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Is Max Gawn a POD? PLUS: Sam Flanders' CBAs, Tom Cole's big game, and Dossy's DOG act! | Round 18 AFL Fantasy #PODPOD
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Controversy hits the PODPOD as a friendship altering decision is made in the Holmesy-Dossy Derby.
The lads fight through some heated debates surrounding fantasy etiquette and what constitutes a ‘Dog Act’ before tackling some of the biggest AFL Fantasy hot topics for the round ahead!
Max Gawn is back playing ruck, Steven King unleashed Sam Flanders in a fantasy-friendly role, and Tommy Cole had his best game for the season.
All this and much, much more!
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction
00:00:02
Speaker
you
00:00:18
Speaker
And welcome to the Pod Pod. It's ya boy, Dossie here. A great bloke that he is talking all things AFL fantasy on this Monday night, July 17th, 2023. Here as always with my co-hosts, we got Louie here. We got Homsey. No harmi tonight. He's finally having a week off due to work circumstances, but look.
Fantasy Football Controversies
00:00:41
Speaker
Without any further ado, you know, words like carnage were being thrown around pre round this week, but it was the word controversy that that really sort of rung true in the pod pod family this week. Dossie accused of certain acts of doggery within the group chat. We might just pass over to Holmsey.
00:01:02
Speaker
Talk about the round that was. There was a huge, huge match up in the beloved Content Creators Cup this week. It was the Dossie vs. Holmesie showdown. And walk us through what happened, Holmesie.
00:01:15
Speaker
Yeah, Holmes has had an absolute nightmare. He's decided that he would like to take English's VC score of 140. He's put Heath on the ground with the captaincy on, and somewhere along the line, he has forgot to put the emergency on Rowan Marshall. So, 99 points has gone begging, unfortunately, but that's not the biggest controversy, is it? Is it, Dossy? Could something have been done?
00:01:45
Speaker
Well, it may have been revealed after the fact that a certain Dossie may have noticed the lack of an E on Old Romar and failed to deliver the message in time. So Louis, I've got the first who said this part of the show. So who do you think this was here coming into the group chat?
00:02:10
Speaker
OK, I'm not going to lie here, Dossie saw the blunder early, but decided against the courtesy message. Oh, Dossie, I couldn't believe you owned up to it, mate. Yeah, that's a dog act, mate.
00:02:28
Speaker
I'm entering the era of cutthroat, Dossie. Anything to get that dubs? And let's look at the final score here as well.
Fantasy Scores and Player Highlights
00:02:35
Speaker
23-46 for the victorious, Dossie. And what did you score there, Holmsey? 22-59. We can add 99 to that, mate. And I suppose we all know who really won. But if you want the win like that, Dossie, that's fine, mate. It's all good. Rob the fans of a close finish.
00:02:56
Speaker
I'll absolutely be taking that W and wiping the slate clean of those ton mid-strengths. But yeah, look, it was a great round from Big Dossy, but let's go around the room. We've heard, Kyle, and my score now, it's just down to you, Lou. How'd you go this week, mate?
00:03:13
Speaker
Yeah, I had a decent week. I scored the 23.85, which brought my rank in about 500 spots. So just knocking on the door of 2,000 now. So it'd be nice to try and get into that and then further on into the top 1,000, try and keep the streak alive. All right, let's go through our usual positives and negatives for the round and get into our Lux. You know, the Lux is mine from the start. OMG mate, you have a bit of a disappointing week there, you know, but who's your Lux for the week?
00:03:42
Speaker
Yeah, thanks, Dossie the Dog. I'll go Marcus Bontempelli for his 142. That was a good way to start the round. How about yourself, Lou? Yeah, I've got to give it to his namesake, Marcus Winhager as well, with the Sheldrick out and Paul Scaw from Wilmot on the Thursday night. It was really nice to see Marcus Winhager pop out a 100 in my time of need and in the time of need of many coaches out there too, I think.
00:04:10
Speaker
Yeah, that was a pretty solid score there. I've got to go with myself. Who do I got? I'm going to go with Goulden just because I don't reckon I'll give it to him in the preceding weeks. Actually, no, LDU. LDU back-to-back monster score is 138 on the weekend following the 122. He's got Saints west coast of Melbourne in his next three. He's still cheap as chips and looking like a target for a lot of people coming home, steaming home like he has for the, like he did last year as well at the end of the year.
00:04:38
Speaker
I'm surprised he didn't give it to Max Heath, mate. He got you the win this week, didn't he? Big Maxi Heath with the C on him. Thanks for that, homie. I think, look,
Competitive Strategies in Fantasy Football
00:04:48
Speaker
I think the Pod Pod family would
00:04:52
Speaker
I don't know, sympathise with poor old Dossie, you know, looking to get himself a W on the board. Dossie, Dossie, Dossie, Dossie. Yes, the group chat was ignored. I hope you've enjoyed having a holiday this fantasy season. I hope you've enjoyed the pressure of not having to rock up and host when you've had a shit week, knowing that Honezy will come through for you. But that's no more, mate. That's no more. Don't ask anything of me.
00:05:16
Speaker
Find a new co-host next year, cause uh, what, you dog Kimbo as well, in the space of one weekend, in the space of one weekend you've lost a mate and you've lost a dad, so enjoy your win mate. I kind of wish I was a laid out alongside Hami, just to watch how this podcast transpires with just the two of you. It's the other side of that story. That's what it would have been.
00:05:43
Speaker
So the other side of that story though, here I am, I checked my phone and I'm actually, before I realized the severity of the situation, I've just finished footy, I grabbed the phone out, I'm out, I'm having a little giggle, I'm having a little giggle when I noticed Kimbo comes over, he's like, what are you laughing at over there?
00:06:02
Speaker
And it was the situation I described. Then I said to Kimbo, we've got to match up as well. He didn't realize Tom Green was out for the week. And I've waited to tell him until he's made his trades as well. And I only beat him by about 10 points as well. So look, it is the era of the cutthroat Dossi. But let's get into our sucks for the week.
00:06:24
Speaker
Holmesy, I think Royal Marshall with the 99 lackluster on the bench might be the one to do it, but was there anyone else that sucked for you?
00:06:33
Speaker
I'm just going to purely give it to myself for a number of reasons. One is the bleeding obvious, the martial incident, but also I decided to take Wind Hager's 100 as a lot of coaches would, but I actually bent Sheasel to do it. So that cost me 12 points in the end as well, which could have been a lot worse. But yeah, didn't want to take the risk. And I was right. The tag went there. It just took 75 points for the tag to finally get there. So yeah, here's what it is.
