Gerard

We'll hear from interim coach Dean Solomon before this hour is done.

Given Neil Danaher's passing and the embargo surrounding Essendon, it's been hard to have a clear view of what comes next.

When my tips were due yesterday, I barely even knew who was playing.

So we'll rectify that this morning with Adam Simpson and Brenton Sanderson, the strategy session from 10.

There's a few credibility testers on the fixture.

The Bulldogs and Collingwood looks like that.

Melbourne versus Giants has a certain air to it.

Even more so Brisbane and Fremantle, the perfectly timed high point of round 12.

Tonight's starting point is intriguing.

Is St Kilda improving to the extent of taking a scalp or destined to live the season unable to beat the teams that really matter?

And Hawthorne's night, well that centres around the return of Jack Gunston and Will Day.

Sam Mitchell and Ross Lyon setting us up for what's in store on Thursday Night Footy.

I see.

You're poking a little stick here at a Hornets desk hoping that Hornets will...

suddenly emerge.

I've got to be honest, and I can only call it as I see it or feel it as I feel it, Gerard.

I was feeling flat around this origin for whatever reason.

I don't know.

We're so immersed in our week-to-week NRL footy that sort of origin can creep up on you.

Team selections always hullabaloo, you know, who was lucky, who was unlucky.