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Daisy was exceptional. Being the cynic that I am, I don't believe the AFL will let it see the light of day, not because of the good news for women, but because our club's initiative , support and to use her words pioneering. Hope I'm totally wrong and simply normal paranoia, but I believe her speech should be promoted, it was outstanding.

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Helping build and supporting the growth of a women's football league is not gonna stunt the growth of the men's team or stop us from winning games...

Too many on here are missing the point!

We are and should be all about winning premierships in the main AFL Competition! Nothing else should stand in our way! No this, no that!

As soon as we start "dabbling" in other aspects, this takes away resources, and money!

Anyway, I have decided that this site is just too 'Nice," not hard nosed enough

I've had it! over an out! for me !

[censored] of Dazzle less!

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Too many on here are missing the point!

We are and should be all about winning premierships in the main AFL Competition! Nothing else should stand in our way! No this, no that!

As soon as we start "dabbling" in other aspects, this takes away resources, and money!

Anyway, I have decided that this site is just too 'Nice," not hard nosed enough

I've had it! over an out! for me !

[censored] of Dazzle less!

Well thank Fk for that. See ya!

Don't let the door hit you on the way out fool.

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Not that its the real issue, but Picket do you think a few women would be encouraged to join the MFC or reject it on the back of her address?

IMO she was terrific.

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Too many on here are missing the point!

We are and should be all about winning premierships in the main AFL Competition! Nothing else should stand in our way! No this, no that!

As soon as we start "dabbling" in other aspects, this takes away resources, and money!

Anyway, I have decided that this site is just too 'Nice," not hard nosed enough

I've had it! over an out! for me !

[censored] of Dazzle less!

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Unfortunately, there are plenty of Demon fans that think like this excitable Neanderthal.

Honestly, we can't do things for the game? 'Just concentrate on winning' isn't an argument against being involved in a growing area of the game, it's an argument for good time management.

And this will be good for the club in the short term, medium term, and long term.

I am glad that we are still heavily involved in the Women's game and look forward to it continuing.

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Too many on here are missing the point!

We are and should be all about winning premierships in the main AFL Competition! Nothing else should stand in our way! No this, no that!

As soon as we start "dabbling" in other aspects, this takes away resources, and money!

Anyway, I have decided that this site is just too 'Nice," not hard nosed enough

I've had it! over an out! for me !

[censored] of Dazzle less!

Bye, can't say I will miss your or your complete misunderstanding of the issue at hand.

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Unfortunately, there are plenty of Demon fans that think like this excitable Neanderthal.

Honestly, we can't do things for the game? 'Just concentrate on winning' isn't an argument against being involved in a growing area of the game, it's an argument for good time management.

And this will be good for the club in the short term, medium term, and long term.

I am glad that we are still heavily involved in the Women's game and look forward to it continuing.

Absolutely agree.

I can guarantee that the boys that helped coach the women's team (Jacks, Viney and Grimes and Chris Dawes I believe) would have learnt something beneficial in the process. There may have been something that the women's team did differently or in having to think through how to explain a drill or perhaps an alternatate view on things from coach Michelle Cowan

There is no way this is just a one way relationship and will certainly be one of the things from this era that we will be able to look back on with some pride.

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Absolutely agree.

I can guarantee that the boys that helped coach the women's team (Jacks, Viney and Grimes and Chris Dawes I believe) would have learnt something beneficial in the process. There may have been something that the women's team did differently or in having to think through how to explain a drill or perhaps an alternatate view on things from coach Michelle Cowan

There is no way this is just a one way relationship and will certainly be one of the things from this era that we will be able to look back on with some pride.

Not to mention the potential dollar value of the team from companies wanting to be associated with women in sport and want exposure to primarily women. Plus potential new women members.

I don't see this as one way at all and am very proud of the club for pushing it. If only Bev would come back to the board too!

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just been to the VWFL awards night (Brownlow) and Daisy just capped off an amazing season taking home the medal.

