AFLW Preliminary Final vs North Melbourne @ IKON Park Saturday 23/11/24 2:35pm ACDT

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Not the result but still a great year. 8 wins in a row and far exceeded expectations.

Something to build on for next year, have to keep improving. It's easy to go backwards in this competition but we have a great core of young players.
 
Realistically there is a ton of work to do if we ever want to catch the top teams. They better not get the deckchairs out.

North are taller and faster than us all over the park, and they win the ball in the middle. And they all have skills. Plenty of changes needed while we wait for our more talented players to mature.
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Not the result but still a great year. 8 wins in a row and far exceeded expectations.

Something to build on for next year, have to keep improving. It's easy to go backwards in this competition but we have a great core of young players.
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Not the result your club or fans wanted but should be proud of the team, to reach a PF with the age/experience of the side was a sensational effort. We have a fair few of our side in the 50-100 game experience bracket and most I think have played a few finals campaigns so there was huge gap in experience.

Will get a harder draw next year given were you finished and there might be a step backwards perhaps next year but that exposure will help dramatically to evolve a defensive game plan that will restrict scoring opportunities in front of goal against the better teams more consistently. We were in the same boat a few years back, made a lot of inroads last year and we have been fairly consistent this year.

Hopefully Cuthbertson is right to go next year year, a lot to look forward to in the coming years.
 
A smashing, lets not water it down, great year but the gap between the top three and the rest is still large.

Will be better with further dev and maturing of the young players but we will probably need to recruit some more hardened big body types if we want to breech the gap quickly.
 
Lauren Arnell does a good press conference. Acknowledges we weren't good enough, no excuses but North is the best team in the comp and we can see the gap. She is still really positive and upbeat about what we did achieve and where we can improve. I can imagine the players while disappointed will keep their heads up with Lauren around and work to improve.
 

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Ford Fairlane said:
Lauren Arnell does a good press conference. Acknowledges we weren't good enough, no excuses but North is the best team in the comp and we can see the gap. She is still really positive and upbeat about what we did achieve and where we can improve. I can imagine the players while disappointed will keep their heads up with Lauren around and work to improve.
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I’m going to refrain from the obvious comment and comparison.
 
Rash said:
Ok, so now we know......

Prelim pant sh**ting is a CLUB thing, as appose to a TEAM thing.
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We were supposed to be eliminated last week. It was a really nice comeback.

North had already destroyed us in the Minor Round. This was coming. Take that as a lesson, really learn from it, and come back stronger next year.

The AFL team fails in actually learning from experience. Maybe our AFLW can...
 
GremioPower said:
We were supposed to be eliminated last week. It was a really nice comeback.

North had already destroyed us in the Minor Round. This was coming. Take that as a lesson, really learn from it, and come back stronger next year.

The AFL team fails in actually learning from experience. Maybe our AFLW can...
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Lets see if ex teacher Lauren Arnell is better at learnings from losses than you know who.
 
EskimoPAFC said:
A fit Ewings, Lauren Young, Tahau and Cuthbertson could all be in our top 10 players if not top 5.

We could be a LOT better next year.
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All four of them also have the physical strength and presence that we need to be competitive against a team like North. They would have made a huge difference.
 

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