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April 12, 2024 11 mins

Barra spoke to Russell Clarke about this weekend’s AFL round including another week out for Freo’s Shaun Darcy and Michael Fredericks is also out with his hamstring injury, over at West Coast, Barra tells Russell why he’s concerned about Harley Reid plus he tells the tale of when in 1987 Channel 9’s Michael Thompson came into Barra’s hospital room with a full camera crew. He also talks about The U.S Masters and why Perth’s Min Woo Lee is struggling. 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Signed to Talk Sport with Adrian Barrage.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Yes, heading into another weekend full of it, full to
talk about.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
It, Yeah, full of footy, full of sports. They've already
had one game last night, of course, and it was
an upset. Brisbane was able to beat Melbourne at the MCG, which.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
They don't normally do, do they. And they've certainly bounced
back from that. To the wobbles that they had at
the beginning of the year and the whole you know
who are about the trip and all that stuff.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Oh that's right.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
They put that behind and feels like they have resolved
all those off field differences.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
But they're certainly back.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
So they made the Grand Final last year, so huge
contenders again in Melbourne. Still a little question mark about
them and why they can't perform sometimes, but we'll get
into that a bit later. So a big game of
footy this weekend in town. Obviously it's the Eagles up
against Richmond and they could do it.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
I want to say this, they could do it.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
I strongly believe the West Coast Eagles will win on
Sunday and there's a number of reasons for that.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Roll tape on this one.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yeah, can you write out I'll say it again, my
friend Ben Cousins and I we believe, we strongly believe
the West Coast Eagles will win. They just seem like
they're they're setting themselves for this game in not bad form.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
They've turned the corner.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
If they lose this game, it'll be the worst winning
start to a season in their history. And the other
factor is that all us old blokes, the Owls, the older,
wise and larger, slower Eagles. So the house, all the
older Eagles, We're going there. Nineteen eighty seventeen, the nineteen
eighty seven inaugural team.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Who played Richmond, who played very fast, and I wasn't there,
But they won, didn't they?

Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yes, we did win. Yes game you won, and we
are doing a guard of honor, and we have.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Done it without you.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Mind you, we were thirty three points down at three
quarter time and we stormed home. And I firmly believe,
and you can quote me on this, that that was
where the winning culture of the West Coast Eagles started
on that day. We're not going to let these victorians
beat us. We never called him Richmond, when we just
called them victorians.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
We're not.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
While you were wearing a VFL badge on the side
of your jumper.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
These bloody Victorians, they're not getting hold of us, So
we stormed home. I had nothing to do with it.
Oh you know what, come on what you didn't play
my cheek bone. Earlier in the game, this guy called
Trevor Poole, dirty bugger, gave me the biggest elbowed to
the face as I bent over the ball like it
was so dirty. I don't even think I've got a

(02:32):
free kick, and he just fractured my cheek bone.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
How early in the game was that.

Speaker 3 (02:35):
I think it was before halftime, right, So I've said
you set them up for the wind, though you could
put it that way.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Well, that's right.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
People saying one eye, and I was definitely one eye
that day because I couldn't see out of one eye.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
So then I went to hospital.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
So my celebrations of the game were in hospital getting
a lever put. They put a lever inside where you're
a hairline is and then they leave it the bone
back up. That's all they do. You don't because you
can't put a cast on your face. I'll never forget,
you know. Michael Thompson, you know he reads the news
on nine he was the sports presenter, and somehow he

(03:06):
got into the hospital with a camera into my room.
So other pictures and so there will be pictures at
nine and I had this piece soon to be on YouTube,
this piece of tape on my face that said do
not compress or do not press or something.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
And Tom's going, hey, good's this shot.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
You look like an idiot. I'm going to put this
on the years. I tricked him that I took it
off before the interview. He was very upset rid of
the evidence. So so you're you're, you're, you're right behind him. Ye,
So there'll be a guard of honor of all the
blokes from eighty seven. They've flown in alex O'shenko and
Mark Sinotti and basically the whole crew. Dom Pike's changed

(03:44):
up everything. He's just opened the doors to all the
past players and the club. It feels like it's become
so once geting won again. Yeah, yeah, culture and drive
that you know, this is what it was like in
the on. This is how much hard work we had
to do, how badly we got treated. I'm a bit
worried that Harley read in the game though, because somehow
the stats have got out that he's good at breaking tackles,

(04:05):
and he broke seven tackles last.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
Week, so you think he's got a target on his back. Exactly,
my friend.

