play Manu like I [ __ ] this [ __ ] Bro Place hon Smith and with no one with no one I mean how can you sit there and go all right for weeks for year this year in general everyone has said Tesco is getting old kiri's getting old W isn't there they're getting old how can they play every single [ __ ] game they can't play origin anymore and this [ __ ] [ __ ] puts them out there I mean at least we man at fullback Okay so why do you think he's putting him out there you just don't even know what he's thinking I don't know what he's thinking yeah what legit this is what he's thinking penth might lose that's my only rush now or maybe he doesn't want to go in off a bad loss to Raiders do you feel like if they if they beat Raiders and didn't get injured try again no because they could have beat they could beat sa with their bombs sa the fact they're trying gives me more tendency to take s because you're getting a good spread with them right like let's say they ran out the bombs and there was four I'll take roosters yeah now that everyone 's trying like I know souths will try and you have to lay it's look I don't want people to get it twisted no one's excited to go and take souths yeah like I'm not saying oh souths are pretty good yeah take them cuz they're all full but conversely are you excited to go on lay 13 and a half with roosters minus five of their players from last week knowing that they can't score anymore without Walker I don't know if I'm excited to do that and even if they go up like 20 which usually roosters would do they had the tendency to be like let's take James off let's take Manu off let's bring players on and sou my back door cover anyway so I mean you know what this coach the last two weeks has done my head in I mean from the time that they beat the [ __ ] out of I forget who they beat the [ __ ] out of for no reason Titans obviously then losing to Raiders losing all their players to this week where the top two is trying because penth want to make sure they finish second which is fine like it makes sense and Melbourne obviously had the buy last week basically so it makesense again and you just go out there and try I mean makes no sense and and and now sharks are like well we have to try who these idiots are trying well we we'll do the Sharks analysis separately because that makes no sense to me either it makes no sense but anyway they would still see they're different because Hines would still play regardless because he needs the Reps these [ __ ] don't need the Reps and this guy just puts him out there if anything these Pricks need the rest more than the Reps and these Gs are coming off a 5 day turnaround as well incredible stupid it's just stupid in my mind anyway I have another like one last point to make to put to put a ball on it from Rooster's point of view Robo actually sneakily is actually setting these kinds up of like incredible embarrassment and failure yeah what if they go out there try and lose the Cs oh my God then you're going to go to Blue the next week with a straight face well they won't go to it could happen right if they lose even worse you're going to go to Melbourne yeah after trying to S out and Raiders and losing both of them well a and and you know what you're going to Melbourne and Melbourne will already be in Melbourne with their legs up cuz they play the day before yeah literally stupidity to yeah to run the troops out 5day turnaround sure if you wanted to play sandon Smith and whoever the [ __ ] playing cooker Del clay Conor Watson I don't give a [ __ ] whoever's running out like play them they can get some reps in together but to run out cryon and Collins and all these CS like they've had like a long strenuous physical year James is getting up there in Edge K's up what if Ki gets a hi and none of these are coming back it's not like next week S Walker comes back or Bradley comes back even har doesn't come back next week so like you need these forwards to play as good as they can and they need to be physically fit and you're playing them against and and your players have a tendency to do stupid [ __ ] to like get a one we suspension it would not surprise me Dom young suali uh lenu Collins half of these cuns have loading that like if they breathe on someone they will get charged for one they do something dumb that's it last thing you need is to lose like even more troops I maybe by then he will get rest [ __ ] cuz everyone would be like Ru has had no players no no but they've shot themselves in the foot the last two games obviously the same Walker injury and then you can't score anymore is ridiculous agreed M and then this week Brit trying for no reason now conversely on the other side of things Glory Glory go sou obviously like we will do a season review where we review your miss them all from like round one to round 27 but just quickly Cody water gray as much as I hate you Fletcher Myers Monroe Monroe now Jacob gagy not Dane key host key truly you are the biggest idiot in the NRL Jacob hope AKA host kongi AKA Sam Burgess the Pod will never forgive him for his Antics earlier in the season Talis dunan head gear Talis dunan I'm telling you next year if I see you in head gear and then you take it off wow you will really piss the Gage AKA like we will truly miss all you and footy Dean I will clap you on and off the field once and if I get to see you in a E's Jersey next year I've officially seen Jason W up what are we going to say if they win I told you I'm going to get you Su in a cigar all right cuz that will be the funniest upset alert of the Season cuz I don't believe it at all when you sounded the alarm there was no noise like it was he pressed the button and it just F like it [ __ ] malfunctioned s but in your defense it was a pretty bad week for upsot what are you going to take Tigers they're awful in I'm not going to take the next team we're done with Friday we're on to Super Saturday and the quit we had the toilet ball and the spoon ball already this is the quitters ball Super Saturday 3pm: Dragons Vs Raiders because two of the biggest quitters in the sport the sa George Ila dragons for the final time until the season review shout out to the zeros Brothers appreciate your support for this season and I will be supporting your team by yeah guaranteeing a dragon's victory in this one and and the dragons they are a proud Club they do have a proud coach and a proud captain in Benny hunt and I feel like they know that they really [ __ ] over the fan base last week and I came on in the review and I said as far as letting your fans down there was no like bigger [ __ ] up in my opinion the dragons won because the results played