00:07:01
Speaker
Yeah, I think you just about had to do that. Like, especially just not knowing the unknowns, you had to do that. It's just unfortunate for you. Lew, what about you, mate?
Player Performances and Outcomes
00:07:12
Speaker
Yeah, I think I've got to give it to James Sicily on debut. He was quite a popular coach that coaches brought in and popped a 65 on return, caught the tag from Eddie Ford. Probably not the result that we wanted back into our sides coming off a 140 last three game average. Just quietly, Luke. We did flag here on the pod pod last week. So not bad by us, but yeah, unfortunate, but he's going to be a fantastic pick moving forward unless
00:07:40
Speaker
unless Sides realised that to beat Hawthorn, even though they didn't beat him, but the way to really push him is to tag him, so who knows.
00:07:48
Speaker
Yeah, that would be the concern if it's a bit of a, I don't know, blueprint. But being Hawthorne and being down the bottom of the ladder, you'd hope that they're not going to do that. And the story of Sicily's season for his 107 average has sort of been popping those random 60s, but then following up with a big 140 and sort of making the median sort of tolerable. So backing him in to bounce back next week. And hopefully it's a 100 average across two weeks.
00:08:16
Speaker
Yeah, Richmond and Saints in the next two, not typically guys, teams that tag, but my sucks for the way it goes to Adam Cherr, 62 in an absolute blowout win versus Port, where plenty of players faced it, but not Adam Cherr.
Listener Engagement and Advice
00:08:29
Speaker
And now, Holmsey grinning pre-show as a bit of karma hits Dossie with Adam Cherr potentially looking to miss this week with a bit of hamstring tightness. He's apparently a test according to watches, but I also saw someone,
00:08:44
Speaker
I think it was another person tweeting out, basically. He'll probably miss because he's up against West Coast this week as well, which is a juicy, juicy matchup, but they probably won't risk him. So all my fellow chair owners out there. Bad luck, unfortunately, there as well. So we're moving on from our sucks for the week and now it's moving on to the next week. And I mean, I think maybe it's just time. We've got to shout out our listeners all in the pod pod challenge. Of course, we've got 25 coaches now for you dropped out of the top 100, but we've still got
Player Changes and Impact on Fantasy
00:09:13
Speaker
Big Jono up top in third and another couple of coaches in the top 10 so keep on firing home Hopefully we can still provide you some advice to get those delicious hats at the end of the year You know and we'll keep fighting for those other spots as well if you're just fighting for your league wins on the run home But I think it's time we get to some
00:09:34
Speaker
hot topics for the week into them nice and early in the show this week now we mentioned last week of course Stewie Jew out at the Suns and big Stephen King came in they used the horror storyline on the AFR website they're still in our material earlier and it was only a matter of time it's a pretty uh pretty low hanging fruit there but um homesy
00:09:56
Speaker
What did you notice from this game? I think there's one player in particular that fantasy coaches have got their eye on now, and it's a guy that we talked about probably a month ago on this show. Yeah, Sam Flanders. What a time to drop him back to the waivers in my draft layer, yeah? We've had him on the bench for about a month, and he puts that up. So he looked fantastic. Had that midfield role. He was up and around the ball. And even when he wasn't getting the CBAs, he was a midfielder in general play from what I could see.
00:10:22
Speaker
I didn't watch the game terribly closely, I was kind of on and off, but if either of you boys saw it, like, there was some monster scores in this game, clearly they versate and killed us, so how much we can take out of it, I'm not too sure, but do we think that this new son's game plan is going to be a little bit more conducive to scoring, or was it pretty match-up based?
00:10:42
Speaker
Yeah I think it might have been a bit match up based there Holmes. There wasn't anything that was particularly standing out to me watching. Obviously there was a few slight little role changers and things happening but I think just given the context of the game versus the Saints, it was just one of those match ups for the Suns. But yeah I think the big story out of that game has to be Sam Flanders with the third most CBAs for the Suns and I think what Feorini was dropped to the sub
Strategic Insights and Planning
00:11:09
Speaker
Uh, and was there, it was Swallow playing any midfield? Swallow's the big dip. So Swallow's the big dip. He's played in every single game this year. He's had basically 20% before this game. 25% was his lowest center bounce of tendencies. And that was in round one. And in this game, he had 9%. So he's basically just out of the midfield rotation, which is the big move, which
00:11:34
Speaker
I just want to say as well, um, I've been calling for for quite some time, but, uh, Stephen King straightaway jumps in, says, nah, you're out. Let's just go with, he's gone with Maddie Rau, Noah Anderson, of course, and Took Miller, but yeah, bringing in Sam Flanders for 50%. And he's clearly just part of that midfield rotation now as well. Not playing fair any on the wing, moving him into that sub roll to come off an impact off the bench, unfortunately for him at the moment, but, um, getting some, some usage as well. But.
00:12:01
Speaker
Yeah, Sam Flanders to me looks to be a mint roll and look, if you're looking for a point of difference at a cheap price, I think you guys have to agree. This could be like a 90 to 100 plus scoring forward, but can he be, you know, enough home Z to jump on at this point in the season? Yeah, I think it's just the wrong time of year. If this had have happened round five or round six, when we're looking for those cheaper options, I think
00:12:25
Speaker
It's definitely a play, but being available in the forward line, you really just want the guys that are top six at this stage, and I'm not sure he's going to be able to push the real upper echelon, but far out, 122 looked absolutely unbelievable doing it. The one guy I want to ask you about took Miller, how did he look? His scoring was really good, his time on ground was up, and his CBAs were up. Louis, do we think he's someone we look at moving forward, or is he going to be a little bit off those top eight guys?
00:12:52
Speaker
No, I think he's someone that we can look at. A lot of coaches, I think, are cheap. Not getting cheap, but at M8, they're opting for that value option. LDU was one over the weekend. Mills has been one in the past, so I think he's somebody that could definitely fill those boots.
00:13:08
Speaker
He sort of got into it a little bit slow on the weekend but in that second half he looked like the old Tuke Miller and even though it was sort of raised a bit of a flag last week on what that roll might look like and whether or not he has a bit of a slow start to hit the ground running at 108 and just obliterate that breakeven back down to 114 probably means that we're going to be looking at a basement priced in terms of you know what he's done this year Tuke Miller over the next two weeks so it should be a good target.
