AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[Samsquanch]

Lol. I missed this. Classic.

Make no mistake they've gone out of their way to recreate in the women's league the same entrenched attitudes to North Melbourne success. From the only team required to have a second state as its home ground and jumper to constant nonsense like this. Listening to commentators spend the whole game talking up opposition whilst we steamroll them is just the cost of doing business for North in these leagues.

I thought the commentators gave North a bit of positivity yesterday. It was with around 33 seconds to go in Q4, both of the commentators mentioned that North had played well.

 

[shintemaster]

I thought the commentators gave North a bit of positivity yesterday. It was with around 33 seconds to go in Q4, both of the commentators mentioned that North had played well.

Bold call from them.

 

[datakid]

One thing I discovered yesterday after watching Crocker's presser: Cravan did 48% TOG. They are hovering around 50 across the year, which would speak to their low numbers in general. Interesting to see Wright and Ferguson regularly doing 100% too.

 

[CURVE]

Coaches' votes, R6: Roo moves clear, FIVE perfect 10s

FREMANTLE v NORTH MELBOURNE

8 Tahlia Randall (NMFC)
8 Jasmine Garner (NMFC)
7 Ashleigh Riddell (NMFC)
5 Emma O'Driscoll (FRE)
1 Kim Rennie (NMFC)
1 Jenna Bruton (NMFC)

LEADERBOARD​

51 Jasmine Garner NMFC
43 Laura Gardiner SYD
40 Ebony Marinoff ADEL
40 Bonnie Toogood ESS
38 Monique Conti RICH
37 Ally Anderson BL
36 Tyla Hanks MELB
36 Kate Hore MELB
35 Madison Prespakis ESS
35 Ashleigh Riddell NMFC
34 Charlie Rowbottom GCFC
34 Claudia Whitfort GCFC
33 Alyce Parker GWS
30 Emily Bates HAW
30 Anne Hatchard ADEL
27 Brittany Bonnici COLL
27 Jaimee Lambert STK
27 Ally Morphett SYD
26 Nina Morrison GEEL
25 Abbey Dowrick PORT
25 Georgie Prespakis GEEL

 

[Liam Boy]

AFLW Team of the Week, round six

Who made Sarah Black's Team of the Week in round six?

www.afl.com.au

Randall up forward, Garner and Riddell on the bench. No Bruton.

Eh. Hard to argue with any of the named midfielders and they probably didn't want to name 3 from the same club, but those 3 performances were really hard to separate. Absolutely monstered a pretty decent side on their home deck, and it would've been by a lot more had the forward entries been cleaner, and had our players held gettable marks and kicked gettable goals.

 

[Samsquanch]

AFLW Team of the Week, round six

Who made Sarah Black's Team of the Week in round six?

www.afl.com.au

Randall up forward, Garner and Riddell on the bench. No Bruton.

Eh. Hard to argue with any of the named midfielders and they probably didn't want to name 3 from the same club, but those 3 performances were really hard to separate. Absolutely monstered a pretty decent side on their home deck, and it would've been by a lot more had the forward entries been cleaner, and had our players held gettable marks and kicked gettable goals.

Media votes seem to be somewhat varied from coaches votes and seriously, the media selections don't pass the eye test. Is there some agenda at play or are they simply blind to royal blue and white?

 

[Nate7]

Final round timeslot locked in for Sat Nov 4th at 1pm - Whitten Oval.

Venue change v Adelaide to Norwood Oval.

 

[datakid]

Final round timeslot locked in for Sat Nov 4th at 1pm - Whitten Oval.

Happy about that. Whitten is even closer to home than Arden. Will be walking down.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Happy about that. Whitten is even closer to home than Arden. Will be walking down.

It was always going to be at the Western Oval. Just the time slot was TBA.

 

[shinboner magic]

Final round timeslot locked in for Sat Nov 4th at 1pm - Whitten Oval.

Venue change v Adelaide to Norwood Oval.

Have we ever played the crows in Melbourne

 

[CURVE]

Have we ever played the crows in Melbourne

Round 5 2019 at Avalon Airport Oval. It was our first AFLW defeat.

