"In this case she got it wrong" - Alex Merrett's Tik Tok (7.04.26)
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Great to have you with us. Passionate people out there. This person says he's related to Darcy. He's got a bursa behind the knee. Well, that would be bad news if he has. But he's out for a month. And if Gunston is ruled out, then Hawthorne would be subjected to the same level of scrutiny. They will have made a mistake and put him back out on the ground. And if he misses a month, I'll be saying the same thing about them, Pat. So I'm not bashing Collingwood. God, they're some sensitive people. It's just an observation. And yes, I'll promise you, if Jack Gunston misses a month, then they made a mistake by putting him back out on the ground.
What did you think about – Oh, I've got a question for you, sorry. Hang on. Before you do, just on that, what did you think about Clarko going down and giving McKercher a nudge at three-quarter time?
I want to talk about North in more detail, so I'll ask you my question, then we'll take a break and get back to North Melbourne and the whole McKercher issue as well. The wife of Zach Merritt, whose name escapes me – Alexandra. Alexandra. Had this to say, when your husband's team is losing by 50 points at halftime, so you go to Gimlet instead. And there's a picture of her having a glass of wine at the very fine restaurant that is Gimlet. Is this a big story?
Not a big story, but... Seems to be. Well, a lot of people are going to talk about this, given where Zach was at the end of last season and everything we know about him wanting to move to Hawthorne. It's not ideal, though, that the partner of a player would put a post out like that. I understand that people are entitled to their private life and all that type of thing. But once you... Once you bring that into the public domain by posting it, which you do when you do and post anything, then it becomes fodder for everybody to have a discussion about it.
Are you being real in fashion in the world that we live in today? No, no, I'm not. I'm being real. You post everything then from going to the toilet to everything else?
Yeah, but she's very smart. She would understand the potential of how this would be interpreted by a lot of people. That is that she's not interested. They both tried to get to Hawthorne at the end of last year, and this feeds into negative commentary around Zach and around the Essendon Football Club.
Let's have a listen to Cain Corns on this last one.
I thought that was a really unfortunate TikTok. I don't really understand why you would do that. I've got nothing against Alexandra Merritt, who clearly wanted her husband to move and go to Hawthorne, but that is a poor look for the footy club.
Carol, you're not serious, are you? Of all people, you think this is an issue in 2026?
I would have hated that.
That's it. With all my being. You don't have Lucy come to your workplace and you don't go to hers. I understand that.
It's 2026. Can't we be mature about it? You can post not at halftime. You can post whenever you like. At halftime when your team is struggling. Halftime, Craig. When he's demanded. Just speaking personally, I would have been roped.
What was the controversy about Alexandra Merritt’s TikTok at halftime?
Oh, come on.
Come on. So you think it's okay? Can I hear the words, that's an unfortunate TikTok?
That is an unfortunate TikTok. Is that what I heard come out of Caro's mouth? That's the world we live in. That is an unfortunate TikTok.
I tell you, this club's in trouble. That's an unfortunate TikTok.
Gary, nobody's saying it. No, you're not listening because we're having a conversation about it. Everyone's had a conversation about it. Why are people having a conversation? No one in the world would have cared or known that Alexandra was a gimlet at halftime at the game on Sunday night had she not posted it. It was – I don't think that she considered it as fully as what she should have about the repercussions of it.
That's all. Now the wise girlfriends, partners, mums, dads, brothers, sisters need to come under the umbrella to say, listen – Let's not post what you feel. Let's make sure we all tread the line of the football club.
Well, I think if we know that it's a partnership and we know that there are clubs out there, when they're recruiting a player, they particularly pay attention to the partner of the player because they're part of the player.
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