out in your favor to a point where you were afforded the luxury of losing to shocks and still controlling your own destiny based on all the degeneracy that happened the previous week and you and you still mailed it into power so I believe dragons will bounce back in this one this lineup does look a little bit better thank God Moses Su is back so I don't have to see one of those feet and I PRI sorry ravala I mean I can just not look at you again and they're back at the gong where they're at least respectable uh I feel like if that game played in the gong last week as opposed to banquest it could have been a bit of a different uh play like style of play and the game would have played out a bit different normally they're bit better at firing up there um so I I feel like this is a focus spot where dragons will try and at least redeem their Unfaithful fans and Raiders truly in my opinion have packed it up like no tomorrow uh the motivation of the last couple of weeks and beating penri for Chris's upset alert and then ruining the roost this season to take all of that they're happy now so rap's out with a facial fracture whiteheads out with a 55 we suspension that he's going to apparently serve in the Super League all your players that signing off that are of any importance to the club you already got them two wins and you won in dramatic fashion last week now both of them are out there's truly truly there no reason to go to Wong and fire up if anything you can't just start booking your flight for barley because you shouldn't give a dog piss in saying that Ethan strange and fogy are back in this game so he's mailed it in he might I don't know like Ricky it's just he's turning into Adam o'b before my very eyes uh dragons only having delay two as opposed to probably should be have to delay four five because of last week's results I'm happy to take the dragons can you imagine they won this could be 10 I mean this this could be a spot of no one wants to take Raiders because dragons are going to be really fired up to make the final I kind of wish that could happen cuz we can take Raiders well look first of all I want to say shout out to zeros Brothers you'll win this game I'm not worried about the two points like I can't believe it's two Flanigan was so disgusted with your performance there's no way you're going to go home and quit if you do then what if they quit on him then I've just seen everything from dragons but also and the biggest point of this even though he is a Trader but the fan base will be very very sad at the end of this but low Max what a career you had at the dragons you'll be going to param and this will be your last game in the dragons Jersey unless the [ __ ] you w back flip no unless [ __ ] the two more arms draw um which is a possibility I'm calling it now it's not happening you want we'll get to that um um um other than that Raiders should M it in I agree beating two top four sides basically ruining the r Raiders roosters season sorry which I'm sure they would have given them their own trophy in their cabinet for basically dismantling the whole roosters run at all they should get one I'll send one to them I like them um so look they've done a job for everyone else to piss off this team and to be honest they've pretty much had a decent year there've been patches awful but they had an awful line line up to be in a chance of finishing behind dolphins or Knights by two points depending on who wins that game um is still very good performance with what they had at the start of the season so for both these clubs actually whatever happens I think dragons will win but I think for both these teams that finished 10th and 11th I assume I'm yeah because Titans aren't winning um they have both had a great season with what they had and riy and flanny flano can keep their heads up and shout out to them they've really done a great job with these two squads so this is really just a celebration match exhibition I assume dragons will win this by maybe like eight or 10 this in my opinion and I might cop some LTE comments for this one but in my opinion this is the two leading candidates for Coach of the Year along with Cameron Caldo if Caldo can finish fifth or sixth it's going to be hard pressed for me not to give him but right on his heels in my opinion taking this horrific dragons rostar like God awful people don't realize how God awful this roster is I mean 26 rounds of Eisen H starting wow wow um taking them to a chance where if these CTS get a draw they'll literally make the a to me is Miracle work and Ricky stwart like some of the inbreds he's run out there sangi for him to go and beat penth and [ __ ] all these losers like in the top four consistently the way that he has and I think like in the middle of the Season that he really got [ __ ] over by a couple of injuries but you can never question the Raiders you can question their brain obviously because going and packing it up to tigers that round like inhance really like that was really bad really stupid from you guys but the fact that they get up for so many of these games I I would not mind him maybe being a runner up to Caldo in that way um but as far as this game goes obviously the review of both teams will be coming four to five weeks from now after pen four Pete but I mean like I really don't understand why rers would go and try again yeah I don't think they will either I think they ready to go home and you know go to camber or go back back to overseas I'm sure whitee heads they're all going to go and live in England for six maybe they will for a little bit but yeah they deserve it I think they've had a good we going start farewelling now no I mean look we can always do the farewells in most of the reviews I think like the review the full review which will be coming a bit later and we have something special for coming up as well after this all right well instead who which player you going to miss the most out of both of these teams all right dragons Jack bird obviously I actually you know what I'm not going to name an inbre which I usually do but I'm gonna I'm GNA say um I'm gonna say luchano so you go ahead and name it in anyway of course uh what are you going to miss about luchiano like he's just I don't I don't know like some games he hits the line so hard and he looks gone and then some games he looks wored and I'm like like this is why he's a dragon well he's engaged with the dragons right he's literally a the dragon falls through so but obviously from a be broader sense um benart I think like he deserves a break with the inbreds he's played with and having to sit there next to Flanigan and be like we