Ep 36: That's My Team LIVE! Making sense of the Bulldogs loss, changes needed? + team list drop
TWL 2026: Ep 36 - Panic Switch
Fonzie makes a timely return to sift through the wreckage of the Warriors' loss to the Bulldogs with Will and our favourite fill-in, Jimmy. We'll discuss whether there should be any changes - and how likely those are - before a much-anticipated team list drop.
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I missed the first 10 minutes last night and have just listened to that part now.
This week's "No Salty" winner was a classic! A worthy recipent.
Fonzie's observation regarding our lack of size was a good one. From all of the games at Mt Smart this year, I'm struggling to think of any teams actually smaller than us. Now we have dominated bigger packs this year, but when we're as flat as we were in the weekend, then we do get dominated look like we're going through the motions.
The Oracle (such an appropriate name for him) did also say earlier in the season that if they changed the way the ruck was policed that we might struggle.
Despite the mirror imaging, I still think we're a better team than in 2025 - and we did overachieve last year - but I guess we'll know in a couple of months.