Senior Bomber's strong admission, Tigers are running out of players!
5/18/202622 min
Josh Gabelich and Cal Twomey discuss Monday’s biggest footy stories on the AFL Daily podcast
Today's talking points:
- Mason Redman lamented the ‘timid’ approach from the Bombers against Fremantle, saying they 'weren't up to AFL standard'
- Richmond now has just 25 fit players on its list following Campbell Gray's hamstring injury
- After a sluggish start, the Crows’ star power is starting to fire up
- Changkuoth Jiath says Steven King has ‘taken the anxiety out of footy’
- Some key Lions are in free-fall according to Champion Data
- Regular segments, Monday Marketplace and Gimme Something
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First 90 secondsJosh Gabelich· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Dreamtime has lost its prime time appeal, but the ramifications are still big time this Friday night. Stephen King continues to work wonders at Melbourne, but just how far can they really go? There is life at Adelaide again, but what has happened to Brisbane stars? Hugh McCluggage, Josh Dunkley, and Will Ashcroft are all off to slow starts in 2026. It's Monday, the 18th of May. I'm Josh Gablich, and I'm joined by Cal Twomey. Ahead of the centerpiece of Sir Doug Nicholls Round, Cal, where there is much more than just four points on the line.
Cal Twomey· Host0:34
Big game on Friday, isn't it? And a quick turnaround for both of those clubs, Richmond and the Bombers, who both played on Sunday, both in defeats there. Let's go through some of the numbers to begin with, because it's not great reading for either team. Richmond has won three of its past 24 games. Since the start of 2024, they've won eight of 56 games. Not good. Essendon has won one of its past 24 games. Now, that's stretched over the course of two seasons, of course, but, uh, a, a dire record over that period. And since the start of 2025, that tally is seven wins of the past 33 games. Barring a draw, one of them's gonna get the win on Friday night, and the stakes are high in several ways. There's a possibility of the win, because how rare has that been for both of these footy clubs, particularly over the last 18 months. There's the mid-season draft angle, Josh, which [smacks lip] obviously will decide the number one pick and who has that, uh, for, for the following week's, uh, mid-season draft intake. And then there's the pressure for the losers,