AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[Luke72]

You never know, it might be a Darren.

Strange name for a girl

 

[scottywiper]

Dogs are man's best friend!

 

[datakid]

The award remains unnamed in a traditional sense, the argument that it be called the Garner award gets stronger every time she doesn't get it.

 

[shinboner magic]

The award remains unnamed in a traditional sense, the argument that it be called the Garner award gets stronger every time she doesn't get it.

They’ll probably name it after Daisy Pearce the Nuffies

 

[LB2Snake]

Strange name for a girl

Maybe years ago…….very big chance to be a girls name in future.

 

[Wild Bill]

They play for the Dogs and Brisbane though? Or did you mean when Neil was at Freo?

Garner is the Bont and Riddle Neale.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

No. No. ****ing No.

Don’t do this shit. She gets the captaincy because she is the best player in the game and she deserves it.

This bullshit about the captaincy being a consolation prize is ridiculous, it’s even worse that it’s coming from a North supporter.

Calm down. You've got a big week ahead. Save the agitation for Saturday.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Actually can’t believe how little they look. They don’t appear small when matched against the other girls but that pic has blown me away.

Will Phillips looks huge here. Must be pushing 190cm after a late growth spurt.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

I said something similar couple years and you gave me a similar response lol.

It makes sense that people are gonna make that connection because there's no other logical explanation as why she hasn't won a AFLW B'n'F yet. The reality is she should have multiple but she's not even getting close to winning one!

To be honest, it was even more apparent the last time Jas was named AA captain because Jas wasn't a team captain and sitting alongside her in the AA team was her actual team captain who also happened to be the best captain in the league.

I also don't think you can reach for conspiracy theories amongst the umpires without also concluding that there might just be some orchestrated shenanigans amongst the AA selection panel, which by definition, is set up to achieve negotiated outcomes.

 

[Quivorir]

Does it seem a bit obvious that the AA selectors know the umpires votes ahead of time so they give Jas AA captaincy as a consolation? It's happened twice now and it looks a bit suss.

Or maybe the actual reason without the tin foil hat is the AA selectors recognise her season and the Umpires don't.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

Or maybe the actual reason without the tin foil hat is the AA selectors recognise her season and the Umpires don't.

Yeah could be. But I don't give the AA selectors that much credit.

 

[kool kangas]

l was never expecting Jas to win it and thought Ash had the better season however l did think that Jas would have polled better than what she did...

 

[The Nostradamus]

tickets sold out

if any more come available they will be released 2pm thursday via Ticketmaster

 

[DarwinRoo]

I said something similar couple years and you gave me a similar response lol.

It makes sense that people are gonna make that connection because there's no other logical explanation as why she hasn't won a AFLW B'n'F yet. The reality is she should have multiple but she's not even getting close to winning one!

Because it was stupid and insulting then and it’s stupid and insulting now.

 

[kool kangas]

Ash is more noticable even though >

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7f345b48-1e1b-4105-a4b2-44d8a4b46c49

 

[Samsquanch]

l was never expecting Jas to win it and thought Ash had the better season however l did think that Jas would have polled better than what she did...

Umpires pay marks when kicks travel 6 metres. They selectively ignore throws, high tackles and choose to allow incorrect disposals then ping legitimate attempts to get rid of the ball out of the blue. They appear to pay favourites and penalise lesser players.

And yet some people are surprised when the same umpires award votes to players who had unremarkable games over others that would have been rated elite on any objective scale.

The outcome related to Jasmine Garner was foreshadowed on the weekend's Fox broadcast (and also a couple of weeks prior) when it was said that she's a great player but "we know that the umpires don't see her" or words to that effect. But it's bizarre that a player who's generally in the game from start to finish, who hits targets by hand and foot, who can tackle, handpass and kick at probably the highest standard in the league, who hits the scoreboard on a regular basis and who is almost always among the top in statistics can be so blatantly ignored by those who's job it is to be watching the game more diligently than anyone else.

Something is awry.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Umpires pay marks when kicks travel 6 metres. They selectively ignore throws, high tackles and choose to allow incorrect disposals then ping legitimate attempts to get rid of the ball out of the blue. They appear to pay favourites and penalise lesser players.

And yet some people are surprised when the same umpires award votes to players who had unremarkable games over others that would have been rated elite on any objective scale.

The outcome related to Jasmine Garner was foreshadowed on the weekend's Fox broadcast (and also a couple of weeks prior) when it was said that she's a great player but "we know that the umpires don't see her" or words to that effect. But it's bizarre that a player who's generally in the game from start to finish, who hits targets by hand and foot, who can tackle, handpass and kick at probably the highest standard in the league, who hits the scoreboard on a regular basis and who is almost always among the top in statistics can be so blatantly ignored by those who's job it is to be watching the game more diligently than anyone else.

Something is awry.

Honestly, even more than in men’s games, the umpires do not have the experience, game knowledge or bandwidth to be judging individual performances. The W does not have to do things the same way and doesn’t - its umpires are less experienced and everyone has to accept that they are learning on the job. They should bin this annual debacle and combine the AA team announcement with the MVP award.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Funnily enough the goal umpires would probably have a better understanding of who played well than the field umpires do.

The Garner Vote Exclusion Zone is a pretty strange phenomena.

 

[Only Forwards]

Honestly, even more than in men’s games, the umpires do not have the experience, game knowledge or bandwidth to be judging individual performances. The W does not have to do things the same way and doesn’t - its umpires are less experienced and everyone has to accept that they are learning on the job. They should bin this annual debacle and combine the AA team announcement with the MVP award.

I have long been of the opinion that the BnF should be voted on by past players (more so thought about this for the men's but it is absolutely appropriate for the Women's)

Each club nominates a series of former players who fit a certain criteria (games played etc). Then those ex players form a 3 person panel and vote on singular games that do not include the team/s they played for.

For the W there would likely be a need to call on some ex mens players to make the pool big enough to begin with.

I absolutely think this is likely a fairer way of doing things.

 

[DarwinRoo]

Is there gambling on specific rounds and specific players with regards to votes?

Could someone place a bet on someone, let’s just say it’s Gabbi Featherstone for example,
to get exactly 1 vote and the game she gets that vote is North vs Cats?

 

[Quivorir]

Jesus christ...

 

[Only Forwards]

Is there gambling on specific rounds and specific players with regards to votes?

Could someone place a bet on someone, let’s just say it’s Gabbi Featherstone for example,
to get exactly 1 vote and the game she gets that vote is North vs Cats?

Dunno if it gets that niche.

By the AFL's own ranking points system she was the 29th ranked plyer on the ground.

29th.

adjudged 3rd best afield.

They can ask us to respect them, they can dedicated rounds to them, they can give them a bunch of awards, mic them up and give us tragic backstories for all of them and so long as they continue to do ridiculous shit like giving players that are objectively no where near it kudos like that they will remain one of the poorer aspects of the game.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

So happy for Alice making the AA team. She's had a fantastic season, not only on the scoreboard, but her physicality, work rate, and on-field attitude. She's an absolute ripper and I'm just so stoked she's getting the recognition she deserves for a wonderful season.

 

[DarwinRoo]

She played 31 ****ing minutes? ****ing hell!

 

[The Nostradamus]

rain forecast for pretty much all of saturday at this stage

training on Wednesday this week which should also be in the rain to prep us further