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10 hours ago, red and blue forever said:

Update,  

Thnx heaps for doing this.

ps Fitzy is 22

On 06/11/2024 at 13:52, deanox said:

Unsurprising to me. The first season of AFLW was 7.5 years ago. The players getting drafted this year are probably the first to have a pathway open to them from age 10 or 11. 

I reckon over the next 5 years the quality of draftees is going to ramp significantly as we not only have a larger pool of girls who have played football their entire junior career, but we'll also have more girls coming from "elite" junior pathways and representative sides, where the talent pathways have identified the best players, and they've had the chance to improve by playing in those elite junior competitions.

Agree.

I generally only watch the dees AFLW games, but have watched a couple of the finals.

The skill level is miles better than even a couple of years ago. 

I watched the port hawks game. Thrilling last quarter, but what stood out is how many players looked like pure, natural footballers.

For example how players use their body in marking contests, or simple things like tracking the bouncing ball and waiting 'till it pops up so they don't have to break stride to collect the ball.

Once the majority of AFLW players are natural footballers, which is close, I'll be fascinated to see how it evolves tactically and to what extent it becomes a different game to AFL in tge way say WNBA is to NBA

By the by, the WNBA, after stagnating for a while, was hugely, massively popular this year.

A lesson there for the AFL, who to their credit created the AFLW. But since doing do not seem to know what to do with it.

All the money poured into NSW and qld to grow the game and they don't seem to realise women's footy is the key to the games future.

The AFL dies if grass roots participation drops off, which it had been for years. The explosion in junior women's footy will positively influence the number of boys playing footy too.

For years my son and daughter both played basketball. I coached both, and it would have made it super hard logisticaly if say my daughter instead played another sport in terms of supporting both kids.

And my son,  who is older, helped my daughter practise and helped me coach her team.

That collective vibe meant basketball was the sport of choice in our house - despite me never having played.

It's no wonder it's so popular in terms of participation.

My daughter played basketball in large part because her older brother was playing and it made sense for us as a family.

If my daughter was the oldest and she chose footy, my son probably plays footy. That dynamic supports male participation in footy.

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6 hours ago, Meggs said:

Thnx heaps for doing this.

ps Fitzy is 22

 

Updates , Thanks  :)

Unfortunately I can no longer upload this as a attachment, as I have reached my 5mb Limit...

 

 

2024 2025
16 Grace Beasley 25 3 1 Georgia Campbell 21 20
35 Sophie Casey 33 63 🏆 23 Sinead Goldrick 34 53
🏆 13 Maeve Chaplin 22 32 22 Eliza McNamara 22 44
32 Gabby Colvin 33 34 🏆 2 Olivia Purcell 24 54
34 Sarah D'arcy 33 49 🏆 29 Eden Zanker 25 72
🏆 24 Megan Fitzsimon 22 45 2026
9 Georgia Gall 20 11 🏆 31 Blaithin Mackin 25 29
🏆 17 Tahlia Gillard 21 39 🏆 14 Lily Mithen 26 82
🏆 7 Tayla Harris 27 70 2027
19 Grace Hill 26 17 🏆 6 Alyssa Bannan 22 59
25 Jacinta Hose 19 0 🏆 5 Tyla Hanks 24 72
🏆 8 Sarah Lampard 27 71 🏆 30 Shelley Heath 24 64
36 Jo Lin 22 21 🏆 10 Kate Hore 29 78
21 Aimee Mackin 27 6 Blue = Age EOC - Red = Games Played
3 Alyssia Pisano 19 8 Coach 2025
🏆 4 Paxy Paxman 36 77 🏆 Mick Stinear 41 76
🏆 15 Lauren Pearce 31 72 List Size: (max 30)
33 Lily Johnson 22 10 Senior: (max 30) 33
43 Jemma Rigoni 20 0      
18 Denby Taylor 24 25 Draft Picks 2024
28 Saraid Taylor 26 3      
12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon 20 10      

 

 

Love your work @red and blue forever!

I think the top-up players are not technically on the list so don't really "count" so to speak. So D'Arcy, Lin and Casey drop off automatically. Hill and D.Taylor also go when the players they were replacing become "active" again (Mackin and Hose), though we could extend them, in which case we'd be at 30. Something's gotta give...


