FOX SPORTS AFL expert Julian de Stoop reviews round 18, waxing lyrical about dominant performances from Lance Franklin and Jeremy Cameron.
Buddy Franklin
The stage was set for Buddy.
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Two weeks out, Friday night footy, top of the table clash against the Bombers and the star Hawk delivered with eight goals; his biggest haul of the season.
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Franklin cashed in on some great service from up the field, was too slick for Jake Carlisle and converted from all distances.
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Franklin now averages five goals per game against Essendon with a bag of nine and two hauls of eight.
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When you see him strut his stuff like that on the big stage you just hope he re-signs with the Hawks.
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Jeremy Cameron
If Franklin does head north, he will form a deadly partnership with Jeremy Cameron.
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The 20 year-old lit up the MCG with seven goals to go beyond 50 for the year in a team that is yet to win a game. He has to be All Australian at season's end.
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To underline his class, Cameron's two best games this season have been on the road against Collingwood and Essendon (six goals).
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The best young forward to come into the game since Buddy back in 2005.
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Ed Curnow
I'm not sure when Ed Curnow was told he would be tagging Gary Ablett, but if it was early in the week, I'm sure he would have had some sleepless nights.
Coming off 49 disposals against the Blues, Ablett had the potential to ruin the Blues finals hopes but the Carlton tagger did a sensational job.
Ablett still had 32 disposals and kicked a goal but his impact was limited by Curnow who found the ball 22 times himself.
He may not have been in the best three on the ground but Mick Malthouse would have loved the role he played in a vital Carlton win.
Nat Fyfe
Although ineligible for this year's Brownlow Medal, Fyfe - who has been so often compared with a young James Hird - looks destined to win one in the future.
In an otherwise scrappy affair, Fyfe was a standout in the Dockers win over the Crows gathering 29 disposals and kicking four goals in a different role up forward.
It's hard to believe the Dockers won the match comfortably despite going inside 50 just 33 times. It's the equal-lowest number of entries by a winning side since the stat was first recorded.
Luke Dahlhaus
The diminutive Dog was in the 'Outhouse' a few weeks back but in his side's upset win over the Eagles, Dahlhaus played arguably the finest game of his career.
The speedy forward finished with 29 disposals, kicked four goals and set up numerous others in a best on ground performance.
It was a fitting reward for a Dogs team that had been impressive against heavyweights Hawthorn and Essendon in the previous two rounds.
IN THE OUTHOUSE
David Evans resignation
The Essendon chairman's decision to resign is a sad day for the game.
Evans is a fine leader and a man of dignity who has done a admirable job in steering Essendon through the biggest scandal to hit an AFL club in the game's history.
The amount of supporter he received from his players via Twitter shows how much he is loved at the club.
To hear his health has suffered is a reminder that there is more to life than football. It's just a game after all.
The quicker this saga ends the better for everyone involved.
Lindsay Thomas
The North Melbourne forward has had a great season and has improved many aspects of his game, but staging for free kicks isn't one of them.
Time and time again against Melbourne, Thomas played for free kicks but he didn't fool the umpires as he finished goalless for the game.
It's a habit he needs to break.
Melbourne
Aside from their 148-point loss to Essendon in round two, this was Melbourne's darkest day for the season.
To kick just 4.4 at Etihad and have just two inside 50's in the first 40 minutes of football was embarrassing.
The 122 point loss was the Demons' 11th in a row against North Melbourne and their 14th consecutive loss at Etihad Stadium.
It was another step back for a club that has had the reverse beepers on for most of the season.
West Coast
A spate of injuries meant the Eagles were vulnerable against the Dogs, but the 22-point loss is the final nail in the coffin of a season the club would like to forget.
Tipped by many as premiership fancy pre-season, the Eagles never got going in 2013.
Injuries have been a factor, but West Coast have lacked the hunger of the previous two seasons and lost far too many games at home.
John Worsfold looks set to re-sign but after 12 seasons in the job, maybe it's time for a change.
Andrew Swallow's Achilles
Andrew Swallow has played every game since round one 2009, but the Roos' skipper is set to miss a sizable chunk of next season after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
Swallow is one of the most respected players in the game but remains underrated by many outside of North Melbourne.
Let's hope he can return bigger and better than ever, just like Hawk Jarryd Roughead who suffered the same injury in 2011.
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