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Practice Match Takeaways + The Statesman's TEAM REVEAL (Five-Time Top 100 Finisher) | #PODPOD
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AFL Fantasy is really starting to heat up as we got to see some televised practice matches over the weekend. The lads discuss all the biggest talking points, including Harry Sheezel, Jordan Clark, Harley Reid, Mattaes Phillipou, Nic Martin, Jack Bowes, the ramifications of Luke Parker's broken arm, and much more!
Then, five-time top-100 finisher, The Statesman, drops a team reveal ahead of the final official practice matches before Opening Round. Plenty will change ahead of the season, no doubt, but the Fossil's structure is looking fire just two weeks out!
Plus, Dossy has some news...
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Transcript
Episode Introduction and Highlights
00:00:17
Speaker
G'day and welcome to the Pod Pod, it's ya boi Dossi here talking all things AFL fantasy this Monday night.
00:00:29
Speaker
26th February, 2024. And what do we have on deck for you? Other than a Statesman team reveal, that's right, five time top 100 finisher, the Statesman is revealing his starting squad on this episode. We've also got our thoughts coming up on the players, on your requests for players as well during the recent unofficial
00:00:53
Speaker
trial matches. We don't have Louis joining us on this one, but of course the full pod squad is here otherwise, including the man off the top of the show I just mentioned. Five-time top 100 finisher statesman, how are you? I'm very well looking forward to this so you can criticize my $2.4 million in the bank.
00:01:14
Speaker
Yeah, last year, the controversy, we got through this entire team review and instead, I literally did have what
Team Strategies and Past Controversies
00:01:21
Speaker
was it? It was over a million bucks in the bank. So none of that this year, mate. But to be fair, the million dollar saver did get me to around 200th mark after round eight.
00:01:35
Speaker
So the stuff we have with us as well. After, you know, copying some criticism from Statesman, I reckon last week, Harmie about not being on any shows we've seen you on about 25 since. How are you, Harmie?
00:01:51
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going well, thanks, Tossie boy. And it's actually been good going on a few other shows because it's made me watch a bit of the pre-season action, even though the pretty crappy camera work for most of them and some interesting commentators. But now it's good to watch a little bit of footy on the weekend.
Trial Matches vs Regular Season: Player Impressions
00:02:08
Speaker
Certainly. We also have with us two time top 10 finisher, Holmsey. How are you, mate?
00:02:16
Speaker
Yeah, good, Dossie boy. Thanks, Stade. I was going to rip into you about that, but you kind of lent into the skid and got there before I could. So I do hope you've filled your squad out a little bit more this year. So the listeners actually get an idea of what a full squad looks like. Yeah, it's pretty close. I'm actually, from periods today, I had 5K spare. I think I finished at 42K. So a little bit better spend of this year, mate.
00:02:43
Speaker
definitely a bit better than last year. But let's get stuck in straight away into the hot topics for the week, which was, of course, the trial matches that were on the weekend. And look, as Harmony said, it's important to note the difference in quality of these games versus a regular season game. And I actually
00:03:02
Speaker
I actually implore the listeners because I did this last year and it is amazing. If you go back and watch a replay of just a regular season game from last year in between all these, you know, you're just like, Oh my God. Okay. I don't need to like these games are so different to even just a regular season game. And then obviously finals kicks it up another notch, but just
00:03:24
Speaker
Beware, these are just not the way they normally play. It's a lot of outside peel, not a heap of contested footy. There's a couple of teams, I reckon, that maybe went a bit harder than others. But overall, yeah, just take everything with a grain of salt.
Player Performances and Roles Discussion
00:03:37
Speaker
But that being said, we want to talk about some of our reactions to the games. And we've each just got one player that we're going to bring to the table and talk about.
00:03:48
Speaker
That we may be changed our opinions on across the weekend or even just through recent events that have happened throughout fantasy news community etc. So let's start with you. I'll throw it to you mate. Can I go last? I've got a few on my list so I'll let you boys take some of the others and I'll see where I end up.
00:04:09
Speaker
We are also going to go to the listeners and get their opinions. They've kindly filled out a heap of choices for us on the social. So we get to plenty of those too. But all right, Homsey, take it away, mate. Your player.
00:04:22
Speaker
Yeah, mine's not a real change of opinion. Mine's just sort of further solidified what I've been thinking this preseason. That's Elliot Yeo. I think we just needed to see him back playing football in the role, healthy and looking good. And yes, there was a lot of fantasy scores going around on the weekend. I wasn't looking at that at all, but what I did see was him play a full game of football. They didn't rest him in the last quarter.
00:04:44
Speaker
He was in the midfield full time and the Eagles desperately need him to play midfield. So the fact he got through and he's still uninjured, he's still someone I'm heavily considering at D2 or D3.
00:04:56
Speaker
Lovely, he was just bursting out of stoppage. I think his score wasn't as impressive as the eye test for sure. So seeing that, yeah, I agree with you, Holmes. It was awesome to see. There was one moment he burst through the middle of the ground, took a bounce, took the game on, did this massive peg inside 50, like vintage Elliot Yeo. And I was like, wow, okay. If we're ever going to pick him, it's going to be 2024 for the bounce back. I think Holmes, a good call. Stado, you're up.
00:05:21
Speaker
Well I just wondered whether you're going to be picking Livingston from West Coast Eagles after spotting him have four possessions and sending in our little group message of saying I think I found our R3.
Value Options and Strategic Considerations
00:05:39
Speaker
Mine's a name that I think Holmsey and one or two others may have mentioned in passing, but he really hasn't been on the radar. And as we're searching for value options in the Ford line, particularly those that don't have a buy, because there seems to be a lot of those,
00:05:57
Speaker
is James Harms. Now, rightfully Bevo doing the right thing and actually putting Bontum Pelly and Tim English in their rightful place being the twos, gave us a bit of a look at some other players. But James Harms obviously is going to get a little bit of CBAs, but is going to play a little bit of that sort of half forward line as well. But
00:06:25
Speaker
His form just looked fantastic. He gives them something a little bit different. And I think that was an important reason why they gave him the opportunity.
00:06:35
Speaker
recruiting him from Melbourne. So he's firmly at a 637 price tag on my radar of a forward option that's got some upside and could average 80 for someone that hasn't got that buy that can play through where you can sum things up the first five or six weeks to see who's putting their hand up.
00:07:00
Speaker
Could I just flag with that and ask the question so I reckon Bevo typical Bevo style even in the practice matches what he did was split that game in two so they played the first match and they had almost like they had Sam Darcy was the primary rock there they had.
00:07:18
Speaker
like you said, harms in the midfield, but that was without the bond wasn't even playing in that first game. So is there any concern, you know, that on that front? So he looked okay, but I think you're going to have to have a real close look in the next week.