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On 20/11/2024 at 16:16, red and blue forever said:

Fixed attachment issue :)

Updated to reflect D'Arcy, Lin and Casey dropping off the list as top-ups

 

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Lily Mithen is currently 26 and will be 28 for age at EOC. 

Not sure if we need to do a review of other ages too.

 
On 20/11/2024 at 16:16, red and blue forever said:

Fixed attachment issue :)

Updated to reflect D'Arcy, Lin and Casey dropping off the list as top-ups

 

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Also Lily Johnson’s management have on their website she is signed on for 2025. 

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9 minutes ago, rpfc said:
On 04/12/2024 at 15:48, deanox said:

Lily Mithen is currently 26 and will be 28 for age at EOC. 

Not sure if we need to do a review of other ages too.

Also Lily Johnson’s management have on their website she is signed on for 2025. 

Updated for these things :)

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https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1704159/aflw-list-update-hill-departs

This seems harsh for someone who played 8 2024 games for us and apparently brought the playing and other qualities lauded in the report.

Does being 'an injury top-up' player have particular conditions about continuation - or, more particularly, non-continuation? Does anyone know anything more about Grace's circumstances?

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1704159/aflw-list-update-hill-departs

This seems harsh for someone who played 8 2024 games for us and apparently brought the playing and other qualities lauded in the report.

Does being 'an injury top-up' player have particular conditions about continuation - or, more particularly, non-continuation? Does anyone know anything more about Grace's circumstances?

My understanding is that injury replacement players have a one-year contract and are pretty much automatically delisted once the injured player returns to the active list. Hose will presumably be good to go next season, so this follows.

There is the opportunity to re-sign a replacement player if the list space allows. If Harris had gone, I reckon it may have been different.

We're right to laud Grace's qualities to improve her chances elsewhere and remain on good terms in case we need to call her up again. I'm biased, but our statements in these instances, regardless of the player, are often more personalised and genuine-sounding than the rote stuff some other clubs put out.


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And our final pick! Amelia Dethridge!! Welcome.

 

now that seems to make the list 31/30..??

Not sure who comes off?

 

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15 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Melbourne have just announced re-signings from Gabby Colvin, Lauren Pearce, Sarah Lampard, Paxy Paxman and Tayla Harris. No doubt more to come. 

Lampard and Pearce for 2 years, the others for one year it said.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1706287/demon-veterans-sign-on

 

Also officially notes that Aimee Mackin will remain in the inactive list, but doesn't say for how long etc.


8 hours ago, deanox said:

Lampard and Pearce for 2 years, the others for one year it said.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1706287/demon-veterans-sign-on

 

Also officially notes that Aimee Mackin will remain in the inactive list, but doesn't say for how long etc.

Thank you for that extra bit!

Eight re-signings just announced with Megan Fitzsimon, Grace Beasley, Saraid Taylor and Georgia Gall on 2 year contracts, and Denby Taylor, Jacinta Hose and Alyssia Pisano on for one year. Fantastic news is that Tahlia Gillard has signed on for 3 years! Woohoo! 

4 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Thank you for that extra bit!

Eight re-signings just announced with Megan Fitzsimon, Grace Beasley, Saraid Taylor and Georgia Gall on 2 year contracts, and Denby Taylor, Jacinta Hose and Alyssia Pisano on for one year. Fantastic news is that Tahlia Gillard has signed on for 3 years! Woohoo! 

That is outstanding.

Gillard has the potential to be the premier key defender in the comp. And the girls on 2 years are all ones we want to hold on to.

 

Here is a link to the source:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1706290/emerging-guns-re-sign

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Only peripherally on topic, but this thread is the only current live AFLW-related one. It's about the only boy in @red and blue forever's valued tabling (who's still only 41? Wow!)

This from last year's end of season activities but only now appearing on the Club's website. Geez he's an asset. And long may he continue to be so.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1706399/future-direction-stinear-confident-in-young-list

p.s. At 76 games, he's missed 1 of Paxy's and 2 of Kate's games. Trivia question: Who took the reins in those games? Possibly Shae S?


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