Brent started the show by discussing the wet weather morning in Tassie, Hawthorn in Launceston on Saturday and the club's future in the state and the tight AFL ladder.
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The Monday Preamble (15/07/24)
- Sergeant and Mrs. Smith, you are going to love this house. - Is that a tub in the kitchen? - There's no field manual for finding the right home. But when you do, USAA homeowners insurance can help protect it the right way. Restrictions apply. - Breakfast with Tim Payne and Brent Costello. ♪ Good morning ♪ - On a wet, windy and wild day, welcome to SC and Tazzy Breakfast for a Monday morning Brent Costello. Here with you, no Tim Payne this morning, he is somewhere at altitude flying back from the UK after his sterling performance at the Legends Champions Cricket Competition. And joining me for the preamble is Hamish Spence. Good morning, Hammer. Welcome back to the big boy desk. - Thank you, very good to be back on the show. Not sure where Tim is. I think, as he said, we have some doubts whether he's actually in the L, just deciding to enjoy a bit of free time in England, trying to max out the free room service and room I'm sure he has over there. - Free being the key word there. - He loves free stuff, our man. So yeah, I think he left what he said, Sunday night, must have been there time. So he'd be in the air somewhere, but we have no idea where. But he'll be back on Friday's show, but we won't miss him too much though. We've got plenty to talk about. If you're just waking up this morning, Spain has defeated England 2-1 in the Euro's final and Carlos Alcatraz, as Tim would call him, or Alcatraz, as we all know him, has won Wimbledon in straight sets against Novak Djokovic. So, plenty happening in the world of sport, have up? - Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we saw our friends over in Melbourne are broadcasting from Crown, almost like a night club. They're probably a bit of a juxtaposition we've asked in a very dreary Monday winter Hobart morning where it feels like it's almost flooding outside. The room was awful driving in this morning. - It was, wasn't it? - It was one of those mornings where you can't quite see in front of you, that was that heavy. But anyway, we move on. Let's get back to Tim quickly because he finished the tournament nicely over there in England, 40 not out in his last game. We sort of spoke about whether they got their money's worth out of him, the owners of legends, what are they called Australian legends, or whatever it was. I think he finished OK. - He did, well, we talked about getting money's worth. I think Tim was trying his best to get his money's worth out of the pay packet he was going to get because he alluded to the fact that there might have been a nice bonus for the win of the tournament. So I think he saw gone to the dollar signs disappearing before his eyes and the side. I just need to emulate what Ben Duncan, Dan Christian, have been doing up to that point. He just splashed in everything he could. But I think India ended up making something like 230, 240. So it was always going to be a pretty steep task. - Harcourt's open line is open for you this morning. How is your weekend of sport? - Let us know, Harcourt's more than just real estate professionals. Give us a call, keep me some company this morning, 1342-1533, or send me a text as well. 0437-5535, breakfast of course. We powered by a combinator, take on any job with combators, range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Hey, what about yesterday, Hamish? One of those where were your moments with Donald Trump's assassination attempt. - It was extraordinary pictures coming out of Pennsylvania. - Yeah, absolutely. And I think as he said, certainly for me being a, on the youngest side of things, you hear about historical fence, but it's kind of stepped back when you see mine there. Like, you know, I'm hearing or witnessing a moment that's going to probably be talked about in the annals of history for some time. But I don't know about you, I guess obviously, with the time difference between the US and here. But I was in bed just kind of having a nice, slow Sunday morning after busy day up in Launceston the day before light yourself. And I overheard dad from the living rooms that sounds like someone's tried to kill Trump. And I was thinking, oh, maybe you know, somebody's, you know, I tried to rush him from the crowd, maybe he's over exaggerating a bit. I saw the fission. And as he said, absolutely extraordinary. - I heard our boss, Craig Hutchison talk on Cannon Bucks this morning from New York. And he made a really good point that this is the first real assassination attempt, I