AFLW AFLW/VFLW 2024 - General Discussion

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From Sheehan: "Hard-running midfielder who works tirelessly both ways to support her team to outnumber the opposition. Attacks the ball ferociously, has clean hands and neat disposal. Her defensive pressure was elite for Victoria Metro at the National Championships, averaging six tackles per game to set a great standard for the title-winning team."
 
With our last pick we selected Keely Hardingham
 

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I think we drafted pretty well. Extra height in the forward line is very handy in a league of small players. I think we needed a little bit more run in the midfield, and obviously some ruck help.
 
They all seem good people, good characters.
 

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It wouldn’t be the Bulldogs if we are not seeing former players winning the Brownlow (Conti), or losing players for nothing to teams who buy their success, reminiscent of the late 70s circa. 🤔
 
grassman75 said:
There isn’t much “long term” in AFLW 😜
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Seems to have embraced and fast-tracked the movement ability of players, even more than the men's comp head honchos could have envisaged.

To its detriment. Other than noting the year on year improvement in player skills, I don't really take it seriously any more. We (daughter and I) were invested for a number of seasons. We didn't bother attending a single game this year.
 
geoffjennings79 said:
Seems to have embraced and fast-tracked the movement ability of players, even more than the men's comp head honchos could have envisaged.

To its detriment. Other than noting the year on year improvement in player skills, I don't really take it seriously any more. We (daughter and I) were invested for a number of seasons. We didn't bother attending a single game this year.
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The clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the early years then got pressure from their club sponsors to get a team in ASAP (which indirectly led to pressure on the AFL). This led to far rapid expansion, without adequate footballing merit protection for the teams that did the hard yarns in the early years of actually ensuring that there was a league in the first place that the clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the first place would then want to take part.

In my eyes the Dogs did large parts of the hard work in 2013-2018 from the exhibition games to the first two years of an 8-team league, only to be pillaged for players since then, like you say, the movement of players to the Dogs' detriment is just us being screwed over despite the fact we did so much more work for women's footy and therefore should have received on-field benefit from that 2013-2018 period.
 
threenewpadlocks said:
The clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the early years then got pressure from their club sponsors to get a team in ASAP (which indirectly led to pressure on the AFL). This led to far rapid expansion, without adequate footballing merit protection for the teams that did the hard yarns in the early years of actually ensuring that there was a league in the first place that the clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the first place would then want to take part.

In my eyes the Dogs did large parts of the hard work in 2013-2018 from the exhibition games to the first two years of an 8-team league, only to be pillaged for players since then, like you say, the movement of players to the Dogs' detriment is just us being screwed over despite the fact we did so much more work for women's footy and therefore should have received on-field benefit from that 2013-2018 period.
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Well when you think about it, the Bulldogs are the founding mother of the AFLW, go forth and play my children.

I am getting excited about the next gen Bulldogs, which will be a much more sustainable successful team then in 2018.
 
threenewpadlocks said:
The clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the early years then got pressure from their club sponsors to get a team in ASAP (which indirectly led to pressure on the AFL). This led to far rapid expansion, without adequate footballing merit protection for the teams that did the hard yarns in the early years of actually ensuring that there was a league in the first place that the clubs that didn't bother organising bids in the first place would then want to take part.

In my eyes the Dogs did large parts of the hard work in 2013-2018 from the exhibition games to the first two years of an 8-team league, only to be pillaged for players since then, like you say, the movement of players to the Dogs' detriment is just us being screwed over despite the fact we did so much more work for women's footy and therefore should have received on-field benefit from that 2013-2018 period.
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We have to remember that ten years ago not many thought there was much of a market for it. Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs were doing the unfashionable thing that few wanted to be involved in. In our case we had one or two movers and shakers (like Susan Alberti) who made it happen. Only when other codes started promoting their own national league for women did the AFL really get off its backside.

It then became the usual free market dynamics on display. Let others take the risk, champion the unfashionable causes, do the hard work that start-ups have to do. As soon as there's any glamour or kudos, or there's money to be made, they muscle in for a slice of the action.

We were trampled in the stampede that followed. We didn't get any favours when it happened, and probably didn't ask for any. However we didn't even get protection of our investment in those early years. I suspect the club itself is partly to blame for being a blindsided by the speed at which things happened.

Our pioneering of the W comp will end up being a small and mostly forgotten footnote to the history of the game.
 
dogwatch said:
We have to remember that ten years ago not many thought there was much of a market for it. Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs were doing the unfashionable thing that few wanted to be involved in. In our case we had one or two movers and shakers (like Susan Alberti) who made it happen. Only when other codes started promoting their own national league for women did the AFL really get off its backside.

It then became the usual free market dynamics on display. Let others take the risk, champion the unfashionable causes, do the hard work that start-ups have to do. As soon as there's any glamour or kudos, or there's money to be made, they muscle in for a slice of the action.

We were trampled in the stampede that followed. We didn't get any favours when it happened, and probably didn't ask for any. However we didn't even get protection of our investment in those early years. I suspect the club itself is partly to blame for being a blindsided by the speed at which things happened.

Our pioneering of the W comp will end up being a small and mostly forgotten footnote to the history of the game.
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It probably didn’t help that Alberti and Gordon had a fairly public spat, which would have torn players loyalties.
 

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