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One man who's done his show, of course on SCN 1116 is a Gary Align, alongside Tim Watson. He's in the car heading to one of his properties. Gary, good morning. (laughs) Hello, Sylvie, hello, we're Scotland, nice to talk to you about it. And you too. Heading to the ranch, guys, are you? Not sure which one I'll go to. I'm just working on it. (laughs) And head out down the road and just see where the cars sink. (laughs) Nice work by you. Hey, would you be getting home to Watch Afghanistan and Bangladesh? Have you ever been more invested in a game of cricket in your entire life? Hi, I know it's unpatriotic, but I went quite, got into the T20 World Cup. It'd be perfectly honest. And of course I'd like to go through to the next stage, but I can't say I'm riding every single ball as I would normally go to case. Correct, Gary. We're seeing exactly the same way you feel your pain. Hey, Gary. You just started caring, haven't we? We have now. Hey, Gary, just a couple of quick questions before we get into the nitty gritty. These are from a listener who watches the Fox footy on Friday nights. Want to know, has Gary got more than one heavy coat? He seems to run with the beige number, often one? And where does Gary watch the game from when he's not sitting at that disc? No, there's a number of different coats that I try to have on rotation, but where we watch it from, we get the seat and we turn around. That's it. That's like the voice. (laughing) Yeah, it's a beautiful viewing platform to be perfectly honest. Yes. So we do have a free game there and then when we throw to the bounce, we just spin around and there's a game. That's right. Very, very lucky. And can you see it unfolding in front of you? And I don't mean the game. I mean the punters around you. But pregame, all in good Nick, we're all going well. And then there's the game where is on the air, but fluid starting to kick in guys and there's a bit more security required. Now you're getting into my wheelhouse Scotland because you're 100% right. Now when we first got to that new elevated stage, there were members of the public that can, you know, when we walked around behind us and jump up and down and see themselves on TV, I'm sure we're texting their mates saying, I'll sleep, I can get on. So we had to get a couple of members of the force just to position themselves there. A couple of went to go and it was a very quiet outing. Although last week we got a couple of blue baggers very late in the day. Well after 11 as we sat there waiting for the first conference to arrive and including one-ass kernahan, we walked past it about 10 past 11 and he was pretty excited through the way the blues are traveling as well. - A great man. - It's great. - It's interesting you say that Gary because here at Opta Stadium, I'm being genuine, the security and effort to get into the media box and the vigilance of the staff members increases tenfold. - They take their job seriously. - When Brian Taylor is in town and I mean that they've got two security on the door. They have extra security on each of the doors. When we walk in, we have to show up on noise. G'day, Gary, go ahead and pass around. - And we almost get frished when it beates into him. - So Gary, what is going on? What is it? Some fear factor for Brian? Is it part of his writer when he's working for the seven network? What do you know about this? You're a major beat too. - Yeah, he refuses to take his pass anywhere. He just seems to leave. He's more staff. He's more staff. I don't know. He's entry to anywhere. So no, he's a great man. He gets, I tell you what, he's Brian. He's a very early, early driver and early preparer. And then he's looking onto the plane first. He's always on the plane first when we travel. And he likes to get to the ground nice and early as well. So he's got some criticism I see. He's worked out as a bit stupid. - Yeah, yeah, I agree with that. - I agree with that. Hey, Stephen May speaking of criticism, he's copped it. Did he copy his right whacker? Do you subscribe to the theory that he maybe should have been suspended? We had Hamish Bracer in the studio yesterday. And he's concerned about Melbourne's sort of lack of awareness of the Angus Bracer or forced retirement from concussion. They took on the cosy picket, high bump charge. Now they have Stephen May doing this. They give an award for Angus Bracer each and every week. So it certainly does resonate through the football team and the club. But there seems to be some sort of lack of awareness by the playing group. What's your thoughts on that? - Nah, I was just a, just a blindfied from Stephen. I don't know how you should be saying that. I am your teacher. I just would take it from me who has actually went down to training last week. Angus Bracer is a repeat for the Melbourne free club. So I had to draw the actions of Stephen in trying a question whether or not Melbourne has taken that on board enough. He's a long bow. It was, yeah, it was a bad look. Everything, all the criticism that's been, I think there's a bit of scary around the like, it wasn't a suspendable offense. But certainly given the climate that we're in and what we're trying to stamp out, then Stephen doesn't need to be doing that. And I haven't had him speak about it. I think he'd be embarrassed. He's got, he's got his right whack. He's been fined for giving him another thousand or two. But, yeah, no, he's, I would hope that he would regret those actions. He sure, if he doesn't, I'm sure he doesn't. - Yeah, be one of the worst things, I think, to be suspended or sanctioned for it. It seemed to be bordering on embarrassing. Hey, Kaz, you would have played on Ken Hinkley. And I certainly know the Port Adelaide faithful. They have tuned in a massive way. Is this getting a little bit, not out of hand? But are we jumping real quickly at a lot of noise coming from the members who were disgruntled? They were an impatient