Our crack(pot) panel returns to run the rule over round three of the 2016 AFL season.

The panel:
Brendan Foster (WAtoday's resident grumpy old man); Simon White (WAtoday editor and chief puppet hater); Steve Allen (Radio 6PR producer, the Interchange podcast).

Fossie:
1. The first half of the Dockers and Eagles game was one of the most dull and uninspiring I've ever witnessed.
2. Seeing Bulldogs veteran Bob Murphy grasp his knee in the closing moments of the Hawks' clash was just plain crap for footy. Hopefully this isn't the end for Murphy, because the  AFL needs quirky, esoteric chaps like him running around.
3. Perhaps the pies at Domain Stadium are to commemorate the Eagles being in the AFL for 30 years, because mine tasted like it had been sitting in a cupboard at the ground since 1987. Luckily I could wash the taste of the pie away with warm, flat, overpriced mid-strength beer.

Whitey:
1. As a paid-up Dockers member, I'll freely admit we're not much good right now. But I'm yet to be convinced West Coast is much chop either.
2. Hard to know what to make of Ross Lyon. He was almost jovial on Saturday night, explaining the "disconnect" between the way his players kick the ball and the way he'd like them to kick it. Have to figure he's more intense behind closed doors.
3. Quickest way to kill your season off in advance? Sign a coach to a contract extension.

Ross Lyon has been frustrated by Fremantle's kicking issues. Photo: Will Russell/AFL Media

Steve-O:
1. Aaron Sandilands needs working lungs and Freo need to hit targets... Things aren't about to improve with Mundy and Sandilands out for several weeks. It's the recession they need to have.
2. The football gods can be cruel. We get it. Hawthorn is good. But why let the underdogs lose in a heartbreaker and then take out the knee of the most loved guy in footy?.
3. Depending on the ratings in China, Essendon might me the most disliked AFL team in history. Robbie Gray's popularity must be sky high.