Wow, just one more sleep until the NAB! Its getting exciting here, footys back an I for one am pretty damn stoked!

So join us over the break as we take a quick look at the 9 squads that will be taking the field this weekend.

And let us know who youll be keeping a close, close eye on.
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Richmond, Hawthorn, North Melbourne
Etihad Stadium, Friday Feb 17, 6.45pm AEDT

RICHMOND
2. Dylan Grimes, 4. Dustin Martin, 6. Shaun Grigg, 7. Matt Dea, 8. Jack Riewoldt, 9. Trent Cotchin, 10. Shane Edwards, 11. Jake Batchelor, 13, Brad Miller, 14. Bachar Houli, 16. Luke McGuane, 17. Chris Newman, 18. Alex Rance, 20. Ivan Maric, 21. Shane Tuck, 23. Daniel Jackson, 25. Angus Graham, 26. Robin Nahas, 28. Jake King, 29. Tyrone Vickery, 30. Reece Conca, 32. Brad Helbig, 35. Matthew White, 37. Jayden Post, 38. Steven Morris, 39. Tom Derickx, 41. Nathan Foley, 42. Brandon Ellis, 43. Todd Elton, 44. Matt Arnot, 45. Brett OHanlon, 46. Jeromey Webberley, 47. Addam Maric, 49. Steven Verrier

Ellis and Morris are the two big names here, with a slight dash of Arnot, Derickx and Conca will be the guys Im looking at closely here.

NORTH MELBOURNE
1. Hamish McIntosh, 3. Ryan Bastinac, 4 Liam Anthony, 5. Ben Warren, 6. Lachlan Hansen, 7. Jack Ziebell, 9. Andrew Swallow, 10. Ben Cunnington, 11. Michael Firrito, 12. Lindsay Thomas, 13. Leigh Adams, 14. Gavin Urquhart, 15. Luke Delaney, 16. Scott Thompson, 17. Nathan Grima, 18. Shaun Atley, 20. Drew Petrie, 22. Todd Goldstein, 23. Kieran Harper, 24. Levi Greenwood, 25. Robbie Tarrant, 26. Ben McKinley, 27. Aaron Edwards, 29. Brent Harvey, 31. Cameron Delaney, 33. Matthew Campbell, 34. Jamie Macmillan, 35. Aaron Black, 39. Cameron Pedersen, 41. Aaron Mullett, 42. Scott McMahon, 43. Sam Gibson, 45. Brad Mangan, 46. Ben Speight.

Love to get more of an idea on how the McIntosh/Goldstein dynamic is going to work. Im hoping that Gibson get a good amount of time to show us what hes got, but am still worried that even with early games that hell be dropped early to make way for others.

HAWTHORN
3. Jordan Lewis, 4. Matt Suckling, 5. Sam Mitchell, 6. Josh Gibson, 9. Shaun Burgoyne, 10. Chance Bateman, 11. Clinton Young, 12. Brad Sewell, 14. Grant Birchall, 15. Luke Hodge, 16. Isaac Smith, 17. Cameron Bruce, 18. Brent Guerra, 19. Jack Gunston, 21. Shane Savage, 22. Luke Breust, 23. Lance Franklin, 24. Ben Stratton, 25. Ryan Schoenmakers, 26. Liam Shiels, 28. Paul Puopolo, 29. Tom Murphy, 31. Jarrad Boumann, 32. Brad Hill, 33. Cyril Rioli, 34. Jordan Kelly, 35. Sam Grimley, 36. Alex Woodward, 37. Brendan Whitecross, 39. Max Bailey, 40. Broc McCauley, 42. Angus Litherland, 45. Tom Schneider, 46. Derick Wanganeen

No Amos Frank, not that he would have made a good option, more so because I want to see him play! Brad Hill is definitely on the radar, first ever rookie to get a 16+ beep test at the carnival definitely needs to be watched. Gunston will be interesting, as will the Buddy to the midfield call.

Collingwood, GWS, Western Bulldogs
Blacktown Sportspark, Saturday February 18, 7.15pm AEDT

COLLINGWOOD
1. Alex Fasolo, 6. Tyson Goldsack, 12. Luke Ball, 13. Dale Thomas, 15. Jarrod Witts, 18. Darren Jolly, 22. Steele Sidebottom, 23. Lachlan Keeffe, 25. Tom Young, 27. Simon Buckley, 28. Ben Sinclair, 29. Jonathan Ceglar, 30. Brent Macaffer, 31. Chris Dawes, 33. Jackson Paine, 34. Alan Toovey, 36. Dane Swan, 38. Peter Yagmoor, 39. Heath Shaw, 40. Paul Seedsman, 45. Lachlan Smith, 46. Marley Williams, 47. Michael Hartley, 48. Caolan Mooney, 50. Shae McNamara

Sidebottoms roll will be interesting, but sadly, theres not much here that Ill be looking too closely at.

