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I'd see myself agreeing with the grading (5/10), but not the overall sense of optimism in this piece. With other teams clearly continuing to improve as well, we're not likely to be shooting the lights out with even a reasonable trajectory of development going into next year.AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw
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Fact is, we still only won two games for the season. One at home in the closing moments, against an interstate team that entered the comp after us and finished the season 1-9 with a percentage of 43%. And one against a fellow battler, that also entered the comp after us. We didn't even play the top two teams of this season, and also dodged the team that finished fifth on the ladder as well.
It's why I'm ready to see serious change to the playing list for next season, notwithstanding that this time of further expansion to the comp makes it a terrible time to be reshaping it all. In the end, we are nowhere near even being a middling team at this point, and I can't see the point in avoiding the pain that is now inevitably required to rebuild a fairly mediocre list. I think the missteps of our early list list management decisions are now burning us massively and it's time for drastic action.
Keep some experienced heads? Sure. Prioritise just about every young player over selecting 'placeholders' who won't ever realistically be part of a successful team in the years to come? Absolutely. And with the pace of development in the game right now (where recent draftees seem so much more equipped to play the game than plenty of those who first made their way onto lists in the early seasons), I think relying heavily on the draft is truly the best way for us to build a team that has some hope of being competitive for the years ahead.
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Agree they would be important additions. But we're about to be short of an experienced tall to lead the forward line as well, and our on-ball division's best contributor is seriously limited in her disposal effectiveness. I don't see Prespakis hanging around for the long term either and, Nina aside, the rest of the mids group is 'developing' at best.
Still see us massively struggling against the slicker midfields in the coming season/s, even with the potential changes you've noted.
Mark Soderstrom, Adelaide-based footy journo, perhaps?
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No All Aussie team for Amy McDonald...
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Both unlucky ?
Some of the other girls over Hyped...
Both the cats girls didn't it every week.
I'm a fan of Amy, for sure. But there are just too many really talented mids in the system for her to make the final AA team. She does a fantastic job for the Cats. considering the somewhat limited skillset she brings to the game. But she's not going to get picked ahead of players who are more rounded overall and have higher proficiency in some of the basic skills of the game. Amy's clearance game is elite; her distribution after winning it is far less imposing. So I actually think she's done brilliantly well to make the squad, and don't think it's surprising at all that she didn't make the team.
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Totally agree with everything you've said - great contributor & player for the club, definitely a valuable asset to the midfield, but I think she'd struggle to break into a number of the better/stronger teams because of her disposal & her kicking can be a real weakness at times
I'm glad she was recognised with selection in the AA squad, but to see her going further would have been a real surprise
Meanwhile, McMahon looked a look earlier in the season, but thinking how our season panned out worked against her in the end. I expect her to be right up there at our B&F though, and wouldn't be surprised if she won
Agree with all of that. And, like you, I'd love to see Maddy win the B&F. Had a brilliant season, incredibly consistent, and don't think she was clearly beaten by a single opponent throughout the year.
Our 2022 would have been far uglier on the scoreboard without her out there every week.
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Interesting choice for us, but I like it
COLGATE AFLW GRAND FINAL SPRINT
The Colgate Grand Final Sprint will take place at the 2022 NAB AFLW Grand Final on April 9. Colgate, the Official Smile of the AFL and AFLW, will present the race in which participants from each AFLW club will compete against each other to determine the fastest player of the season.
The 100m sprint will be run along the 50m arc, the same shape as the iconic Colgate Smile.
2022 Colgate AFL Grand Final Sprinters:
COLGATE AFLW GRAND FINAL SPRINT
The Colgate Grand Final Sprint will take place at the 2022 NAB AFLW Grand Final on April 9. Colgate, the Official Smile of the AFL and AFLW, will present the race in which participants from each AFLW club will compete against each other to determine the fastest player of the season.
The 100m sprint will be run along the 50m arc, the same shape as the iconic Colgate Smile.
2022 Colgate AFL Grand Final Sprinters:
| Adelaide Crows | TBC |
| Carlton | Breann Moody |
| Collingwood | Alana Porter |
| Fremantle | Hayley Miller |
| Geelong | Nina Morrison |
| Gold Coast SUNS | Lucy Single |
| GWS GIANTS | Brodee Mowbray |
| Melbourne | TBC |
| North Melbourne | Daisy Bateman |
| Richmond | Poppy Kelly |
| St Kilda | Kate McCarthy |
| West Coast Eagles | Belinda Smith |
| Western Bulldogs | Bonnie Toogood |
I don't know how successful you'll be in attempting to troll Lions fans on our own board. Nice try, though.
