| IF | THEN | |
| Adelaide | Big Tex gets back by round one next year ... | … the Crows need to think really big. |
| Brisbane Lions | Leppa isn't aware of the disarray that has engulfed this footy club … | … he soon will be. Just hope that the backdrop to his appointment doesn't destroy him, a la Neeldy at Melbourne. |
| Carlton | we think we can accurately read this club's thinking … | … this trade period is going to be frenetic. |
| Collingwood | Bucks goes to the extremes of dealing with the so-called culture issues ... | … he runs the risk of ripping the heart out of what made this team great. |
| Essendon | the Bombers don't soon get their heads around what actually happened and who is to blame … | … 2014 will be an even greater disaster. The Kool Aid is starting to take debilitating effect. |
| Fremantle | people think Ryan Crowley is concerned about the Hawk aggression that will inevitably come his way in the Grand Final … | … they're wrong. Tough as there's ever been. |
| Geelong | things go a certain way … | … four of the five uncontracted premiership players won't be there next year. |
| Gold Coast | Jack Martin is actually as good as everyone tells us he is … | … the Suns will make the top four next year. |
| GWS | all the talk about Buddy amounts to nothing ... | ... this club will be deflated, maybe beyond consoling. |
| Hawthorn | the Hawks haven't yet considered some dodgy tactics to use on Ryan Crowley … | … there is still time. |
| Melbourne | Colin Sylvia is a Demon in 2014 … | … miracles happen. |
| North Melbourne | the Roos secure Dal Santo ... | … don't rule out a premiership next year. Their time is now, they just need to realise it. |
| Port Adelaide | there has been a more deserving winner of the coach-of-the-year trophy, as voted by the coaches themselves … | … well, there hasn't. The challenge now for Ken, and he knows it, is to back it up. |
| Richmond | Dusty actually ever gets his entire life in order … | … he could win a Brownlow. |
| St Kilda | Nicky Dal doesn't exit ... | … it will be one of the post-season's big surprises. |
| Sydney Swans | Shane Mumford is still in the red and white next year … | … it too will be one of the post-season's big surprises. |
| West Coast | the Eagles don't soon re-emerge as the ruthless and arrogant business they once were … | … maybe the West of Oz power base will be lost to the team down the road.. |
| Western Bulldogs | Libba puts together another solid off-season … | ... watch him emerge as a Brownlow contender. |
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