Does it matter now as I expect we re-sign her and make a decision prior to the season. Hopefully a definite in 2021.
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No surprises there, think they were going to cut Sedunary anyway and St Kilda just made the choice for them and it was pretty much an open secret around the traps Jenna McCormick was committing to soccer full time.
A few big personalities in amongst that group though that are very popular in the playing group with Riley, Sedunary, Perkins and McCormick which sometimes can affect the unmeasurable qualities of a football club, so that could be hard to replace.
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7 players leaving confirmed by the club
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McCormick a loss IMO. Tex had to go, but she's been great for the club.
Maybe Football will treat her seriously now she is playing only one sport.
she is a great defender, and from her w-league season should be in the Matildas squad but theres a few golden ticket holders in the defence of the matildas so hard to crack into regardless
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The club has said they would welcome her back though, so the bridges aren’t burnt. What of Phillips and Ponter? Do we know where we stand with their contracts?
It’s been noticed by a few members in prior posts, we’ve likely kept the main nucleus due to the fact the girls aren’t being paid enough for the incentive to relocate to a new state, as well as risking the chance to play in a team who is less likely to dominate than the Crows.
All our fringe players (who have played AFLW games) are being raided, which is expected as they would be handy players in developing teams as well as learning some club secrets from us.
I’m specifically keen to know the other players of re-signings:
- Erin
- Ponter
- J Foley
I thought she said she was going to go through the rehab process and see what happens. I don’t think we’ll get a yes or no in the short term.
That's a ridiculously low wage. I'm not even the most important or best worker at my workplace, nor am I even earning that much compared to others in my field, but I still earn more than that.Maybe the WNBA isn’t quite the draw we thought it was?
Might even be a happy hunting ground for CatB recruiting
At this stage, I don't think WNBA is a recruiting ground, as AFLW players don't get paid much. There's also relocation costs and training a person from scratch to kick a football.
I genuinely thought Phillips would have been on 250-300k USD in the WNBA! Crazy!
McCormick is probably the biggest of our losses, I wonder if she'll be back in a few years time? She's the only one of our losses that was a regular part of our team this year (chosen whenever she was available). Sedunary and Riley were both quality depth but ultimately not needed. Hewett is quality but I'm just not sure where she fits in our current side. The rest aren't particularly important. If Perkins can get her fitness up she could come back to hurt us, but it's not like she was likely to play in our squad next year.
I somehow always forget that Riley was one of our inaugural vice captains. Her and Perkins were a big part of our 2017 culture that led to our first flag, so cheers to them
Sedunary was important that year too, albeit frustrating. It would have been interesting to see how her "attack at all costs" mode of play would have worked with our forward line this year, but I guess it wasn't to be.
Interesting to see that Nankivell has been retained. I liked what she brought early in the season. As mentioned by an earlier poster, we're currently at 24 players without Wallace coming back. I wonder if that's okay? Can she be reactivated as part of the draft, rather than at this stage?
I somehow always forget that Riley was one of our inaugural vice captains. Her and Perkins were a big part of our 2017 culture that led to our first flag, so cheers to them
Sedunary was important that year too, albeit frustrating. It would have been interesting to see how her "attack at all costs" mode of play would have worked with our forward line this year, but I guess it wasn't to be.Interesting to see that Nankivell has been retained. I liked what she brought early in the season. As mentioned by an earlier poster, we're currently at 24 players without Wallace coming back. I wonder if that's okay? Can she be reactivated as part of the draft, rather than at this stage?
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Don't blame McCormick for moving to soccer full time, win two AFLW flags - that's a great achievement, why not see how far you can take it in the other code? All good by me.
She's young, too, only 24 years old. Probably wants to see if she can make the national team if she puts all of her focus into soccer, and footy will still be here afterwards. Not like she's going to go backwards in terms of athleticism.
I'd argue McCormick isn’t really much of a loss at all. She was actually playing in poor form mid season and have been on par in most of our other games.McCormick is probably the biggest of our losses, I wonder if she'll be back in a few years time? She's the only one of our losses that was a regular part of our team this year (chosen whenever she was available). Sedunary and Riley were both quality depth but ultimately not needed. Hewett is quality but I'm just not sure where she fits in our current side. The rest aren't particularly important. If Perkins can get her fitness up she could come back to hurt us, but it's not like she was likely to play in our squad next year.
I somehow always forget that Riley was one of our inaugural vice captains. Her and Perkins were a big part of our 2017 culture that led to our first flag, so cheers to them
Interesting to see that Nankivell has been retained. I liked what she brought early in the season. As mentioned by an earlier poster, we're currently at 24 players without Wallace coming back. I wonder if that's okay? Can she be reactivated as part of the draft, rather than at this stage?
If we look back at the entire 3 seasons, I’d say she was one who didn’t look like she was improving much relative to the others. Whilst the others are focusing on footy for a whole year, and McCormick focuses on part footy, part soccer, she is the one that is likely to go backwards relative to the others.
So whilst she played a major part of our winning culture in past years, I can see others overtaking her spot next year.
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ESPN reported she was on over $100K .
http://www.espn.com.au/wnba/story/_...all-erin-phillips-redefines-two-sport-stardom
I suspect, like in AFLW, there is a big difference between base salary, and total earning capacity for high profile players. However, only a select few will get the top up.
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Erin was never a star player in the WNBA, she was a role player and bench depth for most of her career, and had the good fortune to do so contributing to a couple of championship teams.
I think she was seen as a pretty legitimate player until her injury back in 08 or whenever it was. After that, like you say, she was a role player and was regularly used to facilitate trades. She seemed to play for a different team almost every season.
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