 

[Luke72]

Round 5 2019 at Avalon Airport Oval. It was our first AFLW defeat.

Yeah I drove down for that

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Have we ever played the crows in Melbourne

Played and beat them in Tasmania in their down season too. Otherwise all away games. Not as skewed as the Melbourne fixture record of no home games, but doesn’t help.

 

[Dastardly]

Happy about that. Whitten is even closer to home than Arden. Will be walking down.

Same!

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Round 5 2019 at Avalon Airport Oval. It was our first AFLW defeat.

That was a hot day. And Werribee is almost not Melbourne.

 

[CURVE]

Played and beat them in Tasmania in their down season too. Otherwise all away games. Not as skewed as the Melbourne fixture record of no home games, but doesn’t help.

As of today we have played:

ADELAIDE - 4 times, 2 at home and 2 away for 1 win and 3 losses. This season's game is away at Norwood Oval.
BRISBANE - 4 times, 2 at home and 2 away for 4 losses.
MELBOURNE - 6 times, 0 at home and 6 away (incl. a final) for 1 win and 5 losses. This season's game is away at Princes Park.

And of course, there is a strong chance we will play at least one of these teams in the finals.

Can't complain about the Adelaide and Brisbane fixturing, it's fair and equal, but we have been shafted big time with the Melbourne fixturing.

 

[CURVE]

That was a hot day. And Werribee is almost not Melbourne.

Surely, it has to be inner-city Melbourne, I was told Mildura was an outer suburb.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

As of today we have played:

ADELAIDE - 4 times, 2 at home and 2 away for 1 win and 3 losses. This season's game is away at Norwood Oval.
BRISBANE - 4 times, 2 at home and 2 away for 4 losses.
MELBOURNE - 6 times, 0 at home and 6 away (incl. a final) for 1 win and 5 losses. This season's game is away at Princes Park.

And of course, there is a strong chance we will play at least one of these teams in the finals.

Can't complain about the Adelaide and Brisbane fixturing, it's fair and equal, but we have been shafted big time with the Melbourne fixturing.

Across all three we’ve seen one game at Arden St in six/seven seasons. I know the Tasmania home thing is on us but wtf was the Avalon Airport Oval one?

 

[CURVE]

Across all three we’ve seen one game at Arden St in six/seven seasons. I know the Tasmania home thing is on us but wtf was the Avalon Airport Oval one?

I think we played at Avalon Airport Oval in our first season because Arden Street didn't have the facilities ready for women's football. But, don't quote me on that though.

Only 4 of the 16 matches (incl. the two upcoming) are home games, 1 at Avalon, 1 at Arden, 1 at North Hobart and 1 at Launceston. It does feel like the red-hot poker has been rammed firmly up our butts.

 

[Luke72]

I think we played at Avalon Airport Oval in our first season because Arden Street didn't have the facilities ready for women's football. But, don't quote me on that though.

Only 4 of the 16 matches (incl. the two upcoming) are home games, 1 at Avalon, 1 at Arden, 1 at North Hobart and 1 at Launceston. It does feel like the red-hot poker has been rammed firmly up our butts.

Sooner Tassie and TAS AFLW gets in the comp the better.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Across all three we’ve seen one game at Arden St in six/seven seasons. I know the Tasmania home thing is on us but wtf was the Avalon Airport Oval one?

To balance that slightly, we played Brisbane in a home game for them at Footscray when all of QLD was under water. And we choked that day.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

To balance that slightly, we played Brisbane in a home game for them at Footscray when all of QLD was under water. And we choked that day.

That was terrible.

 

[CURVE]

Ash Riddell celebrates her 50th game this weekend.



Congratulations to Ash on 50 AFLW games and with the NMFC Club.

100% Shinboner.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Ash Riddell celebrates her 50th game this weekend.



Congratulations to Ash on 50 AFLW games and with the NMFC Club.

100% Shinboner.

Absolute champion.

 

[CURVE]

Kate Shierlaw plays her 50th game this weekend as well, although it's only her 6th with North Melbourne.



Congratulations Kate

Kate and Ash make it 8 players to have reached either 50 AFLW games, 50 AFLW games for North Melbourne or both this season.