Howie

And then Ed said, would you like some cream with that and a cup of tea?

I said, I don't mind if I do.

And he called the receptionist and said, can somebody get some plates in here for Lord Brown?

Damo, before we get to media wars, Jack Gunston not playing tonight.

Where's he at physically?

Yeah, it's a strange one, isn't it?

He's played the nine games to this point and going into round 13 was leading the common on 35 goals and obviously has been rested on three occasions.

Heard Sam Mitchell on SEN this morning indicating that it might just not be tonight's game that he misses.

It might be one more beyond that.

And there's a bye around that period as well, just to fully get the foot right.

He's got a foot issue.

Yeah, it's a foot issue.

Yeah, it was one that was in, I think it was Tasmania some weeks ago, wasn't it, Chief?

I think that's when he first did it.

So he sat out the last quarter last week after Hawthorne had the job done against St Kilda.

To be fair, in commentary, Chief, we thought he was just being rested and managed through, but obviously not the case.

I would imagine, had it been maybe a qualifying final where if you win, you've got a week off, I've got the feeling he might have been right to play in that situation.

But they're just doing everything right this year.

And he's so crucial to them.

They've also left Tom Barris out of tonight's game as well to get him right.