Mark Duffield is the chief football writer at The West Australian, Glen Quartermain is the sports editor of The Sunday Times. With the start of the AFL season little more than two weeks away, our experts discuss:

• James Hird’s potential recruitment at Fremantle (01:39)
• The implications of Nathan Vardy’s injury (12:30)
• Jarrod Brander’s impressive signs (14:35)
• Bailey Banfield’s push for round one selection - and Hayden Ballantyne's fight (16:24)
• Is Michael Johnson in Freo’s best 22? (18:18)
• How Nic Naitanui is tracking for round one (21:36)
• Which Docker may be “one injury away from being done” (22:39)

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