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Ox must have got wind of the interview. I didn't hear this so I don't know the context that it was brought up in.

He is a big fan of Oliver too. Jumper numbers are a coincidence.

Actual quote from Jako - "you don't kick goals with handballs"

I was actually speechless at the end.

If your workplace is 2 hours away you'll have a great drive.

At least they credited us.

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As his sponsor I might be able to make that happen. The interview that is. I have no control over making the Granny nor Jayden's performance on the day.

COMING HOME A week's a long time in football. It was only that long ago when Adelaide skipper Tex Walker unleashed his fury at new Demon Jake Lever over his decision to leave the Crows. The youngster was disinvited from attending the club's best and fairest as a result of his decision to return home and Walker even claimed he had chosen “money over success”. Certainly the money was an issue as it always is in a professional sport but Adelaide's hostile attitude was unbecoming and insulting. A week later, it was also embarrassing and hypocritical when Bryce Gibbs was welcomed home after long winded negotiations secured the midfielder's release from Carlton. Like Lever and many others both this year and in the past (including the recently retired Crow Scott Thompson who left Melbourne more than a decade ago for an illustrious career in the City of Churches), Gibbs was coming home and I wonder if Tex will be able to look him in the eyes when they first meet because there's little doubt that the former Blue will not only be back at his old stamping ground - he'll also be on good coin. Perhaps the rain will wash away all the pain the Crows captain must still be feeling over that grand final defeat? Meanwhile, life and the trades went on over recent days with the uncomfortable departure of Jack Watts to Port Adelaide for draft pick #31. There's a lot been said about the club's decision to offload the Demons' golden haired boy of nine years but one suspects we haven't heard it all as yet. The Demons' other involvement in the trade period came with the less controversial recruitment of another "want away" player in Harley Balic who managed only four games in an injury marred two years with the Dockers. The former Sandringham Dragon who played there under Melbourne's Justin Plapp gets the chance to revive his career in his home town. A little over two years ago, he was considered a top ten draft prospect but injury saw him drop to #38 and an unhappy two year stint with Fremantle. The free agency and exchange period ended with the usual flurry and when the dust settled there were no players of Lever's ilk traded other than Lever himself. The closest you might get would be Lachie Weller who landed back at one of his previous homes on the Gold Coast. Luke Hodge will end his time as an AFL player at Brisbane while Garry Ablett Junior comes home to where it all started. Both are at the end of their careers while Gibbs is also in the veteran stage. Otherwise, the usual array of unwanted and (in the case of a few) tainted players were given second opportunities elsewhere and some draft picks changed hands in what was, in my view, an unspectacular period leading up to what looms as an equally unspectacular draft given the belief that the pool of players there is rather shallow. FREE AGENCY AND EXCHANGE PERIOD 2017 Free Agency Western Bulldogs get: Jack Trengove Port Adelaide get: no compensation Port Adelaide get: Tom Rockliff Brisbane get: Pick No.18 compensation Port Adelaide gets: Steven Motlop Geelong gets: Pick No.19 compensation Trades Melbourne gets: Jake Lever, Pick No.35, 2018 third-round pick Adelaide gets: Pick 10, 2018 first-round pick, 2018 fourth-round pick Essendon gets: Devon Smith, pick No.24, 2018 second-round pick GWS Giants gets: Pick No.11, 2018 third-round pick Hawthorn gets: Jarman Impey, pick No.67 Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.33, 61, 2018 fourth-round pick Western Bulldogs gets: Hayden Crozier, 2018 fourth-round pick Fremantle gets: Pick No.40 and 82. Essendon gets: Adam Saad Gold Coast gets: Essendon’s future second-round pick West Coast gets: Brendon Ah Chee, 2018 fourth-round pick Port Adelaide gets: 2018 third-round pick Port Adelaide gets: Jack Watts Melbourne gets: Pick No.31 Melbourne gets: Harley Balic Fremantle gets: Pick 66 Gold Coast gets: Harrison Wigg, pick 54, 2018 fourth-round pick Adelaide gets: Pick 39 Adelaide gets: Bryce Gibbs, pick No.77, 2018 second-round pick, 2018 third-round pick Carlton gets: Pick No.10, 16, 73, 2018 second-round pick Gold Coast gets: Aaron Young Port Adelaide gets: 2018 fourth-round pick (attached to Adelaide) St Kilda gets: Logan Austin, 2018 fourth-round pick Port Adelaide gets: 2018 third-round pick Collingwood gets: Sam Murray, Pick No.70, 2018 third-round pick Sydney gets: 2018 second-round pick Adelaide gets: Sam Gibson North Melbourne gets: Pick No.91 Fremantle gets: Nathan Wilson, pick No.71 GWS Giants get: Pick No.57, 2018 second-round pick Carlton gets: Matthew Lobbe Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.95 Essendon gets: Jake Stringer Western Bulldogs get: Pick No.25, 30 Carlton gets: Matthew Kennedy GWS Giants get: Pick No.28 Carlton gets: Darcy Lang, 2018 fourth-round pick Geelong gets: Pick No.58, 2018 fourth-round pick Brisbane gets: Luke Hodge, pick No.44 Hawthorn gets: Pick No.43, 75 Geelong gets: Gary Ablett, pick No.24, 2018 fourth-round pick Gold Coast gets: Pick No.19, 2018 second-round pick Brisbane gets: Charlie Cameron Adelaide gets: Pick No.12 Gold Coast gets: Lachie Weller, pick No.41 Fremantle gets: Pick No.2 Fremantle gets: Brandon Matera Gold Coast gets: 2018 third-round pick Western Bulldogs get: Josh Schache Brisbane Lions get: Pick No.25, 40 Pick swaps West Coast gets: Pick 21, 26, 37, 2018 second-round pick Gold Coast gets: Pick 50, 2018 first-round pick Western Bulldogs get: Pick No.16, 40 Carlton gets: Pick No.28, 30, 2018 second-round pick Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.59, 63, 2018 second-round pick St Kilda gets: Pick No.34, 2018 fourth-round pick Richmond gets: Pick No.53 Geelong gets: 2018 third-round pick Brisbane Lions get: Pick No.15, 52 Richmond gets: Pick No.20, 25 Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.46, 2018 third-round pick North Melbourne gets: 2018 third-round pick 2018 third-round pick