00:13:37
Speaker
Yeah, it also seems like Noah Anderson's the one that their teams are choosing to target now as well. So if he's the one getting the attention, that just leaves Took Miller to do what he wants. So yeah, I think it could be a very good pick up when you do it. I'm not too sure, but maybe try and play the matchup game to really get that one as he pops.
00:13:56
Speaker
Yeah, to your point, 10 coaches votes for Noah Anderson again on the weekend, so the coaches out there are really valuing his impact, which unfortunately for us as fantasy coaches isn't great on the tag front. Moving on to arguably one of the hottest topics going around, the only issue I guess is that many, many coaches' rucks are already locked in with Tim English and Rowan Marshall, but it was a sight for sore eyes to see.
Max Gorn's Influence on Fantasy Strategies
00:14:23
Speaker
the old tried and trued maxi gorn back in the ruck brody grundy obviously the the storylines are out there being dropped and and it seems like he's going to be out for at least the short term to work on his forward craft in the vfl
00:14:38
Speaker
Max Gorn came in number one rock, 32 centre bounce attendance is the most for Melbourne, 162 fantasy points to go with 29 disposals and just a ridiculous performance if you watch that game, that was an outstanding comeback from Melbourne.
00:14:55
Speaker
Holmes are your boy Gawney, he's back. He is, and tell you what, Dossie, I'm actually stoked that 160 because at half time you've come into the group chat, laughing to the bank saying you're going to downgrade Briggs to Gawn next week, you've missed Marshall, you're going to make your way up the rankings, but that 160, he would have gone up, what, 50-60k? I didn't even have a look, but would have been big, wouldn't it?
00:15:20
Speaker
Well, it's still over 60, I think. It's still 45k from Briggs to Gawn. So I think I'm still laughing all the way to the bank, Omsi there, if I can upgrade Briggs. And I suggest many coaches out there who haven't managed to have one or the other of English or martial. It's a pretty easy sideways swap now from, from whoever you've got. So it is an absolute stroke of luck. What I want to ask you guys is
00:15:46
Speaker
looking forward at some matchups and stuff for either English or Marshall. Is there any chance you might consider jumping off one of those guys to go to Gorn and cashing up and going elsewhere as well and using that money? Oh, look, I think it depends on the team. So if you've not got any cashed up rookie sitting on your bench or if maybe you've only got the one, then I think, yeah, moving down from Rowan Marshall or Tim English could be a calculated risk down to a Max Gorn.
00:16:15
Speaker
You're going to make yourself 200K there, which, you know, if you put on top of a Marcus Winhager or Darcy Wilmot, for example, you're almost just edging your sort of LDU type. So potentially that's the way to get up. Also, you could go down and and get up on some of those in between players that a lot of coaches have, be it Darcy Cameron's. You might still have a Tom Green from last week, maybe a
00:16:38
Speaker
You're sick of Harry Sheeze, although he popped one on the weekend. So there's a few ways that we could play it here. And Himmelberg's probably another good example of that. So just get creative with your cash. And yeah, I think it is viable if that form continues.
00:16:53
Speaker
Well yeah, it just depends how many 160s he's got left in him because he can, you know, we know what Gawney can do when he's on fire, but that game was just out ridiculous. I don't think he can replicate that again. He hasn't rotated without a Rockman for a number of years now, so we haven't actually seen the full
00:17:12
Speaker
you know 90% game time in the ruck Max Gorn we've been looking at a hybrid of that with Luke Jackson in the side and then Brody Grundy this year so potentially Max Gorn could come home extremely strongly maybe even better than those two still going to take a brave coach to jump off of them just based on their form but when there's 200k value there potentially then you've got you've got to consider that
00:17:34
Speaker
Just a shout out to my mate Sean, who actually went Briggs to Gorn on the weekend and put the VC on Gorn. So that's some, that's some chops. I might have to message him for some tips this week then.
00:17:50
Speaker
So why isn't your mate called Crabman though as well? Does he have some sort of crazy nickname, Shawnee? We've got to work on one for Shawnee, I reckon there, Holmes. That's not good enough for me. All right. Well, I think that's pretty clear then at least if you've got one of those second tier ruck when you've got someone to go to now at least, but maybe it's only for the risky coaches.
00:18:08
Speaker
Louis, if you want to jump off an English or a Marshall, I think it would be incredibly risky. All right, the other thing that we've noticed on the weekend, and we touched on it at the start of the game, just a few of those tags having a little bit of an impact. So I think, Holmes, you've been one that you've said yourself have overreacted to some tags
Match Strategies and Fantasy Impacts
00:18:26
Speaker
this year. But we did see a few have an effect on the weekend, including Ford on Sicily. And we randomly saw Finn McGinnis go to Taran Thomas. There was probably a couple of others around the league as well. But is this something you're going to keep
00:18:38
Speaker
a watchful eye on given that we maybe do have those luxury trades to work with now this time of the year. Yeah, what I'm finding fascinating, and I think maybe it's just a bit of an indication of the way the game's played that they're not really running with the inside midfield tag as much these days. Like the Finn McGinnis one has purely been on the outside, like Sam Mitchell's been outspoken saying that we don't want him on the inside. If there's a gun player that we can shut down on the outside, then we will.
00:19:08
Speaker
So that's why, you know, the LDU pick on the weekend was fantastic because they basically said, we're not going to go to an LDU, we're going to look elsewhere. So maybe you can't really do much about the random ones like the Tarrant Thomas one was really random and even the Sicily one to an extent.
00:19:23
Speaker
So maybe just don't overthink it too much, but maybe if you're tossing up between two captain options and there's potentially a tag on the horizon, maybe try and go the safer one. That's maybe the only advice I'd give, but as someone that's overthought it too much this year, I think you just keep sort of chipping away and maybe playing as if the one's not coming, Louis.
00:19:45
Speaker
Yeah, I think at the start of the year, and we probably haven't acted on it as much as what we probably should have. We kept saying that at the beginning of the year, the first half of the season, teams do play to win. And then in the second half, that's when they play not to lose, which is why we're probably seeing a couple of tags come out. And I think while you can't avoid them and it is a bit of a crap shoot, totally random, I do think
00:20:09
Speaker
You can minimize that risk by just taking in the context of the footy game, which can be hard as fantasy coaches. Sometimes we see some really nice fantasy players. We see a nice matchup, but we don't actually consider, for example, that they might be 10 and.
