Three of North Melbourne’s five mature-aged additions find themselves in the VFL and another isn’t far away from joining them as they fail to play in the bash-and-crash spirit of Brad Scott’s sides, write JON RALPH.
Jordan De Goey has quickly developed into Collingwood’s ultimate midfield wildcard, thrown into the centre square with great effect in the second half of games this season. 360 VIEW
James Hird has been refreshingly frank about what caused his mental health issues. Instead of bashing him over his desire to return to Essendon, Jon Ralph says the AFL should use him for his mental health advocacy.
Jack Silvagni has been left languishing in Carlton’s VFL side, unable to break into the worst team in the competition. Former Blues’ coach Denis Pagan says a tough decision could be the key to kickstarting his career.
THE BUZZ: “HERE it is”, roared Paul Roos as he held aloft the premiership cup. Chat live from 11am EST
WOULD you want to pull up a bar stool and crack open a cold one with Ross Lyon, Mick Malthouse or Alastair Clarkson?
ANALYSIS: RICHMOND could pay big price for calling Dustin Martin’s bluff with Blues, Demons and GWS all likely to come knocking.
THIS time 12 months ago Essendon was a pillar of virtue, Andrew Walker was an injury-prone forward, and Dane Swan was laughing off calls for his head.
AS the AFL trade period approaches, JON RALPH analyses all the AFL free agents and finds a shallow talent pool.
ST KILDA should trade Nick Dal Santo – plus the players your club will be shopping around in October. Have your say.
IN Wednesday’s Final Word, Robbo, Ralphy and Ando take a close look at the Sydney-Carlton clash.
ESSENDON spent a season in limbo. Mark Harvey is the club legend that can come in and restore some respect.
ROBBO says back Tom Hawkins in, Ralphy says it will blow up in Geelong’s face. Our big names answer the big semi-final questions.
THE BUZZ: THE killjoys were in full voice 24 hours after it became apparent Paul Roos was likely to become the next coach of Melbourne.
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