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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Fair enough. Apparently her parents are die-hard weags, and give her a fair bit of lip about playing for Freo, but she loves the club, and has no intention of going anywhere. Reckon by that celebration, she's a Freo convert now.No she was a Essendon supporter.
I hope so The only thing that concerns me is an 18yo Strom having to battle it out in the ruck week after week. Thought she was great against Geelong but struggled a bit against WC. There are going to be tougher assignments than both of those two. Bowers and KJG being tackling machines helps though I suppose.I see us beating Collingwood comfortably this week, these two weeks have filled me with high optimism that this team can contend for a flag.
You make a great point about Strom. We need to manage her work load.I hope so The only thing that concerns me is an 18yo Strom having to battle it out in the ruck week after week. Thought she was great against Geelong but struggled a bit against WC. There are going to be tougher assignments than both of those two. Bowers and KJG being tackling machines helps though I suppose.
As a side note I'm a little bit over reading about WC being such a young list. They are the 4th oldest list. Their list is about a year older than ours on average. They have 4 players under 21, Freo have 7. I think a lot of WC fans share the concerns I have about their recruiting/drafting but really I think this shows how well Freo has done with its recruiting, retention and drafting. Crossing fingers the positivity continues.
And that they chose to pick up mature players at the expense of investing in younger players coming through. Last draft they only picked up 1 player under 21, Freo drafted 5. Three of the players they drafted were over 30yo. Freo only have one player over 30yo on their entire list (Clifford). It seemed a strange strategy but if they weren't drawing from the same pool of talent I probably wouldn't even pay attention - good luck to them. I am very happy with how Freo have shaped their list, particularly in the past two years.The main reason why Fremantle is younger and more players under 21 is that we have had more drafts.
They needed to be competitive. They are coming up against a team in an established market, trying to draw back their fans to the brand.It seemed a strange strategy
The most profitable club in Australia with a massive membership base and a premiership in the past two years needed to see immediate success in AFLW? Sorry but I just don't buy it. Not complaining though... it meant we got a bunch of gun young players on our list because they didn't grab them.They needed to be competitive. They are coming up against a team in an established market, trying to draw back their fans to the brand.
West Coast AFLW can't afford to finish with one or two wins a season for a few years, especially if Fremantle AFLW are achieving.
Generally speaking, I think that supporters float around until they get locked in by success. Once you've supported a side through a ride and success you're rusted on chasing that dragon again but mediocre performance you can shift over to the other side.
So the plan would be to be competitive so as to not watch AFLW fans nailing their flag to the mast at Freo with the Women's Dockers bringing home a flag.
The most profitable club in Australia with a massive membership base and a premiership in the past two years needed to see immediate success in AFLW? Sorry but I just don't buy it. Not complaining though... it meant we got a bunch of gun young players on our list because they didn't grab them.
The most profitable club in Australia with a massive membership base and a premiership in the past two years needed to see immediate success in AFLW? Sorry but I just don't buy it. Not complaining though... it meant we got a bunch of gun young players on our list because they didn't grab them.
But they are getting belted each week anyway with the 4th oldest list. I strongly doubt they'd be dumb enough to think they'd be highly competitive with that mature list they've put together.I think the prospects for the AFLW team, not the club as a whole, are different.
It's one thing to support the mens like they always have. But how many are going to sit and watch the Womens get belted every week? Particularly if you're not inclined to see values in the AFLW to begin with.
Based on what they have said, they have a 3 year draft plan. So year 1 isn't the team they have in mind. They got 2 kids with priority selections. None were really available from Freo in the pre draft period.And that they chose to pick up mature players at the expense of investing in younger players coming through. Last draft they only picked up 1 player under 21, Freo drafted 5. Three of the players they drafted were over 30yo. Freo only have one player over 30yo on their entire list (Clifford). It seemed a strange strategy but if they weren't drawing from the same pool of talent I probably wouldn't even pay attention - good luck to them. I am very happy with how Freo have shaped their list, particularly in the past two years.
Completely agree they should plan for the future - that was my original point. Invest in the future not try and buy immediate success.I doubt they thought they would win a game this year, regardless of the drafting strategy this year, so why not plan over 3?
But they are getting belted each week anyway with the 4th oldest list. I strongly doubt they'd be dumb enough to think they'd be highly competitive with that mature list they've put together.
I haven't ventured much onto the WC board but I suspect a lot of them are holding on to young Mikayla Bowen as their one positive from what they've seen so far. If they'd been selective about the mature players they brought in I could understand but it appeared they just opened the doors to anyone willing to come at the expense of surrounding Bowen with similar aged peers.
Meanwhile we've got Garstone, O'Driscoll and Sergeant going crazy in the box whilst Stewart, Roux, Duffy, Webb, Strom are all out on the field. Grieve, Sharp and Stannett are all only 22yo as well.
Nothing past the precautionary hip pointerAny news on Hayley Miller?
I hope so The only thing that concerns me is an 18yo Strom having to battle it out in the ruck week after week. Thought she was great against Geelong but struggled a bit against WC. There are going to be tougher assignments than both of those two. Bowers and KJG being tackling machines helps