00:20:24
Speaker
11 on the ladder and fighting for finals. And there's just going to be something funny going on in that game in order to find the wind. So I think just little things like that, you might be able to find an edge. Maybe that's why we saw that on the weekend with Hawthorn North Melbourne, a little bit of funny buggers with the draft picks down there. But even then, I think there's a few games separating them. So it does just come down to randomness. You just need to hope that you don't cop it sometimes.
00:20:52
Speaker
All right. Well, I don't I don't know if we've got anything on our observation round table. Does anybody does anybody want to have a little bit of a chat here in our little little section? Did I say somewhere that Clark goes due back this week so that maybe things might be switching up with North Melbourne or did I? No, no, it was rumored, but it's not going to happen until the end of the year.
00:21:13
Speaker
Yeah, OK, that's good. Well, maybe then, yeah, with the North Melbourne stuff, just keep an eye on the tag because I'm pretty sure they've been tagging at least the last sort of three to four weeks, whether it's a forward tag or through the through the middle. So maybe keep an eye on that.
00:21:29
Speaker
Yeah, I've got an observation here, Dossie, just as teams start to look to complete themselves, I think as we go into luxury trade time, it almost becomes a time to really consider what we're doing two or three weeks from now.
Trade Strategies and Player Evaluation
00:21:44
Speaker
For an example, look, you could have traded in a midfielder this week and held off an extra week and bring in a Josh Dunkley while he's cheaper. It's just one of those things where you just need to figure out what the break evens are, the price points and who the rookies you're going to be trading over the next couple of weeks are in order to to sort of acquire the two or three players that you've got circled. So it's not about just looking at it as one week, one down, one up. It's about one down, one up. OK, what's my move next week to get
00:22:14
Speaker
on the other end of something else or how can I use this week to set myself up for the following week? And you can probably extend that out to a month, really. So it's just about being a little bit shrewd with our trading and our salary to come.
00:22:29
Speaker
Yeah, I love that. Have you guys still, just to ask as well, are you guys still, I know Holmes, you jumped on Jackie Bowes on the weekend. Are these kind of mid prices, how much longer are we going to sort of try and sort of rotate between these kind of players? Like is just that cash gen, are we still just comfortable with mostly these guys? Or we have seen a couple of cash gen rookies come through, but
00:22:55
Speaker
like homes here, you're still just comfortable going with these 400k guys. They seem to be performing all right for us and really sort of doing their job on field as well at the moment. Yeah, Dossie, I didn't really want to. The reason I went to Jack Bose was purely I wanted to try and get that last rookie off field and it kind of seems like I'm a week behind it every time. I have a rookie on field and they drop a 40 and then I get that last rookie off field and Windhager goes 100.
00:23:20
Speaker
It's just one of those things. I just wanted to make a little bit of coin to get that last rookie off field with all the carnage going on. I thought I could maybe get a bit of a leg up there, but it's not the time. My side's not in a good point. My cash gen's nowhere near those top sides, but if you're someone that's competing or going quite well, you just want to be getting up to the top, guys. You don't want to be messing around with a jack-bows type. Mine was out of necessity almost, but you really just want to try and get up as best you can, Louis.
00:23:50
Speaker
Yeah, and you can see what Carnage does to you. Quite often you can come in with a plan. I'm going to do this, that and this. Now two of your players are suspended and another one's gotten injured on the weekend and another one's been dropped. So can't always plan out like that, can you? Yeah. All right. Well, Lou, you've got, you've got a few rookies there for us to look at. I always skip over it at the end of the show. Usually we're supposed to, supposed to pop the rookies on at the end. And I forget, why don't you just run through your favorite couple of rookies while we remember here?
00:24:20
Speaker
Yeah I've just got Cooper Harvey. He's 263k with a zero break even. He's gone 63 and 48 his last two weeks. Plays for North Melbourne. You'd think he's going to get an extended run at it so I don't mind paying up a little bit extra for him though I'd probably
00:24:36
Speaker
caution that as the last week. I think after that you might be paying a bit too much for him. Jack Paris on the weekend had a pretty impressive debut actually. I reckon he'll buy himself a couple of weeks with that. Three breakeven, 57 on debut. So I don't mind that. And then probably the pick of the bunch if he does come into that main side is Josh Fahey. He's 200k with a 10 breakeven which you don't often see. That's been sub-affected over a number of weeks.
00:25:03
Speaker
He came on for 25% time on ground, got the 29, looked really good, kicked the goal, so if he gets into that main side I think he might be our next cash cow to sort of send us home.
00:25:15
Speaker
And I'm going to flag one more just based on the fact that they had that big loss on the weekend. I'm talking about Essendon going down to the Cats by 77 points. Pretty disappointing loss when they were on a good run of form. This rookie got my eyes on him big time. I think he was the fifth pick in the draft. Elijah Sartis.
00:25:35
Speaker
He's just had 31 disposals this week, which was I think like 10 more than the next best. 35 disposals a couple of weeks ago because they had a buy in between. But he's now strung together two massive games for the Dons in the VFL. So Elijah Sardis at 292k.
00:25:53
Speaker
If he does come into that Essendon side, I think he's probably going to be the cash cow that you want to jump on to finish the year and just be a pretty solid option for you, because he's a fantasy scorer. He's got massive junior pedigree as a fantasy scorer, so he's another guy you want to jump on. All right.
Promotion and Listener Interaction
00:26:10
Speaker
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00:26:33
Speaker
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00:26:51
Speaker
Let's get into our Twitter requests. We are at Pod Pod AFL on Twitter. It's the only place we really take note of. We're just too busy to keep track of all the other social medias at the moment. So apologies if you're not on that platform, but we are at Pod Pod AFL. If you are on Twitter, go give us a follow and check it out weekly for when we post to ask for who you want to chat about. So the first one I've got here, and I swear I didn't put this in in this particular order, but Tommy Cole.
00:27:21
Speaker
On the weekend, the leading scorer for the mighty West Coast Eagles in a valiant display versus Richmond. He had 97, 20 disposals, eight marks, and five tackles. Holmes-y. Look, when you're talking about buzz, it's a matter of when, not a matter of if. And Tommy Cole, he's finally come good.
00:27:43
Speaker
Oh, he's no Jaden Hunt, that scored 36 on the weekend, mate, so... Just, this is what I thought would happen early, but anyway. Justice coming late in the season for Dossie.
