[Music] Scotty and Goss came, corn's coming up after 7.30 heading for a top of 21 degrees. Thanks to Sonos Multi Room listening wireless home theatre and a whole lot more brand analysis and analysis retirement. Soon as Grady hung up the phone, bang! Brand analysis and analysis retirement, two premises, 251 games. So you get a farewell game? No, you won't be getting a farewell, why not? Unless he's picked. 250 game, or... Because he's interested. Or you're not just going to give him one? He's injured. Don't, don't, mate. Well, let's ask our next guest. Okay, Tom Cole is our next guest. Tom is one of five West Coast Eagles to have played every game this year. 19 games, he comes off a career best and disposal 26 game. You declared possibly his best game at the club. During the game I said this is as good as Tom Cole. You were trying to influence my voting and knocking on windows. Well, he got off. I did, I wrote Tom Cole's name down. No, no, it is. And... It was fourth and minor. He got a coach's vote. I know. I'm going to ask him, has he ever had a coach's vote at the fall? Tom... We're just talking about your boy, your weight there, mate, if you don't mind. You always go, I'll just listen. I mean, I stand corrected, you probably have, Tom. Have you kept an eye on the coach's votes over the journey? Mate, I tend not to look at him because I'm not usually there, so... I'm not usually in him, so you could be right, gosh, yeah, you could be right. It was very good, very good. And congratulations on your performance. I genuinely felt that was the best-all-round performance from you, Tom. I think there was a lot of strong defence, fierce in the footy. I think you used the ball well, got plenty of it. And when you walk off and you don't win, I know you're going to give us the team line. But at the end of the day, did you walk off thinking, "Ah, that's the bar. "That's the level I'd like to play every week." Ah, yeah, my luck was obviously out of bit more of the footy, which starts to look at a lot at the end of the game. I feel like I can influence games. Otherwise, without the footy in my hand, that's why I've always been picked to play. But it's always nice to get a bit more of the ball. I know we had a few players out in our back corner, usually who get a bit more of the footy, and Garvin, Dougo, and Widdo. So I suppose I just had to step into that role, which I'm comfortable with. And, yeah, I thought I went OK. Hope I had had a moment till I'd like back, lucky with any game, but, yeah, I was alright mate. Hey, Kyle, I thought it was one of the best Erbies we've had for a while. I loved it. I loved the passion in it. I loved the pressure on the body and the ball carry that the Eagles put on. What was the catalyst in that? Because it was a Derby, or was it more of a response to the week before? Yeah, I think it was more of a response to how we performed the week before. And probably just a response to our lack of consistency throughout the whole year, you know? We know when we bring when we bring pressure like that, or if any team brings pressure like that, really, you can be competitive. So I think we proved that to ourselves that if we bring that week in, week out, we can be in games. So I think it was more a response to the week before. But in saying that they're always a bit extra source in a Derby. So it was a bit in that game. OK, these are going to be a little bit difficult for you to answer, Tom Cole. But we're going to rattle these off. Should Andrew Gaff in the next four weeks? And we could only assume that this will be his last year at the West Coast Eagles. He only played the three games this year, I think. Should the West Coast Eagles find a game, at least, for a send-off game for Andrew Gaff? And will he be chaired off? And should he receive a guard of honour from the opposition? Lots of questions. There's a lot of questions in some of them. Yeah, there's a lot of questions there. While he's fighting tall career here, he's a very decorated player for our club. He's done a lot for our club. So yeah, I probably think he deserves a fair while game. Or at least to be acknowledged and chaired off, whether he's playing or not, they need to be acknowledgement there. He's done so much for the free club. It was unlikely to not be a premiership player in 2018. So the service he's done for and I know how long he's been playing for, I know how old he is, 15 years or something. Yeah, I think he deserves some recognition, for sure. Now, Tom Barris' name is in the news that he's met with Sam Mitchell. That's the big story that's breaking everywhere around the country. He's got three years to run of a contract. Does anyone, anyone who plays with Tom Barris walk around and chat to him and find out, or do you just sit there and think, "Oh, well, he'll be decided by Tom and his management and another football club." Because that, for me, he's a catalyst and a key component of that football club. Do you talk about it amongst the group? Honestly, I don't talk about it with Tom and with TV or the boys, myself, personally. I feel like that's, I feel like TV is a loyal man and boys who you can make his own decisions. So it's not something we speak about with each other. I'm seriously saying that