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Melbourne Forward Bayley Fritsch (9.06.26)

08 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the Dees' victory over the Pies?

0.031 - 33.229 Garry Lyon

Breakfast with Gary and Tim. It skittles around. Lovely gather. French. Brilliant kick. Outstanding goal. Sharp kicks. French. Got it. Jumped into the side of Quaid or hovered the marks. Kicks on its way. It's there. French has got three. Oh, played a very big part in what was a stirring come from behind victory for the Demons. King's birthday in front of 88,000 on a really emotional day.

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33.269 - 38.003 Garry Lyon

Bailey Fritch, good enough to join us. Welcome, Bailey, and congratulations on a really big day.

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38.843 - 44.733 Bayley Fritsch

Nah, thank you. It was good to get back on the winner's list after a couple of lean weeks. So good to have a chat, boys.

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44.953 - 54.549 Garry Lyon

And great crowd, great atmosphere, great occasion. I know you sat there out on the ground. I had a look at you boys out there warming up and Big Chunk was ready to go down the slide. So you having a bit of a look at Nathan Jones?

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55.631 - 71.645 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, that was pretty funny. Jonesy dressing up as Fisher. But yeah, the boys had a good laugh about that and sort of, sort of set the day, to be honest. And then, yeah, to put on a show in front of a big crowd, you want to be playing your best footy in front of the biggest crowds and the big days. So, yeah, that was unbelievable.

72.286 - 86.822 Tim Watson

And playing that brand of football that has been introduced by Stephen King and Gary and I were talking about earlier, like even when you've had a couple of setbacks, it doesn't seem like it's dented the confidence of the players and the belief in playing that style of football, Bailey?

87.983 - 108.253 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, Kingy's really instilled some confidence in every single player and really empowered us to go after our kicks and from an offensive point of view, really challenge the opposition. And I thought, although yesterday was a little bit clunky, it was really high pressure game. So whoever was going to take their moments and sort of be a little bit calm with the ball in hand was great.

Chapter 2: How did Bailey Fritsch feel about the crowd atmosphere?

108.233 - 137.717 Tim Watson

um probably going to come out on top and luckily enough that we'll be able to settle a little bit in that second half and um put some scores on the board and yeah as you say come from behind and you get the victory it was funny I don't know whether you caught up with this or not but uh Cozzy was on the agenda setters last night and they interviewed him and they spoke about uh the um Ed Allen that went to him early in the game and he didn't know his name uh he didn't know too much about him was just poised to the fact that he just zeroes in on what he needs to do Cozzy

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138.473 - 158.946 Bayley Fritsch

Oh, yeah, he's an exciting man, Cozzy. I'm wrapped he's on my team because I'd hate to have to chase him around. But, you know, the things that he does away from footy and the stuff that he works on on his game is... You can only see why he comes out on the big stage and really puts his best performances together. And another one yesterday, I actually...

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159.449 - 168.767 Bayley Fritsch

spoke to Clary Oliver yesterday and I said, um, I think there's two things that are going to happen today. I hope we win and I reckon Cozzy will get the medal and then they both happened so I was pretty happy with that.

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168.907 - 174.618 Garry Lyon

Magnificent. Does it surprise you that he wasn't right across Ed Allen as an opponent? Couldn't quite recall his name?

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176.261 - 187.536 Bayley Fritsch

Uh, I don't think he watches a heap of games so it doesn't really surprise me but, um, Nah, it's just Cozzy. He's very witty and he's a great kid.

187.876 - 207.875 Garry Lyon

He is. He's playing terrific footy. Your role since Stephen's arrived, I think we all understand and appreciate your goal sense and how you can make things happen inside 50. But your field kicking, I think, is one of your great strengths. And it looks like Stephen and the coaches want you to get up a little bit higher at times and be kicking back inside 50.

207.995 - 210.297 Garry Lyon

Has that been part of what you've been doing this year?

211.12 - 230.14 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, 100%. It's been good, to be honest. I've played a little bit on the wing as well. I think that's the strength of our team now. People are starting to play in all different positions and it keeps the opposition guessing as well. And yeah, to get your hands on the ball, sometimes when you're playing deep, you can get a bit starved of the ball.

230.2 - 239.17 Bayley Fritsch

So to get the ball in my hands and try and hit some teammates up inside 50 is something that I've been working on over the summer and hopefully can keep coming out in the game.

Chapter 3: What impact has Stephen King had on the team's confidence?

297.732 - 316.73 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, we sort of come in as a group and we'll obviously... You know, what's happened is what's happened. And as bad as it sounds, we had to try and reset. After we knew that Broads was all right and back off the ground, we really needed to lock back in because, you know, in footy these days, thick games can get away from you very quickly.

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316.81 - 333.284 Bayley Fritsch

So the team that sort of switched back on and got back with their head into the game was... Going to be the one that was probably going to get on top in the day. So I think we sort of did that. Both teams took a little bit to get going after that as it was a little bit eerie there. But no, it was good to get the win.

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334.086 - 337.213 Garry Lyon

Harvey Langford was great yesterday. Have you seen his development?

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338.138 - 355.296 Bayley Fritsch

On the wing, Harvey's been unbelievable. He's spat forward and I think he's kicked probably 15 or 20 goals. But just his patterns and what I really loved about his game yesterday was especially that tackle. It pretty much won us the game on day costs. He's been chasing up and down the ground.

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355.316 - 363.184 Bayley Fritsch

So for a second-year player to be doing the things that he's doing, yeah, he's going to have a massive career ahead of him and we're apt to have him.

363.164 - 372.144 Garry Lyon

I've got a message that's come through here. I reckon I saw Frida walking his dog yesterday through Warrenwood, a beautiful looking dog. Can you ask him what breed it is? Would that have been you?

372.825 - 378.377 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, that would have been me. I always take the dogs for a walk in the morning and live out in Warrenwood. So yeah, they're Border Collies.

378.878 - 384.104 Garry Lyon

Beautiful. How can that person know what a Border Collie was? Not that exotic. Beautiful dog.

384.124 - 388.231 Bayley Fritsch

Yeah, maybe because it's a blue male, so not your traditional.

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