were all four you be like tough to watch I'm not going to lie all right obviously someone comment hson you will miss Hudson going why what you mean he's leaving yeah definitely I'm going to miss I like him the tennis player and obviously unfortunately he's not going to play his last game for the Raiders either so he had a great career as a Raider um and uh yeah this is his final game B a shame that like him and whad don't get the proper send off then they would try I think I really don't see why these cards would go yeah they tried last week and won the comp that's it yeah and dragons like they're the type of inbreds that will lose with a chance to make the eight and then sneakily I would not mind taking dragons 13 plus yeah going to pump them I think they might pump them so that's oh maybe 10 that's how I see this one take a spr anyway I think like that's this is definitely the second worst game on Saturday because I mean that's 7:31 wow but we do have a cracking game come 5:30 shop where the Super Saturday 5:30pm: Bulldogs Vs Cowboys bullfrogs take on my North Queensland Cowboys 5:30 sharp at a COR Stadium little bit of play movement in this one obviously Matthew Burton is out for one week for being a little grub and Steven Cen the greatest player of all time the greatest invest out I'm not finished all right the greatest investment since buying Bitcoin in 2007 or the US dollar in 1901 Steven Cowden returns to the lineup in this onean and you know God SCH is at home with a boner knowing that his captain is back on the edge now in saying that obviously they do need a replacement for Matthew Burton and the orchestrator I have truly missed him I feel like we haven't seen him for about 3 to four months there's a reason and back when he was around was a good old days when dogs truly could not score bring T back so the orchestrator is back he's partnering Toby ston in the halves and on the other side I think Cowboys running out the same dingos that barely running out the same dingos that didn't cover to mour C team so Chris are the Cowboys famously who won the comp against the Bullocks five rounds ago are they going to twoed against them or will they falter at the side of Steven crowen well look I truly think Cowboys might win this game why I just think like has the spark finally gone away with these idiots and I don't know I feel like today's sentiment on one of our Bulldogs posts was that they're in agreeance that now everyone realizes the these idiots can't win a comp which is strange right but it was one loss I get it but again we'll say a thousand times it wasn't how it wasn't that you lost it was how you lost and that was what was like scary and to play Someone Like Cowboys is not great um they're the team that will throw the b ball around and if you have like stupidity anywhere they'll score and the way Jerry played last week I can't imagine um I guess C replaces him C and skeleton to be any better so well it's just a straight swap right because Jerry goes out and Steven gron comes in yeah true but going the same garbage with yeah and the Cowboys left Ed as imbecile as [ __ ] homes and um Tang are they can score points and I just think maybe Bulldogs I know they want a home final but do they want it that badly and you kind of want the like in my opinion I would rather play Cowboys again then go play question mark Knights because oh come on Knights are [ __ ] you don't you don't know what Knights are going to come up with have Cowboys genuinely become the worst team in the a they actually might be because we don't you know cowboys will [ __ ] it up at some point during the 80 minutes they're not going to play gun well you can't rely on Knights but Knights are a weird one right because the kns is because they're going to be really angry that they lost the dogs both times and the weirder one actually is even Dolphins is even weirder than that because Dolphins can actually score that's the problem so and dolphins actually beat the [ __ ] out of them a couple times I think if out of the 5 to eight the one team you actually want to play is the Cowboys that's my take and if you're dogs no no no if you're any team okay obviously kns not kns cool no as I said if you're if you're drafting if you're drafting I actually think Cowboys at eight and no one cares about Cowboys clearly but I actually think even if they finish fifth on the table have a chance against them even if it's in Townsville doesn't matter I agree I agree um and I just think dogs as much as you want a home final it's not the worst case scenario if you finish seventh because you play him you play no it is it's a very hard game to like because the worst case scenario for bullog is to end up playing manly again and this time at their home ground in a finals matchup yeah that that I wouldn't wish anyone at Point you I wouldn't wish any any team to go there on that day so they have to win will they win is a big question mark the halves are just I I feel like you're genuinely leaning Cowboys I I I genuinely believe without burden wow wow I mean to be favorites with Toby seon and Hutcherson something else a Cowboys that bad yeah I don't think that's true for Cowboys to already have beaten them with Burton and them being off such a high to without Burton being underdogs again all right it's a bit of a stretch but I don't think I think it's I'm leading Cowboys if I'm leading all right dogs don't worry I'll defend you boys I'm not saying they're bad after making the real saying that you're not Premiership contenders you don't have to be Premiership contenders to beat Cowboys now before I actually give my Anil on this game I have an interesting statement to make it's actually when you look at the laws of the backy self podcast because obviously we have certain laws that we believe in Tigers winning on um e star is probably the main one your star Theory right under it in the third dot Point comes a very important law that when a team plays a team in the final round of the season but they can't play each other again is there no physical way they can play each other again because oh there is one way no they wouldn't play them dogs would just host Manley if Manley lose so there's no physical way oh that sucks because if dogs win they finish fifth no matter what and they'll play Knights or Dolphins what if Cowboys win if Cowboys win they'll go to Fifth and play Knights so the winner gets to play Knights so or Dolphins Cowboys are the type of this is exactly I've just figured it out go and play night and lose to them beat Bulldogs lose tonight okay well what I was going to say is whoever plays them it always works like