00:07:31
Speaker
That's why I made the point straight away that they put Bond in his rightful place in the reserves. So obviously that's a flag. There needs to be that rotation. Bailey Smith, McCray, who apparently is injured again, means that there are a bit of opportunity there. But look, it was just one that sort of
00:07:53
Speaker
come from left field and seeing we're really searching in the forward line is just someone that I've probably lifted in my thoughts a little bit and want to have a little bit more of a look.
Listener Requests and Player Evaluations
00:08:04
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with you, Stado. I think the Bulldogs basically split their midfield in two, like you said, and it's essentially harms and Sanders that are competing for that M4, M5 position, but how good was Sanders? He was unbelievable early as well.
00:08:19
Speaker
Yeah, it's definitely a look this week to see how it lines up with all their players back. But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's those two players fighting for that last midfield position. Sanders is well ahead of arms. In the start of the third quarter, Finn McGinnis comes out and starts trying to negate Sanders. It was unbelievable. He was so good. Yeah, Finn up to his old magic, yeah.
00:08:45
Speaker
tag it in the free season. Interesting to see that as well, I suppose. Hami, did you want to, are you ready to take your pick? Yeah, I can go. I just had a few on my list. I was also, I'm probably going to say, I'll pick Jack Vani.
00:09:03
Speaker
As a midfielder, he's got the round six bye, but with everything that's been going on with Clayton Oliver, now Gussie Brayshaw, I just think that the stage is set for their, well, at the moment would be their number one contested ball winner.
00:09:21
Speaker
to have a hot start to the season. I think that all of us, even if he does play, he's going to have nowhere near the fitness level. And I can just see Jack Viney being an 80% CBA player and racking up pretty well like he did in the back end of last season. Yeah, it's an interesting one, paying up for a premium. I guess I'm going to lead that into my
Midfield and Ruck Strategies
00:09:44
Speaker
own point. I do have a player or two to talk about, but I think my general point was
00:09:51
Speaker
Less about practice matches more about an opinion that somehow just came to me across the weekend and I think it just became abundantly clear to me that I don't want to necessarily miss out on having the best fantasy players just for a buy-around strategy and looking at some of the best players that we've got
00:10:11
Speaker
and using some of the stats available to us like we've been talking about stats by Jayden now has his own website up, Papowski's got the website and you can use the worthwhile average stats. I really liked looking at some of these and seeing the players I could get
00:10:28
Speaker
like on the buy that could still, who I thought could still perform to that average. So I think that's probably something I've changed. Like I've brought in some of the big dogs back in that I initially put a name to it. Dossie, put a name to it. Jack. It's Errol. I don't want to not own Errol this year. I just think he is.
00:10:47
Speaker
the fantasy guy, the best player for fantasy in the world. And I just think he's going to be the number one mid. And I just think those first five match ups before his bar, we've even seen Luke Parker go down. I don't know how that affects him. I think they'll put in another player like a James Jordan or a Sheldrick to cover that. So I think his role stays the same. And I think there's just even more pill for him to go. Absolutely bonkers for the first five weeks. Permanent captain option for those five weeks and just have a massive lead on the competition, even ahead of a day cost.
00:11:17
Speaker
Now, I just noticed you're sneaking a bit of a plug for Papowski. Is this the type of stuff that gets people recognised in the content creators rankings there, mate? I just wondered whether you've been doing a bit of a side deal somewhere along the line to undermine Holmes. He's great work in the off season.
00:11:39
Speaker
Yeah, so surprisingly, Dossi and Louis, though, I will say, appeared in the Popowski Content Creators Best 22. So that was out on Popowski's Twitter if you haven't seen that one. But yes, a proud forward pocket. I was flagged for some more mid-time as well by Roy from the traders. So I'm happy, happy with that potentially getting it. Not because of your elite midfield ability, Dossi, but just Warnie's tank. That's what it was.
00:12:07
Speaker
And to do with a certain play certain players though. So anyway, that's a big structural change for me though. So my team's just completely changed. I haven't gone heavy on the bio players, but just a few that I'm super high on. I haven't let that.
00:12:20
Speaker
their
Team Lineup Reveal and Evaluation
00:12:21
Speaker
by round kind of affect me as much as I might have. And the other guys is just the half backs. I think there was just a few half backs on the weekend, you know, namely a Nick Martin, even a Jordy Clark that really stood out and showed that those roles look really, those roles look real. And while I understand it is a much more uncontested game in the practice matches, it's just something that, you know, I really want to see it again this week coming, but it's just something that I was really keen and happy to see come to fruition.
00:12:50
Speaker
Did anybody catch that Lions and Suns game? That was one that I didn't see. I'd be interested to hear how Sexton went in that back flank position. I think you guys too. I had to catch a bit. Holmes, you were going to talk? I was going to say, I watched the first half. It was okay, but he butchered the ball a little bit, which is, I think, going to be one of the concerns. You've got to be able to use that footy well in those dewy conditions if you're going to be able to play for on the on the halfback flank for goal crease. That would be my worry.
00:13:18
Speaker
Yeah. He really is taking that Charlie Constable role then. Yeah. Well, that's it. I think we had that in the group chat. He's this year's Constable, but as with forward status, we might just have to roll with it and see how it goes. I think you're going to have to wait for power to come back in and even Ellis to see how they all line up as in a best 22 cents, but he definitely had the role. It wasn't the main distributor. It seemed like they were trying to get Budderick more of the footy. Um, and he just found himself with it sometimes, but yeah, he was definitely playing off the halfback.
00:13:48
Speaker
All right, let's get into a few listener requests before we, of course, do the massive stato team reveal in a little bit of time. That's a nice little teaser for you there, folks. But look, let's get into some requests from the Twitter sphere or the X sphere. From your boy, Bails Hammy, who you've been on his podcast, what, five times in the last three days.
00:14:09
Speaker
Um, Bails asks, Harry Shazel, he had a, I think it was 40 plus touches main distributor on half back there. Um, does it change your opinion or what was your opinion beforehand?
00:14:22
Speaker
Well, it's actually about what I thought he was going to do if he's got that role on the backline like he did last season. So, yeah, I guess I'm watching with interest. I guess I'm probably more concerned about what it looks like if Fischer, McCurcher, Sizel are all playing on the back flank. Bailey Scott.
00:14:46
Speaker
Yeah, so it wasn't they weren't all there vying for the same amount of pill in the back flank on the weekends. So not sure whether that changes over the like when the season proper starts.
00:15:02
Speaker
Yeah, it is an interesting one. Fischer, I suppose probably, he's probably in the comments to come, but I was incredibly impressed with him in his first half. I think he had 48 points in just half a game and it was great science, but given his hamstring issues, I think that was something I also enjoyed seeing. But like he said, we really just have to see it with the full squad together. Jordy De Senna wants to talk about Matthias Philippou-Homesy, who in the absence of their best midfielder, Paddy Dow, had a lot of CBA usage.