00:27:56
Speaker
Yeah, I think he falls in that category of the player just not this time of year. Not any time of year, Dossie, but I'm not sure you want to be looking to bring in Tom Cole. Scored well on the weekend, but he plays for the Eagles. They are not a very good footy side at the moment. Can't see his scoring being anywhere near close enough to a player that we're going to want on the field for the last six rounds of the season.
00:28:21
Speaker
only 67% time on ground for Tommy Cole as he works his way back from an injury as well. So look, the only thing I'd say is that, yeah, jump on in draft. Obviously, like Holmes is saying, it's a volatile situation there at the mighty, mighty West Coast Eagles at the moment. But Tommy Cole, he's going to be a great draft player for people on the run home. I think with the added
00:28:41
Speaker
a lot of.
Player Potential and Underperformance
00:28:57
Speaker
Gee, it's been a bit of a rough ride, lads. He's on the way down, Holmsey. You're not a fan of big Callum Mills. No, I was pointing down to throw it to Louie, because I know Louie's got some thoughts that he's been echoing the last month on Mills. Yeah, it's him. I haven't been a massive Callum Mills fan, have I? Look, if you're a Callum Mills owner, I think you're
00:29:20
Speaker
Unless he's the worst player on your field, which maybe he is at the moment, I think he's still a hold. He's a hold for the same reason that he was a bring-in three weeks ago, which for most coaches was hoping that that form would turn around. To this stage it hasn't. He's gone 64, 85, 92 and 71.
00:29:38
Speaker
uh he's a better player than that you'd have to think it does turn around but um if it doesn't over the next fortnight then i think there's some coaches that are going to be um or should be looking at getting right up on a calum mills because um at 650k yes he presents value but if he's putting up
00:29:56
Speaker
75 80s every week and you can potentially get him up to a 110 plus guy then that's gonna hold you in much better stead and From what I've just seen in a few leg matchups even trading mills might be a point of difference at this point as well
00:30:12
Speaker
It's weird, isn't it? Cause they don't even still, they don't have, um, what's his name back in the side? Chad, Chad Warner's not even playing in that midfield as well at the moment. So you'd think it would just be, you know, plenty of pill for Callum. He was in there, but he's just not getting it done. Lucky used to. And guys like Errol Goulden are just taking that mantle as the fantasy, fantasy star for that team. I think it's very bottom.
00:30:37
Speaker
I think row bottoms affecting him. Okay. Either which way. I think, I think you're right though. Maybe, maybe jumping off is going to be that point of difference, but it's so hard. He's one of those players that, you know, that you're damned if you do, damned if you don't with Callum Mills, because we know what he can do at his best. Luke Jackson, the listeners want to talk about now, Shawnee Darcy going down with another injury.
00:30:58
Speaker
You're the Fremantle man, Holmes here. We've seen what Jackson can do over periods of time without playing with Shawnee Darcy. We'd have to see how long that injury is. I haven't seen the news for that yet, but Luke Jackson, if we know that Darcy's going to be out for a little bit, could you get excited about Luke Jackson after, you know, he had another solid performance scoring 88 that week. He's got Sydney this week, Geelong the week after, a couple of nice little matchups to start with.
00:31:27
Speaker
Yeah, well, yeah, to this point in time, we don't know the extent of the Sean Darcy injury, but you would think if it's going to be, you know, a month or longer with 3-0 not in finals contention, unless they can pull a miracle out of the hat, that Sean Darcy might get put on ice for the rest of the season. So yeah, Luke Jackson, 696K, definite value as the number one rock, but I'm not sure I could still go there. The forward status is handy.
00:31:57
Speaker
but I'm still not sure it's going to be that top six forward. But if you need to get that last rookie on field and you have limited cash and that's all you can get up to, then absolutely, I think he's going to be a serviceable option either at F6 or R2 if you can't get all the way up and has Sydney this week. And Sydney is probably, apart from the Eagles, the best rock matchup that you can get at home.
00:32:20
Speaker
Do we think that F6 is probably the weakest spot on field for all coaches, just given what we've got available to us? Yeah. Maybe that's not true because Josh Dunkley is out of that mix. And I think he probably makes it six with that big five that we've got in there already. But it does seem to be the position that drops off pretty quickly, doesn't it?
00:32:44
Speaker
Yeah, well, especially now with Butters being potentially injured and dropping a few lower scores. Yeah, maybe that F6 spot does open up a little bit. Maybe we were looking at maybe 100 average before, but maybe it's more 95 to 97, especially with McRae dropping off too.
00:33:02
Speaker
Well, maybe we're going to be looking at 115, though, with Sami Flanders back in the midfield. We've already spoken a little bit about him. What's the final verdict? Look, I'm going to put my verdict out there. Now, of course, we know the draft doctor's been big on Flanders for a while. Now, it was actually the statesman prior to Stevie Fizz. The statesman was the first to be incredibly keen on Sam Flanders years ago when he was first drafted.
00:33:27
Speaker
I was banging on about Feorani and a few others at Gold Coast and he kept talking about Sam Flanders and how he loved him. So shout out to the fossil. He's been big on Flanders for a long time. So I'm going to back in the Fosse here and I actually think Flanders, he's a thirsty customer. And look, it's a skill you just cannot, you cannot teach the thirst. And Sammy Flanders, observably thirsty,
00:33:54
Speaker
pretty, pretty high on the chart too. So I actually think he's a great option and I think just 621K. Louie, you're a fan too. Yep. Just for the reasons that I said before, um, I think that F6 to F8 position's a little bit shaky and, uh, just identifying that role change, knowing that he's got that pedigree as a junior and knowing that when he's had the role in the actual senior AFL side,
00:34:19
Speaker
let alone the VFL side that he can score. So I think there's much worse fliers that you could take a swing at and at his price point maybe that's something you could get creative with as well a little bit like a Marshall in English that we mentioned before.
00:34:35
Speaker
The one thing I will point out, he's a good option, clearly can score after what he did on the weekend, but this is the Gold Coast run coming up. So they got the Giants, the Lions, Adelaide, Sydney, Carlton, before finishing with North. So in terms of run for the midfielders, probably one of the tougher ones there. So maybe there's not as many ceiling games there due to some of those tough games, but can't argue with what he did on the weekend, that's for sure.
Coaching Changes and Fantasy Implications
00:35:03
Speaker
I wonder if we see the Suns really finish strong because you know often what comes with a new coach and or potentially another new coach is that blokes just try a bit harder they try and get themselves into the good books of the new coach so maybe we can hang our laurels on that.
