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Adelaide

you closely watch Josh Jenkins play ... ... you'll see he runs just about as hard as any other forward in the comp. He pays market price, and sometimes a bit over, for those "cheapies" from the goal square.

Brisbane Lions

another three, and quite possibly four or five, wins are not added before season's end ... ... it will be impossible to sell hope into 2017.

Carlton

we're going to give you a month of syrupy praise ... ... it's only right that we now question your headspace in last week's loss to the Saints. Please assure us it wasn't a case of big heads.

Collingwood

we were Travis Cloke ... ... we'd be asking Bucks this: "Am I part of your big-picture plans?" If the answer is 'no', then we're seeking permission to make it public.

Essendon

you represent the Bombers and you start bemoaning the actions of another club for acting "outside the laws of the game" by having a chat with one of your drug-banned players ... ... we have to remind you: for the foreseeable future you have fully relinquished any right to question the morals and ethics of others.

Fremantle

Zac Clarke wants a future with the Dockers ... ... he'll need to dominate against Port Adelaide. Gets his chance to do so.

Geelong

you could cue that Chris Scott-shocked vision ... ... you'd be playing it on loop after the Cats found a way to beat the Giants and Roos (sans Hawkins), having lost the previous two matches to Collingwood and Carlton.

Gold Coast

Dion Prestia and Jaeger O'Meara are at the Suns next year ... ... we'll be surprised.

Greater Western Sydney



we've ridden Toby Greene hard, and we have ... ... it's only right that we now fully acknowledge his pure footy smarts and laud him for the significant impact he has had on this team which seems capable of absolutely anything.

Hawthorn

you've played in the past four Grand Finals and you get to 9-3 without contributions from your most important player (Roughead) and captain (Hodge) ... ... you're going outstandingly. No matter what happens against North.

Melbourne

there's a better pure footy story to emerge in 2016 than that of Max Gawn ... ... we're not aware of it.

North Melbourne the Roos simply have to do something in the next seven days ... ... it is to win at least one of Friday night's game against Hawthorn and next Thursday's fixture versus the Crows. Given the tough run home, losses in both will leave it extremely vulnerable for a top-four finish.

Port Adelaide

this weekend's match looked like a gimme three weeks ago ... ... it doesn't look that way now. Needs to grind its way to a win against the Dockers in Perth if it is to figure in finals.

Richmond

we missed the juicy Brownlow odds on 'The Bont' ... ... we're not going to do the same with Dusty. Loving the way he's stood up throughout 2016.

St Kilda

Jack Steven isn't captain next year ... ... we're reading the signs incorrectly.

Sydney Swans

there's one guy who needs to now step right up for the Swans ... ... it is the off-season ruck recruit Cal Sinclair. Tippett is a massive loss.

West Coast

there's a fall that has surprised us this season ... ... it's Eric Mackenzie's. Best-and-fairest in 2014. Missed 2015 with a knee. Badly out of sorts in 2016. And now finds himself out of the Eagles' 22.