that but that's in any sport basketball NFL footy and we saw this in the last uh round of last season where Melbourne beat the [ __ ] out of Broncos and then the next week Broncos beat the [ __ ] out of Melbourne it always plays that way for whatever reason that whoever wins the first game loses the second one unfortunately in this case I think because of certain results that happened last week we can't get in a situation where these two teams play each other more I know how draw no well we want two draws this week well if they draw man they not drawing this is not [ __ ] stcker if they draw a barely win they'll play each other yeah no not happening so next point I'm going to make is Cowboys I truly believe it's mathematically impossible for Yukons to get to 15 wins in this season in this season so obviously I'm saying you're one and done come the playoffs and secondly you're not beating Bulldogs again obviously like I know I feel like punting wise and I'm the only kind that talks about punting and no one gives a [ __ ] but I'm going to take it because this is my podcast thank you punting wise you have to know that when you win a bet but it was the wrong bet you need to learn from that so when these Pricks actually played each other 6 weeks ago we sent out Cowboys and one in hindsight and 5 minutes after the game I was like how did Cowboys beat these cons Cowboys are 10 times worse than these cons so so what's on the line in this one number one dogs getting revenge over Cowboys number two dogs coming off an embarrassing loss their first truly embarrassing loss since round two of this season number three Cowboys probably thinking they're gangsters for beating Melbourne's [ __ ] [ __ ] Reserve Reserve grade team with no players in there number four Cowboys coming to Sydney which they've been God aul in for about a decade at number five Bulldogs with a chance to host a Finals game next you might have aligned my stars for me and the last one is Bulldogs finishing the season with more wins than Cowboys which they truly truly deserve because if I look back at this season and I have to do next year's [ __ ] 2025 preview and I have to talk about Cowboys before I get to Bulldogs because Cowboys finish Fifth and Bulldogs finish seventh that would be very unfair and that will be truly unlucky for the Bulldogs I don't think it will happen play style wise as well we know cowboys will concede to any losers and I believe dogs will get the show back on track in the middle of the field after losing to p and Co they will get all over the top of the Cowboys and Cowboys will pack it up in my opinion I don't trust them and I truly want dogs to be there cuz I think they've been they're still ranked fifth in my provisional table as fifth best team in the competition them and Manley are definitely the two shots to actually make some noise Make some noise right Cowboys are about nights see my issue is I have to put them upset Alert in the week's time the way this draw is panned out what if they play dogs yeah I have to why because what I'm going to put Cowboys as upset alert no sharks hell no roosters hell no by default has to be nice and obviously you're not going to do [ __ ] Cowboys against man yeah exactly so um but anyway that's next week I'm bit skeptical on dogs onto the game of the round jokes game of the [ __ ] Titans who cares who has quit who cares but now it's time to make this man Super Saturday 7:30pm: Panthers Vs Titans giggle close your eyes wait for the number to get to 20 and take Titans you idiot you don't have to wait that long check your phone now might be 20 go titans why are you cheering for them because now they officially mailed it in and now they'll cover 20 theiles will they really yeah they will they're gonna go to Blue B and cover without David FAO yeah they''re starting fourball seter brandle is starting second row they have absolute [ __ ] on the bench pth have every single player you could name outside of clear and they're not going to cover 20 to the Gold Coast Titans Titans will cover this game they'll end the year covering thank thank you to all you idiots for how much entertainment you've provided me from round three till now you've been fantastic Keeny K perero Kenny's playing why for [Laughter] me 20 with Kitty s's back for me forign thank you for your service what service um who else is there CL H your boy thank you for your service I cannot wait to take the Titans penth have every initiative to every motive to beat these CS by 40 but they won't they're just going to go out there and calm it down and Titans are actually going to go there and try because this sport is stupid and I've had enough and I'm ready to go to finals because who gives a [ __ ] about these teams but go titans um it's real to it's a real shower F of a game isn't it because like I'll die for Titans I don't think anyone I'm going to make it entertaining for you go titans take de TI's like B it in I really I don't know what to expect from you guys in this game and genuinely I actually don't know what to expect from penrith either are they going to try why the [ __ ] would penth go and try to win by more than 20 without clear to L 20 with them we saw last week against a dismal South team that truly could not score they got very unlucky to uh not cover souths got very unlucky to not cover plus 20 against that penth team now with recent performance and people that do like analytic style betting they look at recent performances as more of a like trajectory of what the team's going to play like as opposed to 50 so that would lead you to believe that Titans have to go on that to concede three Tri to F your Shar in 5 minutes at least tiger spaced it out for like 40 minutes these counts in 5 minutes considered three deflect shop so if Titans go there with that attitude minus David FAA and playing F more Center and blah blah blah blah blah with probably the least incentive to go and try against anyone the scoreboard will get ugly but in a stupid way and I really regret to say this I kind agree with you Chris yes at 20 like these guyss are going to go throw the foot around and score 18 and Pen are going to score 32 and no one's going to remember this game [ __ ] 5 minutes after it finishes but at the scoreboard Panther's going to win 13 plus but Titans going to cover the closing line of 20 anyway so I'm sorry to whoever's listening but yeah close your eyes go out on your Saturday night have a few beers don't watch the game Titans will cover 20 Bob's your uncle all right all right Titans will get to you come season I still don't I you know what all that time I scream at Titans I Sunday Ticket 