Another week and another set of winners and losers.

Although the road to the last Saturday in September has narrowed ever so slightly, each of the competition's 18 teams still hold their destinies in their own hands.

Whether your side is undefeated, breaking even or without a win to start 2021, there are questions, both new and historic, that must be answered to secure a win this long weekend.

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Greater Western Sydney

How far off midnight are they?

Can you hear it?

It's not the biggest sound from the west of Sydney town, but it is the sound of a closing window.

Harsh I know, but with a list that loses talent regularly and a woeful 0-2 start to the season, the ever-mobile hands of the Premiership clock are ticking closer to midnight for the Giants.

Some may suggest that I have mixed my metaphors here, just as some may suggest that GWS have wasted their window of opportunity, but irrespective of how far from the frame their pane is, it is clear that it is shutting.

Despite losing key talent in both the defensive and offensive arcs during the trade period, it is the Giants' midfield that should be causing them the most concern.

With the game sped up this year, the AFL's newest team have been Vin Diesel and Paul Walker's direct opposite so far, as the vast majority players that they once turned to for pace now wear other club's jumpers.

Due to face the Demons, Magpies, Bulldogs and Swans over the next month, should an injection of speed fail to arise quickly, this season could be a wash before Winter even hits.

When quizzed at three-quarter time of his side's clash against Fremantle, Leon Cameron appeared both agitated and bereft of answers. If this stagnant status quo remains, when is it that the club's brass begin asking questions of him?

Giants football director Jimmy Bartel may call this kind of critiquing โ€˜lazy', but if another season is creeping towards a bottom eight finish, when do these indolent claims start having validity in their boardroom?

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