AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[The Nostradamus]

A cam Joyce special today at the suns

If we get those perfect conditions against a shit team like that we could beat a team by well over 100 even 150

 

[Nate7]

So I just got back from Stk v Hawks and the ladder is no indication of how good/bad stk is.

Sitting 2nd, one would assume they are decent, well, they are shite in all lines and Hawks were alright.

Shame we don't play either team.

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

Dees blew a 3 goal (3/4) lead & Freo got a great goal after the siren to win by 6 points.

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

So I just got back from Stk v Hawks and the ladder is no indication of how good/bad stk is.

Sitting 2nd, one would assume they are decent, well, they are shite in all lines and Hawks were alright.

Shame we don't play either team.

Just saw Hawks had a 6 goal last quarter. Hawks that good or Saints lost the plot?

 

[Nate7]

Just saw Hawks had a 6 goal last quarter. Hawks that good or Saints lost the plot?

Hawks were better all day, superior in transition and having Bates has helped a lot!

Stk are not a top 4 side, regardless of the fact they were supposedly undefeated until today. They looked a genuine bottom 2 side.

 

[Dastardly]

Watched a fair bit of it yesterday before flicking it over to Freo/Melbourne (thank goodness I did!). Saints are very much Wardlaw or bust coz the rest of the team's bloody ordinary. Playing Gold Coast and then Sydney & Essendon without Molloy and Toogood has definitely helped their ladder position.

 

[CURVE]

Has there been any news from the MRO on O'Loughlin's tackle?

They made the decision on McKenzie's tackle within a day, but it's been a day a half since our game.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Has there been any news from the MRO on O'Loughlin's tackle?

They made the decision on McKenzie's tackle within a day, but it's been a day a half since our game.

if there were anything I’d assume we’d have heard by now

Looked a fine tackle and paid holding the ball

 

[CURVE]

if there were anything I’d assume we’d have heard by now

Looked a fine tackle and paid holding the ball

I agree, I'm not sure the Power players head hit the ground, but you never know with the MRO, they gave her a week for a tackle that looked okay a few weeks ago.

Anyway, I hope you're right.

 

[CURVE]

It appears O'Loughlin has been cleared by the MRO, they have just handed out their charges for Saturday's game.



Now, we hope her thumb injury won't keep her out of Wednesday's game.

 

[The Nostradamus]

reckon Pullar in for Smith on Weds to play our best team

then against the tigers in tassie on sunday we rest a few

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Tough start to Sam Wright’s senior coaching career.

 

[Teen Wolf]

reckon Pullar in for Smith on Weds to play our best team

then against the lowly dogs on sunday we rest a few

We're playing Richmond on Sunday.

 

[The Nostradamus]

We're playing Richmond on Sunday.

yep tigers in tassie few can stay home and rest that one

 

[ferball]

Sunday, Friday, Wednesday, Sunday...

LOL What a farce.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

It appears O'Loughlin has been cleared by the MRO, they have just handed out their charges for Saturday's game.



Now, we hope her thumb injury won't keep her out of Wednesday's game.

Hope someone does a welfare check on Chyloe Kurdas and Ruby Schleicher. They'll be inconsolable at the news that their campaign to have AOL deregistered and charged with criminal offences has failed.

 

[Dastardly]

With Collingwood getting absolutely smacked by the Dogs on the weekend I find it even more interesting that Fox are using two Pies AFLW players for special comments on the broadcasts.
Can only assume that Harry & Jy will be in similar roles once the men's 2025 season rolls around.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

With Collingwood getting absolutely smacked by the Dogs on the weekend I find it even more interesting that Fox are using two Pies AFLW players for special comments on the broadcasts.
Can only assume that Harry & Jy will be in similar roles once the men's 2025 season rolls around.

Ruby is a Fox regular - and for better or worse most of the AFLW broadcasts have a current player in the commentary team, I’ve heard many clubs represented including ours. Usually they are pretty good and have useful insights, but it does create issues when they cover potential MRO incidents. I don’t know who the other Pies player is but they have plenty on the sidelines with injury who would have time.