00:15:32
Speaker
Yeah, so this one's interesting because he was a pig junior. He had fantastic junior numbers, but the unfortunate thing was that Windhager went down in the first quarter of the game with the broken hands. So we don't actually know whether that was just an in-game rotation because they needed to plug a midfield spot or whether they have earmarked in for more midfield time this year. I would assume he gets a little bit of a bump if that's their plan, but there still was no Brad Crouch.
00:15:56
Speaker
Um, so yeah, we still need to watch it, but with our lack of forward options, he's definitely someone I've, I've got my own. Yeah, certainly an interesting one. Uh, Patty Dow impacts him though. No, I think Patty Dow is going to be playing in the twos.
00:16:13
Speaker
No, incorrect, incorrect. I saw they updated his AFL player profile today. Not that I check it daily, but yeah, some nice comments about him on the new player profile. Stado, what were your thoughts? Don't know if you caught this game. This guy looked pretty impressive and had some center bounce usage as well. Cam McKenzie for the Hawks. We obviously know that Will Day is missing at least round one. Not sure when he's slated to return just yet, but
00:16:43
Speaker
Ken McKenzie, we know he's in that 400 to 500k price bracket and potential second year upside here.
00:16:50
Speaker
Well, I've been talking up CMAC all pre-season. No doubt you guys have heard it quite regularly. It's just a pity that I was meeting Conor McDonald rather than Cam McKenzie. But to be fair, they were obviously talking a couple of players up that they will get more mid-time and Cam McKenzie was one of them. And this was before Will Day got injured.
00:17:14
Speaker
To be fair, they're doing exactly what they talked about and he was quite impressive and we actually saw a couple of games last year where he actually showed a bit of a ceiling and that was obviously his first year so there's a big potential to actually have a second year breakout here so pretty keen to see how we go and we might be talking about him a little bit later on, does he?
00:17:42
Speaker
Ooh, wow. Hey, the team reveal. That's going to be okay. Looking forward to that. Taser wants to know about Connor Butterick. We mentioned him before. Harmony from the sons. Uh, you mentioned you didn't catch this game, but just out of interest if you know, is Butterick in your, your thinking at all.
00:18:00
Speaker
Hmm. It's an interesting one. I'm not too sure. I don't like that early buy very much. But yeah, if he presents a lot of value, I mean, you could consider it. Also, possibly if Zach Williams doesn't get up, it's not too much to get up to. But Rick from that price point, too. So yeah, he's in a mix, I think. But he's not somebody that I'm in love with just at the minute.
00:18:21
Speaker
Okay. Holmes here, I want your
In-depth Player Performance Analysis
00:18:23
Speaker
thoughts. Oh, actually, this one's for me. It's Jaden Cooley here. Not Papowski, different Jaden. One for DOS only, please. A pick I feel was right up his alley. Max Holmes on the halfback flank.
00:18:37
Speaker
And look, let's just say Maxi Holmes been dabbling in a bit of Maxi Holmes stock of recent times, but look, I don't know if I can do it at this point in time, but look, we had all three lads. If you are watching the video stream, you will know this. They all shook their heads, synchronized shake of their heads, left to right. So no, not fair. That's just, Dossie, let's just talk about it though. Cause it, I mean, it's a fair, it's a fair call. We say we want players on the halfback flank.
00:19:06
Speaker
And that's where he's playing, but he's still going to be the third or fourth guy behind Stewart and Duncan for peel back there. And as a mid only, you really need him to be going 90 plus. And when you had Duncan go below 90 last year or thereabouts and Stewart just to tick over it at 94, I can't see it in that Geelong system.
00:19:25
Speaker
He's not that cheap. I've got to say, this is one of the games I didn't say, so I can't really comment too much on it, to be honest. I thought Holmes was going to be there inside mid this year, to be honest. I'm surprised that that's been the path they've gone. Yeah, I think that they've realized he's better outside player than what he's on the inside. And that makes sense. He's probably sitting there as a succession to Mitch Duncan in the year or two, I'd say. So he definitely it was Duncan and Holmes on those backflakes to start the game. Not sure how that
00:19:54
Speaker
sort of changed over the course of the game. But yeah, he was definitely on the outside. Hey, Stado. So you did catch the dog's game. Buku Karmas, Gabe wants to know about. I didn't catch it. Oh, I didn't catch when he played. I don't think he was on. This is an actual meme. I know this guy is an actual meme. He doesn't want to know about Buku.
00:20:14
Speaker
All right. Okay. Mark wants to know Billings and Jordan. So, Jack Billings.
00:20:26
Speaker
Yeah, I did like him. I thought he linked in really well. To me, the price and the buy are two just little barriers. You think their midfield needs a bit of a restructure.
00:20:46
Speaker
because of the events over the pre-season losing to two James's, the retirement and Clayton Oliver. So I just think there's potentially going to be a little bit less ball in their forward line. So
00:21:06
Speaker
That just puts his sort of link player at risk a little bit. Plus he's sort of had that injury history over the past few years. So he's certainly around zero option for me to look at because they've got a hard opponent rolling into a couple of easier opponents. So give us a bit of indication of what he's scoring power and that role is going to be at that club.
00:21:31
Speaker
All right, well, I think I might just throw this to all the lads or whoever wants it. But let's just talk about obviously with Jimbo Jordan, I think this probably, you know, we should have mentioned this as well. Obviously, Luke Parker, we did touch on it briefly, but Luke Parker going down with what was it? He had a broken arm. Yeah, broken arm from the pracking matches. So
00:21:51
Speaker
Who do we think this is going to benefit? There's a few names, obviously Jimbo Jordan is one, Taylor Adams, Chad Warner potentially, maybe there, Goulden just gets a bump. What do you guys think? Or even a Sheldrick, sorry, I should mention as well, very cheap for his potential output. Any strong feelings boys on who benefits?
00:22:11
Speaker
Adams. I don't have any strong feelings, but sorry, Stade. I can imagine that they've probably trained a particular way for most of the preseason and they've been banking on having Parker there. So I think the obvious answer is if they can get a Sheldrick in to play that role, I think that probably fits pretty perfect and they don't have to mess around with too much else. And, you know, Sheldrick's not an 80% CBA guy. He doesn't have the tank, so maybe everyone else has to have a slight bump.
00:22:40
Speaker
But, mate, it's a huge round zero watch even this week to see how it all lines up. You know, we didn't see Adam's last week to see how he fits in. It's going to be very, very interesting. Yeah, Sheldrick's a massive, obviously, caper league prospect and one of the guys that Horse has tucked away in the twos for a little bit and had an injury at the end of last year as well.
00:23:01
Speaker
Yeah, he's one that has a massive fantasy game about him for that 500-ish K bracket as well, Sheldrick. So, yeah, keep an eye on that one. Who else have we got here? Let's just get a couple more before we get into Stado's team reveal. Riley Bonner had a massive game for the Saints. Just noting, obviously, the huge out of Jack Sinclair wasn't playing.
