It's man on man action this week as James and Henry take an earlier than usual look at the round, the key talking points and the round ahead, without resorting to cliched banter prompts.

John joins James and Henry this week for a litle day trip to the Crunch Zone. They review the MRG and tribunal happenings, explore who the kings of empty calorie touches are, James' pre-emptive AA squad and what to watch for in Round 19.

James, Brendawg and Tom discuss the proposed mid season tournamnet, the role of taggers, how 9 will become 8 and "much" more.

Tom Lynch's 5 game ban, continued issues at carlton, North and Melbourne, and a look ahead to next week's games.

This week some frustration with all the byes, the limping return of State of Origin before exploring this week's results with a focus on Carlton and tagging, before looking around to next week's games.

This week starts off with some Brownlow chat (6:04), before moving onto the state of St Kilda (21:25) and the Western Buldogs (27:08). Then onto DAZN's take over of Kayo (42:30) before a wrap up of the round and a view of this weekend's games.

This week we talk bumps, contracts, narratives and segments.

Changes at AFL House (4:50), Umpiring issues (7:08), North selling games to the West (15:55) and a quick look at the new draft bidding system (48:50), before looking back at the previous round and ahead to the next.