Plenty on the agenda this week in episode seven of Freedom In A Cage, with Bulldogs CEO Ameet Bains joining Bob and Adi "live" from Footscray Caravan Park.
Find out if AFL football could be returning to VU Whitten Oval, the redevelopment, Ballarat - plus Bob talks about his lifelong battle with bees.
Show notes from Episode 7:
- Bob’s experience piloting the ‘Fan Van’ to Ballarat 00:12
- The boys review the Dogs’ second win in a row 02:47
- Bobs reveals the ‘real’ Jack Macrae 03:17
- Nic Natainui and the ‘blimey’ list of the game’s biggest players 08:14
- Footy clinics with Jason Daniels, Craig Starcevich & Shane Brewer 09:33
- Ameet Bains enters ‘the cage’ to talk about what a win does for a footy club each week 12:33
- How Allen Jackovich could be the answer to the 'state of the game' debate 13:38
- Growing up a footy ‘nuffie’ 14:21
- Was football better in the 90s? 14:55
- Brett Ratten fandom and growing up a Carlton fan in a Hawthorn house 15:35
- His journey from Toyota to clubland 17:20
- The difference between list management and collecting footy cards 18:53
- Mars Stadium and the joy of watching football in Ballarat 20:03
- Why the VU Whitten Oval redevelopment is such a big deal 22:19
- What it could look like in the future 24:35
- Answers the question: is AFL football returning to VU Whitten Oval? 27:23
- Talks idolising Viv Richards, and how underwhelming it was when he met him 28:21
- Bob enlightens Adi on the real meaning of ‘cold shoulder’ 31:46
- The boys then continue their search for Ballarat's best pies 31:16
- Bob talks about his lifelong battle with bees and recounts a recent traumatic experience 37:10
- Getting Tom Liberatore back on 42:33
- Adi is coy on North Melbourne's prospects