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.   

Technique? Check. Angle? Check. Mental state? Not so sure. JONATHAN HOWCROFT looks at goalkicking, where half the battle for an AFL footballer appears to be in the head.

In his weekly BPL Vidcast, WAYNE CAREY hails the improvement of West Coast, lauds the Cats - and says he feels great sympathy for Nick Riewoldt in leading a seemingly rudderless St Kilda.

In his BPL Vidcast, WAYNE CAREY has slammed any move to suspend Leigh Montagna for his bump on Ed Curnow on Monday, saying the injured Blues rookie was ''fair game'' because he had been declared fit by Carlton's medicos.

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In his weekly BPL Podcast, WAYNE CAREY says any AFL sanction on St Kilda's Leigh Montagna for making contact with the injured Ed Curnow on Monday night is ridiculous; if anyone is going to be carpeted it should be the Carlton officials who allowed Curnow back on the field. Carey also addresses Nick Riewoldt's horror goalkicking form, and previews the big Collingwood-Geelong game on Friday night - and tips a winner. (Eds note: Charles Happell was referring, of course, to the St Kilda-Carlton game in his intro, not St Kilda-Geelong.)

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In his weekly BackPageLead Vidcast, WAYNE CAREY says while Collingwood is a class apart, the Western Bulldogs and Essendon have shown that the premiers are beatable; asks where St Kilda's team spirit has gone; loves Richmond's Dustin Martin (but not necessarily the neck tatts) and says Chris Judd is the Robert Harvey of the 2000s - the premier onballer of his time.

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In his weekly BPL Vidcast, Wayne Carey tells Charles Happell how Campbell Brown should be counting his lucky stars after receiving only a two-week suspension for his errant elbow last week; how he's yet to be convinced of Essendon's finals credentials despite their brilliant start to the season; and how St Kilda could yet play a meaningful role in September.

ASHLEY BROWNE looks ahead to some of the talking points for round 2 of the 2011 AFL season.

Player-manager Ricky Nixon has fled the country in the wake of the scandal that threatens his career. Nine years ago, his star client Wayne Carey did exactly the same thing, as CHARLES HAPPELL reports.  

WAYNE CAREY has jumped off the St Kilda bandwagon at the final hurdle and tips Collingwood to win the flag. He explains why in his latest BPL podcast.