| If |
you go back to this day last year ... |
| then |
the Crows were convinced a third AFL premiership was just 24 hours away. A horror 365 days. |
| If |
you snag five and accumulate 32 disposals ... |
| then |
there should be three Brownlow votes for round 11. But not even one! Poor Dayne. |
| If |
McGovern is now a lock ... |
| then |
SOS has plenty of time to focus on Shiel. Might have been 100-1 a month ago, now a 5-1 chance. |
| If |
the Grand Final looms as a complex match-up with the Eagles ... |
| then |
the complexity is removed if De Goey cuts loose. In that case, the Pies win. |
| If |
Adrian Dodoro puffed the chest out after landing three big fish in last year's Trade Period ... |
| then |
we're hearing he's pushed it out even further upon entering this season's exchange. He's again up to something big. |
| If |
Ross Lyon truthfully commits to changing his ways like Hardwick and Buckley in the past two years ... |
| then |
the Dockers might stand a chance. Until then, they remain unsellable to all the big names. |
| If |
you'd committed to Dahlhaus this time last week ... |
| then |
we know you're second guessing yourself after that bizarre Instagram posting last week. |
| If |
we were in charge of the Suns ... |
| then |
we'd clear out any player who wants out. Steven May immediately – he and his management have made you look silly with how they've strung this out. Start again. The first crack at AFL life has failed dismally. |
| If |
you fall well short of the top four and now watch as Shiel and Lobb talk to other clubs ... |
| then |
the lucrative premiership is way out of reach in 2019. |
| If |
you catch a couple of zeds during the Brownlow Medal acceptance speech by your own player ... |
| then |
you must have been pretty fatigued. |
| If |
May is at full-back and Lever at centre half-back ... |
| then |
the Dees will definitely be thereabouts again in 2019. Even if Hogan has gone. |
| If |
you have to fork out for Gaff and Polec ... |
| then |
you'd better make sure there's ample folding on next year's books for the guy you targeted last year, Kelly. |
| If |
you cease the spin ... |
| then |
you're going to have to take what you get offered for Wingard. If you really wanted to keep him, you'd be telling him, and other clubs, just that. |
| If |
Neil Balme is ever presented with the luxury of revealing the truth or a lie to the media ... |
| then |
he will take the lie every single time. And do it with glee. |
| If |
the president-elect Andrew Bassat doesn't take full control really soon ... |
| then |
some decisions made in this period may loom as questionable in the future. |
| If |
your trading-in has been top-notch over a number of years ... |
| then |
the cut which already ran deep in the trading-out of Tom Mitchell is now a gaping wound. |
| If |
the Grand Final looms as a complex match-up with the Magpies ... |
| then |
the complexity is removed if Kennedy cuts loose. In that case, the Eagles win. And Kennedy cutting loose trumps De Goey cutting loose. |
| If |
Dahlhaus, Biggs, Smith and Redpath are no longer on the list ... |
| then |
we await to see what Libba does, or what the club does with Libba. Genuinely intriguing. |
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| If |
you analyse it based on what's happening this year ... |
| then |
the true 'free agents' in the AFL player movement system are those with a year, or even two, to run on a contract. |
