In his weekly BPL Vidcast, Wayne Carey says after running Essendon down all season, he's prepared now to eat a large slice of humble pie: ''I didn't think they could make the top eight, but they have so I was wrong. I admit it. It's been a really good effort by the Bombers - they started like a house on fire, had a quiet patch and then to fight their way back to this position, well you've just got to take your hats off to them.''

The dual premiership captain discusses North Melbourne's lame capitulation to St Kilda at the weekend and said talk in the North changerooms after that match was about the 2012 pre-season, so the club is already focussed on a much-improved performance next year.

He looks ahead to Friday night's Collingwood-Geelong game - the highlight of an otherwise pretty lacklustre final round - Carey says he expects the Cats to rebound after their shock loss to Sydney, and reckons they should opt for Cam Mooney and his experience over Tom Hawkins in the forward line.

And finally, the seven-time All-Australian urges clubs to have a look at reformed and in-form full-forward Brendan Fevola. "It's time to bring back Fev,'' he says .

Watch Wayne Carey's Vidcast in full here ...