Joe Daniher looked certain to leave the Dons in the 2019 Trade Period but the Bombers were certain he would be a one club player however more injuries have cursed the star forward and question marks have been raised whether he would play another match for Essendon again. However with recent reporting suggesting he's close to playing should Essendon risk their big man?

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The Bombers have fallen from their early season grace and crash landed with an injury plagued list, a questionable coaching handover and a falling apart game plan, can they recover or is this another wasted season.

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The Cats are on the ball in 2020 but will their recent finals record hurt them once more or is this a new era for the team in the blue and white.

The Demons have finally got their game together albeit against some easy opponents but their win against the preliminary finalists from last year Collingwood has started to boost their credentials sky high.

Whereas the Bombers have fallen from their early season grace and crash landed with an injury plagued list, a questionable coaching handover and a falling apart game plan, can they recover or is this another wasted season.

Meanwhile and the Queensland Kennel the Bulldogs are eyeing off a top eight spot but can't quite manage to put away a top 6 side in 2020, if they do can they be taken seriously, we discuss.

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The Bombers look likely to miss out on finals as the stretch between finals wins grows. But there are some positives from this season for the Bombers as we highlight an All-Australian Defender who may just be a 400 game player for the red and black.

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The Sir Doug Nicholls Round is a true spectacle every year on the AFL Calendar where the footy public celebrates the great indigenous players who have ever put on a footy jumper and captivated us with their extraordinary skills and leadership in the community.

This year the epic Dreamtime clash between Essendon and Richmond will be fittingly played in the Northern Territory in a truly wonderful moment for the AFL competition and indigenous communities all around Australia.

We discuss all of the exciting matches to come in Round 13.

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We saw the best game of the year against the Tigers and Power and an after the siren goal by Jack Newnes that will be replayed for years to come ... hopefully just once in the Fremantle Review.

There were plenty of magical moments during the Festival of Footy, we discuss some of our favourites.

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The famous Hayden Ballantyne punch got Maxy thinking about a round dedicated to the most obscure rivalries in the modern AFL game.

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Ever since the Western Bulldogs got their best team on the park for their INCREDIBLE 2016 Premiership the AFL have liked the bye before finals but does that mean the days of a Round 23 Ross Lyon style rest up are over for the competitions top teams. We ask in such a unpredictable season like 2020 whether the bye is actually needed.

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Michael's tales of playing on Sheep in this week's edition of 'My Footy Memory' reminded Maxy of the woolen jumpers that his team use to wear that had the reversible stripe to play home and away but were they the best choice of jumper in the contest and in the rain?

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A 3-hour bus ride isn't easy at the best of times but especially at the crack of dawn travelling to a freezing rural destination.

This week on 'My Footy Memory' Michael recounts the time he played on a frozen oval that had various barn yard animals running at will whilst a game of footy was being played.

Michael lined up against a large peruvian, comfortably rotund, ragged, rocky and wooly sheep, in a contest that was a game within a game where Michael was asked by his team to not only win the game but survive against his aggressive animal opponent.

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