AFLW North Melbourne Football Club AFLW - Season 2024

[The Nostradamus]

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1141214/2024-nab-aflw-fixture

This says the 30th.

Cheers

 

[Caracas]

If Melbourne manage to get over the Hawks tonight, the H&A is virtually ours.

 

[RobZombie]

No, O’Shea isn’t the replacement, Craven plays like Kearney, OShea plays nothing like her.

I’d say that even at her age no one player has Kearney’s combination of strength, contested ability, burst speed and kicking skills, and they’re effectively replacing her by committee. Bruton in the contest, Rikki and Gatt on the burst, Tess with the foot skills.

 

[shinboner magic]

If Melbourne manage to get over the Hawks tonight, the H&A is virtually ours.

I very much doubt the hawks win another game this year

 

[Only Forwards]

I’d say that even at her age no one player has Kearney’s combination of strength, contested ability, burst speed and kicking skills, and they’re effectively replacing her by committee. Bruton in the contest, Rikki and Gatt on the burst, Tess with the foot skills.

And the best part here is that each of those players have had to step in and up to take more on more to bridge the gap, which hopefully means that when Emma is back the team is she will be coming back into a stronger team that can support her more.

 

[Caracas]

I very much doubt the hawks win another game this year

I hope they don’t - for selfish reasons. However, if they do get over Melbourne and Richmond, they will definitely demand respect.

 

[ferball]

I’d say that even at her age no one player has Kearney’s combination of strength, contested ability, burst speed and kicking skills, and they’re effectively replacing her by committee. Bruton in the contest, Rikki and Gatt on the burst, Tess with the foot skills.

And because of her age none of them have her learned footy IQ/experience.

 

[muttley45]

This game v Adelaide the most important of the year, of course a win is a win, but i would love us to make a statement with a similar result to the opener v Brisbane, and finish the home and away's with a full head of steam.

 

[Caracas]

This game v Adelaide the most important of the year, of course a win is a win, but i would love us to make a statement with a similar result to the opener v Brisbane, and finish the home and away's with a full head of steam.

While it would be great to blow them away, a close/hard game would really set us up well for the finals. Right now, on the face of it, complacency is, probably, the only thing that could get in the way of us winning the flag.

 

[Caracas]

I’ve just seen this week’s tips on the AFLW App. 10-0 to North! Think about that. Away against Adelaide. That tells you everything you need to know about who the “experts” clearly think is the best team in the competition.

 

[CURVE]

Team unchanged

 

[CURVE]

Kearney calm on the AFLW sidelines as finals loom

Kearney calm on the AFLW sidelines as finals loom​

By Roger Vaughan

Emma Kearney hopes to return from injury for the Kangaroos during the AFLW finals. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS

Emma Kearney jokingly wonders whether North Melbourne coach Darren Crocker is deliberately avoiding one of the AFLW's fiercest and most vocal competitors.
The North Melbourne great has used her six-week hamstring lay-off to spend time in the coaches' box. Kearney already works in North's AFL program and wants to coach once her outstanding playing career ends.
"Since I've been in the coaches' box, he (Crocker) has been coaching down at the bench, so not sure if that's a coincidence," Kearney told AAP.
"What I will say is, as much as I'm not a calm player - I like to play on the edge - I'm actually quite a calm spectator. That's quite surprising to some of our players.
"I do like the fact that I am a calm watcher, which hopefully will put me in good stead when I get into coaching. But I can't say the same for me as a player."
Kearney will need plenty of sideline "zen" this Friday night when third-placed Adelaide host the ladder-leading Kangaroos at Norwood Oval.
With only one more match until the finals, it is a preview of coming attractions.

Ebony Marinoff is in red-hot form for Adelaide with two games until the finals. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

As much as the Roos are in hot form, so is Crows star Ebony Marinoff, and Kearney says they must try to quell her influence.
Kearney is roughly midway through her injury rehabilitation and is back running, but unsure when she will return.
While she hopes to be back for the finals, the half-back is mindful of advice from retired Geelong great Joel Selwood.
He visited the Kangaroos in his AFL football operations role, not long after Kearney suffered easily the worst injury of her football career.
"The first thing Joel said to me was 'do not come back earlier than you think'," Kearney said.
"He said he regretted getting back too early when he did his (ankle) in a finals series (2017).
"I'm well aware that our team is playing really well without me there. But I don't want to have a recurrence of this injury - I want to be fresh and able to play at my best when I return."
While rapt with North's form, Kearney also admits the injury has been a mental test.
Something as mundane as taking her dog for a walk has become a Q-and-A in Kearney's head about whether it might affect rehab.
Kearney is 35 and is contracted to the end of next season, so it's a reminder of her playing mortality.
"I hope it's not me at 35. There are various factors," she said of her injury.
"I haven't had a soft-tissue (problem), I haven't had a long-term injury playing. I've been quite lucky.
"It's disappointing. I felt like I was actually playing probably my career-best footy off half-back.
"But the girls are playing really well, so it's kind of nice just sitting back and watching them do their thing."

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

Just no injuries pls

 

[The Nostradamus]

Don’t think we have a good match up for Ponter

 

[Lomas]

Don’t think we have a good match up for Ponter

Ifercate should take time on them.

 

[datakid]

Alyssa Bannan should be a trade target for us to replace Shierlaw when she retires. Bannan is chomping at the bit for decent delivery.

 

[Lomas]

Alyssa Bannan should be a trade target for us to replace Shierlaw when she retires. Bannan is chomping at the bit for decent delivery.

I am the last person to bring champ into a bigfooty discussion, but feel justified in this instance.

 

[cybercrab]

Alyssa Bannan should be a trade target for us to replace Shierlaw when she retires. Bannan is chomping at the bit for decent delivery.

She's a gun, McDonagh from the Hawks should also be a target played an excellent match tonight

 

[Caracas]

Time will tell. However, the Hawks are really going well. Last season, Geelong came within an inch of a GF. I still think it’s North’s flag to lose. Having said that, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hawthorn will be backing themselves in - and rightly so.

 

[Del191229]

Huge game tonight.

And how good is going into a Friday night footy with a power team.

 

[shinboner magic]

Huge game tonight.

And how good is going into a Friday night footy with a power team.

And the best player in the league - brings back good memories of a bygone era

 

[Caracas]

Huge game tonight.

And how good is going into a Friday night footy with a power team.

I know we’ll all be upset if we lose tonight. However, the great thing is that we don’t have to win. More importantly, we need to set ourselves up for our finals run. That could mean we lose tonight. I remember in 1996 when we lost to Geelong in the second last game. Two weeks later, we flogged them by 60 points.

 

[Del191229]

I know we’ll all be upset if we lose tonight. However, the great thing is that we don’t have to win. More importantly, we need to set ourselves up for our finals run. That could mean we lose tonight. I remember in 1996 when we lost to Geelong in the second last game. Two weeks later, we flogged them by 60 points.

Be very nice to win tonight and know we have home finals all locked up. You could rest some sore players, make sure emergencies like Lulu etc are in good nick if required.

 

[Caracas]

Be very nice to win tonight and know we have home finals all locked up. You could rest some sore players, make sure emergencies like Lulu etc are in good nick if required.

I agree. Adelaide have been a notoriously hard nut for us to crack in the past. We only beat them by a point in last year’s prelim. We’re stronger now, though, across the board.

 

[Quivorir]

Not at all worried about tonight.

Lids off. This is the season pals.