The notion that out-of-sorts Melbourne midfielder Clayton Oliver has been reinvented as a tagger or run-with player is a complete “myth”, says Kane Cornes.

After missing a game for wellbeing reasons, Oliver has returned to the team in the past fortnight and had roles on Hawthorn’s Jai Newcombe and Brisbane’s Lachie Neale in the past fortnight.

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Newcombe had 19 touches in the Melbourne match (down on his season average of 24.9), while Neale touched it 30 times as the Demons pulled off one of the upsets of the season.

Oliver was also solid in the Gabba boilover, helping himself to 23 possessions and a goal.

The Agenda Setters host Craig Hutchison said on Monday there was a long way to go as the club reprogrammed the four time best-and-fairest winner, but it appeared to be working.

“Sometimes in life you have go backwards to go forwards,” Hutchison said.

“The reprogramming of him is on. I know he wasn’t the best player on the ground on the weekend, and it was a good contest, but it has improved him.”

Hutchison then turned to Cornes who, along with many others, has been a little critical of the move.

“I think you’ve gone too hard too early on this. This might be the thing that gets him back to where (he used to be),” Hutchison said to the Port Adelaide great.

But Cornes was having none of it.

“There used to be a show called Myth Busters. It might still be a thing. There might be some re-runs on this week,” Cornes said.

“But it is a myth that Clayton Oliver is tagging. It is merely a reference point.”

Cornes then ran some vision of Oliver and Neale.

“So look at the room that Clayton Oliver gave Lachie Neale New York. So anyone who says that Clayton Oliver was tagging ... don’t listen to them.”

As AFL great Nick Riewoldt was about to join the conversation, a fired up Cornes quickly stopped him.

“Nick, don’t challenge me on this,” Cornes said.

Riewoldt responded: “I’m not ... I was about to agree with you, Kane, if you took a breath.”

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Cornes continued: “Let me describe what is going on. Do not let anyone tell you that Clayton Oliver is tagging Lachie Neale.”

Riewoldt did say, however, he had spoken to coach Simon Goodwin ahead of the game and Goodwin said the Neale positioning was “a starting point” for Oliver or a “reference point”.

“I heard it,” said Cornes. “But then I get after the game (from some people), ‘Oh gee, (how good was Clayton Oliver)’ .... and I read in the Herald Sun ... ‘How good was Clayton Oliver tagging Lachie Neale’.

“He wasn’t tagging and equally Lachie Neale showed him zero respect the other way, so it worked both ways.”

Riewoldt said: “It was a starting point and then a shootout.”

Cornes: “Maybe it was a strategy to allow Clayton Oliver some leg rope. But there was no tag. I had to mythbust that.”

After the Cornes outburst, The Agenda Setters panel was in stitches.

Veteran AFL journalist said to Cornes, “You are exhausting.”

And Hutchison said, Cornes was arguing with himself.

“Just when I thought there was no one left in football for you to argue with, you’re now arguing with yourself,” Hutchison said.

“It’s official, you’ve found you’re last target ... yourself ... it’s incredible .... it’s Kane versus Kane.”