00:23:24
Speaker
Um, in that particular game, but Bonner had a monster day out, uh, for the saints, midfield only status, but I think he's what 460 K odd, um, and playing a defensive role. So I don't kick ins. He was all over the place.
00:23:40
Speaker
Yeah, well we've always known that he's got good foot skills, so there's obviously a reason that when he got delisted that they went for him. So there's an opportunity there, we know crouched in play, we know Windy got injured, so whether just more
00:23:59
Speaker
opportunity come his way that day but his scoring power was just bloody incredible especially the first half so he's just one we need to watch and I'm expecting he's probably not a starting 22 player but again every club has injuries so just keep an eye out if the opportunity comes because he might be a really good downgrade option at one stage.
00:24:24
Speaker
One thing that I will say as a part, I mean, we saw Liam Stocker come in last year and, you know, I certainly had my doubts on how he'd perform in this system. Like we, you know, he obviously been in and out of the of the Carlton's best and he came in and was a solid option. But I'm looking at Bonner and versus someone like Stocker as we saw in this game, something that he exhibits is a little bit of thirst, dare I say. So that's something that
00:24:52
Speaker
When Windy went down, he got the opportunity to feel that spot and took it with both hands. So you never know. All right. Let's just get to a couple more. Obviously there's so many names to talk about, but we can't talk about them all. Unfortunately, there's plenty more to play out this preseason. George Wardlaw though.
00:25:12
Speaker
Look pretty explosive in there, but at the end of the day, his scoring power was probably a little down from what you'd hope at a player of his price range. Yeah, well, I was impressed. I've been impressed with him since he got his debut started last year. He's a great player. He's probably underpriced, but throwing a caveat out there, I'd say the same thing about Nat 5. Awesome.
00:25:38
Speaker
still only played a half, and that feeds into our concern, doesn't it? War law potentially managed time on ground, bit of a concern. Nat 5, sub risk potentially, maybe managed time. So while they did bits of what we wanted, they also did bits of what we didn't want to see. So I'm a little bit uncertain. Can I quickly divert the conversation away? Due to the lack of forwards, is anyone warming to the idea of Tom Powell?
00:26:09
Speaker
Is he in the team? If he gets a role that sort of gives him the right amount of game time and the right role, then absolutely. So he's got the scoring power. I went him last year thinking it was going to happen. It's the old 12 months too early or two years too early, but he's got it. My concern is they keep loading up and bringing in more and more and more quality midfielders. They've got so much to pick from.
00:26:38
Speaker
that I just don't see where that definite role is for him. So yeah, that's the issue for me. He's good enough. And look, if he was at West Coast Eagles, he'd be sitting in modern midfield right now or on my forward line right now with forward status.
00:26:55
Speaker
Like, it's there for him, right? Like, it came out today. Simpkin has done a finger injury or something, and he's going to play round one, but they don't know how that's going to look in terms of hitting him. Won't slow him down. Won't slow him down. He was on the outside, and we're all assuming that Wardlaw's going to be in the midfield, but if he's just getting the burst in there, the door's open for Tom Power to play some serious minutes. There's no Tarrant Thomas anymore. He's probably gone past Will Phillips, or, you know, they're vying for that spot.
00:27:24
Speaker
Mate, I'm, I'm getting interested in the Tom Power. If, if we say it again this week, that he's got the high midfield minutes, then there's worse options to take a punt at. Do you think there's something to like, obviously LDU, they're going to play in the guts regardless in a trial match. I have, I have a feeling the rest, I feel like Simpkin still would be in there when it comes to the proper games. I feel like they just had to get, get the minutes into the kids in the preseason.
00:27:48
Speaker
Yeah. Like 100%, but like caveat is like, let's see this week and see what happens. It's going to be a big address rehearsal. Because like Rosara as well was very impressive as a forward coming up to stoppage. So many North players again, like North Melbourne is just every player and you're telling us about North. But one thing just really quickly, Harley Reid, keep the faith everyone. Keep the faith.
Final Team Adjustments and Future Monitoring
00:28:11
Speaker
It was
00:28:12
Speaker
It wasn't the greatest debut. I've been saying this from day one. He's an impact player. He's going to be a better super coach player than he is fantasy player. And he was through his juniors. And look, he might build into that, but it might be a little bit more like Patrick Dangerfield that took him to his fifth or sixth season to really become fantasy relevant.
00:28:33
Speaker
That might be a sneak peek of the team reveal coming up. Astonishing Saints. All right. I've got three more players. There's a couple of players from Geelong here that people are keen on. So surprisingly, this is people, not me, but Jack Bose.
00:28:49
Speaker
And also, excuse me, we might hear a game very soon. Oh my goodness. Look, Tanner Bruin as well for a third year breakout. There's some interest. There's a lot of interest in him, particularly with
00:29:06
Speaker
We didn't really mention this injury as well. Cam Guthrie, I think lasted 30 seconds. It was. So I think you guys were pretty keen on Cam Guthrie. Unfortunately, his body has let him down yet again. Either any interest in any of the cat's mids that could take a reign there.
00:29:26
Speaker
I don't know. Bose, I mean, possibly, but he didn't. He sort of still didn't rack up paper touches and that, though, did he? He might have had a few CBAs and he didn't have a bad role, but he didn't score that big.
00:29:37
Speaker
Jay Clark, I'm still interested in. So I guess if you're talking about people that are around that midfield for Geelong, it's Jay Clark for me. But outside of that, or Toby Conway, maybe, you know, like he had a fair run at it, which was nice to see. But man, the rest of them, my danger. Bruins priced in an awkward spot mid 70s from memory. Yeah, I just I just know that pumped.
00:30:02
Speaker
I think just Geelong, Geelong showed their cards last year with their midfield. Their game plan was to throw as many guys in there as they could. Yes, they might not have had the, they might not have had the cattle, but they still don't have the cattle this year. And that's, I think that's what their game plan is. They still want danger in there. They still want some of the old guys, but it's just 40, 50, 60% rotate guys through. It's not your Adelaide where it's
00:30:26
Speaker
Dawson, Laird, Crouch or Essendon, where it's Merritt Parish and no one else, they just throw guys through there. So for that reason, I can't see them, those players, yeah, they're going to improve, but I can't see them being classic options for us. Dawson, Laird, Rankin, you mean there are, Holmesy, by the way. Anyway, last couple here, the Dockers, we will throw back to Holmesy, you are the Dockers, man.
00:30:49
Speaker
five feet in a half look pretty impressive 20 touches but still that again that that handball happy game not necessarily for our fantasy format and then Hayden Young people will just want a confirmation about Hayden Young were you impressed
00:31:04
Speaker
look, he's an absolute, uh, sorry, five we're talking about is an absolute lock for status preferred super coach format, uh, with the, with the clearance game still, it still is definitely a watch for, for AFL fantasy. You know, he had 20 touches, but they put the scores out. He only scored 40 points because he had what 18 handballs or whatever it was.
