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Doggies whimper against Swans, Big Tex gorgeous on the left, Gold Coast own the Hawks again, McDonald-Tipungwuti lights up Etihad and Jeremy Howe performs his usual aerial brilliance.
Sam Mitchell was reported after an altercation with Joel Selwood but the Geelong captain is likely to face attention for what appeared to be an elbow to the back of Mitchell's head.
Celebrities slide for the Big Freeze to raise money to fight MND at the MCG Round 12 match between Melbourne Demons and the Collingwood Magpies on Monday.
Doggies whimper against Swans, Big Tex gorgeous on the left, Gold Coast own the Hawks again, McDonald-Tipungwuti lights up Etihad and Jeremy Howe performs his usual aerial brilliance.
He criticised Montagna's kicking coming out of defence and questioned his future beyond this season, but raised the ire of Richardson when he wrote: "There's a joke around the league that the hardest contested ball Montagna will fight for is against a teammate to take the kick-in after a behind."
Montagna revealed he had called Brereton himself to discuss what he felt was a cheap shot and his coach backed him up on Monday night.
Leigh Montagna and his coach Alan Richardson have hit back at Dermott Brereton. Photo: AFL Media/Getty Images
"I thought it was incredibly disrespectful," Richardson said on Fox Footy's AFL 360.
"Joey's been such an outstanding performer for a very long time ... when that [criticism] comes from someone like Dermott ... I thought it was really poor.
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"And I think Joey's been on record to say that he's OK with people having a go at his footy and challenging where he's at from a footy perspective.
"Joey's been a pretty strong performer for us this year ... he's had a bad game.
"The club had a bad game, you could pick out many players who didn't perform well but I thought it was pretty poor form by Dermott."
Montagna, 33, is expected to meet with the club to discuss his future before the end of the month.