Richmond players celebrate their 2017 premiership win. Picture: AFL Photos

IN TODAY'S AFL Daily, star journalists Damian Barrett and Michael Whiting join all the dots on football's biggest issues.

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- Why finishing 13th is a good omen for the next season
- The stunning rise of Richmond in 2017 and Collingwood in 2018
- The flaws in the uneven AFL fixture

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