What you missed on TV last night

Fox Footy's On the Couch returned last night with Gerard Healy, Mike Sheehan and Paul Roos. Source: Supplied

DID you miss last night's AFL television shows? Rewind and catch up here on all of hot topics and big issues discussed here.

AFL 360

* LAST weekend's NAB Cup final dominated the early part of the program and with good reason.

Host Gerald Whateley and Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson both agree there is nothing but upside for the Brisbane Lions after winning their first piece of silverware since the 2003 premiership.

Whateley said they would go into the season.

But Robbo believes the Lions need to reclaim the Gabba as a fortress.

However, Essendon senior assistant Mark Thompson later subtly questioned whether Whatetley and Robbo were overplaying Brisbane's win.

The Lions win the NAB Cup. Picture: Ludbey Wayne Source: Herald Sun

*As for Carlton, Robbo said the NAB Cup final just goo too hard for them.

"They were extremely disappointing and they need to toughen up, but they know that," Robinson said.

* And what of the Pies after being flogged by Geelong on Friday night?

Collingwood opposition analyst Rodney Eade was quick to heap praise on the Cats.

"They are a very, very, very good side," Eade said.

As for the Pies' performance, Eade played down the heavy loss - preferring to look at the club's pre-season as a whole.

While Thompson gave very little away in the lead up to the season-opener against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.

* Gun Sydney midfielder Josh Kennedy was a guest on the show, declaring the reigning premiers could not wait for the "real stuff" to begin.

ON THE COUCH

* ON THE Couch started 2013 with a bang thanks to former Herald Sun chief football writer Mike Sheahan, who posed this provocative question to kick things off.

"Who is going worse at the moment: the Australian Labor Party, the Australian cricket team or the AFL?" he asked.

Sheahan came in with all guns blazing, labelling it the "worst and most bizarre start to a season since 1997."

Round 1 will be split over two weekends and we will see only two games this weekend - Adelaide hosting Essendon and Fremantle taking on West Coast.

There will be no games in Melbourne.

The footy journalism doyen said he couldn't understand the scheduling of Round 1 and Paul Roos agreed.

* The topic of rule changes was a big talking point following the NAB Cup.

Roos noted there have been so many rules changes in such a short amount of time and question why.

The amount of free kicks paid during the NAB Cup in situations where they would not have been last year and vice versa was noted.

"It is a vastly different game to what it was 30 years ago," Sheahan said.

Host Gerard Healy did not share the sentiment.

Rule changes were a hot topic last night. Source: Getty Images

* THE panel looked at the summer that has been, and there was a lot to discuss.

The Essendon drugs investigation was at the top of the list with Sheahan declaring the AFL brand had been dented in a way he had never seen before.

He is of the opinion heads will roll at Essendon and was staggered that off-site injections were happening and no one at the club, or involved with the club, blew the whistle on it.

* The Kurt Tippett saga was discussed with Roos believing the Queenslander was the one "hung from the rafters" while other got off lightly.

There was a lot of talk over the off-season about how Sydney were able to afford a big money recruit in Tippett just after winning a flag.

Healy piped up to declare Sydney had been "crucified" by others clubs in this regard.

Roos said the Tippett signing was a "good pick up" and dismissed any suggestion bringing in a player on big money would disrupt the club's famous culture.

"When I played, I never worried about what others were getting paid," Roos said.

Kurt Tippett at the Sydney Swans. Source: Getty Images

* Sheahan pulled no punches when it came to the Melbourne tanking saga.

He said it was "rubbish" to suggest Craig Connolly and former coach Dean Bailey acted alone.

The carrot was too big for Melbourne, he said, and they went for the prize.

* Roos believed the antics of Dane Swan and Dale Thomas threaten to derail Collingwood's premiership campaign, saying teammates would be "getting sick" of the Brownlow Medallist.

Swan's rocky relationship with Collingwood was further strained recently when he gave a paid interview to Channel Nine without the club's permission.

While Thomas, who is well known to be Swan's closest friend at the Magpies, then came out yesterday to declare he'll "never say never" about signing at another club, adding he has got to get "money in the pocket."

Roos said it was an issue for Collingwood and could hurt them in the way the Travis Cloke contract issue disrupted the club last year.

"I think Collingwood are extremely well placed to win a premiership this year," Roos said.

"But if you have players that don't want to conform to your team ethos...I would suggest there would be some players at the Collingwood Football Club that would be getting sick of Dane Swan."

Roos, who was pivotal in establishing in Sydney's famous culture, said Swan was the main aggravator at Collingwood.

But he also targeted Thomas, who he said should know better.

"They know they are playing for a big football club- everything they do and say is going to be analysed," Roos said.

"We saw it last year with Cloke.

"I was concerned with Thomas the comments he made."

To read the full story and see all of Roos' comments on Swan, click here.

Collingwood star Dane Swan. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

OPEN MIKE

* COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire was the first guest of the year on Open Mike with Mike Sheahan, where he talked about his journey from Broadmeadows to the the top of his field.

* McGuire spoke in depth about his fall out with former Magpie coach MicK Malthouse, describing the situation as "sad."

* Said he will drive Malthouse's formal recognition as a Magpie great "when the time is right" despite their relationship break down. Read the full story here.

* McGuire defended Dane Swan, despite his recent antics.

Said he "gets" Swan and knows where is coming from.

Although he admits to handing out tough love at times. Believes Swan has a "good heart" and wants him to become a poster boy for kids from Broadmeadows.

Mick Malthouse and Eddie McGuire after the 2011 grand final loss. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun

FOOTY CLASSIFIED

* Garry Lyon said Carlton need Lance Franklin and should throw the cheque book at him at the season's end. Is of the opinion that the Blues will this year identify the lack of a A-grade key forward as the "chink in the armor."

* Caroline Wilson reiterated her belief Mick Malthouse is the coach under the most pressure this year. Craig Hutchison disagreed, saying he believed it was the opposite.

* Wilson declared any suggestion Essendon is out of the woods is completely wrong. Matthew Lloyd said it was hard to see how the Bombers will be able to maintain consistent for this year.

* North Melbourne coach Brad Scott was the guest and said he accepts club chairman James Brayshaw for who he is and what he brings to the board. Stressed, however, he is not Eddie McGuire.

* Scott said he had never heard of any player even contemplating taking performance-enhancing drugs in his playing career and would be "bitterley disappointed" if he heard of anything like that going on at the Kangaroos.

* Scott said he had no issue with anyone on the AFL Laws of the Game committee. Said it should be remembered that Kevin Bartlett is also a radio entertainer and therefore wears two hats.

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun

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