What you missed on TV: Harley Reid’s contract, Hutchy v Caro and Trump impressions

Monday night is when footy’s silver screen has it all. And this one didn’t disappoint with a fiery back-and-forth between two members of The Agenda Setters over an RSN sacking spree.

They line ‘em up, and we watch them for you.

Another Monday after a big weekend of footy means another slate of TV shows covering Steven May, changes to speed up the game, Harley Reid’s contract talks and even a Donald Trump impression.

This is all that was discussed so you can catch up.

STEVEN MAY

The impending tribunal hearing for Melbourne defender Steven May was naturally a talking point across the TV shows, and Geelong coach Chris Scott firmly said May shouldn’t have been sent for the hearing.

“If I were the MRO I wouldn’t have put it up,” he told AFL 360.

“I thought he delivered on his duty of care.

“I thought he did everything he could to mitigate contact and it was an accident.”

On the desk with Scott, Hawks coach Sam Mitchell said: “I don’t think he was trying to hurt him. I think intent should be taken into account with the MRO more than the outcome”.

The On The Couch crew debated whether the outcome had taken a back seat in recent cases, such as when Fremantle skipper Alex Pearce avoided suspension in May.

Collingwood great Nathan Buckley said recently “there has been an acceptance” of accidents in footy, and May should get off.

“I can’t see how this can be upheld,” Buckley said.

But Richmond goalkicking great Jack Riewoldt disagreed and said May should have tackled Evans.

“I think this is a lay down misere for three weeks,” he said.

Riewoldt said he would have “slowed up” if he was in May’s position.

AFL 360

Once we get past Garry Lyon’s GVP votes, Monday night is coaches night on the 360 agenda.

Chris Scott was on the desk staring down Sam Mitchell.

Talk turned to Jeremy Cameron’s Coleman Medal level play and Scott said that while Cameron has a pretty stacked back catalogue of form, he might be better than ever.

“My opinion is he is a more complete player than he was,” Scott said.

“We still talk about him playing as a half-back, he is that kind of flexible player.”

Another veteran forward is flying on Mitchell’s team – Jack Gunston.

“What he’s doing on the field is completely a bonus for us … I think on the weekend the thing about his game even on the weekend was he kicked the goals that really mattered at important times,” Mitchell said.

“His leadership has been better than it’s been over his whole career.”

Jack Gunston was lauded by Sam Mitchell on Monday night. Picture: Steve Bell/Getty Images.

Scott had some good news for Cats fans after Tom Stewart was subbed out of Sunday’s game with a sore knee.

“He’s had a history of a PCL (knee injury) but he was back in the club this morning walking around … so he will be fine,” Scott said told AFL 360 on Monday night.

And more good news, this time for Hawks fans, with Will Day cleared to return from his foot injury this weekend.

The Hawks play the Blues on Thursday night but Mitchell didn’t commit to whether he would be at the MCG or playing the VFL this weekend.

The Cats have a six-day break before facing North Melbourne on Saturday, and enjoy a soft fixture on the run home to guide Stewart to September.

Scott and Mitchell were put on a speed round in the second segment.

Both want the sub gone, like all coaches, and want time to be cut from games.

Scott wants the bounce to be removed, but Mitchell has the (correct) opinion that the bounce should be retained and recalls removed, bringing randomness back into it.

Scott ended with a bombshell – he would get rid of father-sons, well he at least said so with part of his tongue in his cheek.

The Cats built a dynasty before Scott arrived on father-sons like Gary Ablett Jr, Tom Hawkins and Matthew Scarlett.

Now Jed Bews is the only one on the list, and Scott has seen enough.

Coincidence? We’ll let you decide.

THE AGENDA SETTERS

Caroline Wilson was back on the big desk and was straight in to the action, declaring St Kilda was going to raise their offer to Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera to $1.4m a year over a two season contract.

Then the desk was looking up Draft Guru to see where the Adelaide and Port Adelaide picks lie, pointing out that there isn’t much in the bank for the South Australian sides to tempt St Kilda in a trade, given Wanganeen-Milera is not a free agent.

Saints great Nick Riewoldt declared that you can forget all the big fishes the Saints have failed to reel in over recent years: “Keeping him (Wanganeen-Milera) is the greatest priority”.

Will the Saints stump up for Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera? Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images.

Riewoldt was called upon as the desk’s version of the ‘St Kilda Mafia’ to defend Ross Lyon after an attack on the same show from Luke Hodge last week.

Nobody argues with themselves – when they aren’t even on the desk – like the Agenda Setters.

“To suggest that Ross Lyon and Brett Ratten have had the same lists is essentially, which is what Hodgey did, is complete rubbish,” Riewoldt said.

“Ross had the same list for one year and made finals and decided it could go no further.”

Riewoldt then said: “He (Lyon) doesn’t need me or Leigh Montagna sitting here defending him, he is big enough”.

The panel then backed in the Herald Sun’s report on developing contract talks between Harley Reid and West Coast, with Wilson declaring offers were starting at $1.5m per year.

Wilson was crossing suitors for Reid off her list, with St Kilda and North Melbourne ruled out, and Essendon on the edge.

"[Harley Reid] and his family have made it clear they do not want to go to a struggling club."

