Tired of the big city spotlight and hundreds of people showing up to their games every week, Melbourne have decided to play some of their games in Darwin this year because it's a natural fit for their supporter base. So the Dockers head north as well, thankful for the opportunity to get as far away from Fremantle as possible (which, incidentally, was the title of Steve Rosich's original 10 year plan). Nat Fyfe has decided not to go, citing a hamstring injury. He'll stay in Fremantle and work on getting some tracks down on his highly anticipated spoken word Christmas album. Aaron Sandilands is another player not heading north. He's got a busted calf and humidity plays havoc with his hair. Hayden Ballantyne wil stay home and catalogue his Pog collection, while Ryan Nyhuis has been dropped. Into the team will be Stephen Hill's brother Brad, Sean Darcy and Ethan Hughes.