bunch. There's no doubt about that. They were passionate bunch. No questioning that whatsoever. But, geez, we're, we're, we're, people are calling for Ken's head right this very second. - Yeah, just a couple of things. Kenny didn't plan anyone by the way. I didn't plan any plate on his own. - No. (laughing) - He was the first of the freewheeling half-backs. But, no, look, we are, yeah, we were reacting to some booing. And we've been all side-effectively not playing great. Pretty good. - Yeah, when one of the board members comes out, and I think that is their issue right now. It's a foreign trade rally. I'm a few guys across all that, doing radio. And there was a pullback call. I said that Kenny was delusional and done it on. He's responsible. The end of it was a good call. - Yep. - That's the issue. That was the issue. And that also split him down the middle because he's appointed them. It's pretty hotly contested. So, he and David posh, you know, they've got to sort that out in terms of Kenny. I mean, we're drawing a bit of a long bow. And I guess we're drawing on our experiences of having seen this many times before. They may come out today and say, and I hope they do. I mean, they took a long time to appoint him last year when he was winning games. You know, they won 13 in a row. And then they appointed him and said, we are absolutely unanimously convinced that he's the man to take us forward. And that was back in September last year. So, they're in the eight last time I looked. They got three games ahead, only looked three games ahead. I hope they did their heels in here and fight like, you know, put out a letter, been, you know, prided themselves on in the past. So, I hope there's no other fleetist attitude around put out a load right now. And Kenny, he should, you know, coach his way out of it. And we'll try and do everything he can. And I get hard for any decision to be paid up. It can turn so quickly as well. And all of a sudden this talks, you know, on the back burner. Hey, but it goes on, aren't you? One group of people that never seem to be held accountable at all. When it comes to reappointing a coach or not reappointing the coach is the board. So, the board has decided, as you said, last year, the board decides that he is the man for the job. We're re-signing him for two years. Now, say this trajectory keeps going and put out a leg, it bundled out of finals and they don't play finals. Where do you sit on the fact that someone on the board needs to take the rap for that? Was there a decision? Yeah, I'm a, I sort of with you. And there's two ways out, you know, the board will support you right up until they sack you. And we've seen that over so many times. And then you, you know, you examine them and you prosecute them and you bring that up. And the response often is, yes, that's right, that things change. And that can sound an easy way out. And for a lot of the, a lot of the time, I think it is, but the reality is, another time seems to change. And, you know, you've got a great board and they make decisions for all the right reasons. It can be a circumstance where things do change somewhere along the way. Otherwise, we'd make contracts binding and just make clubs, say, well, you appointed them. You've got to keep them down till the end of that period. But we know that's never going to be the coach because I boards make mistakes, or coaches aren't able to deliver on what, you know, the promise that had them signed. They signed in the first place. I know it's a long way around saying that we're never going to get surety. And coaches will be sacked by a great round in the sack. You know, it was really appointed six months later. They said, that's, that's just what happens in 2020. We know it and it'll happen again. I hope in this instance, they give Ken, you know, the respect to be able to coach his way out of this. Gary Lyon, our guest, of course, Fox Footy's main man. And also that of the breakfast show with Tim every Tuesday to Thursday. Good, good gig Tuesday Thursday. It's not a bad year. It's not bad three days a week. Hey, Gary. Jake Waterman. No, no, come back. No, no, it's well made very tight by you. We're not the first to mention it till we made it. Very good contract you have. Hey, Jake Waterman, you had it on the couch last night. Watermelon. Like 12 months ago, well, even bit longer than that, he's barely getting a game and when he was, he was up and down the ground. He was subbed, he was off, he was on, he didn't have a position, really. Then all of a sudden, he gets crook, comes back, and there's a bit of fallout from that. His family weren't all that pleased with the lack of care, so to speak, or real interest in his health. Wow. Now he's all Australian bound, at least for the spot, at least. Was he impressive on the couch last night? Yeah, you know, we loved it. We absolutely loved it. All three of us too, man, say, "What a great blog. What a repair." And we get lots of calls about, "Well, I'm gonna go with Australia." Like, "Well, you know how beautiful it is." Yeah. And he, you know, this is a lot of the love that as well. Jake stayed over, a lot of the rest of the things travel back on Sunday, that he started over just for us. And, you know, that's a bit of an imposter cause. But the fact that he was over to do that had him in their good books anyway. But then he turned out to be such a, you know, we were, I never met him in my life. He'd get to meet most players here in Melbourne, but obviously over there. And he was such a humble fellow and he loved being there and, you know, he was excited and, you know, enjoyed the chat with him. And so we'd love to do more, of course, because it's really difficult. But he's had a great year and I didn't realize how crooked he got last year. So do I overcome that? I think he ran more kilometres on the weekend than anyone. He was just saying something. I was going back into that side. It means that he's going to be able