IF
 		THEN
 
Adelaide
 		there’s a muscle more important than any other in the competition right now...
… it’s Tex Walker’s right hamstring.
Brisbane Lions
 		Daniel Merrett doesn't get down on his knees and pray thanks to the Match Review Panel for its leniency every night for the next 10......he should.
Carlton
 		Jeff Garlett is on the Blues' list next year...... we'll be very surprised.
Collingwood
 		Taylor Adams doesn't get down on his knees and pray thanks to the Match Review Panel for its leniency every night for the next 10......he should.
Essendon
 		Bellchambers and Ryder are nearly both right to go...… is it a given that they both play? Going more than well without them right now, the Bombers.
Fremantle
 		you can bank on one thing this weekend.....it will be the Dockers returning to what we have come to expect of a Ross Lyon-coached team.
Geelong
 		you're late on the uptake......take this in: Cam Guthrie is a gun. And the good judges were onto him in 2012.
Gold Coast
 		Karmichael Hunt is playing in the AFL next year...
...we are going to be gobsmacked.
Greater Western Sydney

 		there is a better "angry" player than Shane Mumford...
...well, there isn't. Just love the aggression.
Hawthorn
 		Hawthorn was sensible…… it would nurse its senior players with niggles through the start of the season. Oh, hang on.
Melbourne
 		Paul Roos' hair isn't grey by round six......he's had a rinse.
North MelbourneScott Thompson gets much better......we won't be far off comparing him with the great backmen of the game. Seriously.
Port Adelaide
 		we think we know what makes Port Adelaide tick......last week's loss to the Roos will ensure things are going to be very ugly for the Brisbane Lions this week.
Richmond
 		Jack Riewoldt had a sense of theatre, and we think he does...
 		...he'll kick eight against the Pies.
St Kilda
 		you have a base in Seaford and a sort-of base in Moorabbin and are now wanting to have another base at Junction Oval......please sort your stuff out once and for all. It's laughable.
Sydney Swans
 		the Swans want us to believe everything is OK again......we'll need more proof than a win against the battling Crows.
West Coast
 		you are asked to rank the Eagles' best players since national competition entry......is Dean Cox in the top five? Without doubt.
Western Bulldogsthere is going to be a better use of old-fashioned footy nous than what Gia displayed in milking that last quarter free kick last week......well, there just won't be.

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