Robbie Tarrant is to debut for the Roos the week that his brother, Chris, goes out for the dockers. Robbie has had a horrid run with injuries, so its good that he is returning. Michael Voss is talking up that Fev will return for the lions, but will he perform? Travis Boak is in the Mix for Port. Ben Cousins will miss after his interesting week and Liam Jurrah is in the mix for Melbourne.

But lets wait and see the teams, should be in soon (depending on when you read this). Maybe as important, who are you replacing Michael Barlow with in your DreamTeam/SuperCoach side?

UPDATE

Friday 5pm: Teams updated with late changes and final squads for Sunday games.

Thursday 5pm: Teams are in

The Swans have been hard hit with Bradshaw and Kennally both missing for a few weeks with them already missing there ruckman Seaby. They will get back Mufford from Suspension and possibly “The Lepper” Ben McGlynn, who if he returns, will play against his old side. On the Hawks, they have good injury news for the first time since there Grand Final win in 2008! There are only 3 players on there injury list, Bailey, Taylor and Gibson, all of who could be in the Hawks best line-up. The Lions have lost Jed Adcock again to a foot injury but its the injuries to Jono Brown and Fev are the ones that are troubling them as much as any.

Onto the lists. Remember to check back for updates.

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ADELAIDE
Brett Burton (knee) – 6 weeks
James Craig (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Trent Hentschel (knee) – 3-4 weeks
Graham Johncock (shoulder) – test
Chris Knights (foot, plantar fasciitis) – indefinite
Brodie Martin (knee) – indefinite
Brad Moran (knee) – indefinite
Andy Otten (knee) – season
Bernie Vince (ankle) – 2-3 weeks

BRISBANE LIONS
Jed Adcock (foot) – indefinite
Jared Brennan (ankle) – 4 weeks
Jamie Charman (ankle) – 4 weeks
Xavier Clarke (knee) – indefinite
Josh Drummond (knee) – indefinite
Niall McKeever (knee) – 6 weeks
Daniel Merrett (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Sean Yoshiura (knee) – TBC

CARLTON
Paul Bower (quad) – 1 week
Brad Fisher (knee) – test
Shaun Grigg (ankle) – test
Ryan Houlihan (hamstring) – test
Chris Johnson (wrist) – TBA
Kane Lucas (hamstring) – 2 weeks
Brock McLean (hip) – test
Andrew Walker (collarbone) – test
Simon White (knee) – 3-4 weeks
Chris Yarran (thigh) – TBA

COLLINGWOOD
Anthony Corrie (knee) – 1-2 weeks
Tristan Francis (quad) – test
John McCarthy (hamstring) – test
Paul Medhurst (foot) – test
Luke Rounds (shoulder) – test
Sean Rusling (calf) – 1 week

ESSENDON
Ricky Dyson (knee) – test
Cale Hooker (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Jason Laycock (foot) – TBC
Jake Melksham (ankle) – 1-2 weeks
Henry Slattery (ribs) – 1 week

FREMANTLE
Greg Broughton (foot) – 3-5 weeks
Des Headland (knee) – 5 weeks
Luke McPharlin (knee) – 7-9 weeks
Brock O’Brien (quad) – 7 weeks

GEELONG
Mitch Brown (leg) – test
Joel Corey (knee) – 3 weeks
Steven Motlop (shoulder) – 7 weeks
Brad Ottens (foot) – 3 weeks
Max Rooke (knee) – indefinite

HAWTHORN
Max Bailey (knee) – indefinite
Josh Gibson (hamstring) – 4-6 weeks
Simon Taylor (fractured leg) – indefinite

MELBOURNE
Matthew Bate (ankle) – test
Sam Blease (leg) – 2 weeks
Cameron Bruce (hamstring) – test
Jack Fitzpatrick (shoulder) – 1 week
Max Gawn (knee) – 6-8 weeks
Liam Jurrah (shoulder) – 4-5  weeks
John Meesen (ankle) – indefinite
Ricky Petterd (shoulder) – season
Luke Tapscott (hip) – 4-6 weeks

NORTH MELBOURNE
Leigh Adams (hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
Liam Anthony (shoulder) – indefinite
Luke Delaney (broken wrist) – 5 weeks
David Hale (back) – test
Ayden Kennedy (stress fracture, foot) – 6 weeks
Hamish McIntosh (shoulder) – test
Drew Petrie (broken foot) – 1 week
Ben Ross (groin/hip) – indefinite
Robbie Tarrant (hip) – test

PORT ADELAIDE
Daniel Bass (hamstring) – 1 week
John Butcher (back) – indefinite
Hamish Hartlett (quad) – 2 weeks
Nathan Krakouer (groin) – test
Andrew Moore (groin) – 4-5 weeks
Marlon Motlop (foot) – indefinite
Jacob Surjan (hip) – test
Warren Tredrea (ankle) – 10-12 weeks
Matthew Westhoff (groin) – 1 week

