AFLW AFLW/VFLW 2024 - General Discussion

[Bulldogs85]

 

[geoffjennings79]

Don't know if anyone heard any ABC coverage during our game last night, but as they were winding up their half time wrap, one of the commentators mentioned the VFLW grand final today.
Nathan Burke then jumped in to encourage all Bulldogs supporters to get down there today to support the girls, said something else about what a great story it is.
If there's any angst towards the club, it obviously hasn't stopped his interest in our program. Very professional and impressive from him.
Oh, and go VFLW Dogs!

 

[MYOB]

Bad start.
12m gone in Q1

NM 3.1.19
WB 0.0.0

 

[MYOB]

13m gone in Q1

NM 4.1.25
WB 0.0.0

We need to get 1 or 2 goals quickly before it starts pissing down

 

[Fossie 32]

13m gone in Q1

NM 4.1.25
WB 0.0.0

We need to get 1 or 2 goals quickly before it starts pissing down View attachment 2054381

Hopefully they have peaked too early

 

[gordo2016]

We played a bit better in the last few minutes , need to chip away at this lead and win this quarter.

 

[MYOB]

We played a bit better in the last few minutes , need to chip away at this lead and win this quarter.

Started the 2nd qtr well, with our 1st goal at the 3 minute mark

NM 4 3.27
WB 1.1.7

 

[MYOB]

Long way back from here.

Q2 13m
NM 6.4.40
WB 1.2.8

 

[Bulldogs85]

Whatever happens today the girls have had a great season

 

[MYOB]

Well, well, well.

We have a ball game.

Q3 13m
NM 6.5.41
WB 5.5.35

 

[gordo2016]

Well, well, well.

We have a ball game.

Q3 13m
NM 6.5.41
WB 5.5.35

Great fight back. Anyones game now.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Proud of the girls what a fight back

 

[MYOB]

Scores are level with a minute to go on the 3rd.

North will be kicking with a 2 to 3 goal wind in the last qtr

 

[MYOB]

North get the 1st goal in the last after 2 minutes

 

[MYOB]

North kick the 1st 3 of the last qtr.

12 minute mark

NM 9.7.61
WB 6.6.42

Game over I'm afraid

 

[_Cerberus_]

That will probably be game sadly. They got off to a big start before we settled into the game.

North just peaked when it mattered most. We had two more wins than them, 100 more points for and like 60 less against.

Doesn't take away from the good season the girls had though. And they definitely were not disgraced today. Great comeback after falling behind by a bit, to get it level headed into the last Q. Also a big jump on the ladder on the previous season. Just need to keep the team together and build on it.

Great season by them all.

 

[weltschmerz]

Hell of a fight, hell of a season. Very proud.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Proud of the girls they can all held the heads high after that big fight back and come back bigger and better in 2025

 

[Bulldogs85]

 

[geoffjennings79]

Thought Ellie had a few more years in her tbh, don't mind the change, plus she stays in the leadership group. Congratulations to DB, hopefully onwards and upwards.

 

[weltschmerz]

Really surprised! I thought Ellie had it for as long as she wanted it. Good luck Bez, and it's good to see a Grant in the leadership group!

 

[Bulldogs85]

Thought Ellie had a few more years in her tbh, don't mind the change, plus she stays in the leadership group. Congratulations to DB, hopefully onwards and upwards.

I was surprised when I saw it

 

[geoffjennings79]

Really surprised! I thought Ellie had it for as long as she wanted it. Good luck Bez, and it's good to see a Grant in the leadership group!

I was surprised when I saw it

Yeah, I was surprised too. I expected Ellie to retire as captain. But a good leader knows when it's time to step aside for emerging talent, so hopefully Ellie is fully on board with this and takes her game to new levels, if that's possible.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Berry on top: Blackburn replaced as Dogs captain as changes continue

Deanna Berry has been appointed Western Bulldogs captain as changes continue at the club

www.afl.com.au

CONTINUING a year of change at the Western Bulldogs, Deanna Berry has been appointed captain for the 2024 NAB AFLW season.

Berry takes the baton from Ellie Blackburn, who has led the club since 2019 initially as co-captain and then standalone once inaugural captain Katie Brennan moved across to Richmond. Blackburn will remain in the leadership group.
"I'm probably a bit speechless right now to be honest – I'm just thrilled," Berry said.

"In the last few years, I've really found myself as a leader, and where I can make an impact both on and off the field. I want to help drive the behaviours and the culture and the standards that we want to set as a club."



After finishing 18th on the ladder last year, recording just one win for the season, the Bulldogs have made significant change in recent months.

Coach Nathan Burke – who joined the club the same year that Blackburn was ratified as sole captain – was moved on at the end of the season, as was list manager Mick Sandry.
The Bulldogs have since welcomed Tamara Hyett as their third head coach, and appointed Dan Fisher as list manager. Meanwhile, Patrice Berthold was also appointed as general manager of women's football earlier in the year, replacing Debbie Lee who moved to a position at the AFL in August of 2022.

Change was also felt across the playing list, with four players – Kirsty Lamb, Katie Lynch, Celine Moody, and Gabrielle Newton – traded to other clubs, and a further six either delisted or retired.
Blackburn is the sole remaining member of the club's inaugural list from 2017.

New captain Berry joined the Bulldogs during the 2017 off-season, arriving in time to play in the side's 2018 premiership. She was initially drafted to Melbourne with pick No.9 of the inaugural draft, and has played 40 of her 47 career games since arriving at the Dogs.
The leadership shift comes as a result of a new selection process instigated by Berthold.

"Following extensive consideration, we are pleased to appoint De as captain," Berthold, said.
"Reflective of the changes across our women's program in the off-season, we introduced a new and robust leadership selection process to help position the club with the best chance of success now and into the future across all on-field and off-field endeavours.

"De emerged from this comprehensive process as the successful candidate, and we are excited for her to guide and help propel the team's growth through this next chapter."
Berry will be supported by a leadership group made up of Blackburn, Elle Bennetts, Isabelle Pritchard, Isabella Grant, and Jess Fitzgerald.

"I'm pretty lucky in the fact that I've got Ellie to help guide me along the way. She's been an enormous leader of this club for the past eight years," Berry said.

"Having her qualities beside me is only going to help me and the direction we want to go as a club. The girls in the leadership group are a great bunch – it just excites me to know how much it means to all to them, and how hard they've been working to be leaders."

The Bulldogs kick off their 2024 campaign on Saturday, August 31 against Greater Western Sydney in Canberra.

 

[weltschmerz]

Aren’t Berry and Blackburn ex-girlfriends?