IF
 		THEN
 
Adelaide
 		the Crows push their case too far ...... they'll end up watching Dangerfield run around in the blue and white hoops for nothing.
Brisbane Lions
 		the Lions opted for the charm offensive way back in April ...... they would have been spared a lot of angst. Credit where it is due, though. Better late than never for all to be on the same page.
Carlton
 		the umpires continue the trend of awarding Brownlow votes to a player 12 months late ...... watch Patrick Cripps next year. Six votes only this year, beaten by Marc Murphy. Deserved more.
Collingwood
 		you weren't aware the Pies weren't happy with their exiting no-gamer Nathan Freeman ...... have a listen to Nathan Buckley's comments last Tuesday night. Ouch.
Essendon
 		yet another Bombers coaching panel's time has been wasted ...... that'll be three panels in a row whose time has been wasted.
Fremantle
 		Nat Fyfe hadn't done enough on Monday night to convince every single person in Australia he was the complete package ...... Patrick Keane's iPhone photo of him on Tuesday morning surely converted the last doubter.
Geelong
 		the Cats add Dangerfield to Joel Selwood, Caddy, Guthrie, Duncan, Motlop and Cockatoo ...... do they actually need Scott Selwood? 
Gold Coast
 		Rocket gets his way ...... Stevie J won't be a Sun in 2016. "He's not the age of player we need." We disagree, but we're not running the club.
Greater Western Sydney

 		Steve Silvagni is still at Carlton in 2020 ...... no GWS player will be left.
Hawthorn
 		scores in the GF are close at three-quarter time ...... those who drove the decision to leave Hartung out of the 22 will be a tad twitchy, particularly with the heat looming as a major factor.
Melbourne
 		Jack Watts is a Demon in 2016 ...... we'll be surprised.
North Melbournewe were running North Melbourne ...... we'd be rolling the dice again in the free agency/trade period. It's worked very well to this point. No point retreating now. Hello Harley.
Port Adelaide
 		Wingard, Wines and Hartlett are all coming off contract at the end of 2016 ...... something has to give somewhere, at some stage.
Richmond
 		you recall this week two years ago ...... you'll remember Dusty Martin taking a tour of GWS facilities. He facilitated Harley Bennell's tour of Punt Rd this week. Can't work out whether that is a good or bad thing for Harley. We'll go with it being good. For now.
St Kilda
 		the Saints, as expected, land Carlisle ...... the fun begins. Not the easiest player to have on your books. Ask the Bombers.
Sydney Swans
 		we thought something was "done" ...... it was Jetta to the Eagles. But we now hear Freo is starting to show interest.
West Coast
 		you're a second-year coach and you take your non-finalist team of last year all the way to a GF ...... you'd like to think your peers might rate you as Coach Of The Year.
Western Bulldogsyou're racking up four best-ons in Brownlow Medal voting in your second season ...... you're pretty special. But we knew that anyway, didn't we?


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