Mark Neeld should not be held responsible for Melbourne's woes, argues WILLIAM THOMSON, rather he should be given time to remedy them. 

Mark Neeld is in the gun after eight straight losses but CHARLES HAPPELL says the real culprits at Melbourne have been around a lot longer than the rookie coach.

Citizen Journalist MATT POYNTING feels strongly about the selection of Melbourne's Liam Jurrah while awaiting trial for an alleged machete attack.

CHARLES HAPPELL came across some correspondence this week which revealed just how much football, and indeed society, had changed over the past half-century.

As MURRAY MIDDLETON writes, being a Melbourne supporter must be the most demoralising experience in modern footy.

BRENDON MURNANE is back with the week's grinners and sinners and there's plenty of love for the Saints but less for the increasingly maligned Channel Seven.

KYLE SHELDON looks at the AFL's new free-agency rules, set to come into play on October 1, how they'll work and which star players will be affected.

Jeff Kennett's pot-stirring merger talk barely raised a murmur last week but as JAMES PATERSON points out, he may have inadvertently done Victoria's weaker clubs a favour.

Tigers fans had plenty to cheer in their side's 59-point win against a hapless Demons at the MCG, writes LIAM GETREU.

WILLIAM THOMSON shares his thoughts on Jim Stynes, the man responsible for revitalising the oldest club in the land.