RICHMOND
Matt Dea (foot) – 1-2 weeks

ST KILDA
Jason Gram (groin/hamstring) – 4 weeks
Steven King (hamstring) – 1 week*
Tom Lynch (hand) – 1 week*
Blake McGrath (foot) – indefinite
Luke Miles (stress fracture, fibula) – indefinite
Nick Riewoldt (hamstring) – 6 weeks*
Nick Winmar (stress fracture, shin) – indefinite

SYDNEY SWANS
Craig Bolton (achilles) – 6 weeks
Daniel Bradshaw (knee) – 3 weeks
Tadhg Kennelly (knee) – 3 weeks
Ben McGlynn (quad strain) – test
Jarred Moore (ankle) – 1 week
Jake Orreal (back) – indefinite
Mark Seaby (ankle) – 9 weeks

WEST COAST
Darren Glass (abdomen) – 1 week
Ash Hansen (hip) – test
Daniel Kerr (hamstring) – 7 weeks
Chris Masten (knee) – 4 weeks
Ryan Neates (finger) – 2 weeks
Lewis Stevenson (hip) – test

WESTERN BULLDOGS
Ayce Cordy (shoulder) – season
Brad Johnson (achilles) – 3 weeks
Lukas Markovic (shoulder) – test
Robert Murphy (knee) – 2-3 weeks
Shane Thorne (knee) – 9 weeks
Callan Ward (groin) – 1 week

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On this weeks Show I look at:

• Grand final mention
• Fev at the Brownlow mention
• Trade week mention
• Fevola traded to the Lions
• Is Eddie McGuire pushing for Free Agency with his comments on Carlton not trading with the Pies?

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Trade week starts today and with the new rules and the Gold Coast sucking the oxygen  out of the upcoming draft, trades are coming thick and fast. Here are the trades as they get done.

DONE DEAL

1. Josh Gibson and Pick 69 from North Melbourne to the Hawks for Pick 25 and 41
2. Brisbane reporting that they have picked up Andrew Raines from the Tigers for Pick 44 (Lions third round pick)
3. Melbourne will trade Brock McLean to Carlton for Pick 11
4. Three way trade with: Brisbane gets Buchanan & Staker & Pick 28.  West Coast gets Dalzeill and pick 22. Sydney gets Seaby and Pick 39.
5.  Sydney and Bulldogs are talking over traded Barry Hall. Swans want  get a 3rd Round pick (47) from the Dogs and Both teams will announce later some swapping of later picks aw
6. Essendon are shipping Andrew Lovett to St Kidla for there first pick in the draft, pick 16.
7. Brisbane sent pick 47 to Sydney for pick 39. Must of been part of the three way deal
8. Fremantle will be sending Brett Peake back to Victoria to play with the St Kilda in exchange for pick 48
9. Sydney have traded Darren Jolly to Collingwood for Picks 14 and 46. UPDATE: This is said to be official but not showing up on the official trade board.  Its Now Official
10. Port have traded Mitch Farmer to Richmond for Jay Schulz. (It makes me sad that he wasn’t traded to Geelong so they had Schulz and Hogan in the same side)
11. Hawks have obtained Shaun Burgoyne, Port has received Jay Nash and Picks 9, 16 and 97, Essendon has received Mark WIlliams with Pick 24 and 33 and just for good measure, the Cats got involved and picked up picks 40, 42 and 56. (wow)
12. The Swans have obtained Shane “The Amazing” Mumford from the Cats for pick 28
13. St Kidla have traded Xavier Clarke to Brisbane for pick 60
14. Hawks have reluctantly  sent Ben “Leper” McGlynn and Josh “Joey” Kennedy to Sydney for Picks 39,46 and 70
15. Fremantle have sent Marcus Drum to the Cats in exchange for pick 49
16. Brendan Fevola and pick 27 to Brisbane. Lachie Henderson and Pick 12 to Carlton. This is scarey! Fev, Bradshaw and Brown in the one side although there cap must be splitting!
17. Bit of trading of picks. Hawks get 58 from Bombers pick 89. Must be part of Williams deal. ( wonder if this sets up another deal with the hawks)

Was listening to the new breakfast show on MMM (radio station) via there podcast from last week. It was a show just after the Fev brownlow incident but before Carlton announced they were willing to trade Fev. Although they had a couple of interviews with Fev, the interview that made me think wasn’t with Fev, but instead was with a “retiring” player. The interview kept hitting a question. Why are you retiring when you still are good enough to play? What if another side wanted you to play your preferred position that your current club had moved you out of?

