Expert
This season has well and truly lost its mind. Why is anyone still reading these?
Last week: 1
Ladder: 1
Shorthanded, the Giants still made light work of the Lions. With so many flawed teams, things could get ugly if GWS can get healthy.
Last week: 2
Ladder: 2
The Crows have now lost four of their past seven games. It’s too early to panic, but not too early to be concerned.
Last week: 4
Ladder: 4
Claimed a very nice and convincing win away from home. Robbie Gray in an open forward line is the stuff of nightmares. Their transition game is beautiful.
Last week: 5
Ladder: 5
Magnificent. With very good players to return, the Demons are legitimate contenders.
Last week: 3
Ladder: 3
Got out of jail, but deserve credit for fighting back and fighting it out shorthanded – even if they got very, very lucky on the siren. Patrick Dangerfield is a colossus.
Last week: 6
Ladder: 6
If the Tigers keep winning the games they’re supposed to, Richmond fans might be left with no choice but to believe in them.
Last week: 11
Ladder: 10
I’m in. The Swans should have had the game in hand in the third quarter, let it get away from them and then pulled off the most incredible of comebacks – it’s still hard to believe.
Last week: 7
Ladder: 7
It’s always disappointing to lose like that, but also unlucky. The Eagles are a mid-table team with upside.
Last week: 8
Ladder: 9
Tried to save the game in the last 10 minutes and very nearly paid the price for it. The return to form of Liam Picken was one positive … so was the win, I suppose.
Last week: 9
Ladder: 11
It wasn’t so much a terrible loss as it was a terrible way to lose. There’s a lot to like about the Bombers.
Last week: 10
Ladder: 8
St Kilda are unlucky to move down – they did what they had to do against Gold Coast. Their rankings decline is more about the Swans.
Last week: 12
Ladder: 13
They’re capable of good things, but the Magpies aren’t good. It’s great to see Alex Fasolo playing well.
Last week: 13
Ladder: 12
Went to one of the toughest venues in footy well prepared and if Michael Walters had kicked what was, by his standards, a pretty simple goal, they would have pulled off a memorable win. What might have been.
Last week: 15
Ladder: 17
Ben Brown is an underrated footballer. The Roos copped a pretty raw deal from the umpires – particularly in the first half – and very nearly pinched a win anyway. A 17th-placed team having a percentage of 93 after 13 games is silly. This season is silly.
Last week: 17
Ladder: 16
Alastair Clarkson had two weeks to prepare and the Crows paid the price. Any team with Luke Hodge and Shaun Burgoyne still has a part to play in how this season unfolds.
Last week: 14
Ladder: 15
Nope, I still can’t make sense of this Liam Jones thing. Are we sure the ageless Kade Simpson isn’t some kind of vampire?
Last week: 16
Ladder: 14
Tom Lynch has been held goalless in consecutive weeks for the first time since 2012.
Last week: 18
Ladder: 18
Didn’t expect them to win, but expected a bit more fight. They play such a high-risk game and I’m not sure why.