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Adelaide
| the Crows can get 40,000-plus to a GWS game...
| …Adelaide Oval may be the eighth wonder of the world.
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Brisbane Lions
| anything summed up where the Lions are at... | ...it was their complete reliance last week on Jono Brown. Teammates should be ashamed.
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Carlton
| you hadn't played since last year, had missed seven weeks of proper footy training because of an Achilles problem and have turned 30 years of age... | ...you don't make your comeback as the sub.
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Collingwood
| there's one man feeling the pinch of the Pies' impressive start to the year... | ...it's Taylor Adams. Highly-touted through the trade period, he finds himself fighting for a spot and playing twos.
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Essendon
| there's been a bigger roll of the dice at selection in 2014 than the Bombers elevating for Anzac Day Courtenay Dempsey, a player they suspended and who hasn't played seniors this year... | …well, there hasn't.
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Fremantle
| we've appreciated one thing this week... | ...it is this: Ross Lyon's openness on so many issues, from his own players' behaviour to the laws of the game. More please. |
Geelong
| Tom Hawkins didn't buy a Tattslotto ticket this week... | ...then he should have. Kyle Cheney. Please.
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Gold Coast
| the Karmichael Hunt camp keep telling us he will consider staying in the AFL beyond this year...
| ...well, they should just stop it. NRL, here he comes. |
Greater Western Sydney
| here's one player in the comp right now who needs a confidence booster...
| ...it is Jonathon Patton. |
Hawthorn
| Kyle Cheney gets the chop … | …he's within his rights to take Clarko to Fair Work Australia. Sound contributor in first four weeks when the back six operated as a unit. Not his fault he's isolated against the biggest key forward in the comp. |
Melbourne
| there's one good thing to emerge from the traumas experienced by Jack Trengove... | ...it is that never ever again will a club consider appointing a 20-year-old as captain.
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| North Melbourne | the Roos had one thing going for them in a 2013 season that was mostly bad... | ...it was that their attacking style of play was elite at times. Hope they haven't abandoned that side of the game in an all-out pursuit of defensive quality. |
Port Adelaide
| Robbie Gray could do any more to get noticed... | ...he'd have to shave his head. Ripping start to 2014. Just starting to regain full fitness. Just turned 26. Just reaching his prime. Just a great footy story.
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Richmond
| you want your skipper to lead by example when the chips are down...
| ...Trent Cotchin is your man. Needs to go on with it from here, and have others jump on. |
St Kilda
| Saints fans jumped off in the offseason, and plenty seemed to... | ...surely they'd have jumped back on by now. Lot to like and admire.
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Sydney Swans
| John Longmire asked Buddy to crash in a bit harder... | ...he did. On and off field. |
West Coast
| there's been a more fortunate beneficiary of Match Review Panel madness than Darren Glass... | ...well, there hasn't. Another MRP howler. |
| Western Bulldogs | the Dogs want to be taken seriously... | ...they need to remove the type of lapses they displayed against the Blues last week. |