PART THREE - COMING HOME A week's a long time in football. It was only that long ago when Adelaide skipper Tex Walker unleashed his fury at new Demon Jake Lever over his decision to leave the Crows. The youngster was disinvited from attending the club's best and fairest as a result of his decision to return home and Walker even claimed he had chosen “money over success”. Certainly the money was an issue as it always is in a professional sport but Adelaide's hostile attitude was unbecoming and insulting. A week later, it was also embarrassing and hypocritical when Bryce Gibbs was welcomed home after long winded negotiations secured the midfielder's release from Carlton. Like Lever and many others both this year and in the past (including the recently retired Crow Scott Thompson who left Melbourne more than a decade ago for an illustrious career in the City of Churches), Gibbs was coming home and I wonder if Tex will be able to look him in the eyes when they first meet because there's little doubt that the former Blue will not only be back at his old stamping ground - he'll also be on good coin. Perhaps the rain will wash away all the pain the Crows captain must still be feeling over that grand final defeat? Meanwhile, life and the trades went on over recent days with the uncomfortable departure of Jack Watts to Port Adelaide for draft pick #31. There's a lot been said about the club's decision to offload the Demons' golden haired boy of nine years but one suspects we haven't heard it all as yet. The Demons' other involvement in the trade period came with the less controversial recruitment of another "want away" player in Harley Balic who managed only four games in an injury marred two years with the Dockers. The former Sandringham Dragon who played there under Melbourne's Justin Plapp gets the chance to revive his career in his home town. A little over two years ago, he was considered a top ten draft prospect but injury saw him drop to #38 and an unhappy two year stint with Fremantle. The free agency and exchange period ended with the usual flurry and when the dust settled there were no players of Lever's ilk traded other than Lever himself. The closest you might get would be Lachie Weller who landed back at one of his previous homes on the Gold Coast. Luke Hodge will end his time as an AFL player at Brisbane while Garry Ablett Junior comes home to where it all started. Both are at the end of their careers while Gibbs is also in the veteran stage. Otherwise, the usual array of unwanted and (in the case of a few) tainted players were given second opportunities elsewhere and some draft picks changed hands in what was, in my view, an unspectacular period leading up to what looms as an equally unspectacular draft given the belief that the pool of players there is rather shallow. FREE AGENCY AND EXCHANGE PERIOD 2017 Free Agency Western Bulldogs get: Jack Trengove Port Adelaide get: no compensation Port Adelaide get: Tom Rockliff Brisbane get: Pick No.18 compensation Port Adelaide gets: Steven Motlop Geelong gets: Pick No.19 compensation Trades Melbourne gets: Jake Lever, Pick No.35, 2018 third-round pick Adelaide gets: Pick 10, 2018 first-round pick, 2018 fourth-round pick Essendon gets: Devon Smith, pick No.24, 2018 second-round pick GWS Giants gets: Pick No.11, 2018 third-round pick Hawthorn gets: Jarman Impey, pick No.67 Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.33, 61, 2018 fourth-round pick Western Bulldogs gets: Hayden