Speaker 3 (04:10):
And if I'm the coach of Richmond Adamoose, I'm saying,
boys number nine, don't let him embarrass you. His name's
Harley Red number nine. You see the nine flash up
and he's coming for you. You take him down. He isn't.
Don't let him Brereton style in the in the Grand final,
yeah Addy nine, Grand Final. Well, just in any tackle

(04:30):
situation and it'll be it'll be like this will be
the coach should be going that kid is eighteen. If
he embarrasses you on the national stage on television, do
not come back into the change rooms. That'll be the
sort of talk, right, you know. So I do feel
a little bit for Harley in that respect. I think
he can handle it't you know. He's a strong boy.

(04:51):
But I just I just wish all that stuff hadn't
got out because now and then the palm off contest
with Dusty Martin, who's got the bigger don't argue? You know,
all that's sort of stuff. So I did see him.
He's the only player who could make the news while
doing an ad for temper beds as well.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
You see that line on a bed. That's what's going on.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Talk about marketing power, mate, he's about marketing because he
probably gives him a few tips on how to bring
the tackles to someone who will be off the scene
for a few weeks. Is Jeremy Finlayson a bit of
a landmark penalty?

Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, yes it is, mate.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
You're right they've drawn the line in the sand as
to homophobic sledges and slurs. There's no way that that
is acceptable. It was never acceptable, but now they've sort
of it's in writing.

Speaker 1 (05:39):
You get three.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, it can't be hidden, now can it be? With
microphones everywhere and cameras everywhere.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
And they'll be looking for it. And they've said the
next penalty will be six weeks. Wow, So if you're
dumb enough to do it again, you're not going to
cop three. You're going to cop six weeks and the
next bloke is copping twelve weeks or in all sorts
of foot. He's not just the bloke's it's afl W
and afl So the old sticks and stones may break
my bones, but words will never hurt me. That's what

(06:05):
I grew up with. You know, my dad would have said.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
That to me. Dad. Some kids said this thing to
me in the in the playground.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
Don't worry about it, son, he doesn't know you, He
doesn't that Words don't hurt, you know. So they armed
us our parents. But now words do hurt. Words do hurt,
and they have a profound effect. And now they've sort
of canceled that out. So it's good.

Speaker 1 (06:27):
What are your other picks for the round?

Speaker 3 (06:28):
Look, Bulldogs will beat Essendon. I reckon, that's a close one.
Gws look fantastic. That's a crack.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
They're they're looking the goods everywhere.

Speaker 3 (06:38):
Every line Sin killed in Camber, they should be them
at Marnica Ovill. It's not Manuka. Anyone who keeps saying
Manuka I feared income. Have a look at yourselves. Carlton
versus Adelaide in a close one. Wouldn't be surprised if
the Crows got up. They haven't won.

Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yet, which is you reckon? They can bet Carlton.

Speaker 3 (06:53):
I reckon, they're a chance here because they must be
getting so desperate, so desperate, yeah they are, But Carlton
because Colin should lost last week you know that day, Well.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Let's drag that up again. Were robbed, robbed.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
Anyway, Gold Coast Overhawthorne, Port Adelaide and free tossed the coin.
I'll probably have to go Port adelaidecause they've got an
incredible midfield and they're playing mostly but they're playing at
home and at home too and that anthem at the beginning,
the inexcess anthem they do is just quite incredible with
their scarves never never let what is it? What's that
in excess on? Never let me apart? Never never terrasa Yeah, yeah,

(07:34):
thank god. You know about music that is spectacular. Anyway,
check it out Geelong over North Melbourne, you mate, mate,
out the rus turned into Quakers Geelong, mate, Seriously.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
The Ruse they just go.

