IN TODAY'S AFL Daily, star journalists Damian Barrett and Josh Gabelich join all the dots on football's big issues.

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- What penalty can Bailey Smith expect?
- Massive game between Pies and Dees
- Jake Stringer struggles
- Jason Horne-Francis' frustration boils over

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In today's episode

0:37 – A big issue for the AFL and the Western Bulldogs to deal with

2:28 – What the fallout to the Bailey Smith issue may look like

4:19 – An impressive apology

6:03 – Bailey Smith’s mental health comments from 2021

9:30 – Where this leaves the Bulldogs

10:46 – A president’s “hypocrisy” as they comment on the issue

12:46 – A “massive” clash between Melbourne and Collingwood

14:20 – Melbourne’s backline seems vulnerable without Steven May

17:41 – Jake Stringer and the Bombers are struggling

19:21 – North Melbourne and their “beacon of hope” are not coping