Speaker 1: Dan Houston's Monday to Wednesday at the Berk and it Tabin,
Speaker 1: Exelsat and Lighthouse War if you just know it's a
Speaker 1: Borough hotel, Dan.
Speaker 2: Good morning to you.
Speaker 3: Good morning.
Speaker 2: It's two weeks ago. Damn. But how important is that
Speaker 2: Hawthorne win? Look now, when you look at the ladder
Speaker 2: which is just so congested, you know you don't win
Speaker 2: that game. You're in a very different position, aren't you.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, when you look at it like that, and
Speaker 3: when you look at them absolutely smashing Brisbane and the
Speaker 3: wins that they've had, you know you do value that
Speaker 3: Hawthorne win. They are a very good side and you know,
Speaker 3: I'm sure ladder on down the year we'll look back
Speaker 3: at it and be very thankful for it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, totally called the game on Saturday. You gots professional
Speaker 1: job against North. It wasn't exactly a raucous atmosphere down there,
Speaker 1: was it felt What did it feel like to playing?
Speaker 1: Because at times we thought this this has got a
Speaker 1: real trial game sort of vibe to it in terms
Speaker 1: of the the crowd numbers and the enthusiasm generally.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there was. Well, I've played there a few times
Speaker 3: and there's been a decent crowd. That's probably one of
Speaker 3: the lower crowds, but they were pretty vocal at some stage,
Speaker 3: especially when the ball Jason ran Fancas is going at
Speaker 3: it with the tagger and all that sort of stuff,
Speaker 3: which was good. It was good to have that sort
Speaker 3: of atmosphere and you know, we love getting down there
Speaker 3: when we can, but you know, it is also good
Speaker 3: playing in front of forty thousand and two.
Speaker 1: Is there any good, any good exchanges with Jason out
Speaker 1: They look like he was he was holding his own
Speaker 1: against the north boards. Did they talk much to him
Speaker 1: or does the effect you're getting thumped by ten goals
Speaker 1: tend to sort of quite the chirp a little bit?
Speaker 3: I think when you look at it from a TV perspective,
Speaker 3: I couldn't tell because I was playing down back that
Speaker 3: there was a little bit of chirp towards him. And
Speaker 3: he definitely, you know, vibes, offered and played really well
Speaker 3: and I love when he kicked a few gals. He
Speaker 3: definitely didn't shy away from letting them know about that.
Speaker 2: So it doesn't feel it doesn't get affected by it,
Speaker 2: You don't, because he's still young bloke. Sort of it
Speaker 2: almost gets him up at about you reckon.
Speaker 3: I think when you're that competitive, if people want to
Speaker 3: take you on and get out, yeah, it just takes
Speaker 3: you to another level. And that's definitely Jason and he
Speaker 3: loves it. And you know, if any other team wants
Speaker 3: to get under your skin, I'm sure.
Speaker 1: Now warning, I don't know if you're aware of this,
Speaker 1: because this is only broke last night, and I suspect
Speaker 1: the club talking about it today. Tom ren were reported
Speaker 1: to us earlier this morning that all the club's got
Speaker 1: a memo but holding the ball r all interpretations being
Speaker 1: tightened up. They they're giving umpires that they've told umpires
Speaker 1: less time for it to be considered. You've got had
Speaker 1: pro opportunity, so more and more people are going to
Speaker 1: be getting pinged. Just on the face of it that
Speaker 1: having seen how it plays out, and again, you guys
Speaker 1: will be the first ones to see what the new
Speaker 1: interpretation held all unfolds. You happy with that? Do you
Speaker 1: think it's been getting a bit silly?
Speaker 3: I think there's been a few things that you've seen
Speaker 3: and it's like, well, it would be holding the ball,
Speaker 3: but you can't take them to ground. I think that's
Speaker 3: sort of that one needs to sort of be eliminated.
Speaker 3: And I think I saw Boky say something on AFL
Speaker 3: three sixty last night that you can't define what holding
Speaker 3: the ball looks like these days, and you know that's
Speaker 3: not for me to decide, but I think that's a
Speaker 3: that's a good way to go about it, is just
Speaker 3: really give us a a really clear indication of what
Speaker 3: it looks like so that we can just play footy
Speaker 3: from there.