00:35:22
Speaker
Finals not out of the picture for big Stephen King and Flanders scored there. But we've got an interesting question here looking at someone that is going for that loophole option and we're talking about in terms of a non-playing player I suppose here. So Matt Allison, he's a test on the injury report so you know could technically get selected potentially as soon as next week but
00:35:46
Speaker
Looking on the outer there at Saint Kilda, 200k rookie and he's got forward defender eligibility. So Liston was asking, is he the best loophole option? Four of five next five weeks are the Sunday game.
00:36:03
Speaker
Yeah, he probably is, but the one thing I will caveat that with is we saw how much carnage there was on the weekend. Teams that have taken all the money from their bench really got found out. And if you didn't have a wind hager on the weekend, you were bringing on some pretty poor rookies, if not copying donuts. So I'm not sure I'd be blowing a bench spot just yet, knowing that we've still got six rounds to navigate through. I'd still be trying to downgrade to players that are actually playing. So if you do need them,
00:36:33
Speaker
you can call upon them. Yeah, I'd be doing the same. I think Matt Allison might be a tall who plays for the Saints who have a bit of a shortage for tall. So I mean, maybe potentially you do want him playing eventually, but it could be fraught with danger if you do bring him on as a loop.
00:36:52
Speaker
I like the listeners thinking outside the box though, but yeah, it's good to have those opinions though. Taron Thomas playing a multitude of roles. We obviously said that he's, um, he caught the tag on the weekend from Finn McGinnis surprisingly. So, um, LDU owners, including myself were thrilled to see it going elsewhere. A bit of a run with role, but, um, look,
00:37:16
Speaker
There's some coaches still keen on him. He only had 61 on the weekend, 12 disposals, four marks, four tackles. And I think we've already mentioned a few names that I'd be much keener on than looking at Taran Thomas. What about you guys?
00:37:29
Speaker
Yeah it's a poor side and we said last week that poor sides are going to start to experiment which means that it might happen with Taran Thomas or it might happen with players that are around Taran Thomas which would then affect him as well so at 560k now it's a little bit awkward I would have preferred at 150k ago.
00:37:48
Speaker
Well, if you're looking for a point of difference down back, could Dan Houston be an option after coming off his season high there at 156? I don't know if it's a career high even potentially there, but huge score for Dan Houston, Holmes. Is he a nice little option for the run home? Port struggling in that game against Carlton, but could you see him putting enough big scores on the run home to be an option?
00:38:11
Speaker
Yeah I think you can to be fair but this is what Dan Houston does. He's been doing it for years. He pops a 150 and then pops a 60. Louis would know that better than anyone else as a port man and I think on the weekend port were very depleted. I know they had seven changes. How many of those were defenders? I'm not too sure but
00:38:27
Speaker
He played out of his skin and he was just the guy that everything went through on the weekend. So I'm not surprised about that big score that he had. He does have this ability, but he also has an ability to drop a 50-60 as well, which kind of brings his average down. So he can't knock what he's done, but just keep in mind if you do trade him in, you have just missed his ceiling game and he might not have another one.
00:38:49
Speaker
He's a good example of playing the fixtures, isn't he? That sort of player who's got that super high ceiling that has historically strung it together for three or four rounds of football.
00:39:00
Speaker
This is another interesting player playing the first game on Saturday. So I guess if you are doing some loophole action in your forward line, you can have a look at this guy because he does have forward ruck eligibility. But Ivan Soldo at 493,000, he's come off a pretty easy matchup against West Coast where he had 107. But earlier in the year when we saw him in round seven, he only played a half a game and he had a 72 point outing against a tougher matchup.
00:39:29
Speaker
the Suns. Hawthorn this week then he's got big Maxi Gorn the week after and then Tim English followed by Rowan Marshall so a slew of guns there plus I think Nank will be back after a couple of weeks anyway but Holmes is his short-term play just to get some cash on your bench and maybe loop hole him in.
00:39:46
Speaker
You really needed to do it last week, I believe, with the Eagles matchup. As I was saying to you guys, pre-pod, after the Rowan Marshall incident, I tried to edit my trades to bring in Soldo instead of Bose, and I was 9K short, and that would have been the play, toned up against the Eagles, but has the Hawks, which is an actual tough matchup for Rux when they have the Reeves-Meet combo, and then has Gorn at the MCG before Nate comes back. So I think you've missed the boat.
00:40:14
Speaker
with Soldo, but coaches that got on last week were definitely rewarded with a great score and a nice cash rise too.
00:40:21
Speaker
What happened with Ron Marsh? We'll move on to the next player. Holmes is still not happy. We'll have to have a debrief after this I think about the incident still. Bailey Scott playing some unreal footy dropped to 130 plus on the weekend. Against me in draft. Against me in draft as well. That was good. My opponent had Tom Atkins for a 122 and Bailey Scott for 136 so that was fantastic.
00:40:52
Speaker
Is he an option though? He's got Saint Kilda on deck this week. They love giving up marks to oppo players as well. 113 is the last three. Obviously that's boosted by the big 130, but 104, 98, 136 following the buy. And he's had a pretty solid, like since round 10, he hasn't gone under 80. That defender, midfield eligibility, Saints, West Coast, Melbourne, Essen and Richmond. I mean, they've got a great run coming home North. Is he an option, Louis?
00:41:22
Speaker
He probably is and he's been doing it for long enough where you can't just say this is one out of the box. Like you said around 10 really flicked a switch and he's been super consistent since then. He's probably got a little bit of the Nick Martens about him where he's doing these awesome numbers and none of us are really taking notice of it. I like it and I think if you can't get up to anything else then he's definitely a play but that being said
00:41:50
Speaker
It's going to be hard to fit him in with the defenders that we've got available. You know, you're looking at Dawson's, Dacos's, Cicely, Docketty's, even as she's all over the week. Sinclair, most coaches have Tom Stewart. So unless he's fitting into your midfield, then it might be hard to sneak him in down back. But I think he's still a big tick. You've got to respect the form. And from what I can see from round 10, the worst case scenario might only be in an 80-85, which is what we're copying from some of our uber premiums anyway.
00:42:18
Speaker
Just on that Louis, something that just kind of refreshed my memory. We have been speaking about it the last couple of weeks but for coaches competing and trying to find a point of difference, is it time to jump off Tom Stewart? We thought that these GMHBA games would be the ceiling games but he's just not getting it done.
