| IF | THEN | |
| Adelaide | the Crows get big Tex back on the park by round one next year ... | … they'll be climbing back into preliminary final contention in 2014. He means that much. |
| Brisbane Lions | Michael Voss had his time over again … | … he would have stuck with plan A back in late 2008 and gone to West Coast to learn the coaching caper as an assistant to John Worsfold. |
| Carlton | Carlton wants to make 10 changes to its list … | … it needs to test the trade waters with players like Shaun Hampson and Jarrad Waite. Got to give something to get something. |
| Collingwood | there's a better talent identification and player development structure than the Magpies' ... | … it is only Geelong's. Brodie Grundy is going to be an all-time great. |
| Essendon | in February you state publicly that you will take full responsibility for something… | … it's strange that you don't take full responsibility when things get real ugly in August. |
| Fremantle | the Dockers finish top-two … | … lock in the Grand Final. |
| Geelong | Tom Hawkins can manage 45 goals to this stage of the season … | … imagine how many he would have kicked if his back wasn't totally shot. |
| Gold Coast | Campbell Brown deliberately kung-fu'd an opponent in the head… | … he should have been suspended for 12 weeks. He didn't, and he should have got off. |
| GWS | 20-year-old Jeremy Cameron can win the Coleman in a season where his team wins one game ... | ... he will win 10 of 'em by the time he retires. |
| Hawthorn | Cyril Rioli was Jack Ziebell … | … he would have been suspended for four weeks for his dangerous, chicken-wing-style tackle of last week. |
| Melbourne | the Demons can drag another 450k out of their high-end supporters during the week … | … their high-end supporters are too giving. |
| North Melbourne | there is a more difficult assignment in one's first game of AFL than to start as a sub and then be released in the last quarter of a tough, close game... | … Taylor Garner would like to know what it is. |
| Port Adelaide | the footy world doesn't finally accept Angus Monfries is a legitimately good player … | … it should after his efforts this year. |
| Richmond | Trent Cotchin is to go to the next level, and let's face it, there 'aint far for him to go … | … he needs to hit more targets - teammates and goals - by foot. |
| St Kilda | Saints fans were rejoicing at the departure of Ross Lyon thinking they would see their team play a better brand of football ... | … three wins in 2013 and last Friday's snooze-fest is the only reality check they need. |
| Sydney Swans | the Swans were happy and overjoyed about Kurt Tippett's form … | … they should be slightly hesitant. Becoming too one-dimensional now. |
| West Coast | Worsfold and his club keep telling us they want to continue … | … sign the papers. Enough of the talk. But do they really, really want to continue? Hmmm. |
| Western Bulldogs | there is a better rise from mediocrity in the space of six weeks than that of Jarrad Grant … | ... well, there isn't. |
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