00:31:23
Speaker
It's a concern. He's never been a big tackler. You know, he gets a few marks every now and again, but he's not a huge mark guy either. So if he's going to be getting 20, 25 touches a week, but it's, you know, 15 to 20 handballs, it is concerning. I know he hasn't been fit for the last couple of years. So, you know, maybe now that he's fit up, maybe he is able to lay a few more tackles and stuff, but it hasn't traditionally been his game. So I'm still very interested the role was there, but will the scoring be? I'm not too sure. And Hayden Young,
00:31:51
Speaker
I don't think we saw anything different than what we expected. He had the midfield role. He pushed back a little bit at times, which they said he wouldn't do, but whether that was just, uh, you know, during a preseason game, they were trying to give Johnson and those guys a little bit more of a go in the middle. But I still think the same concerns are there. Yes, I'm hot. Yes. He's still someone I'm heavily considering, but it's still brayshawn sarong as those main two guys. And if they're going to be going over a hundred, it's very difficult for a third midfielder to go over a hundred.
00:32:19
Speaker
that's that's my concern and and five looked good too. How good was Sorong Holmes? He carved it in those three quarters. Sorong was everywhere. Sorong was everywhere and if Sorong had an out if he can add some outside game to his already incredible inside game then that's even less pill for for some of the others so
00:32:38
Speaker
Yeah, a bit of a sneak peek for Stado's team coming up. I think Hayden Young might be, he might be gone as well, so it's interesting. He was absolutely phenomenal, I will say, in a practice match against the West Coast Eagles.
00:32:54
Speaker
Keep that in mind boys. So was Harley Reid against West Coast Eagles. Just quickly boys, before we move on, Brayshore did spend a little bit of time out on the wing. It's a flag. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but it's just something we need to watch as well.
00:33:12
Speaker
Yep. Agreed. And something, um, we saw Long Muir just, just as something that like, as a guy who got burnt last year, he's not afraid at role changing those inside mids. We saw Will Brody, a massive part of their team the year before he came out the next year. It wasn't in there at all. Then fact dropped to the two. So. Confirm that Andy Brayshore playing. You heard it from Dossie here first. Why do you always twist my words? Anyway, it's time to get in too.
Dossi's Farewell and Reflections
00:33:42
Speaker
some epic stato team reveal. I thought that music was going to be a bit more epic to be honest. It's uh, more of a stato dying sort of more like the gladiator vibes than anything else, but stato keen to hear this team reveal. I think you've got some discussion points for us as well coming up. Let's, let's hear it.
00:34:05
Speaker
Yeah, so the first thing I need to do is actually set the tone for what we're just about to talk through. Now, to be fair, I haven't done a lot of work on my team for the past two or three weeks. I wanted to get through the practice game, the community series. For the listeners, I'm just about to go through a very busy period at work and then a couple of trips away. So I'm not going to get to view too much footy. I think it's round four is
00:34:33
Speaker
the first round I'll be able to prep really well for, so make Stado great again. May not be on the cards this year, but what I've done, because I had a few dead weights, so people were putting lines through during the pre-season, I've replaced them to make sure we get a bit of a team balance, but I've decided to set a structure
00:34:59
Speaker
where I limit the best opportunities through not having players that are that are best 22 which as we know is almost a strong requirement for our defensive line and is a real battle to create in our forward lines and I will be honest those two lines I'm still not comfortable no matter how much I muck around with.
00:35:23
Speaker
there are some good value options which you'll see I picked them and I've actually leaned to towards players that have actually impressed us during the match sim as a bit of a tiebreaker if that makes sense and it doesn't mean they're going to make my team. In fact I can guarantee you probably five or six of these players won't end up in my final squad because we get the cheat sheet round zero. So the premise of this team is I wanted to get
00:35:54
Speaker
Avoid first year rookies because they're going to be flags for people to get this, especially when we're not going to know with two exceptions. Anyone want to guess who those two exceptions are?
00:36:11
Speaker
I think we're good stato. We got it. Yep. Excellent. Well done. And so everyone else is, I'm trying to find value. I'm trying to find upside and trying to make sure they pass to the 22. I think one fails this test, but I've basically got four options to fill that position.
00:36:32
Speaker
So we understand the premise. Now, if you're going to do this, you need to save money. So you've had to make cuts. And that's exactly what I've done. And then I've based it on someone who either has put a line through because of the mat sim or question marks on the mat sim. And we mentioned two of them before Freo Dockers players against West Coast got taken out of this squad because of it.
00:36:58
Speaker
All right, so we'll start with the defence. I'll go through the first three. We'll discuss, see what your thoughts are, then the next three. I think the benches, we can just say they're placeholders, but I'll mention who they are so you're aware.
00:37:13
Speaker
So starting off top three defenders on my D1, I've got Tom Stewart. And the reason why I've decided on Tom Stewart is his fantastic run to start the season. So he's going to prep really well. We know the midfield time talk was there, but it was never serious. But it is also a bit of an opportunity if he is getting tagged. So move off, look at someone else and give him some midfield time.
00:37:43
Speaker
I've moved Hayden Young out and replaced him with Jordan Clark.
00:37:51
Speaker
We saw a bit of an uplift when Hayden Young went into the midfield last year, finished Final Five was 88. There is a few that have clearly pointed out that two of the games weren't fantastic. The last three were superb. There is a bit of matchup base on that, but certainly his form has been fantastic. And with Chapman out,
00:38:19
Speaker
and Hayden Youngout, the two main ball users are going to be Ryan and Clark, and didn't he look superb. And the third one there is Elliot Yeo. Yes, okay, so I'm hoping the next one is Jack Bowes, as Harmony keeps putting, or Jake Bowie, correct, he's putting these in in the sheet. I'm trying to keep a list of your players here and Harmony's
00:38:46
Speaker
Right, the wrong players. But any thoughts on that, Holmes? He's taken out Hayden Young, as you've, as you potentially suggested. Any worry about the clock sitting at day two, given just a few years ago, we saw him pop 130 odd in the preseason and it didn't come to fruition during the regular season. Yeah, look, it's the new way to play the game, trying to get more of these value players in and hunting less of the top premiums.
00:39:11
Speaker
I'm not overreacting from one preseason game, but he did look good and he looked good in those last three games. So I can see the pick whether it comes off or not. I'm not too sure, but I actually don't hate looking elsewhere from Hayden Young. I'm not doing it at the moment, but he's been someone we've locked in and not really thought about. And I think coaches do need to actually think about if their squad can look better without him in it.
