Lachlan Bayliss

And that's not to say they've been hiding from media.

We've got Waka Bayliss on today.

Nick Becker was on with, um, Pippa Millsa yesterday.

Ollie Sale was on with the boys this morning as well.

Shakhtar beat AEK 3-1, and Stuttgart beat Slovan, uh, Bratislava 3-0 as well.

So a heap of goals in the Champions League this morning.

Speaking of football, Lachy Bayless, All White Auckland FC midfielder is gonna be with us next.

We'll do that after this.

I mean, one of the reasons we chose Pedro is because a you know he's he's very experienced he's worked at some big clubs he's he's been a head coach but he's also been a assistant coach as well so he he understands the dynamics of his dressing room he understands what what makes good culture and and also importantly what makes bad culture too so he's come in definitely with his own ideas and and and um both on and off the pitch i think his ideas on the pitch will hopefully lift us up a new level um and and off the pitch i think he's settle in really well with the boys so we haven't tried to go full wholesale changes at all um and and we've kept the core of who we are as a club we're a club that we want to make Auckland proud of what we do we want to embed ourselves as a community and those things are really essential to us um and he respects that and he's come in and and hasn't tried to get in the way of of what's working I guess to your question um but whilst adding his own kind of touches to it as well

And Nick, you mentioned obviously there's some big names that departed the club, but you've also signed some pretty exciting players, including Lachlan Bayliss.

He's coming off a successful season with the Newcastle Jets and obviously representing the All Whites.

What do you see him bringing to the Auckland FC?

Aaron Cartwright, New Zealand international young guy.

He's come over from Melbourne City, born and raised in Australia, but he's a dual net, and he's committed to New Zealand, like Lachlan Bayliss, and has also, like Lachlan Bayliss, not just committed to the national team, but come over to play for one of the A-League teams.

I think he actually played for the reserves on the weekend as well.

I thought he, particularly from what I saw from him for the New Zealand under-19s, I think he's an incredible player.

Definitely he wants to play a different way.

If we look at the players who have come in to the side, uh, the, the headline act I think is Lachlan Bayliss, who had an absolutely magnificent season with the Newcastle Jets last season.

Earned himself an All Whites call-up, a, a trip to the World Cup even though he didn't make it onto the field.

But this is a, a great signing for, for Auckland FC.

So not big, big names really.

Um, they've, they've, I guess, moved to try and plug some of the gaps that they had.

If you look at Bayliss and you think to yourself, "Okay, Lachlan Bayliss, Lachlan Brook, Logan Rogerson, Sam Cosgrove," it's still a pretty decent A-League front four, isn't it?

It is.

Uh, Owen Parker-Price getting in after missing the World Cup selection.

Some of those guys who didn't, who were at the World Cup like Lachlan Bayliss, um, and, uh, Alex Poulson is another one, like a few of those guys who were there but didn't play at the World Cup.

They were unused subs, Alex Roofer, like this, it's an opportunity for them as well because they get to play.

And because of that, like you can't give an opportunity, there's only so many opportunities to go around, right? The opportunity is the game that's being played.

I men- mentioned, uh, Stamenic and Just, so we've got a, got a good core there, and we were able to bring in a few different extra guys to have a look at what they're capable of.

So, you know, Dalton Wilkins back on the scene is one who I think has a, has a fair amount to offer.

I thought Lachlan Bayliss was very good and has opportunities during the thing, so it was a, it was a good positive tour.

It would've been nice to sneak a result again against, um, either a winner against Panama or a, you know, a draw against Japan.

I mean, Alex Rufer doesn't get many starts.

Uh, Lachlan Bayliss I think is a player with real, uh, potential, and one that's, uh, on the up.

So maybe he was the s- the standout for me.

I've always thought Ben Old was a bit of a sleeper in terms of his ability to get up and down the left.