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KEY AFLW PLAYER MOVEMENT DATES

  • Monday, November 4: First Rookie Signing period opens
  • Wednesday, November 6: AFLW Draft nominations open
  • Wednesday, November 27: AFLW Draft nominations close
  • Wednesday, December 4: Restricted Free Agency and first Delisted Free Agency Period opens
  • Thursday, December 5: AFLW Trade Period opens
  • Wednesday, December 11: AFLW Trade, Restricted Free Agency and first Delisted Free Agency periods close
  • Thursday, December 12: First Rookie Signing period closes; second Delisted Free Agency period opens
  • Friday, December 13: Second Delisted Free Agency period closes; 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft order finalised
  • Monday, December 16: 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft (the AFLW's first fully national draft)
  • Monday, February 3, 2025: Supplementary Signing Period opens
  • Friday, February 28, 2025: Supplementary Signing Period close
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5 hours ago, Dees_In_October said:

My wish list:

  • inside mid via trade
  • inside mid via draft
  • inside mid via anywhere, please.

Inside midx3 for me too….why did we let Eliza West go?…..And another ruck for when Pearce gets injured, which happens every season.

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Havana Harris. By far the popular choice for number 1 pick.  She’s prototype of the tall athletic player with the skills to come in straight away and be a star. 
 

In true AFL tradition , she is already taken as a Gold Coast Suns academy member.  It’s a compromised draft across both AFL and AFLW. 
 

note QAFLW is a strong competition including at junior level.  Plenty of good youngsters coming through for Lions and Suns AFLW teams. 

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On 06/11/2024 at 22:06, george_on_the_outer said:

Inside midx3 for me too….why did we let Eliza West go?…..And another ruck for when Pearce gets injured, which happens every season.

Campbell did very well in that ruck role this year when Loz got injured.

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18 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Campbell did very well in that ruck role this year when Loz got injured.

I agree. I'd love to see her spend more time in the ruck this year. 

For the draft, I skilled mid would be wonderful. I'd also love us to get a defender with strong hands who reads the play well - through draft or trade. 

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12 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

Campbell did very well in that ruck role this year when Loz got injured.

Campbell will be a star...

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14 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

Is Tayla Harris likely to leave the Dees? I hope not!

I saw a report that I think Collingwood and Hawthorn were after her, but that we were still negotiating with her.

I'd be disappointed if she chose to leave, given I feel like we've really looked after her, especially after the debacle that was her exit from Carlton.

 

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58 minutes ago, deanox said:

I saw a report that I think Collingwood and Hawthorn were after her, but that we were still negotiating with her.

I'd be disappointed if she chose to leave, given I feel like we've really looked after her, especially after the debacle that was her exit from Carlton.

 

Guess it will depend on her motivation.

She seems pretty happy in our environment, but maybe there are other incentives.

Must sign Campbell and Gall long term.

They are the future IMO.

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2 hours ago, GM11 said:

Guess it will depend on her motivation.

She seems pretty happy in our environment, but maybe there are other incentives.

Must sign Campbell and Gall long term.

They are the future IMO.

And Gillard.

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I'm in two minds on this one. Start of this season I'd have wanted to keep her at pretty much all costs. But if she's keen to go, for adequate compensation and considering the gaps we've got to fill, if we drive a hard bargain...

As to what the sticking point is. Could be role? We intended to play her backline this season apparently and with the progress of the young talls, things may have shifted in a direction she doesn't like or maybe she wants security of a longer contract than we're willing to give. All speculation. At 27, with her stocks relatively high and plenty of teams looking for experience, it's wise to explore options.

But. Despite missing the season, she's still 10th on the all-time goalkickers. 1st for marks i50. 1st for contested marks. And she can cover forward, ruck and back positions. She's handy like that, assuming the shoulder is sorted now.

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Mithen apparently weighing up a move to Gold Coast, with the Dees looking to move up the draft order.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1262111/suns-plot-shock-move-to-land-heart-and-soul-dee

You can see the logic from both sides. How much upside does she have left for us compared to a team like the Suns and compared to the quality apparently available in this draft. You wouldn't say that Lily's on the fringe of our best team quite yet, but in a few years? Would be sad to see an inaugural and much-loved premiership player go, of course.

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35 minutes ago, Dees_In_October said:

Mithen apparently weighing up a move to Gold Coast, with the Dees looking to move up the draft order.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1262111/suns-plot-shock-move-to-land-heart-and-soul-dee

You can see the logic from both sides. How much upside does she have left for us compared to a team like the Suns and compared to the quality apparently available in this draft. You wouldn't say that Lily's on the fringe of our best team quite yet, but in a few years? Would be sad to see an inaugural and much-loved premiership player go, of course.

Even Lily would admit her season wasn't a good one.  You would take this deal, good for both parties as I see her on the fringe next year.

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At this stage in the development of AFLW, and the potential feeder competitions, I wonder about the draft pool, and particularly recruiters' detailed knowledge of those in it, that 'moving up the draft order' is as useful or as certain of outcome as in the men's draft?