we have too much going on through it a week. I was only only just heard about that last night. We've got a game to play in three days and it's seriously like that. It's just the industry. It's not too much time to speculate and have those conversations when it's in the industry room. Kelly, a serious question. Do you think players at the moment are playing for their lives? There are, because there's obviously going to be a fair amount of change on the list at the end of this season. Do you get a feeling that some of your teammates know that they might be in the gun and it is time, it's probably probably too late for time, but it is time that they are playing for careers in their football and futures. Yeah, 100% mate. And probably a lot more than others, but there's players like that at every club every year. You know, I think everyone kind has a fair gauge of where they're at. Going by selection and whatnot and form and their contracts, status and whatnot. So there is a lot more pressure on players on our list at the moment. Do our team's performance and I think the club wanting to change the way we've been going. We want to start winning and I think change is obviously coming. So yeah, I feel like there's definitely pressure there. Not just for the players who are out of contract, but for everyone mate, we all understand you don't play footy forever and yeah, change is coming. Hey, Tom, you started all the spot fires the other day. All those fights were you and Switkowski and you confronted him. Has Lily had a crack at you, your beautiful wife, she had a crack at you. You'd cost serious money for the household budget. What did you get fined? No, I didn't cover fine. What? I wasn't too young about it too, yeah, I didn't cover fine. Do you and Harley reach started at all? He started it before you then. Well played. He gave the free kick to Switkowski, Switkowski came to you, and there was fires and fighting everywhere. And you and Harley didn't get touched to beat. Yeah, I thought I was pretty lucky. I did start it, but I didn't really get involved out there. I just started letting everyone go to work after that. I actually feel bad because there's a few boys that I'm pretty stiff and I started the whole thing. So anyway, I've already cupped it from the boys. I've already cupped it from the boys saying, "I owe money, I have to pay their fines, but I won't be doing that." Scott is going to ask you just quickly about Friday nights going, "We want to ask you one collective question about Harley Reid. How does he cope with that focus?" Because the booing started long before he'd even done anything physical with, you know, brayshore and all the others. First possession. First possession. Just tell us how a young man is coping with that. And does he talk about it? Do you get around him? We saw that Joey took him away from that all those spot fires. I'd just be interested to know, does he engage with you guys about being the target of vitriol from other players or fans? No, I haven't spoken to him about it. But it's hard to relate. You know, when I was his age, my experiences of playing football were a lot different. So it's hard to relate to him. I don't know what he's going through. But in saying that, I think he, I think, sometimes he half-reliches off it and he plays footy in the right way at the end of the day. He's tough around the contest and he really helps us get in the ball going our way. And he was funny good on Saturday night. And so he loved the way he's going about it. And it was good by Joey to stick up for him and help him out throughout the game. And I thought that was a really good touch, looking out for our younger players. He's coming out looking good. And one, he's looked after the young bloke and two, and he saved himself money as well. So it's a real genius move by Joey. He does love money. I think that's just base. He's taken, he's taken hardly away, mainly because he's a tight-ass. He loves money more than anyone we know. Yeah, well, I think you need to look into that a little bit more. Gold Coast, Friday night, mate. It's Friday night footy. There's nothing better. And as you know, they're very goodable on the road. Yeah, mate, I don't think we've played for a night this year now. It's our first one. So, yeah, boys are excited. And yeah, hopefully we can go back playing as well as we get gov back and get a win. But obviously, their road form, my way form hasn't been good this year. But they're a good, honest team, and we know we're going to have to come out playing the right way we want to win. Alright, mate, we know you've got to get to the footy club and have a big meeting there. So we appreciate your time. Thanks for joining us on the show. And good luck on Friday night. No, excuse me, boys. Thanks, Dave. There he is. Tom Cole. He didn't, can you believe he didn't do that? It's a bit, I love the way you're going to get what? I started it. Too mad, I started it. Good on you, Tommy. 21 degrees, we're heading for a top. Let's get some use away. Cain Korns is champing at the bit to come on our show. He has requested to come on, we have not chased him down. He's chomping, isn't he? Champing at the bit. He is, yep. And it's a blue-reband show. Let's get a break away.