to get up and move around a bit. But he's having a super year. I played a lot of footy guys. He's dad actually. I mentioned that doing back in the day. So he's the waterman name there. And Alec is brother's played footy as well. So they've done a great job. Yeah, Alec is still playing at Claremont. He's old man's coaching my amateur football club. They're on the bottom of the ladder and got beaten by 100 points on the weekend. So he's got a bit of work to do. He's got the full support of the board. At one stage, Jake and George Bronford and a few boys were heading down to play for Wembley the way they were playing. But all of a sudden, they're back. No, they look good. I thought they were pretty competitive. And you know, there was the other thing last night. I don't know if you watch their show or not. But Jason was here on the show three weeks ago when Brownie went around the world trying to find Conor McGregor. He basically found the inside of about eight pubs. That's what we found. It's a world-great trip. And when he was on the show, Jason said, "Hey, Alec and he said things are going to be on the bottom of my ladder." But why isn't there pressure where it needs to be? Because we showed the pressure ladder. And the bottom of the ladder teams were also on the bottom ladder, the pressure team of the pressure ladder. And in that, since he'd last been on in that three or four week period, we did the pressure. I had to look at the pressure ladder again. And the North Melbourne footy cup had gone from last to first. And whether it was coincidence or not, I don't know. But all of a sudden, you see the performances they're putting out, the competitiveness of them. And the pressure ladder indicated that they're having a crack. So I'm sure the eagles will follow a similar model. And hopefully we'll get a much more competitive back up. Gary, just really one quick one before we let you go. And you can get out of this state. Look, I do a little bit of social media. I guess I'm a better judgment sometimes. And I mentioned on socials, there was only 28,000 on a stand alone, said they not. And I know it's cold, but it is Melbourne and it is winter. And it is a winter sport. Only 28,000 for Melbourne, North Melbourne. I'm confused about where everyone was. And I've been poo-poo to say, that's just stock standard. But surely we can do better than that for two Victorian teams at the MCG. Yeah, I would hope so. Who's home game? Was it Melbourne's home game? Melbourne's home game. Yeah, Melbourne's. That's disappointing. No way to make any excuses for that. 28,000 at the home are footy. You'd want to get more than that at the ground. And the demons are going through a bit of a slump at the moment as well. So they need to be better than that. The support address, that's probably the only good thing that came out of it was the wings. And Maggie Jones is trying to just come in the middle of hand. But it was a bit of a tough old night for the demons. And lucky the sorrow and sound of when it did. Yeah, it was a lot more eloquent in his response to that than most of the people on your socials. Your mate, Ralphie Horowitz. Oh, no, Ralphie's just very sarcastic. That's right. Very sarcastic, don't you? Can I tell you this, mate? You're wasting your life going on social media. There's a whole world out there that's passing you by and your head is stuck in your phone. And if someone is never, not for a second spending time on it, it is the greatest decision I've ever made in my life. Because I just see life as it is. I watch the world pass by and I probably would make maybe two phone calls a day if that. And that's about it. The rest of the time he gets is sitting on his kaboda, Jess. What's on the wasteland of life in your life? I'm not arguing with people that have no impact on my life. I'm just doing important stuff each other. OK, Gary, I take that on board. It's a 59-year-old man who should grow up. I take that on board. You'd be bored. Take that on board. Take it in the manner that it's intended. No, no, mate, you're my mentor. You know that. Hey, mate, appreciate it. Anytime, thank you. Thanks, guys. Thank you, Gary. Gary Lloyd, I love him. Fox Footy's finest. And also breakfast on three days a week. Just three days a week. Just three days a week. We've got to try and get that deal. It is. It is quality, quality, not quality. Got to get that deal. He doesn't wait for thank you from our producer. He just hangs up. Five point eight degrees, heading for a top of 18. Marked up. He was in after eight o'clock speaking, three days a week. Duff's in after eight o'clock. Tell us about the show. Yeah, I'm just shooting the left one. If I'm not out of here on social media, I'm going to use this platform. Yeah, it's just to attack the world. No, three days is ridiculous for us. I'm making announcement on social media. Fours I've been having. I'm off. That's it. No longer. I'm going to keep it. No way. You've said that before. I'm going to keep it. Yep. I'm going to keep my social media. All right. No longer am I going to interact no longer. I'm actually going to post stuff, but you're not going to interact with responses. I'm going to post positive stuff. Not going to draw any negative fishing responses. Oh. I'm a hunt, but my last one was a beauty. Got 250,000 views. You know what? I'm going to keep these two trophies. And the second until you respond to some idiot, you're going to have them back because I don't want them. But I'm going to keep these. Sure. And your head's not going to work. [LAUGHTER] I've got a deter. You're just thinking on the runway. I'm keeping these trophies. If you cave in. No, I'll give them back to you. And if you cave in, you've got to give them back to me. What are you doing? Yeah, I do. I'm trying to encourage you to get off it. I don't need your help, mate. Yeah, it's very Laurie Daly, that little bit. [LAUGHTER] Queen's hand in the favourites at $2.05. Taking on New South Wales at $1.77.
