AFLW AFLW/VFLW 2024 - General Discussion

[Bulldogs85]

Anywhere I can watch the replay?

AFL App but it’s not up yet

 

[MYOB]

Anywhere I can watch the replay?

Here's the mini match
AFLW Mini-Match: Carlton v Western Bulldogs

AFLW Mini-Match: Carlton v Western Bulldogs

Extended highlights of the Blues and Bulldogs clash in week Eight of the 2024 NAB AFLW Season

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[weltschmerz]

Pritchard and Fitzy fighting for the 10 coaches votes I think, with Wilcox in for a few as well.

If we could find players in the men's who have the exact traits of Wilcox and Grigg, we'd be laughing. Love a pocket rocket who tackles hard and can find the goals.

 

[Oliver G]

Easily our best win for a couple of years, it was a great example of what we’re trying to build towards. Won the ball, used the ball well and applied serious pressure. I can’t recall the last time we met those three parameters.

Very much a team effort and it’s amazing how much better we look with 3 talls in the side, allowing Hartwig and Grigg to roam, crumb and tackle inside 50, we finished 22-12 in that stat which was big, largely thanks to Hartwig and Grigg.

We still had problems connecting inside 50 and given the sheer number of inside 50s we had (42), we probably should’ve scored a few more goals. It’s exciting to think that once we develop that connection, we’re gonna be high high-scoring team.

Just about everyone had their season best game but clearly Pritchard was the standout. It’s great that she’s finally getting recognition from outside the club, we’ve just got to get her signature on a long term contract now.

Carruthers, Fitzgerald, Hartwig and Berry all had fantastic games, with Fitzgerald really having a solid second half of the season and Carruthers becoming a tackling machine. It was also great to see some of our younger players in Gorham, McKee, Woodley and Kimber have strong games as well. I thought Kimber looked pretty solid in D50 and reads the ball well. Given she was an injury replacement player I would be thinking about moving her to the primary list.

I know I say it every week but Weston-Turner is getting more and more confident with each game and she defentiley showed tonight why she was pick 1. For someone that size to be that good on the ground and in the air as well as performing run down tackles is just so exciting to see.

The only sour note was the injuries to Edmonds and Weston-Turner, I was worried there for a minute that Edmonds had done her ACL but seemingly it’s an ankle. Looks like she’ll miss the last two games which is a shame and certainly stretches as thin as we’re now down to 0 rucks, so one of McKee or McFarlane will likely have to take the #1 ruck spot for the last two games.

 

[Bulldog1954]

We need to get Pritchard on a long term deal right now. Overpay if we have to, she's a star and we need to reverse the trend of all our best prospects leaving.

 

[MYOB]

Anywhere I can watch the replay?

AFLW Match Replay: Carlton v Western Bulldogs

AFLW Match Replay: Carlton v Western Bulldogs

The Blues and Bulldogs clash in week eight of the 2024 NAB AFLW Season

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[Bulldogs85]

'We want criticism of the game': Dogs star welcomes fair debate

Western Bulldogs star Ellie Blackburn says the players want criticism of AFLW, but it has to come from a background of understanding the competition

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AFTER a week of discussion around styles of football and the wider future of the AFLW, Western Bulldogs leader Ellie Blackburn said she welcomes informed criticism of the women's competition.

The Dogs themselves kicked off a broader conversation about the competition after a negative and highly defensive game against Essendon last Friday night, going goalless for the third time in eight matches this season.

"Obviously, we hate to be the punching bag when it comes to this, unfortunately from our perspective. But in saying this, this is something players have asked for, and there's no shame or hiding from that by any means," Blackburn said on The W Show.

"We want criticism of the game, we want honest opinions, honest analysis, whether it's from media, personalities, coaches or other players, whatever that looks like. But there needs to be fair opinions, you need to have the full picture and understanding of it."
Blackburn herself wasn't playing due to a serious foot injury, with veteran defenders Lauren Ahrens (foot) and Mua Laloifi (ACL) also not on the park.

"From our point of view, we had so much experience on the sidelines, we had over 200 (cumulative) games sitting on the sidelines (for comparison, the Dogs only played 10 matches last season)," Blackburn said.

"We had the fourth-youngest team fielding a side in the history of the AFLW on Friday night, so these are all factors as to why our game panned out the way it did and why the game plan and style was the way it was, in order to be competitive and play against a team we thought scored highly. These are all contributing factors.

"But in saying that, I don't hate that the game's being spoken about like this. It's great to have the conversation, it's great more people are talking about it, there's more eyes on the game.

"We're not talking about it like 'it's great the girls are having a go', we're analysing the game for what it is. And for that, I respect and appreciate it."
In his mid-week press conference, Sydney coach Scott Gowans cautioned while he wasn't able to comment on individual clubs' game-style decisions without knowing their full rationale, an attractive style of football is key to growing the competition.

"Other coaches might have different tactics that they're trying to teach their players and we're not privy to that," Gowans said.

"But as a general philosophy for AFLW, it's really important that we take the game on and put on a good show to lift numbers that come to the game and broadcast.

"We all have a vested interest in that as a collective, so it's vital that we keep doing that and I'm sure that's the aim of all the coaches."

 

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[Bulldogs85]

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[Fossie 32]

GWS AFLW coach said after their loss to Hawthorn that the events of the last week took a heavy emotional toll on the side but the relationship with the mens team is 'definitely reparable'. - 3AW