Mark Duffield is the chief football writer at The West Australian, Glen Quartermain is the sports editor of The Sunday Times. With only a month to go until the start of AFL season 2018, the pair go deep on some of the issues facing the competition, incuding:

Harley Bennell's future (02:51).

Nic Naitanui's lingering knee issues (05:03).

The big fish coming out of contract (09:18).

Fremantle's generation next (20:08).

The AFLX - was it any good? (22:38).

How the AFLW is tracking in year two (28:32).

PLUS all of your questions answered (24:36) in a bumper episode to kick off the year.

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