Afl - w 2024

[Hotdog60]

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Nah it’s not fitness we have a non existant forward line and no actual team work at all.

After watching the last half with a bit more focus on what the actual players are doing and you 100% right.
If one of them are going for the ball their team mate will just let the opposition run past them and tackle the player without trying to block to give the player time. Also going forward the kicks just don't go to our advantage.
I know it's just practice but I hope this aspect improves over the season.
On a plus Ellie is just doing Ellie things and Wilcox looks good and Fitzgerald.

[ledge]

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After watching the last half with a bit more focus on what the actual players are doing and you 100% right.
If one of them are going for the ball their team mate will just let the opposition run past them and tackle the player without trying to block to give the player time. Also going forward the kicks just don't go to our advantage.
I know it's just practice but I hope this aspect improves over the season.
On a plus Ellie is just doing Ellie things and Wilcox looks good and Fitzgerald.

We had no forward line at all . It was like we had everyone back to stop the floodgates from the first bounce, I saw nothing as far as connection, we kicked 3 goals because in 80 min of football it’s going to get through the line a couple of times and all three were due to a player doing something remarkable to kick them.

[Bornadog]

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List for upcoming season

Ins: Lauren Ahrens, Jasmyn Smith (Gold Coast), Zimmorlei Farquharson, Analea McKee (Brisbane), Ellie Gavalas (North Melbourne), Mua Laloifi (Carlton), Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, Brooke Barwick, Elaine Grigg, Cleo Buttifant, Jorja Borg (draft)


Outs: Kirsty Lamb (Port Adelaide), Katie Lynch (Gold Coast), Celine Moody (Carlton), Gab Newton (Fremantle), Richelle Cranston, Kirsten McLeod (retired), Daisy Bateman, Bailey Hunt, Millie Brown, Gemma Lagioia (delisted)


Inactive: Nil


2024 active list: Lauren Ahrens, Brooke Barwick, Elle Bennetts, Deanna Berry, Ellie Blackburn, Jorja Borg, Eleanor Brown, Cleo Buttifant, Dom Carruthers, Keely Coyne, Alice Edmonds, Zimmie Farquharson, Naomi Ferres, Jess Fitzgerald, Ellie Gavalas, Elisabeth Georgostathis, Maggie Gorham, Issy Grant, Elaine Grigg, Brit Gutknecht, Sarah Hartwig, Mua Laloifi, Bree McFarlane, Analea McKee, Isabelle Pritchard, Aurora Smith, Jasmyn Smith, Elizabeth Snell, Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, Rylie Wilcox, Heidi Woodley


The Dogs have turned over a third of their list, with four senior players requesting trades out of the club. Ahrens will cover for Lynch, Borg for Moody, Gavalas for Lamb and draftee Weston-Turner for Newton, with raw ex-Lion McKee also an option in attack after the retirement of Cranston. Farquharson will also move into the new-look forward line after McLeod hung up the boots, while Laloifi will slot into defence in place of Hunt. Barwick is an elusive midfielder, a slightly different type to work with Blackburn and Gavalas, while the inexperienced Buttifant provides dash out of defence.

[ledge]

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List for upcoming season

Ins: Lauren Ahrens, Jasmyn Smith (Gold Coast), Zimmorlei Farquharson, Analea McKee (Brisbane), Ellie Gavalas (North Melbourne), Mua Laloifi (Carlton), Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, Brooke Barwick, Elaine Grigg, Cleo Buttifant, Jorja Borg (draft)


Outs: Kirsty Lamb (Port Adelaide), Katie Lynch (Gold Coast), Celine Moody (Carlton), Gab Newton (Fremantle), Richelle Cranston, Kirsten McLeod (retired), Daisy Bateman, Bailey Hunt, Millie Brown, Gemma Lagioia (delisted)


Inactive: Nil


2024 active list: Lauren Ahrens, Brooke Barwick, Elle Bennetts, Deanna Berry, Ellie Blackburn, Jorja Borg, Eleanor Brown, Cleo Buttifant, Dom Carruthers, Keely Coyne, Alice Edmonds, Zimmie Farquharson, Naomi Ferres, Jess Fitzgerald, Ellie Gavalas, Elisabeth Georgostathis, Maggie Gorham, Issy Grant, Elaine Grigg, Brit Gutknecht, Sarah Hartwig, Mua Laloifi, Bree McFarlane, Analea McKee, Isabelle Pritchard, Aurora Smith, Jasmyn Smith, Elizabeth Snell, Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner, Rylie Wilcox, Heidi Woodley


The Dogs have turned over a third of their list, with four senior players requesting trades out of the club. Ahrens will cover for Lynch, Borg for Moody, Gavalas for Lamb and draftee Weston-Turner for Newton, with raw ex-Lion McKee also an option in attack after the retirement of Cranston. Farquharson will also move into the new-look forward line after McLeod hung up the boots, while Laloifi will slot into defence in place of Hunt. Barwick is an elusive midfielder, a slightly different type to work with Blackburn and Gavalas, while the inexperienced Buttifant provides dash out of defence.

