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Focus on your next mission is to sweet talk Molly into inking a long term deal. Go get her Ghosty. Enjoy the night and all the good eggs that are sticking fat with us

I know we shouldn't tie it together but geez I feel like we'll miss Mick in many aspects including trades and attracting talent

Yep and you'd have time to discuss with mates who's playing well in the ressies and is due for a call up But.... We must become USA

Yep, this could leave us looking a little rudderless with out an appointed coach. Macca is one of my faves. Both her and Shelly are just ferocious. It's great being able to watch a comp like this where players with tiny frames can still have a massive impact on games.

A good reader of the game and match day coach and as good as Paul Roos with building team culture. I'm more gutted with this than seeing Oliver and Tracc go.

I'm angy that our club didn't make the move to put him across into the men's team to work on strategy/ game plan and culture. I appreciate he was probably ready for a change but we've lost a really good coach when we should have been enticing him with more opportunities internally. He's been incredible and built a fantastic culture The W players never give in. They play for each other. I think we'll lose a few good ones now for sure. I hope Shae gets the job Thanks for everything Mick. A fantastic coach and leader. I'm quite shattered by the news.

Totally up for a combined membership package. I think it's a great idea

I just did a scratch around via ChatGPT on injuries this year. and... it was mentioned in the broadcast that Tayla Harris missed all of 2024 with her shoulder. We've been up against it with injuries and even having players out for a few weeks disrupts fitness to go with teams like Lions and North. Here's a rough (not perfect list from chatgpt). We had a soft draw but I reckon we did pretty well for a very disrupted season and another reason why i should be longer I reckon. We were pulling from unlisted players pool at one point I thought. It also doesn't mention Goldrick but she was out for a couple of weeks with a fractured eye socket I think? and had a disrupted start coming back from Ireland I thought. Players who missed the entire season or the overwhelming majority of it. All are 2+ games. Player Injury Notes Olivia Purcell Knee (ACL) Listed “Season” all year. Out entire 2025 season. Grace Beasley ACL rehab Still in ACL recovery; listed 8–10 weeks in Aug → season effectively gone. Aimee Mackin Knee (Inactive) Listed inactive long-term. Did not play the season. Jacinta Hose Back surgery / knee Listed Inactive + “Season”. No 2025 return. Blaithin Mackin Knee / hamstring Listed 10–12 weeks early → missed almost all regular season. Tahlia Gillard Knee (MCL) Listed 7–9 weeks then 5–7 weeks. Long absence (2+ games). 🟧 Medium-Term Injuries (Missed Multiple Games)These players had multi-week absences = definitely missed 2+ games. Player Injury Estimated Out Notes Sarah Lampard Calf 4–8 weeks Missed at least 2–4 games. Denby Taylor Foot (stress response) 4 weeks Missed ~3 games. Gab Colvin Knee (MCL) + later wrist 3–4 weeks, then 2 weeks Combined knee layoff = 2+ games. Wrist injury late season. Maeve Chaplin Hamstring Missed two finals Explicitly reported missing two games before prelim. 🟨 Short-Term Injuries (Likely 1–2 Games, Not Clearly 2+ Confirmed)These players had injuries publicly listed, but evidence only confirms 1 game out, or timing unclear. Player Injury Notes Eden Zanker Concussion Missed semi-final; unclear if she missed 1 or 2 games total.

A seconded from me as a remote Dee supporter. Thanks for the feedback on the crowd ratio too. I guess I really noticed even the lack of participation on the AFLW threads on Demonland that there's a huge ratio of supporters that just don't get into the MFC W games. I think the club needs to take this seriously and also take it up with the AFL who definitely don't take it seriously. AFLW is a huge grass roots opportunity to grow the game. It's more affordable, accessible (well apart from the Casey problem - we need to move to a central melbourne ground), it's family friendly. If more young boys and girls get into the game and get the chance to get closer to the players and the action in general, it will only grow the game. But..... the AFL is a complete corporate entity beholden to their broadcast partners. Can't help but see the parallels with politics these days. The AFL aint interested in the punters. Something needs to give and I think it's got to be a longer season to play everyone once at least and accessible, centrally located footy grounds to play the matches at accessible times. 1pm start times are just stupid for finals and most games. kids sports are usually not finished and it's the kids we need to get along to the games with families. 3 or 4pm start times works much better for attending and viewing surely.

Just wondering what people who attended yesterday thought the rough ratio of Norf vs MFC supporters was? The club had a great opportunity this finals series to grow interest and support for this team getting people along to watch some great footy. Thanks to those that went along

That match for the first 3 qtrs really reminded me of a boxing match in lots of ways. 2 of those points were goals in the 3rd and I reckon we would have had them down for the count. We had the poise and players to shut the game down. Just couldn't land those final two punches in the third. It's really understandable that we ran out of gas in the last. The lions loss cost us big time. Fitter team in 2026 and away we go Really hope Mick stays to get us another flag

You can't blame them in some ways. They've had nothing to cheer for for years with the North mens side. Good on them for showing up and thanks to everyone from the MFC that made it there today. It sounded like a great atmosphere on the coverage

One team had a weeks rest and I think it showed in the last. We ran out of run and gun. Incredible effort by this team. Bugger

Harris needs to come back into the ruck now

The second last throw in landed 2 metres outside North's goal square. We'll, that was a fantastic effort. We just needed to convert one or two and we'd have them rattled. I reckon North must be starting to [censored] themselves. We just need to get a couple through. Great lift across the ground. Oheir starting to get into it. Taylor is having a brilliant game down back along with Gillard. How was that pack spoil by her 2 on 1. Zanker and Hanks and Heath have lifted too. We can do this

We've had our normal quieter quarter. Pushing Harris into the backline for the last bit of that quarter helped again. Need a bot more from Heath and Hanksy and a few others across the ground. Mick and Shae will reset them. I reckon this will be a nail biter finish

How to get a soft one back. Just duck your head and headbut Goldy in the guts.

Geez another 50. Crazy stuff Well done captain

Geez the roos conversion from f50s is pretty bloody good. We need to tighten up

Great set shot Tay. Lock it down now Dees Great start

Great set shot Tay. Lock it down now Dees

Blatant push in the back on Harris in front of goal

Blatant, smashed her in the back. We're blowing a good start again

What an excellent start. Loved Macca's tackle and pass, she's everywhere. So good for such a small player. We're playing as a really cohesive team

Nice Article about Riley Wotherspoon Here. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1455309?fbclid=IwdGRjcAON_6xjbGNrA43-8GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtIC3wU45xCA7NkXDRuPoDu53MMN6gj5zUB5DKkVr35DEExWcNl2Muw7zQRV_aem_g3g6cUwpaz13RMsl0DiFfQ Geez she's come on as a key player really well