AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[Colby Cheer Squad]

...the annual report shows the AFLW program got $2,245,627 from the AFL's pockets (not the club's). It doesn't specifically mention the other $2m the team brought in via things like sponsorship (including $500k from the Tasmanian deal) and membership.

TPP for the team was $1,795,148. And even accounting for ASAs and other FD spending, it's clear the team is generating a profit.

Teen Wolf brings the receipts.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Caught myself saying a number of times yesterday while watching the game "geez, I wish our men's team could do something like that".

Also, after watching bits and pieces of quite a few of the AFLW games over the weekend, our skill level and ball movement really stood out to me.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Caught myself saying a number of times yesterday while watching the game "geez, I wish our men's team could do something like that".

Also, after watching bits and pieces of quite a few of the AFLW games over the weekend, our skill level and ball movement really stood out to me.

Especially watching it on tv, in the frame you’d see one of our players boot the ball and think as a reflex that it’s gone nowhere/to an opponent only for the camera to move and show the ball hitting a teammate downfield. It happened over and over again, by the last quarter I was conditioned to expect it.

And yes, a reflex from watching both our men’s season and a bunch of other W games.

 

[Marstermind]

Caught myself saying a number of times yesterday while watching the game "geez, I wish our men's team could do something like that".

Also, after watching bits and pieces of quite a few of the AFLW games over the weekend, our skill level and ball movement really stood out to me.

Also caught myself after Brisbane got the first goal of the last quarter and getting within 43 points thinking, "Watch these losers fudge this up" conditioned to watching the men's team and forgetting that this team actually has strong on field leadership, belief and maturity.

 

[Caracas]

I’d hazard 33% of this thread has been spent lauding our great victory. The rest has been either griping about the umpires or our mens team. We really struggle to be happy on here.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

I’d hazard 33% of this thread has been spent lauding our great victory. The rest has been either griping about the umpires or our mens team. We really struggle to be happy on here.

To be fair, the umpires outscored the reigning premiers 4 goals to 1.

 

[Caracas]

To be fair, the umpires outscored the reigning premiers 4 goals to 1.

When you’ve got a good team, umpires become irrelevant. There’s no surprise that we’ve been complaining more about them in the last 5 years.

 

[andana]

Sunday's game will be broadcast live on Channel 7 and for Foxtel and Kayo Sports subscribers.

 

[King Corey]

When you’ve got a good team, umpires become irrelevant. There’s no surprise that we’ve been complaining more about them in the last 5 years.

What if you're playing another good team who enjoy umpiring assistance?

 

[King Corey]

Just on umpiring, I can't comment on neutral games but "level up" goals feel more prevalent in AFLW.

In a one sided AFL game the lower side is often left to stew in their own juices. In just about every AFLW game I've seen where we're in complete control, a contentious free has been engineered to get the other side on the scoreboard.

Obviously it's completely coincidental because I'm assured umpiring is completely and utterly fair, objective and above board no matter the league.

 

[Only Forwards]

What if you're playing another good team who enjoy umpiring assistance?

1994.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Also caught myself after Brisbane got the first goal of the last quarter and getting within 43 point thinking, "Watch these losers fudge this up" conditioned to watching the men's team and forgetting that this team actually has strong on field leadership, belief and maturity.

To be fair - and as the commentators pointed out - we’ve got ourselves in front of them a few times and been run over at the end. But there was no way this team was dropping an eight goal lead!

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Come on. Hope we appeal.

 

[The Nostradamus]

That’s an easy challenge

Shouldn’t even be a fine

You get that down to low impact

 

[Limerick]

If the AFL is consistent with this, then there will be many one match bans being made this AFLW season and in next years AFL season.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Also that’s not high

That’s a legal tackle and no sling motion

 

[muttley45]

and take it to the tribunal

No slinging action, one arm free, player got up, took the kick and played on, should be easy appeal win, but i am nervous that first, we accept the week, and second, if we appeal, it will be unsuccessful because..........reason's

 

[shinboner magic]

Alice Cripps it is this week - that should be enough to get her off

 

[Roo202]

Also, we couldn't buy a holding the ball or incorrect disposal call yesterday, plenty of unrewarded tackles where Lions had prior.

Surely, if they are seriously saying this tackle is cause for a suspension, they have to be better, quicker and more consistent in paying those other decisions to avoid the need for stronger tackles.

 

[muttley45]

No fines for the melee in the pies/swans game ??

 

[MRoos]

If the AFL is consistent with this, then there will be many one match bans being made this AFLW season and in next years AFL season.

 

[CURVE]

I hope we appeal, Alice did everything right tackling the player who was already falling forward.

There was a tackle in the fourth where one of the Brisbane players jumped into Kearney knees first, I wonder if that tackle was looked at.

 

[kool kangas]

North Melbourne, please , please , please lodge an appeal...

 

[Hearts to hearts]

If that’s a match I was worried they’d deport Vicki.