2pm: Manly Vs Sharks still don't know who plays at 2:00 that's how much I don't give a [ __ ] well it's obviously um manly sharks manly sharks like the pointless game seriously pointless because I know I actually know why you're dreading this game because I know M's going to lose because you need M to win and you know that sharks are going to go and win with no reason to win and [ __ ] Manley season over it's fine we Manley will go on the road and beat dogs it's not a big deal it's fine they've already they beat him there two weeks ago all Goods um Manley hosts sharks in a finals test really for Manley I mean let's see how good you guys are unfortunately to toe call goes a fullback because turbo's out um they get this Clayton person the comes in to play Wing I'm sure he'll be fine sharks look great legit look great everyone's there probably the best 17 sharks of I mean I don't know if Ronaldo's there is he there no I didn't see him so he might be the only one out but genuinely looking at the squad you're like this is a finals team let me confirm that um so well I'll keep going why I forgot this game is because I still don't understand why I know why rley is trying sharks I'm a bit skeptical similar to The Roosters there is no point of going there and trying because there is no reason for Roosters to lose against sou and even playing even if Ro even if sharks do lose sharks are stupid if even if sharks if roosters do lose what are you benefiting playing pan blue b we saw you [ __ ] play pen full strength at points bet yet blue bet maybe they thought they were sharks would WR look sharks have a better track history against melbour so I don't know what you guys are doing seriously they're actually as dumb as roosters are I mean there's really no point of playing and knowing the fact that roosters might probably win anyway then you're locked into fourth like there's no way penth will go out on Saturday and lose to [ __ ] Titans then I'm seen everything but that's not going to happen so truly Craig fitzg must believe that he wants a rep with every one of his team which would just main the incentive to take manly cuz these guys are just going to try [ __ ] throw the footy around maybe get some tries maybe not knock the ball on just go out there and have a laugh basically and man you're actually going to be serious and beat the [ __ ] out of him it's like I don't know that's the way I see it so I just assume Manley will win that's the best what you're totally wrong on this game shock's going to go out there and rape them I actually think shars go out there and really try for some reason why stupid because I think like in my mind they're getting ready for finals they're really getting ready for finals yeah but they're just dumb because everyone's going next week is what matters right yeah but they need to like I feel like if you throw Nick okay first of all you have to throw Hines out there for the sake of getting game reps and getting back his confidence do you want to throw them out there with a bunch of losers yeah but look this is exactly your point in the roosters game what if they go out there and try and lose that's fine oh they're going to have so much confidence next week they literally lost to seventh place no but Manley's actually good no the difference is you can try and lose to Manley and on their day in Brookville Manley has been in all the good teams you try and lose to sou that's the like without turbo is a different no but they're still a good team right not as if they had turbo and and Sab then I'd be like I mean they they didn't have turbo and they beat the [ __ ] out of [ __ ] Melbourne and penth yeah I know in in Brookville so like they can beat anyone that's fine if shks go and lose I don't think it like derails their season or anything roosters if they lose to South the newc is just a laughing stock of the NRL but I think sharks have shown that they have a level to get to that I don't think Manley can get to without turbo and Sab in my opinion and lineup wise I think incorporated into the pricing of sharks being $2 is this whole facade of yeah this team has [ __ ] a reason to try and this team doesn't which we saw last week it's [ __ ] meaningless in this Sport and I actually went and thought about it overnight that why the [ __ ] did the teams with an incentive to win last week lose and I really feel like I'm beating a dead horse here nothing matters in this sport besides who gets the most calls essentially is what it balls down to so in a a situation that mainly go out and get 10 calls and shars go out and get 10 calls shock's going to beat these cons yeah they will so unfortunately man if you end up if you know you're playing Cowboys I'd literally mail it in wow really even if you have to go to North you don't give a [ __ ] you already beat him up there and full strength with turbo you'll beat their ass yeah I I wouldn't be so like I wouldn't be worried and for like if you're going to try that hard Cowboys if C look think of it this way if Cowboys mail it in against dogs which no one expects but let's say they do like they just quit think they're going to finish six because Manley's going to lose Manley are going to try their [ __ ] guts out to beat sharks may beat them and then they're going to try again to beat Cowboys who are going to be fight up for no reason because finals so it's like would you rather just lose and then go play Cowboys in Townsville and know they're going to [ __ ] it up up there I would say no the issue is if you know that you will if you win you get home court I think for manly it's worth having a go they will have a go but they're really going to have to have a go with what you're saying to actually beat them they will and what will happen next week is we may see like in a Finals game mainly beus 4 and a half at home which they will be as well because turbo will be back they'll beat the [ __ ] out of sharks and they'll be like [ __ ] these [ __ ] are actually good yeah and that's the worst thing you happen because anyone in this sport that gets any rep gets raped so they get humbled real quick they get humbled real quick so that's the worst thing that can happen so you're actually pissed off at sharks with trying in this one yeah I am they're worse than roosters in hindsight especially cuz they play on the Sunday correct [ __ ] and then most likely if they play first which they probably will they play Melbourne on Friday you imiles I'm pretty sure they play Melbourne on Friday that's how the draw works yeah you're right so they're going to get [ __ ] fingered yeah because they're going to be tired for no reason stupidity