That’s a huge lot of talent we have lost.
Not sure that experience is replaceable , I am fearing it’s going to be a horrid year
, all other teams are improving , we seem to be a team rebuilding like Nth in AFL.

[Hotdog60]

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while Laloifi will slot into defence in place of Hunt. Well that's not happening this season.

[weltschmerz]

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https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1640821/kimber-joins-the-kennel

Replacement player with Laloifi moved to the inactive list

[Prince Imperial]

Re: Afl - w 2024

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...ins-the-kennel

Replacement player with Laloifi moved to the inactive list

I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought of this when they read this news...

https://youtu.be/ytqAS-tgGKg?si=m2NrOK4G6tn4kvyD

[azabob]

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https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...ins-the-kennel

Replacement player with Laloifi moved to the inactive list

Video of coach Tam offering the list spot to Kaylee.

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/video/1640909/tam-offers-kaylee-kimber-the-last-list-spot?videoId=1640909&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1724749200001

[Hotdog60]

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I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought of this when they read this news...

https://youtu.be/ytqAS-tgGKg?si=m2NrOK4G6tn4kvyD

Wow that takes me back to be honest I hadn't thought of that but there was something about the name.

[Axe Man]

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AFLW game between Western Bulldogs and Port Adelaide could be moved to avoid fixture clash

The AFL player union has expressed its disappointment at the fixture clash between the Western Bulldogs men?s and women?s games next Friday as moves are made to switch the AFLW game to clear air.

The Dogs were furious that their first men?s final in Victoria in eight years and their first AFLW home game of the new season were both scheduled on the same day.

The women?s clash - one of only five home games this year for the Dogs - takes place at 5.05pm at Whitten Oval with the men?s final against Hawthorn at the MCG at 7.40pm on Friday night.

AFLPA chief executive Paul Marsh told the Herald Sun there were ?ongoing discussions? about a potential switch of the women?s clash.

But he said even despite the difficulties of scheduling finals across an AFLW competition it was not an ideal fixture.

The women will be judged on their metrics by the AFL as they attempt to broaden their competition into a 17-game fixture but it is challenging when the Dogs fans will instead be at the men?s game.

?The AFLPA understands the complexities of fixturing and this is further complicated when the AFL and AFLW seasons overlap?, Marsh said.

?In saying this we have spent a significant amount of time discussing how to grow the AFLW competition for the benefit of the industry and the decision to fixture both Bulldogs games so close together is in conflict with these efforts, particularly when the future growth of the AFLW competition is based on attendance and tv ratings metrics.

?We have had conversations with the AFL and the Western Bulldogs and our understanding is there are ongoing discussions around a potential resolution to this issue and we are hopeful this will happen quickly.?

Sydney was also disappointed to be handed a 3.20pm Saturday clash instead of prime time, and would have had a longer break if the AFL had handed it a Thursday night fixture.

AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon said on AFL360 on Monday most clubs would be happy with the fixture.

?I?ve spoken to most of the clubs today and I don?t think anyone?s disappointed to be in finals,? Dillon said.

?Our fixturing team do an incredible job and the way that round 24 landed, you couldn?t have scripted it. The team take into account attendance, broadcast, days breaks, what weeks two and three are going to look like and ultimately, we consult with the clubs and the venues.

?Clubs have a view of what?s best but when it?s all said and done, they?re really happy to be there.?

?OPPORTUNITY MISSED?: SWANS COACH WEIGHS IN ON AFLW CLASH
- Lachlan McKirdy

Swans coach Scott Gowans admits he was surprised by the decision to not completely separate the Western Bulldogs? first AFLW home game and their men?s elimination final against Hawthorn.

As part of the first week of men?s finals fixtures in a fortnight, the Bulldogs-Hawthorn elimination final has been scheduled for Friday night at the MCG. The 7.40pm bounce is less than three hours from the start of the Bulldogs? first AFLW game against Port Adelaide at their redeveloped headquarters at Whitten Oval which begins at 5.05pm.

The scheduling means it will be next to impossible for Bulldogs fans to attend both matches, while the club has also been left frustrated by the fact they will have to split their resources across two massive games.

Although Gowans conceded there must be reasons for the decision, he didn?t believe it made sense considering the priority that has been placed on attracting larger crowd numbers to grow the length of the AFLW competition.

?It feels like from the outside looking in that it was an opportunity missed and it?s disappointing that the Bulldogs W team clashes with the men?s program,? Gowans said.

?There?ll be reasons behind it, I?m sure, and the AFL would have to be aware of it and they?ve made a decision based on the evidence they?ve got. But from the outside looking in, it?s not ideal.

