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Big Bob takes solace in the off season and considers how coaches both real and imaginary must continue to reinvent and reassess their innermost doubts and insecurities as they confront the challenges of the season ahead fraught as it is with potential alleged scandals and other worrisome tendencies. (5:17)

Something different on this occasion - the jockey, of course, passed it on to the horse and the horse told Big Bob. (3:53)

While Goodwin saves surfer from drowning other coaches navel gaze and look forward with intrepid trepidation. Big Bob wastes no words in redefining the definition of the type of extreme torpor that coaches must endure in the off season to maintain a healthy work life balance and iron fisted mental leverage as dictated by the vicissitudes of ever fluctuating community standards. (4:50)

Back after a short spell sees Big Bob dipping his toe into treacherous waters and doing his best to dodge any bullets that may or may not be aimed in his direction in what promises to be a non-gruelling season with the Crows frontrunners as they turn for the run home. Furthermore a visit to the track is on the cards in the very near future including a chat with a popular hands and heels devotee.

Big Bob sums up the big game that was played in two halves, one before the other and the 2nd one after the other, and peruses the season in general, mends fences with henchman Wally and offers his uncompromising views whether you like it or not - the question remains what will Big Bob do next as the future unfolds as it inevitably will? (4:57)

Big Bob says a few thousand things once again answering questions you never thought you needed to ask whilst dusting off the crystal ball insofar as the GF is concerned where the likely scenario is it being a case of, it’s anyone’s game. (5:43)

Big Bob may not be to everyone's taste but be that as it may make no bones about it he pulls no punches as he makes bold predictions and passes on free advice for nothing to the losers and winners alike who must regroup and get back on the horse because, after all, it is like riding a bike. (5:18)

Big Bob also laments the rough end of the umpiring pineapple the young Crows once again had to swallow as he implores the powers that be to bring traditional footy values back into the picture and get back to where they once belonged. (4:34)

Impressed by the young Crows backline Big Bob goes on to discuss the half-baked squirrel grip experiment, Port’s neglectful negligence and the emergence of the chiko roll tackle. He goes on to unscrew the lid on the jar of secret ingredients that flavoured his own coaching bill of fare. (4:26)

Crows hit the heavy going on the outside and threaten to falter in home stretch. Rest assured Big Bob and Wally are on the same page of the hymn sheet and will remain so into the foreseeable future as some deep fine leg proposals rear up in this controversial episode. (5 mins)

Wally’s industrial action strikes a snag, Crows fail to do it for Sloaney, and a rare insight into the mindset of a world record holder despite technical difficulties. The question remains will Stuey Dew, if required, be donning the creams in the UK? (5:21)

In summarising the weekend results Big Bob remains upbeat and puts his oar in where angels fear to tread with respect to disturbing tendencies creeping in requiring urgent attention both in the middle and in the shed whilst foreshadowing an inclusive exclusive that will no doubt interest pigeons and seagulls alike. (4:59)

Ex-Premier McGowan must take his share of the blame as the situation of the Eagles creates headaches for the brains trust at AFL house and for the game at large and must be arrested lest their devolution continues its mudslide into the Indian Ocean to join the quokkas, worldwide cuteness rating notwithstanding, and thus leave the world-class Perth stadium half empty and potentially becoming a realistic rental/refuge option for the endangered bat colony of the south west. (5:45)

Ep 20  Bibg Bob examines the fundamentals of the game that you need to fundamentally get right if you want to have a realistic chance of competing in a meaningful way at the pointy end of the season. Also sums up the wins in round 16 by both the Crows and their cross-town rivals and takes a swipe at the unedifying long room hostility on display as witnessed by Old Father Time. (5:23)

Big Bob laments another close call as the Crows go down by two points and the umpires must share most of the blame and will no doubt have sleepless nights about the free kick discrepancy 21 to 12. At the same time he celebrates the positives of the energy and positivity shown by the young Crows in getting back up off the canvas at half time and stringing together 8 unanswered goals only to be thwarted once more in the final minutes of the game. 5 mins

Ep 17 Responding to persistent cracks Big Bob takes the bait from the rampant band of diehard Port supporters who have been pestering him to pay some attention to their team and give his assessment of their prospects come September even though there is a long way to go with many hurdles to jump over, hoops to cross and boxes to tick. He pulls no punches and reveals startling home truths that, having been exposed, the game will be all the better for it. Recorded 14/6/23 (5:48)

FOOTY CHAT # 14 recorded 29/5/23 (4:19)