00:39:34
Speaker
Yeah, 120K you put in the bank by making a move like that. But to be fair, I was actually hot on him prior. He just gave me the confirmation bias that I actually needed. I actually remember you were hot on him at the start of last year. So... Yep.
00:39:49
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. So moving on to the next three, this becomes a fair bit riskier. It's a reflection on form, opportunity and new clubs. So Kitty Coleman is currently sitting at my D4.
00:40:06
Speaker
wasn't a fan with the buy but his form during the finals especially the first half of that grand final and certainly the pre-season is impressive. I will note there's a little flag that plays Frio round one which is a hard matchup
00:40:28
Speaker
So that becomes a bit of a question mark. I think round zero will give us a little bit of an understanding of where he sits. I think we know he's a player that can score really big in a quarter and a half.
00:40:43
Speaker
that type of player and then can sort of fade and I think the grand final showed that wasn't he close to a ton and ended up on 120 odd so there is that sort of concern but when you consider he's six hundred and twenty eight thousand
00:40:59
Speaker
He looks to me like a player if he sort of has his breakout year that he's going to make you a fair bit of cash. I am concerned with a buy, especially at round two. So he's certainly a player that I think has probably got that big question mark and give me a reason and he's gone.
00:41:18
Speaker
You're going to like this one, Doss, because this is a big Doss pick in history of the world, Massimo D'Ambrosio. Wowee! He looked good, didn't he? Yeah, so targeted by Hawthorne Footy Club, he showed us little spells at Essendon. He is an elite kick. He is a kick like Sam Mitchell.
00:41:46
Speaker
The opportunities with CJ going down opens it up. I think there's some great opportunities. I want to see more, but at 467, with a few injuries happening at Hawthorn at the moment, and him showing so much class by foot, I think that the coach will be pretty excited. And last of the starting six is Nick Caufield.
00:42:17
Speaker
I don't think I need to explain too much with the reason why. No, um, I just want to say Carl Eamonn didn't play or aim on, did not play in that Hawthorn game. Um, I will just say as well at the top, we didn't mention Coleman as one of those performers. He was like, I think I was almost like changing my mind. I was an owner last year.
00:42:37
Speaker
late last year of Coleman and this is the sort of stuff he was doing. It was even more impressive. It was grand final form. He was just everywhere early. I was like, I started to think as well, am I really not going to pick this guy? So he was showing some real class.
00:42:52
Speaker
and understand and happy to hear everyone's thoughts. This isn't my final squad. I'm just showing how we can build the balance to get rid of the risk profiles. The rookies in defense are shocking. So if you go Jordan Clark up to Hayden Young, all of a sudden you've only got 300 to spend on your D5 or 6.
00:43:16
Speaker
So someone with this potential gives us a bit of value you can, sure you can spend elsewhere. I liked how you said one of your criteria was around making sure they were best 22, yet then you got Massimo and Nick Caufield as your D5 and 6 there.
00:43:39
Speaker
Yeah, I think they are best 22 as it stands. Do you ever, do you think it's a good thing when you preface it by saying this is the biggest dossy pick ever?
00:43:50
Speaker
I did premise that for a reason. So hunting, well, who can be that D5 if I want to create the rest? Now, the reality is I can shave picks in the forward line. I can actually have a third rookie in my midfield to spend more money, which have been models that I've looked through. But this is the way, can Ambrosio average 70? Yes, he can.
00:44:17
Speaker
Can Coffield average 65? Yes, he can. Just quickly, a lot of the players we've been raving about almost single-handedly going into what I was saying at the top, playing into all these players that dominated were these uncontested players.
00:44:37
Speaker
As much as we said at the top of the show not to overreact, I think everyone we're getting excited about is the exact mould that I was talking about. I'll put a carton on right now that Stado does not start Massimo D'Ambrosio. You're probably right. So I'm not taking the bet with you. But this was the point of let's finish a squad that is likely to give us the scoring power that's going to set us up well. They're all value.
00:45:05
Speaker
Yep. All right. Let's get going. Stata. Let's move on. So, so bench Gibcas and the, the holder that most people have got in Toby pink. Um, yeah, I'm really struggling. And this is, this is the real issue we've got in defense. Um, we're going to have some real duds at D six. If we're, uh, if we're not lucky and get someone out of the blue. All right. Let's move to the midfield and closing, mate. That's the guy.
00:45:35
Speaker
Yeah, let's hope. Midfield. So I've got effectively what I'll argue is three big boys, and then I've picked three value because of the price of three value and one rookie gives you two extra big boys. This protects that I don't have to have basically the
00:45:58
Speaker
the vest on a midfielder, which I don't want to have. So starting with Laird as my number one captain choice, have Jack Steele, who looked really impressive and I just reckon is great value at my M2.
00:46:16
Speaker
LDU is still in there. I've tried to find ways to kick him out, but he is still there at M3. And just to follow Dossie's theory in M4, Nick Martin.
00:46:32
Speaker
Yeah. Don't love it. Don't hate it. I think they're all, they're all those value picks that you're talking about, Stado. The ones that have the upside, that just have to deliver. What do you think, Kami? Is that a bit too many of that thing and not enough of the, I don't know. Do you think all of those guys can return value for Stado here?
00:46:55
Speaker
Yes, yeah, I think that's not a bad structure so far. I guess we'll see how he goes with the rest of it, but I don't personally love the Martin pick just at the moment, but I've, you know, considered all of those guys. So I think he started off on a pretty good note here. I'm assuming that Le is probably going to be his highest-priced player and be his captain, but we'll see.
00:47:17
Speaker
And we do know Stato loves picking a player in anticipation of DPP and then the DPP not coming, so. It has happened before, yeah. As much as I loved Martin too, he was playing against the Saints who last year gave up tons to the defenders, but anyway.
00:47:36
Speaker
To be fair, Martin's actual selection was my third of two picks. So I earmarked Guthrie and Amon prior to him and he's replaced both. Yeah, so Amon's a chance. All right, moving on to M5 through to M8, you know, two of them. But Matt Crouch at M5, Olly Wines at M6,
00:48:03
Speaker
just seeing those value options with upside. Crouch has only recently come in because I have been worried whether he's actually going to be in the team, but everyone seems to be confirming that's the case. Then he had the hand issue, but then he played and actually played quite well. Ollie Wine's definitely got the role. Port at least tell us factual information. And Colby McCurcher and Sanders, of course.
00:48:32
Speaker
Okay, Holmes is a big fan so far. You're only getting nods from Holmes here. Sounds like Holmes is on the same page. No, it's the value that we talk about, right? And what's good about that is that you've got Nick Martin who is picking to get DPP. So if that comes off and obviously Colby comes off, that's two midfield spots that are going to open up for your big dog mids come around 789.
00:48:56
Speaker
I don't hate it. The Wines role was definitely there. The scoring wasn't, but we don't need the scoring to be for a practice game. We'll watch the real stuff this round and they have a fantastic run to open up. There's no reason why Wines can't come out and turn up against West Coast in round one and get his cash moving in the right direction. All right, let's continue, Stado.
