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Mick Malthouse is the Sunday Herald Sun’s quintessential voice on football. He is a triple premiership coach – at West Coast in 1992 and 1994 and Collingwood in 2010. He holds the record for most AFL/VFL games coached – leading Footscray, West Coast, Collingwood and Carlton for a total of 718 games. His columns and opinions are hard-hitting, informative and a must read for footy fans.

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Carlton

Mick Malthouse: In defence of Daisy

UNDERFIRE Carlton midfielder Dale Thomas has enormous pride and will be hurting right now that he’s not at his best and given the criticism that came his way after Round 1.

Expert Opinion

Mick’s 2017 contenders — and pretenders

SIX clubs are locks for this year’s finals but picking which teams fill the remaining top eight spots will be tough. MICK MALTHOUSE reveals who the contenders are.

Expert Opinion

2010 Grand Final REPLAY. St Kilda v Collingwood. MCG. Simon Prestigiacomo with Nathan Brown after the win

The moment that sent Mick’s mind spinning

AS A coach, I always told my players to enjoy Grand Final week but avoid distractions. My plan was the same. Then you get a curve ball, writes MICK MALTHOUSE

Expert Opinion

Scott faces great dilemma on Bartel

THE toughest decision a coach can ever make is to axe a player from his club and Chris Scott has a huge call to make on Jimmy Bartel, writes MICK MALTHOUSE.

AFL

Hawthorn V Richmond at the M.C.G. 24th of July, Melbourne, Australia. Richmond coach Damien Hardwick Picture : George Salpigtidis

Pressure mounts on under fire coaches

SO we’re down to the top six and yet the headlines this week have been dominated by a board challenge at Richmond and the fragility of Damien Hardwick’s job.

AFL

Mick’s five-step plan to fix footy

MICK Malthouse says if something isn’t done to address the current state of football, then a small problem may become a major issue. Here’s Mick’s five-step plan to get footy back on track.

Hawthorn

The game plan that can beat the Hawks

TRY to beat Hawthorn by taking on their kick and prop game and you’re in trouble but zone in on their Achilles heel and you’re a chance, Mick Malthouse writes.

Expert Opinion

SPORT - AFL Round 2, Fremantle Dockers vs Gold Coast Suns, Subiaco Oval, Perth. Photo by Daniel Wilkins. PICTURED- Fremantle's Nathan Fyfe tries to avoid the tackle from Gold Coast's Michael Rischitelli

Mick’s trade plan to save battling clubs

IF Nat Fyfe leaves Fremantle, will he only consider teams with an assured premiership horizon? That limits the field and shouldn’t happen, writes MICK MALTHOUSE.

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