 

[Nate7]

Sunday, Friday, Wednesday, Sunday...

LOL What a farce.

The week just gone there were games every day/night, felt like the old lockdown days.
Every team will be having 4/5/6 day breaks for at least 3 weeks, all to play one extra game without calling it an extra round - AFL logic.

 

[Dastardly]

Ruby is a Fox regular - and for better or worse most of the AFLW broadcasts have a current player in the commentary team, I’ve heard many clubs represented including ours. Usually they are pretty good and have useful insights, but it does create issues when they cover potential MRO incidents. I don’t know who the other Pies player is but they have plenty on the sidelines with injury who would have time.

OK, I think it was Ruby on the Hawks/Saints game and someone else on the Tigers/Blues game. I've certainly seen other teams represented but two different Pies players in the space of a couple of days when their team's where it is had my antenna up.
I do agree most of the time the AFLW players that provide special comments on the occasional game are better than their regulars.....

 

[Teen Wolf]

The other Collingwood player sometimes providing special comments is Jordyn Allen, who is probably wise to be thinking about a career outside of playing footy with the way she's been performing on-field lately.

The Suns-Cats game on Saturday had Sarah Hosking and Grace Egan doing special comments, both Richmond players.

Of course it's a way for Fox Sports to save money, but it's also part of an agreement between the AFL and AFLPA to "provide a platform for AFLW players to work in the media".

 

[ferball]

The week just gone there were games every day/night, felt like the old lockdown days.
Every team will be having 4/5/6 day breaks for at least 3 weeks, all to play one extra game without calling it an extra round - AFL logic.

ludicrous isn't it.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

The week just gone there were games every day/night, felt like the old lockdown days.
Every team will be having 4/5/6 day breaks for at least 3 weeks, all to play one extra game without calling it an extra round - AFL logic.

I'm trying to wrap my head around the economics of all this and perhaps Teen Wolf can weigh in here. Did the AFLPA didn't simply agree to the AFL and clubs paying players for a 10 week season but squeeze in 11 games? I just can't imagine the players association agreeing to that on a long-term basis as it's surely unsustainable. I appreciate that it's a cost-cutting way to get a little closer to the competitively fair 17 game fixture but from a labour perspective, it's exploitative and unfair. Perhaps it might work for savings on support staff wages but the onus on the players is pretty extreme.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

OK, I think it was Ruby on the Hawks/Saints game and someone else on the Tigers/Blues game. I've certainly seen other teams represented but two different Pies players in the space of a couple of days when their team's where it is had my antenna up.
I do agree most of the time the AFLW players that provide special comments on the occasional game are better than their regulars.....

I remember getting mad that Libby Birch was trying to get one of our players suspended when she was with Melbourne.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I'm trying to wrap my head around the economics of all this and perhaps Teen Wolf can weigh in here. Did the AFLPA didn't simply agree to the AFL and clubs paying players for a 10 week season but squeeze in 11 games? I just can't imagine the players association agreeing to that on a long-term basis as it's surely unsustainable. I appreciate that it's a cost-cutting way to get a little closer to the competitively fair 17 game fixture but from a labour perspective, it's exploitative and unfair. Perhaps it might work for savings on support staff wages but the onus on the players is pretty extreme.

The players are on 12-month contracts now, so their salaries aren't being impacted by the season structure. Minimising crossover with the men's is about lightening the load on club staff, broadcasters, etc.

Further complicating matters: 12 matches is guaranteed from next year onwards, which might not mean simply finishing a week later (otherwise, why not do that this year). The question will be whether the AFL tries to overlap the men's and women's H&A seasons next year (at least partially)... or do they just squeeze a 12-round season into 10 weeks (sounds crazy, but we all know they'll consider it).

The new AFLW GM has, without prompting in several interviews, brought up a desire to re-examine the timing of the season next year. But the reality is it'll be Andrew Dillon's call.