AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I tend to agree with you, north don't have the depth this year to cover injuries and will fall to 4th if not 5th. Would be a tough final if terang can get players back. Ports bottom 6-8 players don't match it with wbools or koroits and in finals they will be found out I think.
Yeah port fairy continue to impress will be interesting against Warrnambool this week.. Port are able to kick some big scores and have been really exciting to watch. Hopefully they back the attacking style against Warrnambool and have a shoot out!
What about cobden, they have been pretty poor this season and I don't see a lot of upside for them. Hard place to recruit players to also. Otherwise I tend to agree with you that most other bottom teams do have good kids coming through and show positive signs.
I agree that Port Fairy can go deep in the finals, not sure if they can win it, but they sure as hell can give Warrnambool and Koroit a fright!! I've watched them twice this season and they are bloody exciting to watch and that was without Holmer and Rudolph. As far as the bottom sides go yes they are all young sides, but they have to be able to hold onto those young players, which is difficult in a place like Portland where the majority will head off to uni.
Absolutely agree 100% Tom150, be great to see someone else in the GF other then Koroit and Warrnambool. God knows what Port Fairy are paying on player payments or how they are doing it, but I suppose they have to do something like that because they can't rely on local players in a town that size. Similar to Hamilton and Portland.
Yeh your right blythe, Those towns you mentioned are a lot smaller then Hamilton and Portland, although I have been told they have a large area to pull from. But they to have the same problem with their kids going off to uni.
No, it's been the opposite, clubs like Heywood, Tyrendarra and Westerns have been draining a lot of players from Portland ever since Heywood joined SWDFL.
Really. Is that due to the travel factor for Portland? Fair way to travel.
Travel may have a little to do with it, they have 3 x hour and a half trips per season. Although In the western border league they had a hour and a half trip to Millicent. The club wasn't at its strongest when they joined hampden league, then when they got rid of Holty for Myles that was when the players started to leave. Hopefully they can hold onto their good kids for next season and get some of the local players back from the district leagues. I have heard Craneys got some players coming from Adelaide. But we won't know til next year I guess. As a long time Portland supporter it is hard watching them not being competitive, they were usually around the mark come finals time in WB.
I don't know why they got rid of him. Seemed to be a good leader for the club. Yeh true there would be some promising talent in the u18s. Where are the Adelaide boys playing now? Sanfl or surburbs. Might demand some $? I don't think itl take to much to turn it around next year. Only have to look at port fairy, although I hear they are paying a fair bit for it.
Has been hard not seeing them win more games Go Tiges but great watching the kids development. If they can keep existing players and add Three key position players Portland will be pushing back up the ladder. Imagine will loose some to uni though.
I've only just heard about Craneys mates playing next year, not sure who they are or where they are from, it might only be a rumour as well. Having Keppell Prince back up and running will give opportunity for more employment which should help us out. Also have been told that they are keeping all their kids other then Jake Edwards who is going to uni, he'd be going to rebels next season anyway. All those good kids with a season or two of senior Hampden league footy under their belts, plus a few local coming back, chuck in a few key recruits and they should do alright next season.
There's no way Portland would go as far as Port Fairy with recruiting big gun players, nor will they have to, there's enough local talent kicking around to be competitive.
