http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-05-26/list-changes-made-to-womens-squad

Most of the list remains intact.  An additional forward in Bianca Jakobsson will help us kick a few more goals, something we struggled to do in a few games which cost us spots on the ladder.

Bit surprised to see Harriet Cordner delisted as I thought she played quite a few good games.  Wish her and the other players leaving well in their careers.  They will always have the honour of being part of an inaugural AFLW team.

The List

Melbourne’s 2018 AFLW List
Richelle Cranston
Meg Downie
Laura Duryea
Jasmine Grierson
Ashleigh Guest
Melissa Hickey
Kate Hore
Emma Humphries
Bianca Jakobsson
Ainslie Kemp
Sarah Lampard
Alyssa Mifsud
Lily Mithen
Aleisha Newman
Elise O’Dea
Brooke Patterson
Karen Paxman
Daisy Pearce
Lauren Pearce
Catherine Phillips
Shelley Scott
Katherine Smith

Traded
Deanna Berry
Pepa Randall
Maddie Boyd

Delisted
Jess Anderson
Mia-Rae Clifford
Harriet Cordner
Stephanie De Bortoli
Sarah Jolly

New
Bianca Jakobsson
Ashleigh Guest
Kate Hore

Draft picks: Round 1 (Pick 6), Round 2 (Pick 14), Round 3 (Pick 22), Round 4 (Pick 30), Round 5 via GWS Giants (Pick 33)

Other Teams:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/aflw-offseason-central-every-afl-womens-clubs-ins-outs-delistings-retirements-trades-draft-picks-recruits-rookies/news-story/baa6a2492278d680f6abe0cb4d43abf6

 

Geez, I can see a future for Daisy once she hangs up the boots.

For all of those equal opportunity pushers wanting greater representation on T.V, here is your girl.

Damn she is good on T.V. Was watching a replay today, and was bloody impressed by her.

Intelligent, interesting questions, and great poise.

(will I get in trouble if I say I think she is really hot also)?

 

 

Ah, and Go Dee-ettes!

 

Was looking forward to seeing how the likes of Berry and Cordner might evolve, but them's the breaks.

Hopefully Jakobsson can bring another dimension to our forward line. Go Dees!

Harriet Cordner is back. She showed some spark.

An update on every player currently on our list (as of September):

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-09-08/aflw-update-every-melbourne-player

Good to see what everyone's been up to as they scattered near and far after the AFLW season.

I've cherry-picked some points of interest:

Richelle Cranston: Invested a significant amount of time into her physical conditioning. She came back stronger and more powerful than ever.

Laura Duryea: Recently competed in the International Cup for the Irish Banshees and they were victorious. They beat Canada and she was co-captain of that team.

Melissa Hickey: Mel, for one of our senior members of our team, has spent the most time investing in her game.

Erin Hoare: Erin is the tallest player in the competition, after playing netball with the Swifts and Vixens.

Emma Humphries: Emma went home to Tassie. She gets close attention and is watched closely each week by the opposition, so she’s had her work cut out for her.

Bianca Jakobsson: We’re looking for her to make an impact straight away and we’re expecting her to play forward and in the midfield.

Alyssa Mifsud: ‘Miffo’ is becoming quite proficient in one-on-one body work, particularly her marking.

Lily Mithen: She leads the way on the training track for us, setting standards with her competitiveness.

Karen Paxman: The exciting thing about Paxy is that she’s already one of the most exciting players in the competition and she’s got some key areas of her game, where she can maximise and take her game to another level.

Daisy Pearce: Although she’s regarded as one of the best players in the competition, it’s a scary thought for the opposition, when she still has a few levels to go. We haven’t seen the best of her yet.

Lauren Pearce: Loz has been balancing basketball and footy, so right now she’s got ‘Big V’ commitments with the Bulleen Boomers.

Catherine Phillips: Cat had minimal VFLW involvement this season, due to her commitments representing Australia in Ultimate Frisbee at the recent World Games. She was a strong performer there too, taking out the Bronze medal.

11 hours ago, Dees_In_October said:

Bianca Jakobsson: We’re looking for her to make an impact straight away and we’re expecting her to play forward and in the midfield.

To add to that, here is a story on Bianca's move to the Dees.  https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/bianca-jakobsson-opens-up-on-her-move-from-carlton-to-melbourne-and-a-huge-first-year-of-aflw/news-story/2b948ccfb26eb255bf47463519f8d0ed

She is going to be a terrific addition for us as last year our kicking for goal let us down in a few games causing us to miss the finals and we were the in form team at the end.  We are an AA midfield so am expecting good things in 2018:

“I’m really looking forward to playing with the likes of ‘Junior’ (Elise O’Dea), Daisy and Paxy (Karen Paxman) and even young Lily Mithen as well — she’s a young up and coming midfielder,” Jakobsson said.

 

 

On a different note, the article says:  "The Demons recently took over the licence of Jakobsson’s VFLW side, Cranbourne, with the team to be rebadged as the Casey Demons from 2018 onwards".

Having both the men's and women's team in that region aligned to the Dees, wearing the red and blue and carrying the Demons moniker will really help solidify that area as mfc territory and develop a supporter base.  It may take a decade but strong foundations are being put in place.  Really good work by Jackson and Co.