You may already have guessed who I am talking about (and if you look at the image, you will be in no doubt) but let me step sideways into the world of American Football, the NFL. They had a famous Quarter Back, Brett Farve. Last year he was traded from his traditional club after he retired and came back, but that original club had already filled his position and he would have to sit on the bench to play for them. He had a mixed year and hung up the boots at the end of the season again. But come the near start of the season, and with a club perfect fit for him, he came back and already, 3 games in, has won his side a last minute victory.

So back to the AFL. Carlton look set to trade Fev and will have no Full Forward but there is a man waiting in the wings, who almost was a Blue at the start of his career (via the Father and Son rule). Matthew Lloyd! What a perfect fit this would be for the Blues. Needing a Full Forward, Lloyd getting the boot from Full Forward at the Bombers.

What do you think? Its an outside thought, but this is the sort of thinking that AFL teams have to get better at!

It has just been announced after the poor performance at the Brownlow, Carlton have had enough and are going to trade Fev in next weeks trade week.

Here is a snippett from a statement from Fev on his managers website (rest can be seen by following link below):

I am disappointed by the Carlton decision today but I am committed to the future rather than the past.

I will await with interest the outcome of trade week and will focus solely on the challenges and opportunities ahead.

I am committed not just to being the very best player I can be but also to rectifying off-field issues.

BRENDAN FEVOLA STATEMENT

The club has said that they will no comment further until there is more news. Stay tunned!

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• Results of Round 15
• Brendon Fevola Actions on Friday and Contract talks (MMM Audio here)
• Dean Solomon’s hit on Ling (Video of the hit)
• Barry Hall update since last week’s podcast
• Tassie, West Sydney Celtics and Gold Coast update
• Voss moves to West Coast

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Brett Ratten (Carlton Coach) on other radio stations put an Ultimatum to Fev. If you want to be with us, sign, if you don’t we will move on.

Ratten issued an ultimatum to Fevola that he should sign a contract extension or chase money elsewhere, but the star forward hit back on a rival station, denying he was “shopping myself around” and declaring there was “no way I’ll be leaving Carlton”.

Ratten lays it on the line for Fev | Herald Sun

From Fev’s comments, he will definitely be a Blue next year and the contract will get done. He also touches on other matters about his game.

Craig Hutchison

He then moved on to the news of the player in country footy that was jailed for 2 months for hitting a fellow player. The player, Trent Stanimirovitch, had priors. There was some talk of the old saying of “What happens on the Field stays on the field”. As I said around the time of the Hall/Staker punch, that is totally and complete nonsense and this is a positive out come for country footy!

He then brought up the Aker handstand including comments Aker made on SEN yesterday. He explained that it was done in tribute to his wifes grandfather. The clip is cut short and I would loved to hear the last part of the Aker comment. This is going to be a non-issue.

Last footy issue brought up was the claim that the Sydney Swans had launched a bid to get Brendon Fevola to Sydney for 3 million dollars over four years. Hutchy claimed that the Swans would be aggressive at the draft time in order to get him. Fev was on the panel (as you can see below) and wouldn’t comment on his contract situation. Sam got involved in his own funny style and put the heat on Fev in a funny manner. He did get out of him that he was going to Sydney with his Wife for a photo shoot. <NOTE: Swans today denied this report>

James Brayshaw made the comment that it wasn’t a crime to be talking to the Swans. My understanding is this is fact incorrect as I would have thought it was player tampering and that other sides weren’t allowed to talk to other teams players during the season. They claimed that he had talked to Sydney before he signed with his new management group.

Lastly Craig reported on Scott Lucas and Essendon coming to an agreement on his contract that was 1 year with an option for another 1 if very achievable conditions were meet.

The segment ended with perhaps the most entertaining part. (At around the 15min mark) Sam got up and started putting black shoe polish on his fore head that is much bigger then in the past due to the speedy recession of Hutchy’s hair line. Hutchy fired back by throwing a glass of water on Sam. Some have claimed they believed that Hutchy was crying, but you can make up your own mind as the video is below. What do you think of all the News and bickering?

Craig Hutchison talks breaking news

July 3, 2008: Craig Hutchison talks breaking news.

• Sunday results for Round 11
  * Lions vs Dockers
  * Saints vs Dogs
  * Power vs Blues
• David Schwarz stupid comments about Jeff Kennett

Molly

• Results of the Hall of Fame Tribute Match
• Future of Sate Of Orgin/All-star game
• Injures from the match

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On this weeks Show I look at:

• Fev pissing in Public
• Kane Johnson pissing in Public
• Spying on closed sessions. Will it become a rich clubs luxury?
• Mick Malthouse with more whinging
• Dream Team’s nightmare Thursday night (Don’t forget to check out the Coaches Box)

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