| If | we were running the Crows ... |
| then | we'd be giving Matt Crouch another week off. Given the disaster that is their injury list, cannot afford him breaking down again. |
| If | Zorko started dismally ... |
| then | he's found a beautiful rhythm now. A genuine star who willed himself through a dreadful form slump. |
| If | Murphy walks out at the end of the year ... |
| then | we wouldn't blame him. How he was selected to play with that pre-existing foot injury last week makes the mind boggle. |
| If | finals are to be reached this year ... |
| then | the struggling Bulldogs need to be defeated soundly. |
| If | Woosha chooses to be Bill Belichick-like in his dismissal of media questions ... |
| then | so be it. It's his right. It's just that he's not very good at the technique and he's going to need a Plan B pretty soon. |
| If | this spluttering outfit has any chance of making finals ... |
| then | it will defeat the Roos at home on Sunday. Need to stand for something. Soon. |
| If | you haven't acquainted yourself with the back story of debutant Jamaine Jones ... |
| then | do so. There won't be a better one this year. |
| If | you want our take on the Tom Lynch saga ... |
| then |
| If | Kelly is fully fit ... |
| then | a lot of this club's problems of the past three weeks will simply disappear. |
| If | the Hawks are to beat the rampaging Eagles ... |
| then | we reckon Clarko will need to pull a positional swifty. Roughead in the backline? |
| If | his first three games were ordinary ... |
| then | the past three for Lever have been very good, the most recent hit-out his best for the Dees. Got a sizeable dose of swagger in his make-up, which will mean he won't be fazed by the verbal and physical attacks from his former teammates. |
| If | you've got the fourth most hit-outs in history (behind Sandilands, Cox and Dempsey) ... |
| then | you've had a very, very good career. And after a couple of quiet years, Goldstein has fought back in 2018. |
| If | we can't get a proper read on this team's premiership chances after the opening nine games ... |
| then | we will in the next fortnight. Hawthorn in Tassie, then Richmond. |
| If | we judge Dusty on now near-impossible benchmarks ... |
| then | so be it, that's what happens to the all-time greats. But he's still ticking along extraordinarily well on the benchmarks applied to 99 per cent of his peers. |
| If | we were coaching the Saints this weekend ... |
| then | we'd be plonking Carlisle, their best player by a mile, at full-forward, and attempt to clear out the forward 40m. |
| If | Rampe tripping over a chain fence was bad enough last year ... |
| then | Mills mangling his foot during a playful throw of an American football is an outright catastrophe. |
| If | there's one team to this point of 2018 which is must-watch, no matter the time or opposition ... |
| then | it is this one. Generating pure excitement and energy every weekend. We've bought seat 1A on the bandwagon. |
| If | there's two players we'd always find a spot for in a Bulldogs selected 22 ... |
| then | it'd be Dunkley and Wallis. Strange omissions by our reckoning. |
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