Speaker 2: Then you're going to go from last Saturday game with
Speaker 2: hardly any atmosphere to one that's just going to be
Speaker 2: a total spectacle tomorrow night under lights. You might have
Speaker 2: to pack your brolly.
Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, I know, I know what's like sixteen meals.
Speaker 3: I was just there. I think last time we played
Speaker 3: it looks super wet and it was point two of
Speaker 3: a meal, So you.
Speaker 2: Don't, well, that was the Hawthorne game. Was that misty
Speaker 2: rain that Sunday are though? Yeah, you don't need much
Speaker 2: moisture to change the game in an instant, do you? No?
Speaker 3: You don't, you don't. I think, you know, hopefully the
Speaker 3: rain holds off, but it doesn't look like it, and
Speaker 3: you know, we'll have to adjust our game style a
Speaker 3: little bit. But I think it'd be a good contest.
Speaker 3: Culton love contested footy and if it's wet, there's going
Speaker 3: to be heap to that.
Speaker 2: What do you do? Do you do you think it
Speaker 2: could result in last minute changes to you know, if
Speaker 2: you're a big lumbering tool forward, it might not be
Speaker 2: your cup of tea. But if you're somebody likes zipping
Speaker 2: around on the ground, which could better Port more than
Speaker 2: Carlton with all their big tools, couldn't it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good question. It's definitely something that hasn't
Speaker 3: been discussed or not that I know of, but I think, yeah, definitely,
Speaker 3: I think maybe it's something might look into. I'm not
Speaker 3: too sure, but you know, definitely, small on the floor
Speaker 3: is a really beneficial thing to have in a wet game.
Speaker 1: You've been part of some port teams that have had
Speaker 1: wonderful mine around success minor premiers finished regularly in the
Speaker 1: top four. Has it ever felt quieter as the top
Speaker 1: four side as it does right now? You're halfway through
Speaker 1: the season. You guys are third on the ladder. Yet
Speaker 1: you tune into all those shows everyone talks about SYDNEYCAU
Speaker 1: Sydney'd be terrific, to be fair, their top but the
Speaker 1: Excellent revival seems to have captured everyone's imagination across the border,
Speaker 1: and gwos early form was something that everyone got excited by.
Speaker 1: You're sort of happy just skate along and doing your
Speaker 1: thing this year because it doesn't have the hype that
Speaker 1: has had in previous years.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, as you said, we've been in this
Speaker 3: top four bracket for a few years now, and you know,
Speaker 3: there's been a little bit of hype, and then we've
Speaker 3: got to finals and we haven't quite been able to deliver.
Speaker 3: So I think for us this is expected and internally
Speaker 3: that's you know, what we're aiming for. But I think
Speaker 3: when we get to finals, that's where the hype will
Speaker 3: come and hopefully we can you know, get that little
Speaker 3: marginal gain and take it to the next level and
Speaker 3: go that little bit further, which I'm sure we'll drive
Speaker 3: a little bit of that height.
Speaker 2: Should listen in Friday, mate, your chairman is going to
Speaker 2: be co hosting the show with Will Kochi is coming
Speaker 2: in here for the full three hours. He's replacing me
Speaker 2: while I'm having a dental operation.
Speaker 1: You're going to need to deliver a win on Thursday night, Dan,
Speaker 1: because otherwise it's going to be hard work for me
Speaker 1: on Friday.
Speaker 2: There angry.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, good stuff. We'll catch you next week
Speaker 1: and all the best for tomorrow night, big game. The
Speaker 1: national audience watching in. It's going to be an absolute cracker.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll be love a big Thursday night game or
Speaker 3: Friday night game. And yeah, hopefully after this game we
Speaker 3: have a good win and the heart starts to turn
Speaker 3: a little bit for us and see how we go.
Speaker 1: Good stuff. David Penberthy and Will Goodings six to line five,
Speaker 1: double a breakfast