Not a bad year, winning the Dees Vs Dogs games, winning the MFC B&F, a premiership and now the league B&F.

She just passed Debbie Lee as the most awarded player in the VWFL after winning a record breaking 6th league medal (in the past 7 years!)

Absolute legend, fantastic role model and great asset to the MFC.

Well done Daisy

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Women breaking into the previously barred areas of AFL participation will have a significant and overdue effect on the game.

At the simplest level, the talent pool for coaches, support staff and ultimately yes, players, will be boosted.

For Melbourne to be in a deserved position to ride at the crest of this wave will be a short term bonus and a long term bonanza, provided we keep up our commitment.

The other aspect is that being the club that chose to get involved, chose to be a leader, will be an aspect of our history that will continue to bring us respect, support, and even quite material gains in sponsorship and membership for many years and decades to come.

The current generation of new parents in Australia grew up in the 90s. They might have been able to just roll their eyes and focus on the game when the likes of Sam Newman or Picket Fence are around, but why would they go to the trouble of introducing their kids to something that even now feels to them like a cultural anachronism?

So yes, Daisy Pearce being an eloquent and charismatic speaker is a terrific benefit to the club as well as to the progress of women in football.

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Absolutely agree.

I can guarantee that the boys that helped coach the women's team (Jacks, Viney and Grimes and Chris Dawes I believe) would have learnt something beneficial in the process. There may have been something that the women's team did differently or in having to think through how to explain a drill or perhaps an alternatate view on things from coach Michelle Cowan

There is no way this is just a one way relationship and will certainly be one of the things from this era that we will be able to look back on with some pride.

Maybe the girls are in a better position to help coach the mens team given that they appear to be more skilled and harder at it at the moment

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Maybe the girls are in a better position to help coach the mens team given that they appear to be more skilled and harder at it at the moment

You can't say that. Some posters are getting snooty about the apparent lack of respect shown towards some of our players....
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Fantastic speech. The best of the night, although Bernie's was a close second and the great man PJ always delivers.

The club is rooted in greatness. It has it coursing through its blood. It may have lost its way, but in its origins and in its history, it is a giant of the competition. Every other club is content while the giant is asleep.

Of course, the club should be whole heartedly applauded for its support of the women's game. It takes a special breed of halfwit to think otherwise.

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Under the leadership of PJ, Roos and Bartlett the emphasis seems to be to build the club with the best people, who in turn will recruit and deveop the best list.

I wonder if there is a place in the MFC football department for Dasiy Pearce? Our football department is quickly filling with quality people who understand the game, their own role, and can communicate with players. I don't know the ins and outs of the club well enough, nor do I know Daisy's skills well enough, but could she slot into the coaching staff, the player development staff, or something similar?

Thoughts?

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It would interesting if the club got some of the very best, particularly the highest skilled, of the women to train mixed in with the men.

There's been rigorous testing in psychology of the way young men behave differently in the presence of women, of course. One of the interesting results that can be useful is that around women, young men quite simply work harder, take more risks, and try to perform. Yep, they want to be noticed.

Some clever experiments have been done with it - like watching teenagers skateboarding, collecting a control sample of the tricks and movement speeds and all that. Then sitting a couple of girls nearby (total strangers) and measuring how the trick difficulty and movement speeds increase.

Plus, I like the idea of women being mixed into training rather than kept separate because in the end that's how things should be.

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Under the leadership of PJ, Roos and Bartlett the emphasis seems to be to build the club with the best people, who in turn will recruit and deveop the best list.

I wonder if there is a place in the MFC football department for Dasiy Pearce? Our football department is quickly filling with quality people who understand the game, their own role, and can communicate with players. I don't know the ins and outs of the club well enough, nor do I know Daisy's skills well enough, but could she slot into the coaching staff, the player development staff, or something similar?

Thoughts?

Daisy is a midwife or nurse from memory. Maybe she could help with the pregnant wife's of players and ensure the best start to life for our future father son and mother daughter players, or even father mother son daughter players!

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