IF
 		THEN
 
Adelaide
 		the Crows don’t get on the board this week against the Lions ...... watch for a little bit of panic to set in, with a big Showdown looming in round three.
Brisbane LionsMoloney and Rockliff again start on the bench against the likes of Dangerfield, Sloane and Thompson...... Michael Voss needs to re-evaluate.
CarltonCollingwood beat them on Sunday ...... will Mick Malthouse seek to shake Eddie McGuire’s hand?
CollingwoodCarlton beat them on Sunday... will Eddie McGuire seek to shake Mick Malthouse’s hand?
EssendonJobe Watson doesn’t pick up another three votes against the Melbourne rabble ...... maybe he doesn’t deserve a second consecutive Brownlow. Maybe.
FremantleRoss Lyon’s game plan doesn’t shut down Brett Goodes’ ability to roam free across half-back ......  we all need to ask even louder: how was he not drafted earlier??!!
Geelongthere is a better captain in the competition than Joel Selwood ...... well, there’s not.
Gold CoastRory Thompson can limit Sam Reid’s influence like he did Nick Riewoldt’s last week ......  the 22-year-old will be introduced to All-Australian conversations.
Greater Western Sydney ... its round two opponent Port Adelaide suddenly reverts to 2012 form... the Giants are a live chance.
Hawthornthe Hawks don't get Brad Hill up to four-quarter match fitness, and on available evidence he is about two quarters short ...
 		... they will rarely match an opponent with leg speed.
Melbournethe Demons don’t come out and back up their words by making a statement with ferocious tackling and pressure in the first 10 minutes on Saturday night ...... we will all officially be justified in saying they have little care for their team, their coach and themselves.
North MelbourneKangaroos players attack the footy this week against the Cats as aggressively as coach Brad Scott did the Collingwood sponsor board after last Sunday’s match ...
 		... they’ll register victory No.1 for the year.
 
Port Adelaideanyone in the off-season predicted that after two rounds the Power would sit atop the ladder, which is where they will be after they do a number on GWS on Saturday ...... they're lying.
Richmondteams continue to allow Brett Deledio to have free space in the attacking midfield ...... he could become the most damaging goalkicking midfielder in the competition.
St KildaLenny Hayes has to think twice about attacking the footy as he has for 15 seasons and 264 matches ...
 		... our game is poorer.
Sydney Swansthere is a bigger flaw in the fixture than the reigning premiers playing GWS and Gold Coast in the opening two rounds ...
 		... it is Hawthorn having only a six-day break against West Coast’s 15 day-break before Sunday’s match.
West Coastthe Eagles can't defeat the Hawks at home, coming off a 15-day break compared to the Hawks’ six ...... there will be loud alarms going off in Perth.
Western BulldogsTom Liberatore has another blinder ...... the club needs to remove a bit of the understandable protection placed around him and let him answer a few media questions about what happened last year, and how he has admirably dealt with it.

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