Brendan Fevola might be 30 and a serial imbecile but he keeps kicking goals. And that, CHARLES HAPPELL argues, will surely see him get drafted by an AFL club next month.   

Rodney Eade's departure from the Western Bulldogs leaves Mick Malthouse as the only AFL coach with ties to the late, great Allan Jeans, writes ASHLEY BROWNE.

While Gold Coast can afford to take it's time in building a successful club, Greater Western Sydney has no such luxury. And to achieve early success, GWS needs a very different recruiting plan to the Suns, writes RYAN WITHERS.

'Beefcake' Botham and Chappelli duking it out in the carpark of Adelaide Oval got us thinking: what are the great feuds in world sport? BRENDON MURNANE didn't have to look too far to find plenty.

WHISPERING JACK has grave reservations about the new name for Greater Western Sydney and offers a suggestion of his own.

They play in different football codes on opposite sides of the globe and, as JONATHAN HOWCROFT explains, the way North's Andrew Swallow and Man United's Wayne Rooney negotiated their pay deals this week were also worlds apart.

ASHLEY BROWNE writes that it might have cost them a reported $800,000 to do so, but a year after backing Matthew Knights in, Essendon chiefs Ian Robson (left) and David Evans get a fresh chance at shaping Essendon after sacking him as coach on Sunday.

JAMES DUNN is a pained Essendon supporter. Here is his take on what's gone wrong for the Bombers in 2010. (Warning: it's long and exhaustive).

Kevin Sheedy and Mick Malthouse are at it again, one more niggle in their long-running rivalry. TIM LANE examines Sheedy's latest claim - that Malthouse's record is overblown.

Bomber coach Matthew Knights needs to borrow from the playbook of his predecessor as he plays out Essendon's form slump, writes ASHLEY BROWNE.