suppose, in the digital age. So suddenly you get all this vision flooding in from different angles and everything. And our witness accounts, it was quite extraordinary. And that photo that was captured, which is on the front page of all the major newspapers this morning, and you would have seen it by now unless you're living under a rock. As far as moments go and nailing a shot, that would have to be one of the best photos I've ever seen or reckon. - Yeah, I'd have to agree. And we obviously primarily live in a world in sport. It's all about trying to get that exact moment, the peak of someone taking a specky or gold celebration. And oh, that was the equivalent right there. So he said there will be a moment which, kind of like the store itself, like that will be the picture there, companies that are in any article textbook book going forward, as he said, an instantly iconic shot. - Oh, four, three, seven, double five, two, five, three, five is the hardcore, it's open line. Let us know what you think of what happened over in the States yesterday and what it looks like moving forward, that's the thing, Hamish. We've still got months to the election and it's a pretty divided nation at the moment. So yeah, it's gonna be interesting times ahead. You alluded to us being at the footy on Saturday, Hawthorne versus Fremantle Cracking game, wasn't it? - Yeah, absolutely. We've been blessed up in long-sessing compared to Hobart, where of course, both from the south of the state, but it's pretty hard to compare, not only in terms of the quality of games, but also the crowds at both of them. I'll admit, when I was a kid, I used to probably a solid three or four year patch, religiously go to long-sessing to see the footy. I think I started, my first game was when the Saints were there, but I started going regularly after the Hawks. Of course, signed a partnership with long-sessing, but in recent years, I hadn't been as much, probably the outline being the Collingwood practice match last year, but I didn't realise and sometimes the TV can be a bit deceptive if you're most of the people on the non-broadcast side. But the crowds, you know, you'd have to regularly draw, you know, incredible. The last two games, GWS, the youngest side in the league, and then Fremantle, a Western Australian side who in themselves are the third youngest side in league. Both games, over 10,000 people, incredible atmospheres, and it got me thinking, and it's timely, because one of your guests on the devil's advocate, Ash Klein, is CEO of Hawthorne. What does the deal with Tasmania look like after the Devil's Enter? Because there seems to be a prevailing few from both people in the industry and just around Tasmania that it should continue after 2028 with the Hawks, at least playing a couple of games still in Launceston. Yeah, we talk about how well-supported they've been over the years, but yeah, we were talking about it pre-game, weren't we, in the commentary box before we went on air, and trying to predict what the crowd would be that day. And I thought maybe between seven and eight thousand, because as we knew it was up against TSL, it was up against NTFA, footy as well over the weekend, and they just rolled in late too, and suddenly the stadium's quite full. So no, definitely support for Hawthorne there, and you're right, it's gonna be fascinating to see how it goes moving forward, because obviously, it's all funded by the Tasmania government now, which their money will be going into the Tasmania Devils, of course, so who funds it all, and yeah, Ash Klein will be a really interesting interview this afternoon on the Devil's Advocate from two o'clock, the CEO of the Hawthorne Footy Club. What do you think? Let us know on the hardcore, it's open line. Should Hawthorne stay in Tasmania beyond 2028. 0437, 55535, or call us 1342, 1533. Yeah, fascinating stuff. Speaking of which, the AFL ladder has not made anything easier for us after that round of footy hammer. It was so tight last week, and it's still so tight, only eight points separating second and 13th place. That is extraordinary. It is crazy, and I think it's quite interesting, because one of the big, you know, there's certain themes or narratives, which happen through the media each year, and I feel like equalization's been a big one through the draft, and the difficulties clubs outside of Victoria Experience, but it's quite funny, it's the most even season I can remember for a while. I feel like we say that every year, but the ladder shows it, and really apart from Sydney, who, at their best, look a class above everyone, it feels like anyone you could at least mount an argument that they could do some damage in September. I'd say