Does anyone have any knowledge of how scouting is done in AFLW, and by whom in our case?

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Bit going on at the Suns, with the coach sacked and the captain requesting a trade. Charlie Rowbottom also uncontracted through apparently likely to stay.

More names being thrown around with trade period starting on Thursday, nothing regarding the Dees aside from Harris and Mithen though.

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1 hour ago, Dees_In_October said:

Mithen apparently weighing up a move to Gold Coast, with the Dees looking to move up the draft order.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1262111/suns-plot-shock-move-to-land-heart-and-soul-dee

You can see the logic from both sides. How much upside does she have left for us compared to a team like the Suns and compared to the quality apparently available in this draft. You wouldn't say that Lily's on the fringe of our best team quite yet, but in a few years? Would be sad to see an inaugural and much-loved premiership player go, of course.

Shes depth now. Great servant to our club but if the suns offer her a deal i think she should take it. 

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2 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

At this stage in the development of AFLW, and the potential feeder competitions, I wonder about the draft pool, and particularly recruiters' detailed knowledge of those in it, that 'moving up the draft order' is as useful or as certain of outcome as in the men's draft?

Does anyone have any knowledge of how scouting is done in AFLW, and by whom in our case?

The intensity of scrutiny/resources must surely be far below what exists in the men's. But because of that, in some ways, moving up the draft in the W might be MORE worth it, since the depth of quality is shallower and presumably the players at the top are the most known quantities in the pool. Interesting to think that these draftees would have been 11 years old for season 1 - a big shift at a pivotal time in a young athlete's career.

We've rarely had much to work with in terms of high picks. But there's been creativity and effort in our recruiting outside the draft, which is still coming to fruition. List manager Todd Patterson was apparently in contact with Grace Beasley for six or seven YEARS while she was playing basketball (including overseas) prior to her signing for 2024.

But aside from the 2023 draft which is too early to judge, 2020 is really the only year we've had access to high picks since early in the comp. That year we got: Bannan (pick 5), McNamara (15), Caris (17, now at Geelong), Fitzsimon (35), Kendall (41), Simmons (48, played a few seasons at West Coast).

Looking at the other draftees that year, our decisions look as good as they ever do with the benefit of hindsight.

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5 hours ago, BDA said:

Shes depth now. Great servant to our club but if the suns offer her a deal i think she should take it. 

This could be a win for everyone.  I've felt Lil has had the game go past her for a couple of seasons now, but she's such a club person, foundation player, best mates with the captain (as I understand it), that tapping her on the shoulder at 26 and telling her she needs to look elsewhere could be problematic.  But if she gets a decent offer from another club that she's happy with, and takes it, much awkwardness and potential unpleasantness could be avoided.

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6 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

At this stage in the development of AFLW, and the potential feeder competitions, I wonder about the draft pool, and particularly recruiters' detailed knowledge of those in it, that 'moving up the draft order' is as useful or as certain of outcome as in the men's draft?

Does anyone have any knowledge of how scouting is done in AFLW, and by whom in our case?

Todd Patterson's our head of recruiting in AFLW and has done a pretty good job.

This year's crop is viewed as something of a super draft, a lot of talented players in that first 10 and this year will be the first truly national draft, so can draft players regardless of state (no nominating which state you want to be drafted to).

I can see why we'd want to load up on picks.  If we could nab pick 2 from GC, Zippy Fish or India Rasheed would be incredibly good gets (Ash Centra expected to be selected by Collingwood @ 1). 

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28 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

Todd Patterson's our head of recruiting in AFLW and has done a pretty good job.

This year's crop is viewed as something of a super draft, a lot of talented players in that first 10 and this year will be the first truly national draft, so can draft players regardless of state (no nominating which state you want to be drafted to).

I can see why we'd want to load up on picks.  If we could nab pick 2 from GC, Zippy Fish or India Rasheed would be incredibly good gets (Ash Centra expected to be selected by Collingwood @ 1). 

Mithen has to go. Tell her she's not wanted. Pick 2 is a no brainer. Mithen has been ordinary for 2 years now time to go , I'll pack her bags. She always be known as a premiership player but reality says she's no longer in our best 21.

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31 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

Todd Patterson's our head of recruiting in AFLW and has done a pretty good job.

This year's crop is viewed as something of a super draft, a lot of talented players in that first 10 and this year will be the first truly national draft, so can draft players regardless of state (no nominating which state you want to be drafted to).

I can see why we'd want to load up on picks.  If we could nab pick 2 from GC, Zippy Fish or India Rasheed would be incredibly good gets (Ash Centra expected to be selected by Collingwood @ 1). 

'Zippy Fish'?

Getouttahere!

But worth moving up for!

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1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

Mithen has to go. Tell her she's not wanted. Pick 2 is a no brainer. Mithen has been ordinary for 2 years now time to go , I'll pack her bags. She always be known as a premiership player but reality says she's no longer in our best 21.

No, tell us what you really think, WDEE 😄

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