After another massive round of footy, David King joined Gerard for The Monday Means Test where they discussed the "caretaker coach" mentality of Craig McRae and Sam Mitchell, the umpiring of Jack Ginnivan, the defensive downfalls of the Bulldogs and the Lions, the concerns with Melbourne, Sydney's premiership credentials, David Noble's difficult challenges at North Melbourne, Gold Coast's exciting play, the wide open Rising Star race, and to deliver their much debated 'Seedings'.

There may have been just six games in Round 12, but there was still plenty of topics to hear your snap judgements on, on Monday morning.

"It's a day for fertile imaginations, the trick from the events of Round 12 is the balance of between overreacting, which is the great fun of the footy season, and underreacting, the tendency to ignore what is developing before us."

St Kilda president Andrew Bassat made it clear a contract extension is coming for coach Brett Ratten, Kane Cornes thinks it's becoming clear Stuart Dew is the Suns' man going forward,. Daisy Pearce set us up for the Bulldogs and the Cats tomorrow night, and we caught up with Massimo D'Ambrosio as he made his way to the Bombers for his first day after going pick three in the mid-season draft, plus Nick Hockley explained why Perth was the starting point for the test summer rather than the tradition of the Gabba.

Kane Cornes and St Kilda president Andrew Bassat both joined Gerard in the studio on Thursday morning.

Gerard's editorial on last night's tribunal hearing, the Saudi golf tour, and the mid-season draft (00:35) was followed by a lengthy chat with Andrew Bassat where they covered a range of topics including Brett Ratten's contract situation, their home games in Cairns, the chance of the presidents aligning on Tasmania (05:04). He also spoke to Kane Cornes who explained why he's "totally against" a mid-season trade period, why he's worried for people in the football department at Essendon, why the Suns should extend Stuart Dew's contract, and more (27:25). Daisy Pearce discussed the recently announced CBA for AFLW players, the player movement in the AFLW, Craig McRae's coaching at Collingwood, and the controversial ending to Friday night's game between Sydney and Richmond (47:39). And after speaking to Essendon mid-season draftee Massimo D'Ambrosio (1:11:35), Gerard was joined by Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley to chat about the upcoming summer of cricket (1:19:59), and he also caught up with SEN cricket commentator Daniel Norcross ahead of the test match between England and New Zealand (1:33:39).

SEN cricket commentator Daniel Norcross joined Gerard to preview the test between England and New Zealand, which is set to kick off tonight.

St Kilda president Andrew Bassat joined Gerard in the studio for a lengthy interview where they chatted about the letter he sent to club members last year, the changes they had at the end of 2021, and to announce that conversations on a contract extension with Brett Ratten will start soon. He also explained why they have to review their home games in Cairns, how they're debt situation is going. They also chatted about 'Spud's Game' and the importance of it, the membership numbers at the club, the likelihood of the presidents agreeing on a team in Tasmania, the next AFL CEO, and more.

In his interview with Gerard, St Kilda president Andrew Bassat addressed the club's stance on playing home games in Cairns going into the future.

St Kilda president Andrew Bassat gave an update on Brett Ratten's contract situation in his interview with Gerard this morning.