and both these teams if they get molested by Melbourne and penth I truly believe coaching era in round the last round it is a free rest you stupid idiots they both have to try to make sure they get home caught so just don't try you you know what Chris like these two cons they're actually the two dumbest teams of the Seas they've stuffed it up last week and they stuffed it up again they this a double Army right so they [ __ ] it up last week and [ __ ] themselves over of having a chance to play at home and not sitting there and acknowledging it they go and [ __ ] it up again it's like they lose in both ways of all right we don't get home courau and we don't get arrest we're going to go and [ __ ] fight Toth and to beat St if they didn't have a rest this week because they were fighting to play each other that's fine and that's not a problem if you like the best case scenario was rooster sharks because you can beat each other they can lose to each other it just depends but one of you guys will be in the prelim not to have pen because anyone that has Melbourne and penth in the prelim they might as well go there and pack it up yeah I don't think I truly do not believe from three to this is why five to six 5 to eight never wins because one and two win easily and sharks mess it up for themselves how hard would Melbourne and penth have to try after trying this week if you guys had rested everyone especially konala because konala a full full full strength rooster still can't score yeah konala the only player that should be running out there Raman Ronaldo if he's actually healthy and Hines legit I would have named no one else yeah I agree with you and there or if you want to start like Hazelton and William sure like the morons but nicar really yeah wow really he's going to go there and try his guts out to tackle [ __ ] uatu oh no that's the other side Teague he's going to go out there and try his guts out to tackle him and get tired and Manley are just going to like the Manley outside backs aren't [ __ ] so their outside backs are going to get tired the middles are going to get tired because [ __ ] lodge and we saw last week they beat the [ __ ] out of anyone honest bang like my brain seeing that you said it right at the start of the podcast the last game doesn't have this context because it actually matters for both teams so they're going to name full strength so we're not going to but from the first seven games I truly believe it defines the whole season the fact no one has mailed it in actually is so like just like these guys just want to go out there and play footy as hard as they can not thinking about anything the week after and that's why week in week out we have different performances from each team I'm going to try my guts out against Titans and win this game but next week I'm going to lose toight so what's the point of winning that you [ __ ] morons it makes no sense so roosters and sharks both of you idiots are legit shooting yourselves in the foot two weeks in a row last week shouldn't have lost to Warriors and Raiders at all and this week you play all of them to just go lose the next week dumb yeah it might yeah I the more I think about it actually like I know for this is how I see this game Chris sharks have named their full strength theme they also have a break they could be smart in what aspect if they take a few out like if they say you know what nicar is not actually playing I don't know yeah Rudolph's not playing and they have the opportunity because they'll see if penth win and they'll see Russ's win and really there's no point because you can't finish not fourth yeah and the Sharks probably have the deepest interchangeable players compared to the other two because Melbourne obviously top heavy as [ __ ] paying all their spine players penth obviously playing clearly they've had a bunch of tal leave the door so they like the people that jump in for them Henry Henry Jesse and Casey McLean like they're not that great but sharks have the ability to pull all right if we pull out nicara talakai didn't play last week he can start they pull out TIG all right Jack Williams you're good enough you get in there you only play 20 minutes a week Ronaldo you've been out for a bit Raymond you've been out hin you've been out you guys can go play Atkinson you can play because you're not going to play next week we're going to bring Trindle back in you can [ __ ] off and we can bring in Stone Street or something right like if they actually wanted to like you said Chris they see all right Roost is one penth one we're locked into four anyway we'll play like half our team and we won't play the other half nikar like you really need a rest because you've been busting your ass for 26 rounds that's fine but I truly believe Fitz Gibbon is like he's going to try is demanding that all right like let's get ready for finals we just lost a Shar we just lost to uh sorry Warriors and that was not good enough we need to go we need to go and win to have any you're saying if either of these teams had won that rest this week they wouldn't have they couldn't have no no they wouldn't have I'm saying irrespective they would not rest so you literally already messed it up so why mess it up again yeah well that's that's how we you actually named the really like iro and nicara I wouldn't even thought of put him in the lineup I know yeah especially EO he's a rookie you think he's ready for the finals he's just going to switch it on and play [ __ ] Melbourne what yeah really blows my mind are they playing for Aid I didn't realize but yeah back to back to this game the like obviously the game of the round no well it depends if if they try but I I I don't think ketan is as dumb as Robinson so I think a few of them will go out to take Manley I think sharks will play everyone that they've named and I think sharks will win all right we agree to disagree onto the only two Sunday Ticket 4pm: Knights Vs Dolphins teams outside of tigers and Par should trying yes and it is obviously the last game of the regular season the Newcastle Knights host the Dolphins at McDonald Jones Stadium for the Blockbuster of win in the eight lose into ninth draw the winner of dragons and Raiders make it so let's see what everyone says in my opinion this is a Knights Victory Knights of really not that bad and they're actually better than they were last week if they were going to mess it up it would have been last week and dolphins I TR I trust Wayne in keeping the same lineup he did because I think it's smart to keep everything together after beating the [ __ ] out of Brisbane but it's probably not his strongest lineup dropping