❌ St Kilda
❌ Melbourne
❌ Essendon
❌ North Melbourne

🗣️ Caroline Wilson on Harley Reid's future pic.twitter.com/nvDHjXkB9G

— 7AFL (@7AFL) July 21, 2025

Unhappy with Reid for most of the season, Kane Cornes came to his defence after he was clamped by Richmond and Jack Ross on Saturday night.

“If you play West Coast you are stupid if you don’t tag Harley Reid, which is so unfair for him in his second year,” he said.

Reid is going to face tags for a long time, but at least he will be paid well.

Cornes and Riewoldt went back with the flight to the big screen during the first segment – a rare bit of excellent TV craft – to deliver an illuminating bit of vision on how the Dockers opened up the Magpies on Sunday.

After the break, Wilson had some juicy office layout news, that the new AFL footy boss Greg Swann walked into the open plan AFL HQ on Monday and demanded an office of his own.

That is coming in to a new job with swagger.

And Roo’s Marks brought us the impression the whole football world has been waiting for, with Riewoldt launching into a Donald Trump impersonation.

Why? We’re not really sure. It wasn’t the worst impression we’ve heard, maybe the Don dance at the end was a step too far.

"I see all your feedback. It's not a political statement. Don't come at me, we're having a bit of fun. You should try it yourselves at home."

Rooey threw Donald Trump in Roo's Marks AGAIN https://t.co/MILeVsf1KVpic.twitter.com/z6mDgrQOTW

— 7AFL (@7AFL) July 21, 2025

Craig Hutchison dirtied up late in the show when Wilson implied that RSN radio hosts Michael Felgate and Daniel Harford were cut while on air as Hutchison’s SEN bought RSN.

‘Hutchy’ didn’t like that.

“That’s not something we joke about. That’s incredibly disrespectful and disappointing,” he said.

“That didn’t happen … there was a press release a day before and there was a mature, two-way conversation on air and you’re making light of it which is disappointing.”

Wilson ended the fiery back-and-forth with a polite “grow up” back at the SEN boss.

Enough of the fighting, can’t we all just band together, like in the good times when we were all enjoying Riewoldt’s Trump impression?

ON THE COUCH

Mike is back!

Backing up his excellent effort on return to the couches that he owned for many years last week, Mike Sheahan backed it up in place of Jonathan Brown.

Jack Riewoldt was all about Mike’s ‘aura’ early, and it’s hard to disagree.

The state of the game was put right on the coffee table to start with.

Mike is sick of rolling mauls of players, so Nathan Buckley wants prior opportunity to be taken out of football.

Not sure that is a solution when every footy fan reckons the whistle is blown too much.

Both Buckley and Riewoldt thought Darcy Moore was lucky to not cop a week for dropping both knees into Fremantle’s Josh Treacy late in Sunday’s loss.

“I think it could have got a week,” Buckley said.

“I reckon he would be wiping the brow.”

The couch crew zeroed in on Gold Coast’s forward line problems, with little production from talls in the loss to Adelaide.

Riewoldt wanted Mac Andrew to go forward to plug the hole after he struggled big time against the Crows.

Should Mac Andrew be moved around by the Suns? Picture: Matt Roberts/AFL Photos/via Getty Images.

Riewoldt later pondered whether North Melbourne should go all-in to buy Scott Pendlebury from Collingwood as a leadership injection at Arden St.

“Let’s say Collingwood win the flag this year and he is a three-time premiership payer, why wouldn’t North Melbourne go, ‘what is it going to cost, Scott, to get you across and change this group?’,” he said.

Buckley fired back that there was little reason for Pendlebury to take up that challenge, even with money the big factor.

“I just think, why not ask the question?,” Riewoldt said.

“If it’s not Pendlebury, find someone like him.”

There aren’t many like Pendles.

FOOTY CLASSIFIED

Where the Agenda Setters talked on Harley Reid, Footy Class went harder.

Cal Twomey reported that contract talks around Reid included a two-year deal with a whopping nine-year optional extension beyond that, which would amount to a total of 11 years.

It’s highly likely that whole 11 years would be the richest contract in league history, a record that seems to be broken every month at the moment.

As always with Harley, watch this space.

Could Jack Silvagni end up in black and white stripes? Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images.

The Class panel followed up the Herald Sun’s report that Collingwood was an interested party in Carlton free agent Jack Silvagni, before Matthew Lloyd put up some forward targets for the Blues should Tom De Koning leave a $1.1m hole in the club’s cap sheet.

Having missed on Tom Papley all those years ago, would Zac Bailey, Darcy Jones, Sam Switkowski or Brad Close solve Carlton’s enormous forward connection issue?

Another West Coast season down the gurgler means it is time for priority pick chat.

Twomey was pro-Eagles going after draft assistance.

Damien Barrett says no.

“It is self-inflicted in my eyes,” he said of West Coast’s lost era.

Closing Cook time to end Footy Class and Lloyd has calculated regular host Sam McClure’s journey to cover the British Open.

He counted up 19,000km of travel for ‘Scoop’, which means he doesn’t have to watch these shows for you, like I did.

Unfortunate for him!

Originally published as What you missed on TV: Harley Reid’s contract, Hutchy v Caro and Trump impressions