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Cheers for that. Stupid way to miss a final.

Has anyone seen footage of the Answerth suspension? He got the week suspension for striking ANB (intentional, body contact and medium impact) which I think most assume resulted in the ANB spew, but I haven't seen any footage which is pretty unusual these days.

100%. Adelaide brought finals like pressure, especially in the first half and we absorbed it and kept getting our hands on the ball first. Amazing first up game really. I’m very glad we got through seemingly unscathed as the ground condition was pretty bad.

Go Dees. Great game ladies.

West had the knock on her kicking last year but looks to have cleaned it up quite a lot. 17 handballs, 5 kicks.

Not sure that was 15 lol

Lovely goal by Hanks

Kate, Kate, Kate 😩

We’re +2 Clearances and +7 Contested possessions. Who cares if we’re losing the tackle count. West and Gillard are great for second year players. Fitzsimmon had some important contests in the last 5 minutes.

The commentators are lauding the Adelaide pressure and tackling, but ignoring the fact that Melbourne is getting their hands on the ball first.

That was a great couple of minutes of footy finishing with the goal to Harris.

Adelaide are bringing so much pressure but our composure is very impressive.

I’m all for the 45 kick into the corridor but only when it’s on. We were lucky to get away with those two. Good quarter with lots of pressure. Could have easily got 2 more goals (Heath and Hore were very gettable).

I've heard several times the going rate for Rankine is two first rounders. Jackson is worth much more than that and I can't see Freo especially being able to make it happen. It's going to be a very intriging October and November.

Everything I've read and heard in the last few days says that Melbourne are the premiership favourites, followed by Brisbane. I'm not sure why people are dropping off Adelaide though, because Erin Philips seems to be the only star players no longer there. Captains season tips - https://www.womens.afl/news/99011/the-tips-are-in-captains-pick-best-team-b-f-rising-star-more?_ga=2.149319286.130012505.1661466003-1339380638.1661466003

Way to make the award mean nothing….

Elbows at exactly 90 degrees. Straight fingers. Graceful flag waving before a neat roll up and tuck away.

Gawn. 6 time AA. Legend of the club and the league. Amazing story.

Lol. Where did I say I would boo? I’m not trying to stir up angst. Someone asked if people thought Melbourne fans would boo. I wouldn’t but there are many different types of Melbourne supporters out there. The two biggest bullies in my year level at school were Melbourne supporters. They aren’t all like you and they aren’t all like me. If we can’t manage a good deal (it is a negotiation after all) some people will vent their disappointment by booing him. Not all Melbourne supporters are angels.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1206881/mastering-mindfulness-stephen-rendall?videoId=1206881&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1661313639001 Perhaps nonsense for some, but I found this very interesting.

I'm already noticing the difference. After 17 years, very much overdue.

Great post. Prompted me to pull out the wallet and sign up. 👈

Did the culture of the AFL give him any alternative to lying? And what did the burden of scrutiny and secrecy do to his mental health and how did that affect him on field?

Yeah, it was a very difficult situation for him, mainly because player movement announcments are so taboo in the AFL. I don't think I want the AFL to go quite as far as the NRL do with announcing player movement so far out, but I do hope we can mature a little in this space. Just like turfing the centre bounce, I really don't think it will be as impactful to the industry as some supporters think.

How naive are you? We have 65,000+ members plus many, many other non-member supporters. You are kidding yourself if you think all of them are wonderful people that will harbour nothing but goodwill to departed players, especially if we don't get a good trade.