it probably isn't the highest quality of footy we've seen in comparison to race and years, but certainly in terms of the parity across the league, it's extraordinary. And some of the teams who are featuring with a real legitimate crack, I mean, Fremantle, they'd be disappointed on Saturday, but I still think they have a genuine chance at making the top four, and even the Gold Coast Suns, how big would it be for the competition if they can make finals for the first time? I'm not sure how much damage they'll do if they can't get a five of six on the ladder, 'cause they're pretty clearly established outside of the Gold Coast, they struggle to win, but it is really fascinating, as you said. - So even point out of load yesterday, they could have been in top four, I think if they beat Gold Coast, they're now in ninth outside the eight, but from the top, Sydney back on track, obviously, after a couple of losses, a good win against North Melbourne, Carlton have got the wobbles, two losses in a row now, Geelong back in 10, third on the ladder, Brisbane, same situation, a loss, yes, they would have been catastrophic against West Coast, but they find themselves in the top four now. Freo, you mentioned still a genuine chance of making that top four, I think with their home games, et cetera, Essendon, they've done what we thought we were going to do, dropped off the pace a little bit, they're still in six on 42, then the Giants, obviously going okay, two back on track with a couple of wins in Melbourne, inside the top eight as well. So, where does it leave your magpies, Hamish? Another loss on the weekend, injury concerns, will they make the finals, they can't win the flag now, surely. - I certainly have my doubts, I guess in what, as they're calling with support, you're always probably the harshest, pretty good team. I find it hard to see them winning the flag, but I do think if they sneak into the eight, you wouldn't want to play them, just because of that finals experience, but they have one of the toughest run homes, like probably the second easiest team, and no easiest is a hard time to quantify at the moment, 'cause there's no easy games, even with the bottom teams, but Hallform this week, which is a massive game, and they've traditionally been a bogey team for us, and then Richmond, and then I think it's a mixture of Melbourne, Brisbane, Colton, and Sydney, so that's, you know, just raining the gambit, so certainly if they can secure their spot, no, they'll have earned it, but I think even beyond the injuries, just the way they're playing at the moment, it doesn't feel like the same team in all three matches, it's not like they've been blown out, they've been in a position to win, and under the first years, under Craig McCray, they found a way to, you know, make those fourth quarter comebacks, but recently it's been the different teams have actually kind of put them to the sword and won the games away. - Some big games, next weekend too, which will determine a fair bit, Essendon Adelaide's the Friday night game somehow, I'm not sure how that happened, but Giants and the Suns will be fascinating at Angie Stadium, we've got St. Kilda and West Coast, we've got Hawthorne and Conningwood, which will be an absolute beauty at the MCG, Jelong Bulldogs, fascinating as well, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Brisbane, Sydney, game of the round, you'd think up at the gabbard, that'll be a huge game, Brisbane starting in the early favourites in that one, and of course, if you gamble gamble responsibly, Fremantle, Melbourne as well, over at Optus Stadium, will be huge and Carlton North Melbourne, so a lot to look forward to in round 19 of the AFL, how do you feel your team situated with five rounds to go, or six rounds to go, in fact? Let us know on the Harcourt's open line, 0437, 552535, how are you feeling about September 40 for your, so we've got a massive edition of Essie and Tazzy Breakfast this morning, we're gonna have Cricket Tasmania's general manager of high performance Celia and Beams join us, lots happening in the world of Cricket, five time and reigning T&L MVP Ashmura is joining us as well, ahead of this weekend's Grand Final of the State League, Lord et al. Starsam, seeking the massive win for his bombers against Clarence on the weekend, and of course, Sigo will feature in the state game this weekend against a Canberra Sydney combined side, and Matty Riddle join us from Taz Racing as well. But, off to our first break of the morning, nice work from you Hamish on the preamble, it's breakfast powered by Kubota, take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. (upbeat music) ♪ I feel alright ♪ ♪ I feel right ♪ ♪ I feel right ♪