someone like ca nicara being on the bench with Marshall King is a bit strange I don't know if he wants to change things pregame so I just think they don't have the best player on the field and I think the best player of the field is on Newcastle so I'm going to take the Newcastle spread in this one in my heart I wish this is a draw and I will have small amount of money on draw for a life simply because I can imagine this going extra time and someone winning by one and someone in the commentary box sitting there being like if no one actually scores here dragons or Raiders make the eight which will be comical to sit there and be like all right they're going extra time you know what we're going to get a field goal from some dick anyway but draw is going to pay out because they're going to go out there and kill each other which makes sense this is basically a finals Prelude it's the equivalent of a playing in the NBA because this game is that much importance to make the eight I hope for whoever they play I hope it if if it is Cowboys I hope it's Dolphins to be honest because I think Dolphins have have a better chance against those retards if it's if it's dogs that are finishing fifth then I would love to say it's night if Manley finish fifth which they can't so don't worry about what I'm going to say um unless [ __ ] dogs and cowboys draw but that's not going to happen um if it's that's the scenario so Cowboys I'd rather Dolphins dogs I'd rather Knights that's pretty much it but I am leaning the Newcastle Knights to win this game I think with friselle and piss likely to come back through injury P PA's dead just yeah he's on the reserves though um so if he's all right he might play not dolphins with the experiment I don't think the experiment will get them into the eight with their last two wins even though they played great last week I don't think you can run out there with avillo I'm going to go the Newcastle Knights to win the Blockbuster at McDonald Jones Is there any point of your thought process of this game Chris that no we going to M it up it does kind of scare you that it's Adam O'Brien coach against Wayne Bennett it is but I just think there is a talent Gap with leaning Knights because they have Kalin and we said it last week Kalin tried for like five minutes I think this game is really going to try and not that I think Adam O'Brien's a good coach but Knights have been sound and they are sound and for them to make back-to-back years in the eight Fifth and eighth is a pretty good result with these idiots around them and like what what's South Brisbane parah Warriors they're all made the finals both and knights Would Have Made It backtack time so you can't really say much about Adam O'Brien he's awful we know he is but like we can't really say much about him and Wayne like does he really want to coach another game is this his last game as a dolphin it could be and I just think there's just a little bit of talent behind I would have been much more comfortable to Dolphins if they Hadar and and and nicara that's worked all year I think last week's spark makes sense but to start it again in a big game like this it's a bit strange I'd rather go over my two experienced halves and hope for the best um I still like Hammer at Center I think he's going to do a job on Bradman which he like you know what in origin we've seen how good Hammer's been at Center and full has been great at fullback but we're talking about fullering Kalin here two completely different players happily take the nights so fascinating game and I'm really really glad that the NRL looked into the crystal ball and scheduled this game as not the Thursday night game the final game of the regular season like you said Chris an extension of the playoffs or the finals for whoever comes and says this is an American sport who cares who gives you'll see tomorrow now winner goes in and the winner I believe will be the Newcastle nights Chris I sat here and I thought wow like what am I going to come on this podcast and say is the reason for why I'm picking the knights and it's essentially exactly what you said I have that much faith in the class and the caliber and the super stardum of Kalin ponga that put 25,000 Newcastle screaming Newcastle fans on those seats come Sunday afternoon with the sun coming down with a chance to win and get in I believe he will leave it all on the line and he is good enough that he can put the city on his back with a competent forward pack with two Strike weapons out wide with with a usan ball on the right wing that's some TR scoring machine apparently and like you said Chris the knights for all that we come on and say they can't score and they're [ __ ] Adam O'Brien's an imbecile and blah blah blah in a weird way they actually are kind of reliable and that truly makes me laugh because it's we make them out to be some absolutely embeded team but you know more or less you kind of know what you're going to get out of the night maybe not on a week toe basis but they're going to be in the mix and if they make the finals for back-to-back Seasons where Brisbane parah Warriors Raiders souths all these imbeciles haven't made it they can't say they've made the finals two years in a row I think you got to give him some some slack now it does help getting friselle back and I would truly like to see p Ball come back in for the sake of the BET Now part of me is like do I want want to lay any points withs in a high high extremely high leverage game like this where if you told me this game goes to Golden point would not surprise me at all are you saying there's a chance it can't draw but as far as spread betting goes if you go up to Adam O'Brien and tell him hey you're going to win this game by one he'll be like yeah [ __ ] Earth so in a game where you know it's nip and Tuck and I don't know it's 1816 and [ __ ] sha Sol kicks another two-point field goal or there's a stupid Penal late because these they want these CS to go to Golden point it would really piss me off if Knights go to Golden point and win off of kin field goal or something and the whole narrative is there of knights W Knights are going to make the eight kns going to be you see the entire Knights crowd go up and cheer you bet on kns but you're walking away with a losing bet because you decided to lay two and a half would be a bit infuriating in my opinion but at the end of the day if we're sitting here confidently saying we don't think are going to [ __ ] it up and they're going to win you got to lay the two now well you can lay a little bit on draw I'm not taking this is not soccer little bit of draw this is not soccer like would that