Crozier, 2018 fourth-round pick Fremantle gets: Pick No.40 and 82. Essendon gets: Adam Saad Gold Coast gets: Essendon’s future second-round pick West Coast gets: Brendon Ah Chee, 2018 fourth-round pick Port Adelaide gets: 2018 third-round pick Port Adelaide gets: Jack Watts Melbourne gets: Pick No.31 Melbourne gets: Harley Balic Fremantle gets: Pick 66 Gold Coast gets: Harrison Wigg, pick 54, 2018 fourth-round pick Adelaide gets: Pick 39 Adelaide gets: Bryce Gibbs, pick No.77, 2018 second-round pick, 2018 third-round pick Carlton gets: Pick No.10, 16, 73, 2018 second-round pick Gold Coast gets: Aaron Young Port Adelaide gets: 2018 fourth-round pick (attached to Adelaide) St Kilda gets: Logan Austin, 2018 fourth-round pick Port Adelaide gets: 2018 third-round pick Collingwood gets: Sam Murray, Pick No.70, 2018 third-round pick Sydney gets: 2018 second-round pick Adelaide gets: Sam Gibson North Melbourne gets: Pick No.91 Fremantle gets: Nathan Wilson, pick No.71 GWS Giants get: Pick No.57, 2018 second-round pick Carlton gets: Matthew Lobbe Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.95 Essendon gets: Jake Stringer Western Bulldogs get: Pick No.25, 30 Carlton gets: Matthew Kennedy GWS Giants get: Pick No.28 Carlton gets: Darcy Lang, 2018 fourth-round pick Geelong gets: Pick No.58, 2018 fourth-round pick Brisbane gets: Luke Hodge, pick No.44 Hawthorn gets: Pick No.43, 75 Geelong gets: Gary Ablett, pick No.24, 2018 fourth-round pick Gold Coast gets: Pick No.19, 2018 second-round pick Brisbane gets: Charlie Cameron Adelaide gets: Pick No.12 Gold Coast gets: Lachie Weller, pick No.41 Fremantle gets: Pick No.2 Fremantle gets: Brandon Matera Gold Coast gets: 2018 third-round pick Western Bulldogs get: Josh Schache Brisbane Lions get: Pick No.25, 40 Pick swaps West Coast gets: Pick 21, 26, 37, 2018 second-round pick Gold Coast gets: Pick 50, 2018 first-round pick Western Bulldogs get: Pick No.16, 40 Carlton gets: Pick No.28, 30, 2018 second-round pick Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.59, 63, 2018 second-round pick St Kilda gets: Pick No.34, 2018 fourth-round pick Richmond gets: Pick No.53 Geelong gets: 2018 third-round pick Brisbane Lions get: Pick No.15, 52 Richmond gets: Pick No.20, 25 Port Adelaide gets: Pick No.46, 2018 third-round pick North Melbourne gets: 2018 third-round pick 2018 third-round pick

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I'll have the interview up for download shortly.

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We have 1000 listener slots plus we're streaming live to YouTube. @Nasher has one job tonight.

I'm actually in the process of upgrading the amount of listeners slots for live listeners. Our highest amount of live listeners is 377. We mostly range between 50 to 200 over the course of the show. Shows later in the year were higher. I actually hadn't even considered that tonight might smash that. We currently have 500 listener slots. I'm attempting to upgrade to 1000 but I don't know if the upgrade is instantaneous or not. That's all moot if this site crashes though. In any event the interview will get done regardless and it will be available to download to listen at your leisure shortly after it airs.

It is. Put on your seat belt.

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Good idea. Might have Jako up there by himself.

I was actually thinking about this this morning. I will be changing the banner soon. I'm not sure whether Lever gets a guernsey so soon.