00:42:36
Speaker
Yeah, I think it is. I think, and we said it two weeks ago, Tom Stewart's history is being very good at scoring 95 and even though last year we thought maybe he started to discover a bit of ceiling, to this stage that's been an exception to the rule. He hasn't popped out with those 160s as he did last year and he sort of returned to the mean of which he was a 95 guy sort of before that.
00:43:01
Speaker
Yeah, I think any coach is competing. I'd be looking at Tom Stewart and circling him is potentially one that I might be jumping off and down the other end just while we're on the topic. Ben Keys would be another that I'd be looking at. Yeah. Did anyone watch that game closely on the weekend? Because looking at the scores, that's something I was kind of thinking as well. But 81% CB8s, what was his role on the weekend? Did you just not get near it?
00:43:26
Speaker
He was giving attention, so he was on, who did he play on the weekend? That'll jog me. GWS. GWS. I think he was on Josh Kelly from memory, but he was definitely playing an accountable role, which has kind of been the theme over about four weeks now, so might result in some ceiling games, but it might also result in some floor games.
00:43:49
Speaker
Depending on which forward you can trade into i mean josh donkley coming off of injury in a week's time maybe a week after that once the break even sort of. Flattens out a little bit that might be a play there as well. It's a real tough one cuz he was putting up some amazing scores do we just chalk it up to like you said you know putting in a bit of attention and not getting the ceiling but i don't think it's that.
00:44:10
Speaker
I don't think it's that tough. So since around 13, which is the game before his buy, he went 99 versus the Eagles, 90 versus the Pies, 132 versus North Melbourne, who are training cones, 91 versus Essendon and 70 versus the Giants. So while his last three and last five kind of looks respectable, if we take the context of the games in into hand, then perhaps Ben Keys is another one to join Tom Stewart. That could be that guy that you jump off.
00:44:40
Speaker
Interesting. Turk Miller, now we talked about him briefly. Look, Homsey, I know you didn't see a heap of him play this weekend, but based on his price, you know, he's got the $830K price tag. Would you be still kind of looking at him as an option for you to fill out that midfield? Obviously, those midfield spots are very, very, you have to be spot on with him on the run home here. Can you see him being his usual 110 plus guy again, I guess?
00:45:08
Speaker
I'm not sure he's going to be a 110 guy, mainly because of how Raoul and Anderson have come on. I believe that Anderson's... And now Flanders. And now Flanders, yes.
00:45:19
Speaker
I've just always had this theory that, you know, when these players really go big and they have these 1-10, 1-15, 1-20 seasons like they have in the past, it's really because they're in these middle to bottom sides. And they're the only guys, I think like your Rory Laird of two years ago, Jack Steele. And when you've got better players around you, they're still good and they still have these ceiling games, but their floors are a little bit lower because they're not needed as much. And I think Took Miller might actually
00:45:47
Speaker
suffer from that a little bit. So, although I think he'll be good in his value, I'm not sure he's going to be that 110 to 115 guy, but he does present value. What I would be doing, I think, and you've already got him, Dossie is saving that 50K and going down to LDU. I think he kind of fits that mold a little bit better of being just the absolute number one guy in that crap team that pretty much just has to put the team on his shoulders and everything goes through him. So, LDU is the one I'd be targeting.
00:46:14
Speaker
on the run home, especially with that juicy fixture that Louis mentioned just before. Yeah, no, I'm 100% with you. I love that. Jack Steele is another guy that, you know, people have been targeting heavily over the last couple of weeks. Is he still a great option for coaches, Louis? We've heard Big Ross the boss, not too happy with that performance on the weekend and telling the leaders need to stand up again.
00:46:36
Speaker
Yeah, no, I'm still ticking that off. He got off to a slow start on the weekend but did save it late. And the Saints' situation within the season means that they need to try and make finals as best they can. Jack Steele as the captain should be the one to get the boys on his back. I'm expecting a couple of 15 plus tackle games in that to hopefully come home strong. I think when it comes to talking about Jack Steele, you almost have to mention his counterpart there.
00:47:03
Speaker
brad crouch and how that affects him as well do we got concerns there guys that was and you were probably one that owned brad crouch before a lot of us did while still was in the side yeah that's that's the one i was going to bring up louis just then brad crouch clearly is very highly owned now because of what he was doing around the by period
00:47:23
Speaker
Mate, back to back, we had a 90 and an 80. They got north this week, so I'm not sure it's the week to jump off, but it kind of... And hawks next year. And the hawks, yeah. But it kind of coincided with Jack's... Sorry, Brad Crouch's really hot patch of form was when Steel was trying to find his feet and wasn't going very well. And now that it seems Steel's back and firing, Crouch has kind of taken a back seat.
00:47:44
Speaker
We did see them both average very well at the back end of last year. So maybe, maybe, maybe not. But once again, where you find these point of differences as being highly ranked coaches, you've got to do it somehow. And I think Crouch is someone that's definitely overpriced and maybe isn't quite a top eight mid and someone you look to jump off at some stage. But with North and Hawkes, the next two, I'm not sure it's these two weeks to do it.
00:48:08
Speaker
Do you think we need to maybe consider more that Jack Sinclair is playing more in that midfield since the buyers as well as Zach Jones returning a fortnight ago?
00:48:19
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Jack Sinclair is their best player. He might not be the best fantasy scorer every week, but he's their best player. Who do you want the ball in the hands of? Crouch, who's just going to do a dinky little kick? Or do you want Sinclair getting it and running and getting it forward? Yeah, absolutely. It's definitely something to look at. And to be honest, you probably could look to go off him, so Crouch off him, even though they've got the good juicy matchups.
00:48:45
Speaker
But it is hard knowing that he's someone that can go 120, 130 on his day. It's probably one in three weeks time, isn't it? And I do think Zach Jones is playing a big role there. Yeah, well, he's one as well. He provides something a little bit different, doesn't he? He's in that speedy mode of Sinclair and that's what they want to do. They want to get the ball forward as quickly as they can. That's the brand of footy that they play once they get it forward of center. I think he's spot on.
00:49:15
Speaker
Geez, a lot of think about here. Josh Kelly backed up a 30 the week before, but pumped out a ton this week. It'd be a brave coach after seeing what could happen though, getting some attention. I know you're a big fan, Louis, generally of Josh Kelly, but you're probably eyeing them off next year and maybe not this year. Am I right in saying that?
