List Mgmt. 2024 AFLW trade and draft

[Kiama Chris]

Bolters, sliders, steals: How did your club go in the AFLW Draft?

Who did your club pick up at Monday night's Telstra AFLW Draft? Gemma Bastiani takes a look at the comp's newest players

www.afl.com.au

Nice positive write-up.

 

[Callipygian]

Domino effect: How Dees' early selection shaped top 10

Melbourne's decision to take West Australian Molly O'Hehir at pick No.2 dictates how the rest of the top 10 fell in Monday's draft

www.afl.com.au

This doesn't tell us too much we don't already know. For instance, who would we have picked if Melbourne took Fish and the Giants took O'Hehir?

 

[Callipygian]

Just my opinion I’m fairly new to aflw.

I think Sydney Afl needs to be developed into a feeder competition for Giants and Swans the issues are the focus is on Academy players and most players in Sydney are mature age players that may have come into the sport late or just starting to develop and just need the opportunity.
There is No pathway other than Academy under 18’s.
The players that are over 20yrs get no elite coaching (no disrespect to Sydney Afl Coaches) and need to move to VFLW which is a bit unrealistic for most considering No payments ,careers etc. and need to stay,some are lucky enough to be Train Ons , however are restricted to only one Training day with Aflw Squad which isn’t enough to really develop to that next level. Teams shld have opportunities to potentially have 2-4 development players added to list to allow the Full Time Training and Practice games etc. This way if any injuries etc when called upon they are ready physically ,mentally and strategically.

In my opinion Sydney should have a VFLW combined Team that can play in that competition or the Swans have a VFLW Team mix of Academy,Mature Age players and AFLW listed but play the entire competition. This will allow development of not only Players but the Sydney Afl competition to become stronger and not 2-3 Team focussed.

Really interesting post. I agree with your main message about investing in grassroots women's footy. How practical it is and how to do it are big questions. Also, we can't expect it to turn into a footy factory overnight - it will take years. [Incidentally, there's a fantastic series of in depth articles written by (I think) Gemma Bastiani on the development of women's footy in Queensland. They're not on afl.com.au - I'll hunt them down if anyone is interested and can't find them themselves.]

I think you have overstated certain things or otherwise not explained them well. For instance "there is no pathway other than Academy under 18s". We have a number of players we have found in NSW other than via the Academy. We plucked Kennedy out of Sydney AFL. While I think Heads and Mitchell may have played for Swans Academy at some stage I'm not sure of the extent of their involvement. Mitchell was a Mosman Swans and Gunnedah Bulldogs player principally. Heads had more involvement with the Academy but was playing for the Inner West Magpies in the Sydney AFL when she was selected by the Swans. Kate Reynolds and Zoe Hurell were selected from the North Shore Bombers.

The Swans VFLW side does currently provide some (limited) opportunities for Academy players. Potentially they could do the same for more mature agers but understandably they want to prioritise the listed players because it is a means of preparing them to play AFLW. I like your suggestion they play the whole comp. I suspect it is an issue of money - given the majority of the competition is Melbourne based it is more costly to run a team from NSW. However, they are doing it for the men and so why not the women too? I'm all for it.

Sleeping on our draft take I've become pretty happy. Zippy is a quality player who fits Gowans' game plan. The three late picks all fulfil a need, a link up forward, a genuine backup ruck (thankyou!) and a defender who might double as a defensive mid.
I still would have preferred McDonald as a tall forward but I guess there's always next year.
Hopefully Davies and HamiltonA will step up.

I'm stoked with Zippy. I'd rather have her than a tall, even though I agree we needed height. She's too good to pass over. She's legitimately the 3rd or equal 3rd best player in the strongest draft ever. She could have gone pick 1 many years prior to now. She plays round 1 and instantly makes us better. I just never considered her early because it seemed sure she wouldn't be available and then because the pundits reported we weren't interested. Imagine if she turns out as well as Mon Conti. Imagine if she's even better!

 

[Callipygian]

The interesting thing for me is that not one of the Allies players got drafted despite many of them being rated in the top 50 (2nd-3rd rounds). Those players include:

• Emma Juneja and Ellie Veerhuis from the Swans Academy
• Ellie Hall, Ash Patton and Amelie Prosser-Shaw who I think are all from the Giants Academy
• Tatyana Perry from the NT

Very interesting. Yet, we weren't unwilling to select Amelia Martin. It's unclear whether that is simply because we rated her higher or because she filled a need. Gowans did say post-draft that we used those later picks to fill needs so maybe that's why we favoured her over, say, Juneja. However, Juneja, for all her talent, also seemed to be a bit unfit and that might suggest less professionalism (or maybe just less ready to play?). I agree there's still hope for those other players to get drafted to the AFLW, including as soon as this season.

 

[Kiama Chris]

The interesting thing for me is that not one of the Allies players got drafted despite many of them being rated in the top 50 (2nd-3rd rounds). Those players include:

• Emma Juneja and Ellie Veerhuis from the Swans Academy
• Ellie Hall, Ash Patton and Amelie Prosser-Shaw who I think are all from the Giants Academy
• Tatyana Perry from the NT

Very interesting. Yet, we weren't unwilling to select Amelia Martin. It's unclear whether that is simply because we rated her higher or because she filled a need. Gowans did say post-draft that we used those later picks to fill needs so maybe that's why we favoured her over, say, Juneja. However, Juneja, for all her talent, also seemed to be a bit unfit and that might suggest less professionalism (or maybe just less ready to play?). I agree there's still hope for those other players to get drafted to the AFLW, including as soon as this season.

I can see why we took Amelia. A little taller at 173cm, RMC suggested she has good acceleration and speed, links up well into the forward line and is strong defensively. Had a consistent season with 0.7 goals and 2.3 tackles off only 7.3 possessions . Looks strongly built. At worst good depth.

 

[RampeRobe]

Is there any way we still list the academy girl/s? (Juneja)

 

[robbieando]

Is there any way we still list the academy girl/s? (Juneja)

Only if there is a season ending injury

 

[Adnico26Parker]

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Fishy! If she stays and we have to trust our system could be the best of the lot in the draft

 

[Adnico26Parker]

2024 AFLW Draft review: Sydney

Sydney had four selections in the 2024 AFLW Draft, picking up explosive small Zippy Fish, then looking more local for the final three picks.

central.rookieme.com