it's not Raiders versus Chargers little bit on draw did is that even a market in this stupid spot of course it is of course it is you can just P but but you'll get it at 80 minutes so even if it goes to Golden point if there's a draw I want it to go to 90 minutes what if they lose right is I'll have laugh they would have already packed it up ra like we don't want to play so I'm saying that they Bulldogs on the other side of things we saw last week bit of a stretch betting against Wayne Bennett in a high leverage game because you know what you will get out of his team I don't see dolphins going out there and imploding I don't see dolphins going out there crumbling under the pressure shaking at the side of K they'll have a good game plan in place they will execute the game plan I don't know how Feliz KUSI got off his two game suspension after he smashed the shoot out of Adam reyolds but that is a huge win for the fins still they kind of match up pretty well with each other strike fullback kalin's there they would have Hammer Time there as like some comparable strike talent to Kalin but obviously Wayne decided to move into the centers Trey full is competent as well he's no Ken ponga but that's all right strike Center versus strike Center in um both sides Herby gagy Bradman and hammeron like that's probably four of the best players on the field te King Ken outside of the equation Fletcher sharp Fletcher sharp of War both halves are pretty mid in a lot of ways avillo like he played good last week but he's no out andout proven gun 58 well we don't know if he's going to play with Nic obviously like even probably after a one game stint on the job he's probably a better 58 than kogo so like that's how funny and obviously K's had a absolutely cracking season but Wayne for whatever reason has decided it's not your day it's not your night and we're going to sit you out and we're going to put in Old mate sha o solivan who's probably a bit more of a steady head uh and obviously Crossland's mid as well so the halves are mid on both sides the centers are gone on both sides the fullbacks are gone on both sides and the forward pack you probably lean the Newcastle Knights purely just because of injury I mean ifle if uh Gilbert and F were playing this one maybe I think Chris we will be leaning in a different direction but the CCI boys P Paul Adam Elliot my boy friselle I think there's enough experience and enough strike power obviously the Dolphins both experience with uh the bramage sisters and FIS KUSI and I like those Melbourne boys have been in some massive games over the years but I just think if this played in redcliff simply put if this played in redcliff I'd probably take the Dolphins but at McDonald Jones Stadium at a Sunday afternoon you I don't want to bet against Newcastle I think they've done enough to get a Smuggler spot in there if they lose I won't come here and laugh at them and be like you [ __ ] it up because I have enough respect for the fins and Wayne Bennett to give him a pass because it truly is like could go either way game and it's priced that way accordingly but one team has K and Pongo the other team doesn't at the end of the day I I don't want it to go to Golden point because I'm very scared of the Dolphins especially of s with half I believe in Crossland to kick one to miss five in a row yeah so I I don't know about and as solivan we hit that one other week so it is the Prelude to the finals and it was the last game of the regular season we'll be back for the review obviously of this round and then preview of finals footy um but there will be an episode in between because as much as we love our rugby league there won't be any rugby league as of a few more weeks from now so the podcast will be turning to the NFL so tomorrow will be the first well tomorrow Thursday will be the first upload of the preview to the first round of the NFL season so your American viewers get them in there because it's time to go through the NFL which is probably the most similar sport to the NRL that will be starting tomorrow but for now enjoy your rugby league for One Last Time salute to all these [ __ ] morons you've really made our day s Wi on Friday it will truly make me laugh and mainly I hope you guys win as well Knights dolphins please just put a good game for everyone watching Tigers power be at the game do something D so we can laugh real quick I think I forgot under duress completely well I already know it's under duress all right under duress the canb banks and Bulldogs I'm Under Duress from Hussein (Bulldogs) putting you guys under the rest yes I did come on the review and said you are not Premiership contenders but being Premiership contenders and beating Cowboys is two different things in my opinion you were unlucky to lose to the Cowboys the first time time round and you are deserving of the fifth spot on the NRL ladder to end the season if I have to see a situation where Cowboys end the year with more wins than you guys I will truly like throw my hands up in the air and say how the hell did that happen in hindsight the Bulldogs minus Matty burton all good Steven Cen the best investment since Bitcoin himself returns in this one and I think he will lead his team to a victory the dogs will go marching and bounce back after their bad loss against Manley and hand the North Queensland Cowboys a defeat minus one and a half is all we have to lay shout out to the kenel I'll be taking you guys this week don't let me down let's go good on the rest mate the end of the NRL season's here enjoy your footy gentlemen wait what how much more do you want to say all you footy fans that have enjoyed the podcast throughout this entire season we appreciate your support thank you for hanging with us I promise you guys the NFL is a amazing product you guys for those of you have not really into your American Sports and once October 1 finishes and the Grand Final is decided you just stare at the wall or you watch s versus paping nugini don't watch that garbage go watch the NFL watch the preview try and get into the season a little bit with us because I'm telling you like it's some high quality [ __ ] up here you guys will truly enjoy it and we will live to be chatting to you guys on the NFL we'll be dropping that probably 48 hours from now and until then for those of you who decided to not watch that obviously Sunday night we'll be back in the lab and come Monday morning we will have the review of the final round of the NRL season goodbye souths goodbye Titans goodbye dragons goodbye Raiders goodbye par Tigers good bye Tigers see you later Broncos see you next year pretty boys peace out guys