Craig lists the players to add to your team as you finalise it for the finals. What are your plans for round 19 with the last league bye? You trading or will you wait for a league game? If your going for the car, let us know your plans.

Everyone is on the AFL website doing their ladder predictor to see where their team finishes after round 24. For once the battle for top position, fourth and for the final places in the bottom of the top 8 is still alive. So here is Craigs top 8 prediction, read and see who finishes 8th – you will be surprised!

Watching todays football I have decided it is bad for my heart and marriage & I have no one to blame except for the umpires. I am continuously amazed at how stupid they are and I have given up understanding why they make their idiotic decisions that week in and week out ruin the game we all love.

Round 18 sees the Eagles and Dockers clash in an important Western Derby along with another classic game with Essendon and Carlton doing battle.

Last week was a tough one with St Kilda ruining West Coast winning streak & the Kangaroos upsetting a lazy Dogs side. However this week I tip Hawthorn to win over 39 points against Melbourne & Carlton to win a tight match against their arch enemy Essendon.

Round 17 of the 2011 season sees Adelaide and Bombers clashing tonight, and hopefully not an anticlimactic clash of two AFL powerhouses Carlton v Collingwood tomorrow.

I told all of you last week to keep the faith and I really hope you guys did because I finally nailed my tips last week. West Coast overcome the Cats by 8 points & the Bombers kicked 10 unanswered goals between the 3rd and 4th quarter to cruise to a 39 point win. Now we have round 17 upon us and as always I am confident I will pick some more winners.

We’re back into the League competitions with last weeks bye & the Big Q is: Will Gary Ablett play?? Feel free to add your trash talk & discuss who you will trade to make sure you fill any gaps so you can have the bragging rights for the week.

The Dreamteam stats come with round 17 breakevens & rd 16 consistency ratings. Now comes the tricky part of the year as you trade and plan for the finals. So what is your plan for the finals? Round 16 Top 10 Players Dane Swan (Coll) 148 DT pts, 39 B/even, 76.8% consistency Brent Stanton (Ess) [...]

While Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne had a general bye so did I, so do not expect a full detailed discussion post this week. However I hope that you can fill in the gaps with your own stats, points of interest and anything else that caught your eye or that you feel you need to have a rant about in a weekend which saw Geelong and Carlton loose to open up the fight for top 8 and top 4 spots.