?I think that?s why the Bulldogs? decision baffles you a little bit. We?re all on board to try and lift the crowds and get the average attendance up to get another game into the season. You just want to have the right timeslots, and the right fixtures to allow us all to do that.

?I think all clubs are on board with that, trying to get that number.?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Game to be moved to MCG as curtain raiser for the men's final.

[josie]

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Game to be moved to MCG as curtain raiser for the men's final.

Well done doggies mgt for this change. And to Swans for supporting our call for AFEL to better promote AFLW. I’ll be there for at least part of AFLW to cheer the girls on.

[Axe Man]

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Game to be moved to MCG as curtain raiser for the men's final.

Hopefully the surface holds up better than Sedat Park.

[Axe Man]

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Ex-coach says 'complacent' Bulldogs are lagging behind

FORMER Western Bulldogs assistant coach Kate McCarthy has identified the key concerns at the club that forced wholesale change over the off-season.

Speaking on AFL.com.au's The W Show, McCarthy went into depth around the club's issues in 2023, which saw it finish at the bottom of the ladder and bid goodbye to head coach Nathan Burke among a host of other players and staff.

"Without going into too many of the trade secrets or the things that actually happened throughout the year at the club, it was really, really tough on 'Burkey' in the sense that the Bulldogs didn't actually have a head of women's football," McCarthy said.

"Debbie Lee was at the club probably two or three seasons ago and since her departure as the head of women's football, they haven't replaced her. So, there was no head of women's football, so poor old Burkey was really up against it."

Lee was appointed as the AFL's national women and girls action plan lead back in August 2022, and was not replaced until March 2024 when the club appointed Patrice Berthold to head up its AFLW program.

"I think the thing they have done really well now is they have appointed a head of women's football post-review," McCarthy said.

In the player movement space, McCarthy identified a "complacent" attitude toward re-signing senior players as a driver behind so much turnover.

"I think with their list management, there was a lot of (complacency) around contract negotiations and offers, which actually ended up being the reason a few of those other senior players actually looked elsewhere or thought 'Okay, maybe I will explore my other options'," McCarthy said.

"I think that really came to hurt the club in regards to those senior players."

Heart and soul player Kirsty Lamb, former No.1 draft pick Gabby Newton, former All-Australian defender Katie Lynch and emerging tall Celine Moody all moved on to other clubs after the 2023 season.

"The really sad thing is, this isn't the first time this has happened at the Western Bulldogs. They are a foundation club, they have been there since day one ? In my opinion, there are expansion clubs who entered the competition two years ago who are in a better position than the Western Bulldogs," McCarthy said.

Throughout the episode the panel also discuss the Bulldogs' captaincy handover, the AFLW's newly introduced ball tracking technology, Sunday's Grand Final rematch, and more.

[ledge]

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Ex-coach says 'complacent' Bulldogs are lagging behind

FORMER Western Bulldogs assistant coach Kate McCarthy has identified the key concerns at the club that forced wholesale change over the off-season.

Speaking on AFL.com.au's The W Show, McCarthy went into depth around the club's issues in 2023, which saw it finish at the bottom of the ladder and bid goodbye to head coach Nathan Burke among a host of other players and staff.

"Without going into too many of the trade secrets or the things that actually happened throughout the year at the club, it was really, really tough on 'Burkey' in the sense that the Bulldogs didn't actually have a head of women's football," McCarthy said.

"Debbie Lee was at the club probably two or three seasons ago and since her departure as the head of women's football, they haven't replaced her. So, there was no head of women's football, so poor old Burkey was really up against it."

Lee was appointed as the AFL's national women and girls action plan lead back in August 2022, and was not replaced until March 2024 when the club appointed Patrice Berthold to head up its AFLW program.

"I think the thing they have done really well now is they have appointed a head of women's football post-review," McCarthy said.

In the player movement space, McCarthy identified a "complacent" attitude toward re-signing senior players as a driver behind so much turnover.

"I think with their list management, there was a lot of (complacency) around contract negotiations and offers, which actually ended up being the reason a few of those other senior players actually looked elsewhere or thought 'Okay, maybe I will explore my other options'," McCarthy said.

"I think that really came to hurt the club in regards to those senior players."

Heart and soul player Kirsty Lamb, former No.1 draft pick Gabby Newton, former All-Australian defender Katie Lynch and emerging tall Celine Moody all moved on to other clubs after the 2023 season.

"The really sad thing is, this isn't the first time this has happened at the Western Bulldogs. They are a foundation club, they have been there since day one ? In my opinion, there are expansion clubs who entered the competition two years ago who are in a better position than the Western Bulldogs," McCarthy said.

Throughout the episode the panel also discuss the Bulldogs' captaincy handover, the AFLW's newly introduced ball tracking technology, Sunday's Grand Final rematch, and more.

Well some of that was obvious but is it fixed ?
I’m sorry but I just don’t see any light after watching the practice matches.
Have we gone a lot of kids and will build for the future or will
It just stay on repeat and they keep leaving?