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 		THEN
 
Adelaide
 		clubs continue to let “Mad Mates” Rory Sloane run free across the midfield ...... he will surpass Dangerfield as the Crows’ most dynamic midfielder.
Brisbane Lionsthe pressure on Michael Voss was released after the Lions NAB Cup win ...... it will go back to nine should they lose to the Suns in the Q Clash.
CarltonCarlton fails against Geelong, West Coast (away) and Adelaide in the next three weeks ...... there will be a lot of twitchy people at Visy Park.
CollingwoodMick Malthouse was still at Collingwood ...
... he would have selected Jarrod Witts, not Ben Hudson, to replace Darren Jolly. Yes, a gratuitous Mick v Bucks angle!
EssendonJames Hird truly believes he is innocent ...... he needs to IMMEDIATELY abandon his no-public-comment policy and tell us why. It will be too late if he plays this by the legal book. It may already be too late.
FremantleMichael Barlow’s efforts - 46 disposals, 16 tackles, two goals - from his first two games this year don’t make every football follower feel good ......  those people don’t have a heart.
Geelongthe Cats keep giving opponents six-goal head starts ...... there’s going to be a lot of games which are decided in the last 90 seconds. They never, ever, ever think they’re out of it.
Gold CoastGold Coast is serious, and it is showing signs that it is ......  Brisbane Lions could be in a real mess come Saturday night. But that is the Suns’ challenge – proving they are serious. Doubters remain.
Greater Western Sydney ... the Giants score a surprise win against St Kilda... they’ll be 2-2 after four rounds. Remember, Melbourne awaits next week.
HawthornRyan Schoenmakers continues his rich form ...
 		... fans may forgive him for all those times he’s been taken apart by some of the competition’s biggest defenders. May.
MelbourneDon McLardy says someone at his club won’t be sacked ...... there is a chance they will be. Think it through, Don. Too many mixed messages; never-ending embarrassment for the Dees.
North MelbourneBrad Scott doesn’t get angrily fired up after the Swans game this week ...
 		... it will be the first time this year that he hasn’t got angrily fired up after a game.
Port Adelaidethere has been a greater late-in-career resurrection of status than Kane Cornes ...... we can’t think of one. Real credit to him for returning to his best after being bizarrely being forced to play SANFL in 2011.
RichmondJake King keeps sitting on blokes’ shoulders trying to take screamers ...... James Brayshaw’s head will explode.
St Kildathe Saints lose to GWS ...
 		... oh boy.
Sydney Swansthe Swans lose to North ...
 		... it won’t really matter. They’ve got arguably the easiest opening six-match fixture in the entire comp. At worst, they’ll be 4-2 at that point.
West Coastthe Eagles don’t somehow find support for Dean Cox in the absence of Nic Naitanui ...... this season will slip away.
Western BulldogsAyce Cordy and Jordan Roughead develop in 2013 the way Bulldogs insiders expect them to ...... the club will have a couple of key position guns finally ready for the big time.

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