00:49:18
Speaker
Bench, Joe Clark, and Matt Roberts at this stage, and Matt Roberts' job security monitor just increased with the news over the last 12 hours, which is great. Now the Ruck's really interesting. So I've got two of the three, but there's an unnamed fourth. Well, I say unnamed because no one else has named it. May Smith.
00:49:41
Speaker
No, it's not. So I've gone part structure, part value here. So my two rucks at this stage are Max Gorn and Cherry. Now it means I'm missing Grundy, which I don't want to miss.
00:50:00
Speaker
But the reality is, if you have the Gorn Grundy, you've got two buys, and I need an R3, and I need to spend more money on an R3 to do so. Interesting fact, whether cherries should be R2 or R3, homesy. But again, you've got to save an extra 380K to do so. So I've gone this theory because Max is the one that has the latest buy.
00:50:29
Speaker
So if Max, I think who's got the highest ceiling, can get the score on the board and still make a little bit of money, I can pivot after round five to where I think I need to go. So that is dropping down to Grundy if he's really killing it. And I will point out that the Grundy's got a little bit of a hard run to start.
00:50:52
Speaker
So Melbourne, Collingwood, Essendon aren't the easiest match-ups. It frees up after that. I do accept. But Max Gorn has a slightly better run and a longer period leading into
00:51:08
Speaker
his by. So it gives me the opportunity to flick or if the two big boys are just killing it, I can jump from Gorn easier to English and or Marshall if they're the right ones to go to.
00:51:26
Speaker
Obviously the third one is Grundy, now I'll talk about the fourth and there's a bit of intel with this one as well which probably people haven't dived into enough and the way his season starts too is really interesting and that's Ivan Soldo.
00:51:47
Speaker
So you can go an Ivan Soldo and Cherry save another 300g which can get you Massimo type to a Hayden Young for one of a better term. He played three solo ruck games last year, a 107, a 103 and an 85.
00:52:07
Speaker
The 85 was against Max Gorn. That was his worst performance on his own. So wanting to have a look at people with value and have a look at their run. Ivan Soldo will be the number one ruck. Sweet won't play. And he's playing West Coast Eagles without Flynn, round one. Yeah, but they've got Livingston.
00:52:29
Speaker
Sorry, sorry. So obviously there's four possessions that he's not going to be able to grab. Now, it is very, very left field. But if you want to play that game, I want to clash with
00:52:45
Speaker
I don't want to clash with the buys. Pick two rucks that have got value, got upside. I'm going to make your cash in good points on the ground where you can invest that money elsewhere. He's actually a decent option while you're sussing out what the right move is. I don't want to let a single ruck without any support gone go, so I'm spending the money there currently.
00:53:13
Speaker
So wait, you're picking Soto? Who's your R3? I'm so confused. Uh, Max Heath. Oh, sorry. Livingston. Livingston. Livingston. But you're considering Soto is what you're saying. He's the fourth option when you're looking at who the value rucks. I genuinely thought we were talking about his bench. So he spent 15 minutes talking about somebody he hasn't picked at his buddy team. No, I'm just saying, everyone keeps talking. There's three options that are actually fourth.
00:53:42
Speaker
They were actually four. I don't mind. I mean, I was obviously sprucing, um, Jordan's suite before knowing who was the number one rock. And, and they have typically not played two rocks together. Even during when they had Scott lyset heard, you'd say, you know, probably was a backup rock himself at times. So, um, yeah, that that's, it's an interesting take. I haven't heard, um, I reckon, I reckon Louis just got some shivers on site. I reckon after he doesn't know what's going on, but.
00:54:12
Speaker
Soldo, Stado, Port Adelaide, low stoppage team, run and gun, tall forward line. I just, just gave you it as an option and I will say use fourth option, but if you want to save and spend elsewhere. Now the line that I have- Hang on, we're doubling up again. I'll put another carton on it. You're not picking, I'm in Soldo to start the year. No, I'm not. I'm told you I'm going, I'm told you I'm going Max Gawn. So- I like 10 mids, by the way. Up until today, I just had Gawn and Grundy.
00:54:43
Speaker
So, Holmsey, you don't see it? And Dossie, you don't see it? I don't see it. Here we go. That means it's going to work like Hewitt. Can I just, can we just talk quick, like last point? Is there any way that any of you guys will start an expensive rock on the bench? I've heard the Cherry R3. I've heard, you know, if you want to go solder, is there any way you could pay that much money just to have that assured?
00:55:07
Speaker
or presumed assured cash rise on the bench when we might not have any rucks that really deliver that value. Yes. I don't think you could start Cherry if Conway's named because the saving there is going to be too great. But the fact that if you do start Cherry at 580K on the bench, yes, it's a lot of money sitting on your bench, but he will play around five and around six. It's different to the normal years. So, yes. And he will make you a lot of cash. Yeah. Yeah.
00:55:37
Speaker
All right, forward line, Stado. This is it. I freaking hate it. I do. I dislike the forward line and can't find the mix that I'm happy with. So I premise that I dislike. So first three, Sam Flanders, I just see him as F1. I know he's got the buy. I just got to go there.
00:55:59
Speaker
Round zero will be the challenge, so if he pumps out a 75, I will not go with him and look at a different option. So that's one with a bye. Second pick, also with a bye, Taylor Adams.
00:56:19
Speaker
Third one, because I like Harmey so much that I want him in my team, but seeing he's not on an AFL list, I picked James Harms instead. Not overly excited about the pick, but I see the upside and doesn't have a bye.
00:56:38
Speaker
To be fair, I've had Conor McDonald in my team all pre-season. It just doesn't look like he's going to get that role, unfortunately, so it's disappointing. So I'm scratching for options. They're the top three forwards. Thoughts?
00:56:55
Speaker
I don't mind it, Stado. We don't know who the Fords are going to be. The harm's pick isn't exciting, but what it does offer you is a pivot option in the first couple of weeks to one that actually does pop when we've got more data. So that's the theory behind it. And I haven't been big on the Taylor Adams pick and I'm still not there yet, but with this Parker news, it's definitely bumped him up a little bit as well. So yeah, I don't hate any of those picks. I think it's a pretty vanilla starting structure from what we've seen, which is probably good.
00:57:23
Speaker
Yeah, and some good matchups. Got a tough one for Hamsy Melbourne, but that's based on last year, right? Revenge game, though. It's revenge game. Yeah, that's fair. So second three, James Jordan, a bit based on the form, Luke Parker, those type of things. And we know he's got value. We know he's going to get a role. We know he's going to play. And he did look good.
00:57:52
Speaker
C-Mac at F5 because I just wanted to C-Mac in my team. I've been desperate for Connor all year, so it's Ken McKenzie taking his place. Just looks like he's going to get that time and that role. Got some real upside with a price tag of only $438.
