"Gold Coast Suns coach Gut McKenna wants Mick Malthouse on board in 2012"
Nick Smart - Gold Coast Bulletin
"SUNS coach Guy McKenna will launch a bold bid to lure his long-time mentor and departing Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse to the Gold Coast next year."
"Pies could pinch Judd's Brownlow"
Al Paton - Herald Sun
"CHRIS Judd is a long way from having the Brownlow in the bag according to the Herald Sun's exclusive round-by-round formguide."
"Heath Shaw five kilos lighter ... a tonne wiser"
Bruce Matthews - Herald Sun
"The product of that two-week stint in Flagstaff, Arizona, is a Magpie who is 5kg lighter and tonnes wiser, one who will be an integral part of the back six against Hawthorn at the MCG on Friday night."
"Gastro puts Lance 'Buddy' Franklin in quarantine"
Jon Ralph and Michael Horan - Herald Sun
"HAWTHORN last night dismissed growing speculation about Lance Franklin's availability against Collingwood on Friday after the star forward spent time in hospital."
"Magpies to call on midfielders to cover for Neeld"
Jon Pierik - The Age
"COLLINGWOOD will rely on the experience of its midfield and advice from the rest of its coaching panel to help cover the loss of assistant coach Mark Neeld in Friday night's preliminary final against Hawthorn."
"Preliminary questions"
Martin Blake - The Age
"1. CAN THE ANTI-PRESS WORK?, 2. CAN TAZ CURTAIL BUDDY?, 3. IS HAWTHORN'S BACK LINE UP TO THE MARK?, 4. WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME?, 5. IS HAWTHORN'S X-FACTOR ENOUGH?"
"Hawthorn desperate for Buddy Franklin to play against Collingwood"
Courtney Walsh - The Australian
"For Hawthorn to progress to its second grand final in four seasons, it needs Franklin to produce an effort as astonishing against Collingwood as he managed last Friday night."
