IF
 		THEN
 
Adelaide
 		the Crows field their reserves team in Adelaide’s amateur league next year ...… what a shambles that will be.
 
Brisbane Lions
 		the Lions lose Browny at the end of this year…… it's official – they will have no key forward options. And they'll need to entice one.
Carlton
 		Eddie Betts gets $600,000 …… Buddy’s worth $6 million
Collingwood
 		Quinten Lynch is playing VFL while Travis Cloke is manhandled by four opponents in the AFL ...… this is a free agency move that, simply, didn't work.
Essendon
 		the Bombers are now using the word "discredited" to describe The Weapon …… why were they still paying him a full wage right up until last week?
Fremantle
 		you'd forgotten Nathan Fyfe was just 21 years old …… think about that!
Geelong
 		Tom Hawkins is operating at anything more than 60 per cent of optimum capacity with his back problems …… it is not certainly not more than 65 per cent.
 
Gold Coast
 		the Suns can attract nearly 20,000 to their past two home matches …… it is evidence they're gaining a good foothold on the Coast.
GWS

 		the Giants don’t win this week ...
 		... they will be win-less in 2013. After Melbourne, then comes Freo, Brisbane, Richmond and Gold Coast.
Hawthorn
 		Buddy can come out and kick eight after being injured for a fortnight …… it suggests he's going to re-emerge as the AFL's main man for what's left of 2013.
Melbourne
 		Neil Craig wants to be Melbourne’s coach …… he simply has to - HAS TO - beat GWS this week.
North Melbournethere's a tougher set of opponents in the final five rounds than those to be confronted by North ...… well, there isn't.
 
Port Adelaide
 		the Power are able to knock off the Crows this week …… maybe, just maybe, the round 23 game v Carlton will be the finals decider.
Richmond
 		the Tigers finish this fortnight with two eight goal-plus losses to Sydney and Hawthorn …… they won't have changed anyone’s opinion of them.
St Kilda
 		it’s taken a player testing positive to get the Saints on the back page for just the second time this year ...… it pretty much sums up where the club is at, given the previous occasion was also for unwanted reasons.
Sydney Swans
 		Sam Reid actually recovers from his serious quad problems before the finals …… will he actually be guaranteed a return?
West Coast
 		the Eagles board isn't exploring all possibilities on a coach beyond 2013 …… it should be. Woosha may well be the right man, but only after due consideration is given to others.
Western Bulldogsyou'd forgotten …... here's a reminder: Jarrad Grant was a No.5 draft pick.

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