00:58:14
Speaker
F6, I seriously don't know who this is. So at the moment it's Finlay McRae, so he gets his opportunity at round zero to prove whether he's there, but it could be Lazaro, could be Bailey Laurie, who might get some greater opportunities. Round zero with the crisis that's happening at Melbourne at the moment, crisis I mean for people that
00:58:40
Speaker
generally will play CBAs. Sean Manor sitting in that utility, and that means I haven't got the number one draft pick, but of course he has an opportunity to put his hand up as well. All right, I think that's a fairly solid team. Dare I say better than your last year's dad? I think maybe even with your weeks off, you might still have a sniff here, mate, for that another hat.
00:59:09
Speaker
and only 2.4 million in the bank. No, it's 42K. 42K. Okay, well that's good. I didn't think there could be much in the bank. It's not much room for movement though if the rookies don't appear right. So that becomes a challenge. You're going to have to save somewhere if you don't get the right rookies.
00:59:31
Speaker
All right. I think, I think we've covered off every line there. I think that's, uh, that's a solid, solid team from old State-O. We hope you enjoyed that. I think that'll wrap us up. We're pretty much nearly at an hour long. So a bit of practice match content, bit of State-O team reveal and, uh... Go on, Dossie. Do it, Dossie. Come on, Dossie. Do it, Dossie. Share, buddy. We finish off with a sad farewell for old Dossie.
01:00:02
Speaker
Yes, it is true. Uh, Dossi is unfortunately having an indefinite hiatus from the pod pod. Uh, bit of a decision that's been made. It was kind of had to be made. Um, and things will become clear soon. I'm sure. But look, in all seriousness, you know, want to thank everyone that's been involved in the show, all the listeners that have been involved in the show and the show will go on.
01:00:30
Speaker
fearless leader and the man that has essentially been hosting all the top episodes this pre-season anyway, Holmesy will be taking the reigns as the host. And looking back, obviously it's been an awesome journey, started with just myself and Lou a few years ago now. And we brought on the Statesman initially, I think that was for a separate show.
01:00:54
Speaker
And then Holmes, he was a listener. I think he came on as a guest and ended up dragging him across as well to join the show. And, and Harmony, of course, coming on board as well, first as a guest and then on the show. But it's been, it's been awesome, like, across the,
01:01:11
Speaker
a few years and I think we've built such a good sort of chemistry in all seriousness and yeah it's been obviously a pleasure to to be a part of and I'm not sure for the moment I would just complete transparency not sure where if I'll be able to come back in the future so it is really an indefinite sort of
01:01:31
Speaker
hiatus for the moment, but I'm sure the listeners will still get so much value from what you guys bring to the table because at the end of the day, oh, Dossie, he does have a lot of loose picks up his sleeve and the value that you guys get.
01:01:45
Speaker
that the listeners get is all from your content. I just pass it to you guys and you guys give the juicy stuff. So, you know, the Pod Pod is still going to live on with you guys incredibly strongly. Stado, take it away, mate. I just want to share with the listeners, Dos. Let's be transparent about this. You get some recognition by Papowski. The rest of us got together. We voted you off.
01:02:09
Speaker
That's how this has happened. We've all got massive egos and we said, no, no, Dossie can't sort of ride the back of our hats, get the recognition. So he had to move on. No, look, Dossie, you and I have been doing podcasts together for seven, eight years. It's been quite a long time. Enjoyed every moment from fantasy pigs,
01:02:38
Speaker
um which is god that's a long time ago um right through um and hosting the the draft doctors when we were a team of 652 um you destroyed us all that it's only fizz and i left um through code decimated behind it
01:02:57
Speaker
Through COVID, we started a new live show when we were in lockdown, which was great fun live leading straight into game time and then rolling over to the Pod Pod. So for all that time, doing work with you, I've always loved working with you and always have a bit of a fun giggle. I don't listen to anything, you've got to say fantasy, but I love talking to you.
01:03:23
Speaker
So I want to say thanks and you've been absolutely fantastic and such a great person to spend time with, even out in the pissy Melbourne during a trader's show. It's been great fun, mate. No, it's been, it has been a journey. And yeah, catching up with all of you. I still, I haven't, I'll have to catch up with you, Harmony, one day, the only member of the show I haven't seen in person, but yeah, I'm sure that'll happen one day, but yeah.
01:03:49
Speaker
Thanks for the kind words, Stado. Yeah, each and every one of you, obviously. And Louis, who's obviously not here as well. It's been great to be able to continue the show with him and watch the show grow because the show has just grown so much in the last couple of years. So, appreciate it. And Holmes, are your extra work on the Holmes files? Obviously, we can see the numbers behind the scenes and they do do very strongly compared to
01:04:13
Speaker
just our normal show, mate. So obviously, yeah, really want to thank you for going the extra mile with those ones recently as well. Yeah, nah, all good, mate. I just appreciate you giving me the opportunity to jump on. It was pretty cool to jump on after 2021 for that interview when I came second and I didn't ever think I'd get into podcasting and my wife probably wishes that I didn't, but yeah. All right.
01:04:37
Speaker
I do love getting on and chatting fantasy with you boys each week. So definitely keen to keep it going, but yeah, you're going to be a big hole that's missed, mate. So all the best and yeah, all the listeners are going to know pretty soon what you're, what you're getting up to, which is, which is amazing for you as well. Thanks, mate. Now, what nice things have you got to say about me, mate? Come on. Nothing.
01:04:59
Speaker
Well, Darcy, you're a legend. I think everybody in the fantasy community would say that. And we hope to have you involved in some capacity at some point in the future. Have you released your video for this year yet?
01:05:16
Speaker
No, I don't, I don't know if there's gonna, I don't know if there's going to be one. It's not the year of the DOS again, is it? Might not be. Might not be. It's going to be, it's going to be so ironic when he wins the comp this year and we can't podcast it, right? And Patti down wins the brown low.
01:05:35
Speaker
You don't know that, right? You remember us could talk about it. Oh, you what? Yeah, go for it. Braden Fierrini gets a game. Patti Dow will never be mentioned on this show again. Apparently there was word, uh, Dimmer sees Braden Fierrini as a genuine wingman. You guys, I sent that through. No, you did share it, mate. Course you did. All right. Well, anyway. You shared it. Yes, I did. Well, anyway, we'll wrap it up there, but, um, yeah, to all the listeners out there, thanks so much for, uh, for listening and I do
01:06:05
Speaker
implore you to continue listening to the lads going forward and see what Holmes, he's got it up his sleeve as the new Dossie going forward, mate. Good luck with that. That's scary. 20 to kick up. Fucking sign it off. Sign it off. All right. Well, yeah, I'll be listening next week. See you then. All right. Thanks, guys.