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Re: Aflw 2022/2023
Looking good
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I intend to go Friday night. Been driving over Gordon St a bit recently and the surface looks magnificent. The training facility is massive-really changes Barkly St street scape. A win in our club’s first real match there would top off the night.Josie :)
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Just like '54 again.Comment
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I'm heading along tonight. A win at home would be a great outcome. Reckon we'll step up with a couple of good inclusions.But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.Comment
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Not a good start on our home turf but the ground is looking great.
Smith has had a good start Elle doing Elle things and I think we need Lamb to see if she can manage more time in the middle.Don't piss off old people
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God we miss Elsa so much. I hope that she recovers from her concussion.Comment
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Oh my god, knock it through the ****ing goal. You're on the goal line, they literally can't call insufficent intent.Comment
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Elle is such an incredible player.Comment
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Good start in the second but I think we burnt some tickets getting there.
Fitzgerald seriously lacks pace, has skill but doesn't speed to complement it.Don't piss off old people
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Sub-par professionalism a big part of Dogs' 0-5 start, Burke says
Western Bulldogs coach Nathan Burke has pointed to his players' sub-standard professionalism as a reason why the Dogs are struggling in season 2023
WINLESS after five matches, a matter-of-fact Western Bulldogs coach Nathan Burke has said his team is not fit enough and some aren't yet up to the professionalism required at AFLW level.
Many Bulldogs players had injury-interrupted pre-seasons, but Burke said there are other reasons the side won't be qualifying for finals after last year's top-eight finish, including not having the grit needed to dig in.
The Dogs lost to St Kilda by 18 points on Saturday night in their VU Whitten Oval homecoming, after a redevelopment at the home base.
"When you get tired, things drop off, and other teams score. That's killed us all year, to be honest," Burke said after the game.
"We're not fit enough. I said that to the girls in there, we're not going to make excuses over that, because I think there are probably things outside of injuries, within our control, that would make us fitter.
"Just understanding the level of professionalism required now ? skipping an ice bath or not eating properly, that doesn't cut it anymore. Yeah, we were injured and we're trying to catch up with that. I think looking forward, it's that added professionalism from some of the players.
"I'm not going to point fingers at anyone, it's general across the group. The whole league has raised the level, and we have to accept that and go with it as well."
The Dogs fielded only one player over 34 years old ? Richelle Cranston ? in the loss, and only have one other player (Elle Bennetts) in their squad.
"I think a lot of them don't know what they don't know. Even Dom (Carruthers), she's mature, but she's played five games of AFLW, Maggie (Gorham) has played four and Aurora (Smith) has played four. They're having a crack, but sometimes, they don't know what they don't know," Burke said.
"It's a young squad, and without Elle Bennetts out there (ACL), that doesn't help, without Eleanor Brown out there (personal), that doesn?t help.
"Our two veterans as well, they were outstanding. 'Blackers' and 'Lamby' (Ellie Blackburn and Kirsty Lamb), they just will themselves to next contest, next contest, next contest.
"I'll let you in on a little secret, that was something we spoke about after the game ? at this level, you have to find that, you have to find that ability to go, 'we've just got ourselves in front, they've kicked one goal, they're not going to kick another one'.
"As a general group, they're absolutely lovely women. Are they too nice on the football field? Possibly yes. They need to find that grunt that 'Lamby' and 'Blackers' do, so that for 72 minutes out here, they're fighting for every single ball. That comes with maturity, a little bit."
Burke suggested that bigger squads were now needed at this stage of the competition.
The first season of AFLW saw lists of 27, which were then increased to 30 for season two in 2018. They still sit at 30, with teams able to utilise 10 train-on players (almost all from the state leagues) to assist with match simulation at training.
"Unfortunately, it seems in the CBA that they haven't given us more players. I don't know why we don't have 32-plus on the list. I've got 10 train-ons, every single one of them should be on a list, so there you go, I can hand them out to five teams and they can all have two each," he said.
"But the fact is, because we don't, we have to play players who are slightly underdone. As I said, you get two or three players slightly underdone, the other team is going to take advantage of that. It doesn't look like it's going to change, unfortunately.
"We've brought back Rocky (Cranston) today, but Rocky and Brit (Gutknecht) haven't played a game in 12 months, and they have to come out and play out here and try and perform against a squad that's been together and on a high after performing last week. It's bloody tough for them as well, I thought they battled today."
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So Burke who is responsible for enforcing the standards? I would’ve thought that was your job.
It just seems we have rolled from the mens program into the women’s program with the same issues. Too few doing too much.More of an In Bruges guy?Comment
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It looks like Burke is starting to swing and must be feeling the pressure.
He always come across as being nice and supportive of the players and now he basically saying they shouldn't be playing.
I wonder if he had more players at his disposal I wonder how many he would drop.
With expansion and the thinning of the talent pool players that could be covered by better players are now getting exposed.
Do we have a fitness coach? Looking at how we are going out on the field I would think not.
The AFL pushed the growth of this competition with little support and if they don't act quickly they are going to kill the competition.Don't piss off old people
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I suppose how can you be professional if you aren't a professional player. All of these players are part time and have other jobs or study the AFL needs to make a call very quickly so that these and future players can devote the time into what is required to play professional sport.
You can see it out there all season players have gone to a walk late in quarters.
I would be interested on how many hours the women put into their footy each week.
I also wonder how other clubs are managing the teams compared to us.Don't piss off old people
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