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
1. Phil Davis, 2. Curtly Hampton, 3. Stephen Coniglio, 4. Israel Folau, 6. Luke Power, 8. Callan Ward, 9. Tom Scully, 11. Chad Cornes, 13. Sam Darley, 14. Tomas Bugg, 15. Tim Golds, 16. Nathan Wilson, 18. Jeremy Cameron, 19. Nick Haynes, 20. Adam Tomlinson, 22. Shaun Edwards, 23. Sam Reid, 24. Steve Clifton, 25. Anthony Miles, 26. Jonathan Giles, 27. Andrew Phillips, 28. Liam Sumner, 29. Dom Tyson, 31. Jacob Townsend, 32. Gerald Ugle, 34. Devon Smith, 35. Toby Greene, 36. Jack Hombsch, 38. James McDonald, 39. Tim Mohr, 42. Mark Whiley, 44. Tom Downie, 47. Josh Bruce, 49. Rhys Cooyou

What can you say, its the GWS- everything is interesting!

WESTERN BULLDOGS
1. Jarrad Grant, 2. Robert Murphy, 3. Mitch Wallis, 4. Daniel Cross, 5. Matthew Boyd, 8. Patrick Veszpremi, 10. Easton Wood, 12. Tom Williams, 13. Daniel Giansiracusa, 14. Clay Smith, 16. Ryan Griffen, 19. Liam Jones, 21. Tom Liberatore, 22. Dylan Addison, 23. Jordan Roughead, 25. Ryan Hargrave, 26. Zephaniah Skinner, 27. Will Minson, 29. Tory Dickson, 30. Christian Howard, 32, Michael Talia, 37. Lukas Markovic, 40. Luke Dahlhaus, 42, Liam Picken, 48. Matthew Panos, 49. Ayce Cordy

Not much to see here, those I am amused that Easton Wood listed as Easton Ward on the AFL site. Probably wouldnt be as amused if I was a Doggies fan...

Fremantle, West Coast, Essendon
Patersons Stadium, February Sunday 19, 4.45pm WST

FREMANTLE
Hayden Ballantyne, Zac Dawson, Jayden Pitt, Garrick Ibbotson, Greg Broughton, Nathan Fyfe, Nick Suban, Adam McPhee, Nick Lower, Tom Sheridan, Tendai Mzungu, Ryan Crowley, Hayden Crozier, Jack Anthony, Chris Mayne, Josh Mellington, Lachie Neale, Peter Faulks, Matthew Pavlich, Zachary Clarke, Aaron Sandilands, Stephen Hill, Lee Spurr, Haiden Schloithe, Michael Johnson, Sam Menegola, Matt De Boer, Paul Duffield, Clancee Pearce, Jay van Berlo

Ballantyne to the middle!!! Broughton, Duffman, Ross Lyon- what are you doing here! Lachie Neale, Lee Spurr theres just a bunch to watch here.

WEST COAST
<del datetime="2012-02-16T02:28:06+00:00">Mark LeCras</del>, Andrew Gaff, Brad Sheppard, Mark Nicoski, Chris Masten, Matt Priddis, Luke Shuey, Koby Stevens, Tom Swift, Eric Mackenzie, Josh Kennedy, Bradd Dalziell, Ryan Neates, Dean Cox, Quinten Lynch, Michael Mascoulis, Darren Glass, Shannon Hurn, Sam Butler, Jack Darling, Ashley Smith, Scott Lycett, Blayne Wilson, Josh Hill, Jacob Brennan, Patrick McGinnity, Fraser McInnes, Adam Selwood, Anton Hamp, Jeremy McGovern, Ashton Hams, Gerrick Weedon, Callum Papertalk, Simon Tunbridge, Lewis Stevenson

Gotta feel for LeCras, heres hoping for the best. In the meantime however, Koby Steven is a very interesting prospect. Also, Papertalk has a comical name, I do like to see a good comical name.

ESSENDON
Ricky Dyson, Angus Monfries, Leroy Jetta, Mark McVeigh, David Zaharakis, Stewart Crameri, Anthony Long, Sam Lonergan, Courtenay Dempsey, Tayte Pears, Jake Melksham, David Hille, Henry Slattery, Jake Carlisle, David Myers, Cale Hooker, Luke Davis, Elliott Kavanagh, Alwyn Davey, Patrick Ryder, Travis Colyer, Jackson Merrett, Kyle Hardingham, Nick O’Brien, Lauchlan Dalgleish, Kyle Reimers, Michael Ross, Ben Howlett, Brendan Lee, Michael Hibberd, Mark Baguley, Cory Dell’Olio

Carn the BOmbers!!! Jetta and his halfback role, Zaharakis, Dempsey, Kavanagh, OBrien, Lee and DellOlio are all on my radar for this game.

So guys, who are you watching? and why? Let us know in the comments.