Carlton are in disarray
The blowtorch is really on the Blues now after a disastrous opening month.
The first three weeks were bad, but losing the 'unlosable' match to Melbourne has sent the club into disarray.
The list is in bad shape, their coach is as grumpy as ever, but it's at board level where the real problems lie.
A new president, CEO, recruiting manager and board all looks likely by the end of the season and could happen during the year.
Stephen Kernahan is leaving at the end of the year regardless, but could handover the presidency if a new successor is identified.
The board could be set for an overhaul as well.
And expect to see a lot of changes to the playing list at the end of the season as well.
Mick Malthouse's position appears to be the only safe one at the club.
He has another year to run on his contract and could be given an extension should the club see him as the man to rebuild the Blues.
Eagles tanked?
West Coast will never admit it, but judging by their team selection and performance on Saturday night against Geelong, they looked like they tanked.
Luke Shuey (suspension), Mark LeCras (injured) and Chris Masten (injured) were unavoidable outs, but you get the feeling Darren Glass (injured) and Matt Rosa (late withdrawal) both would have suited up if it was a final.
Nic Naitanui was also subbed out during the third term with what the club later said was a precautionary thing.
It looked like West Coast knew they would be up against from the outset and cut their losses by giving a couple of sore bodies a week to recover.
Taking on the Cats in Geelong is one of the toughest assignments in footy, but the Eagles simply didn't come to play.
Goalless after quarter-time is unacceptable.
But one loss in a 22-match season isn't the end of the world.
They return to their home ground this week and as long as they keep winning there they will play finals this year.
Can't judge teams after three rounds
Heading into Sunday's clash between St Kilda and Adelaide, the Saints were outside the top eight on percentage and the Crows were equal last without a win.
So that's why everyone was quick to jump on St Kilda's bandwagon and tip them for victory.
But if you simply looked at who each team has played then you'd realise ladder positions don't tell the full story.
The Saints had beaten Melbourne and GWS, while the Crows had lost to Geelong, Sydney and Port Adelaide.
You can bet that if the two teams' fixtures were reversed then so would their ladder positions.
Adelaide have matches to come against GWS, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne.
Let's judge them after those three.
Swans are over-rated
While as mentioned above it is silly to judge a team after just four rounds of the season, the Swans have done little to suggest they are premiership contenders.
Sunday's loss to North Melbourne went against everything the club stands for.
They were beaten in the contested ball, out-tackled and simply out-played.
Too many of their stars are struggling.
Lance Franklin can't get a kick, Dan Hannebery looks a shadow of the player that earned All Australian selection last year and Ryan O'Keefe is struggling to make an impact.
The problems were evident last year when they finished the season with just one win from their past five matches.
History suggests you can't win the flag from outside the top four and Sydney are nowhere near that level at the moment.
Lose to Fremantle this week and they are 1-4 and still haven't played Hawthorn or Geelong yet.
It's a long way back from there.
Final teams not so final
Making late changes to selected teams has long been used to upset the planning of opposition clubs in the AFL.
But in Round 4, deliberately misleading the footy public on selection night came back to bite Essendon on the backside.
When the team sheets were submitted on Friday night, the Bombers were unchanged from the side that beat Carlton by 81 points.
Old timers Dustin Fletcher and Paul Chapman were both named yet neither boarded a plane to Perth to play against Fremantle.
While they were classified as a late change due 'soreness', it is not unreasonable to suggest Essendon had planned to rest their two oldest players for this match months ago.
It all went wrong when David Myers fell ill on the morning of the match and remained at the hotel, and then Brendon Goddard strained his groin in the warm up.
If they had an emergency player available, Goddard would not have played.
But instead the former Saint had to play through the pain.
By five minutes into the second quarter, Goddard's groin couldn't take any more and all three of Essendon's emergencies Leroy Jetta, Travis Colyer and Dylan van Unen were playing.
The Dockers went on to win by 53 points.
Sometimes it pays to be truthful at the selection table.