| IF | THEN | |
| Adelaide | this club gets into a groove... | …it will make the finals very interesting. Texan the key. |
| Brisbane Lions | we've been critical of the Lions all season, and we have... | ...it is only fair that we go overboard this week with praise. A massive well done since the first bye, particularly to you, Pearce Hanley. |
| Carlton | there's one thing Mick loathes... | ...it is players who make poor decisions, or mistakes, at key times. Which will make for an interesting week for Casboult, Ellard, Docherty and Wood. |
| Collingwood | there was a surprise of last week... | ...it was the acceptance, with only minimal penetrating questioning, of what has happened to the Pies in 2014. The blowtorch will come if they lose badly to Port. |
| Essendon | James Hird's lawyers invoice the Bombers for briefing a Herald Sun journo... | …the same journo should invoice the same lawyers after he was prepared to put his name to that delusional copy last weekend. |
| Fremantle | Corey McKernan and Chris Grant have shared something in common for 17 years... | ...it's looking increasing likely that Nat Fyfe will soon, unfortunately, get to share it too. |
| Geelong | the Cats finish round 19 second on the ladder, and they could, | ...we're going to have to wake-up and realise they're alive in the premiership race. |
| Gold Coast | this club stands for anything... | ...it will win this weekend. It simply has to, for Guy McKenna's sake. |
| Greater Western Sydney | every footballer had Heath Shaw’s attitude when talking to the media... | ...more journos would turn up to club’s weekly press conferences. |
| Hawthorn | Jon Ceglar feels hard done by… | …we're hearing him. Has stood up very well and would be No.1 ruck at a few clubs. |
| Melbourne | Roosy has now committed for a third season... | ...he'll be using the remaining five matches of 2014 to work out who will be staying on the journey with him. |
| North Melbourne | the Roos used the week's break wisely... | ...they would have re-grouped and told some home truths to each other. |
| Port Adelaide | the stage is set this week for anyone... | ...it is for Chad Wingard. Out of sorts recently, but tipping the bye will have him ready to explode back to form against the Pies. |
| Richmond | it took until this week for big Ivan to admit why Richmond was a slow starter this year - because it was below par in training standards early in the year... | ...you just have to wonder how complacency could have been allowed to be tolerated. |
| St Kilda | there was one club who didn't want the bye when it came... | ...it was the Saints. Momentum from the win against the Dockers might now be lost. |
| Sydney Swans | Jake Carlisle turns it on again... | ...the Swans will lose their second in a row. |
| West Coast | our assessment of this club is right... | ...the short to mid-term future is bleak. |
| Western Bulldogs | the Dogs can lock Bontempelli away until at least 2017... | ...they should immediately look to also prolong the deals of Macrae and Liberatore. |
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