Speaker 3 (07:50):
They can't win in Gely it's their bugie ground. And
as I said, quite me, West Coast will beat Richmond.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
Mate.

Speaker 3 (07:57):
I just got the Masters news through, so the Masters
on us masses out Augusta in short Cam Davis best
best placed Dozzie. We've got six ozzies playing. He's at
two under through fourteen holes. Our man from Wa from
the Fremantle Golf Club, Minwu Lee struggling he's playing real.
Not only has he got a broken finger from a
freak dumbbell accident, I said, dumbbell, he's also got the flue.

(08:23):
So he's struggling. The poor bugger. Fantastic young both of
us great Western struggle with one hand and the American
Bryce and Deshambo. He currently leads at seven underpath of those.

Speaker 1 (08:35):
I loved it. They had this part three comps, did
you see?

Speaker 3 (08:37):
And they have all the wags out there and the
kids in those white overalls, and how cute the kids
looking white. Overall they play better than us too. I'm
thinking about it. But some you know, some people were
blowing up about the kids being on Augusta on their
wonderful golf course, that they shouldn't have been out there

(08:58):
messing it up, dirting it up, making holes, swinging clubs.
And I couldn't believe people were so anal about anyway.
So I thought they looked a door of Augusta though,
isn't it. They're all very good looking people too, all
the wags and all the kids is quite remarkable.

Speaker 1 (09:15):
Waffle Wonderland yes weekend.

Speaker 3 (09:18):
Now the Waffle has what they call a wonderland, so
they'd like to get all the families and kids to
the footing and it's that Mineral Resources Park at lath Lane. Yes,
the old Lathlane tomorrow right, which just happens to be
my ground where I'm the president and I will be
of Perth. Yes, playing Swanees. Yeah, tough game and it
should be a belter of a game. But what's your
unbiased pick. My unbiased pick is that we will get up.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yeah. I think it'll be a tremendous game.

Speaker 3 (09:44):
A lot of respect for Swans and I'm not riding
them off or not giving him any ammunition. He said
on ninety six FM their president things were no good.

Speaker 1 (09:54):
Don't say that. I don't say that.

Speaker 3 (09:55):
All I was on the record that too new game
Day experiences, its activities, the DJ food trucks, bars, giveaways
for the whole family.

Speaker 1 (10:05):
Kids are free. Kids are free.

Speaker 3 (10:07):
So to cap off it's the end of the school holidays.
Cap it off by going to laugh Lane tomorrow all
day long. The main games at four o'clock all day
long will be there. You can get out on the
ground and have a kick show, you to kick sports,
some local footy, take your grandkids, dodge footies. You know,
expect to listen to the coach talk to the team. Seriously,

(10:28):
it's definitely worth it. Will We'll be there, Ben Cousins
will be there, all all of our stars, some of
the Eagles bogs please come down and see this.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Get out of there and you can get discounted tickets
at Waffle w a f L dot com dot a.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
You that's right, you can. You go on there, say
two bucks West Perth Subaco for me.

Speaker 3 (10:46):
Who's who can who can win?

Speaker 2 (10:48):
That is a tough game, isn't That's a Sullivan Logistics Stadium.
Who's so it used to be West Posts.

Speaker 3 (10:57):
Yeah, so that's where they won the premiership in recent
times too, So that'll be that'll be a cracker. The
Waffles flying and Waffle Wonderland please get along, MinRes.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
And you are flying into the weekend. Actually you know
you're flying off to probably Channel seven now to do
more work.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
Yep, do more six forty five C on the seven
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