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Wayne Carey: If it's personal, don't say it
Since the Mumford-Franklin sledging incident, it's clear personal attacks can amount to bullying - and the players need to draw a line in the sand.
Since the Mumford-Franklin sledging incident, it's clear personal attacks can amount to bullying - and the players need to draw a line in the sand.
Finally, football is witnessing a resurgence in the power of the big forwards. While the game's spearheads have endured a real lull in recent years, this could be their finals series.
When are we going to give the umpires less say and make footy's highest honour fair and even?
The club is always bigger than the individual, regardless of how good you've been. We saw that on Wednesday at North Melbourne.
Alastair Clarkson sits comfortably alongside Leigh Matthews as one of the great coaches of the modern era. Another win on grand final day this year and he might just be the greatest.
Intimidation is a lost art in the AFL, and with good reason. In the days of yesteryear you could target a player physically, but football has been cleaned up and, thankfully, that dirtiness is gone.
Adam Treloar created quite the controversy when he declared he chose Collingwood over Richmond because they had a "better list". While both clubs have performed well below expectations, clearly he's been proven correct.
The events of the past week could make or break the Western Bulldogs season.
For many of North Melbourne's ageing stars, it really is now or never when it comes to playing finals and having a serious crack at a premiership.
While Hawthorn and Sydney battled it out for top spot and flag favouritism last night, the race towards that premiership remains wide open.
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