00:49:35
Speaker
Yeah, I think so. I said he got tagged on the weekend. I can't confirm that. I just remember seeing Ben Keys giving a lot of attention at stoppage to probably a couple of different players, just how Ben Keys is. But yeah, Josh Kelly in recent weeks had been tagged. He's been probably tagged a little bit again. He's not attending as many CBAs as what he was at the start of the year.
00:50:02
Speaker
and perhaps there's a little bit of a blueprint there for stop the Giants by stopping Josh Kelly but I think at the same time he's a leader he's a mature player and Giants are also trying to make the 8 so I could see him also coming into some nice form there I think at his ownership which would be under 2% you could have a lot worse punts.
00:50:25
Speaker
I think I'm going to be speaking here for I reckon all three of us, but I want your opinion. Tom Atkins, I can't recommend this one at all. 713,000. He has come off two of really impressive games. 126 followed by 122 against North and Essendon.
00:50:43
Speaker
Look, he's playing a little bit of a midfield role there. He's got the defender status, but he's just built his game Entirely on big big tackle numbers and he's actually finally got himself a few marks the last couple of weeks But he's in kind of that Matty row You know mold in terms of how he builds his score He plays low Tom on ground and he's not as good as a Matty row. So what's your opinion on Tom Atkins? I'm know any of that for me
00:51:08
Speaker
Yeah, I actually looked into him on the weekend. I was chatting to a mate about it. Like I said, he had him in draft, so I just wanted to see what he'd been doing. Back-to-back monsters, but only one score over 90 outside of that for the whole season, and he's just had North and Essendon who are two pretty good matchups for midfielders. So I think probably it's matchup-based, and I'm not sure you can expect a ton average moving forward, which is what we really want from our players at this time of year.
00:51:36
Speaker
Yeah, we've only got a few players left here guys before we wrap up at Sam Walsh. Look, he still hasn't fired. Can we go anywhere near him? Let's just the caveat though, West Coast this week and if we don't have Adam Cher as well.
00:51:52
Speaker
Now, so I've actually been looking at this one quite closely because I love Sam Walsh. I've got him in draft and he's been a player that I've loved owning throughout his fantasy career, really. What I've noticed with Sam Walsh is that he's getting high disposal numbers, but he's just getting the ball running forward and handballing. He's playing a good role for Carlton in terms of getting the ball moving forward, but he's not getting any cheap marks on the outside and he's not tackling. So he
00:52:20
Speaker
He's a 90 guy at the moment because he's just not getting the ceiling games because he's not getting outside ball or he's not tackling. He has these random games where he does and yeah, he can pop a little bit. But with the brand of footy that Colton are playing at the moment, they don't want Sam Walsh on the outside. They want him on the inside getting the ball and then just running forward and getting the ball forward with handball.
00:52:42
Speaker
I saw a stat come out. It might have been Frico saying that Sam Walsh's handball to kick ratio is actually the lowest of his career at the moment. It's sitting at about 0.7, where it normally sits at about 1.1, which means that he's just handballing, handballing, handballing, which is not what we want as fantasy coaches. So at the moment, he's not anywhere near the top eight mids. So for that reason, I wouldn't be touching him.
00:53:05
Speaker
Yeah, just an extraordinary turnaround from when he just came, you know, back from his back injury and just came out firing out the gates as well, looking like a, a must have and really a unique option. And then, um, anyone that jumped on during that run, it's been, it's been really strange scenes, but that's some good observations, homesy as well. So.
00:53:24
Speaker
Stay steer clear for now. All right, somebody here has jumped on the Jared Waitley train. Want to know about Grinal Messi out here, Grinal Myers. Putting up some big numbers as a bit of a forward option. I'd have to even look, because I wouldn't have ever looked at him in the fantasy app, I don't think at all, because I don't have him in draft. So what's the average in 76 for the year, but 110 in his last three, Louis?
00:53:52
Speaker
Yeah, mate, look, Grindmise, he's, look, I don't know. I probably don't want to compare him to Clayton Oliver, but he scans the field just as well, I think. And, you know, I don't want to call Grindmise a better player, but potentially on the way home.
00:54:08
Speaker
Certainly the last six weeks, I think Grandma has been the better player. I don't mind him, but he's not kicking him any goals this year, so I'm just going to pass on Grandma's I think. All right, we'll move on to our last two. LDU, we've mentioned him a few times. Holmes, he sounds like he's on your radar. Luke Davies, a UNIAC.
00:54:28
Speaker
Yep, absolutely, we've seen the scoring power in the last two weeks. The only flag is that he's been injury riddled this year. I would think that they took their time over the bike period to make sure that he was cherry right for the back half of the year. And Sonia Hood came out today and said that the performance for North Melbourne on the weekend was deplorable and they need to be better.
00:54:50
Speaker
They're not a side that's just going to park it up. They need to try and get some wins to keep the fans engaged after a couple of very lean years. So I can see a big end to the year for LDU. You just got to make sure that he's not going to get tagged or if the injury happens, the injury happens.
00:55:07
Speaker
Now going from a completely inside player to a completely outside player, Carl Ayman for Hawthorn dropping two tonnes in a row, could he be a nice point of difference on the run home, seeing as he's playing it, pretty much some friendly ovals for outside players anyway, at least for his last six games.
00:55:25
Speaker
No, I think that's one that you just leave as the mid only might be his third time for the year. You know, and he just turned up the other way for the first time. So, um, not pass. All right. Thanks everyone for listening again and good luck for the last. Well, we've got six weeks of fantasy footy left and enjoying every moment of it.
00:55:44
Speaker
but I feel like the listeners need to rally around me. I feel like the dog bloke status doesn't sit right with me, Holmes. How long will I be able to shed this feeling from you, this negativity coming my way? All you had to do was stay quiet, Dossie, but the fact you came into the group chat and bloated about it, Louis is pretty up and down and sees it both sides, but he is firmly in my camp, mate. You've got some work to do.
00:56:15
Speaker
I wanted Hami on the show because I reckon he'd be on my side on this one. He's a bit cutthroat about the way he goes about it too. I reckon for those tun middies, he didn't want to pay up for the tun middies either. I reckon Hami wouldn't have, wouldn't have maybe ghosted the chat as well. So look, Homsey, I do want to issue a public apology.
00:56:33
Speaker
I want to shed the dog bloke status eventually and I hope you know in the weeks to come I might let you know of any blunders but I can't make any promises I'm afraid. It is the Dossy cutthroat era. We'll see you all next week. Dossy special, Dossy fantastic, Dossy the dog.