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Discussion on all things AFLW for the 2025 season, including games.
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Last edited by Bornadog; 14-01-2025, 02:37 PM.FFC: Established 1883
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Here's the list I've got for when the players are contracted until:
2027- Blackburn, Pritchard, Woodley
2026- Edmonds, Georgostathis, Wilcox, Gorham, Hartwig, Berry, Fitzgerald, Grant
2025- Ferres, Carruthers, Barwick, Buttifant, Gutknecht, Kimber, Bennetts
Assuming I haven't missed a post at some point, that's everyone that the club has announced. Given 2024 was the first year multi-year contracts were available I'm guessing everyone else is just signed on for next season only at this point. That probably extends to the draftees too - I couldn't find anything about longer deals being a required minimum for early picks like there are in the mens, and the club announced Barwick (who was pick 4) signing on for 2025 half way through last season so she must have been drafted to a one year deal initially.
A very encouraging sign that most of our best players are already on this list
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Here's the list I've got for when the players are contracted until:
2027- Blackburn, Pritchard, Woodley
2026- Edmonds, Georgostathis, Wilcox, Gorham, Hartwig, Berry, Fitzgerald, Grant
2025- Ferres, Carruthers, Barwick, Buttifant, Gutknecht, Kimber, Bennetts
Assuming I haven't missed a post at some point, that's everyone that the club has announced. Given 2024 was the first year multi-year contracts were available I'm guessing everyone else is just signed on for next season only at this point. That probably extends to the draftees too - I couldn't find anything about longer deals being a required minimum for early picks like there are in the mens, and the club announced Barwick (who was pick 4) signing on for 2025 half way through last season so she must have been drafted to a one year deal initially.
A very encouraging sign that most of our best players are already on this list
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The one I'd love to lock down is Grigg. She's going to be a star.Comment
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The one im really looking forward to seeing is Brook Barwick , the knee she did held her back last year , but iv watched a few of her games before she was drafted and she is the closest thing iv seen to Mon Conti , she will be a star if she can finally have confidence in that knee she hurt , because her speed and weaving through traffic was a sight to behold .Comment
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Only fair I give Westo a shout-out then, third place in our scoring tally is a great result for a first-year player - and that despite missing four games.
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Probably a little late to the party here, but there were some real positive signs with our season.
Sure, we had some shockers, North (second half) & Essendon particularly where we didn’t kick a goal. I’m not too concerned re Port Adelaide as we matched them in every stat other than on the scoreboard.
I think our season turned during the Brisbane game & we took that form into the Collingwood game & belted them!
For a team many experts said wouldn’t win a game, to win 4 was a testament to the players & coach Tam Hyett, particularly when our best player in Ellie Blackburn missed most of the season.
Izzy Pritchard really stood up & was a deserved B&F winner!
importantly, trade week wasn’t the horror story we’ve previously seen & the acquisition of Lou Stephenson from Hawthorn is very handy.
Really excited to see how our 3 new draftees fare; Emma McDonald, Sarah Poustie & Keeley Hardingham.[COLOR="Red"][B][U][COLOR="Blue"]85, 92, 97, 98, 08, 09, 10... Break the curse![/COLOR][/U][/B][/COLOR]Comment
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Watch Mcdonald and Poustie , both are very good players , Mcdonald is tall, strong mark and knows how to position her body in marking duels , will be a focal point in attack . Poustie on the other hand is a strong running mid with good ball control , both will be starters in our side this year . The future looks bright with the acquisition of the last 2 drafts, Weston -Turner , Barwick , Grigg , will be smarter and stronger this year , Prichard , Hartwig , fitzgerald , Wilcox , Berry , are good players and the return of Blackburn , who was so badly missed last year , not only because she is arguably our best player , but also our leader, and we were so young last year and still managed 4 wins , so her return and Laloifi coming back and the addition of Stephenson makes me think we could surprise a few of the so called experts .Comment
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I read somewhere that the day before the 2016 granny someone was spotted praying at the statue of EJ.
After we got flogged in rounds 1 and 2, and mostly because I thought it would be funny, I said a prayer of my own there before the gates opened for the Eagles game.
Given that game was the first time we scored more than 10 points, I'd prefer say that our season turned there. Because that would mean I can attribute our success to a funny story and divine intervention
I'm a bit wary of reading too much into the 4 wins stat - of the sides we beat, two were crippled by injuries, one had lost all of the momentum it had at the start of the season (Saints), and the other was Carlton who were just a mess, while we've yet to beat (or even really challenge) a top 8 side - but Hyett has done very well to build the team's foundations so far, and I'm very much looking forward to where we go from here.
Finals this year probably requires 7 wins. Quite ambitious, but then again Hawthorn and Port pulled it off last year. Maybe I need to pay EJ another visit.
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VFLW Fixture has been released
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Cleo and Griggy have re-signed
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