On SEN’s the Captain’s Run, Kane Cornes was posed five over or under scenarios about the upcoming sporting landscape.
Cornes was asked to declare his thoughts on the scenarios and whether they would meet the over/under mark.
See his thoughts below:
OVER/UNDER: North Melbourne will return to the finals in 3.5 years
Kane says: OVER
“It’s tough to be a North Melbourne supporter. They’re going to quickly find out what happens when you give away all of your players.
“It’s similar to what Adelaide did and maybe it’s the right strategy, time will tell, but it’s going to be a brutal year for them.
“I heard David King say he’s tipping Hawthorn to win the wooden spoon. I don’t think the Hawks are going to have a great year, but you would think North Melbourne is the obvious choice for the wooden spoon.
“Ben Buckley said his expectation for new coach David Noble is to be winning finals in two to three year’s time, which is a completely unrealistic timeframe.
“So 3.5 years, I’m going to go the over on that one.”
OVER/UNDER: Adam Saad to have 95 bounces this year
Kane says: OVER
“This is a pretty simple one for me. With the new rule, you’d have to think that is way over 95.
“A handball receive to Adam Saad from any free kick in the back half, bounce, bounce launch it to 10 metres out and that’ll put the opposition under pressure.
“He had 95 in 2018, he’s going to go over that this year.”
OVER/UNDER: Shane Mumford plays 10 games this year
Kane says: OVER
“He played 10 games from 17 last year, so they were forced to wheel him out there for 10 games even though they recruited Sam Jacobs.
“Finally, the Giants go and get a decent ruckman and Braydon Preuss is flying until he gets a pretty nasty shoulder injury that will keep him out most of the year.
“I don’t know who their next rucks are. Phil Davis mentioned some names to me, but nothing there excites me, I reckon they’re going to be forced to play over 10 games of Shane Mumford.
“What’s he doing on the list? He said this week he doesn’t want to play, well mate you’re on a list so clearly the Giants are trying to exploit the soft cap and pay him through the salary cap and use him as a coach rather than a player, but they may be forced to bandage him up and get him out there for 10 games this year.”
OVER/UNDER: Dustin Martin to play 400 games
Kane says: Under
“He’s going to go close, but I don’t think he’ll get to 400, Dusty. There’s four 400 game players in the history of the game.
“He’s 29, he’s got 244 games. If he plays for eight more years until he’s 38 (as his manager Ralph Carr suggested he could), that’s 20 games a year, we’ll give him a couple off for injury, it’s borderline.
“I don’t think Dusty will get there, but perhaps 375 games will be a good number for what is going to be an unbelievable career.”
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OVER/UNDER: Tony Jones’ infamous Bec Judd kiss to be shown on the Sunday Footy Show 15 times this year
Kane says: OVER
“That’s easy. That’s over. The group text has started for the Sunday Footy Show boys, we’ll be back the Sunday of Round 1.
“It is topical because MAFS is back, I haven’t been watching a lot of it but my wife Lucy does, there was a kiss fail between one of the couples, and I think the Daily Mail wrote an article comparing it to Tony Jones’ failed kiss with Bec Judd.
“He hates it. Last year he stormed off set. He gave the producers the word that we are not to play this again, but I can almost guarantee you it’ll be played at least 15 times this year.”