VFL 2024 VFL Thread

[VitalDread]

Round 1: March 24	Footscray vs GWS	Whitten Oval 12:05pm
Round 2: March 30	Casey vs Footscray	Casey Fields 2:05pm
Round 3: TBC	Footscray vs Bombers	TBC
Round 4: April 20	Williamstown vs Footscray	DSV Stadium 3:05pm
Round 6: May 5	Footscray vs Box Hill	Whitten Oval 11:05am
Round 7: May 12	Richmond vs Footscray	Swinburne Centre 2pm
Round 8: May 18	GWS vs Footscray	Blacktown ISP 11:05am
Round 9: May 25	Footscray vs Port Melbourne	Whitten Oval 12:05pm
Round 10: TBC	Collingwood vs Footscray	TBC
Round 11: TBC	Footscray vs Brisbane Lions	TBC
Round 12: June 15	Footscray vs Swans	Whitten Oval 11:05am
Round 14: TBC	Norf vs Footscray	TBC
Round 15: TBC	Werribee vs Footscray	TBC

Round 16: TBC	Footscray vs Carlton	TBC
Round 17: TBC	Geelong vs Footscray	TBC
Round 19: TBC	Footscray vs Casey	TBC
Round 20: TBC	Frankston vs Footscray	TBC
Round 21: TBC	Swans vs Footscray	TBC

 

[VitalDread]

COACH: Stewart Edge (TBC).

STAYING: Footscray: Kai Stretton;

ARRIVING: Footscray: Tommy McRae (Casey Demons), Rhett Montgomerie (Essendon AFL);

DEPARTING: Footscray: Hugo Bromell (Coburg), Joel Garner

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Joel Garner

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.8

3star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.0

3star

K

8.8

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.3

4star

(Richmond VFL), Ewan Macpherson (Brisbane Lions VFL); Caleb Lewis (Casey Demons)

TO BE CONFIRMED: Angus Bade, Jamieson Ballantyne, Josh Chatfield, Cooper Craig-Peters, Nathan Drummond

Nathan Drummond

Age

29

Ht

182cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.8

2star

K

3.4

1star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.8

3star

K

3.4

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.4

3star

, Jarrod Gilbee, Luke Goater, Ned Harris, Ethan Hunt, Josh Kellett, Cameron Kizan, Will Lewis, Charlie Macisaac, Cayden Maki, Daniel Orgill, Josh Patullo, Jay Rantall, Connor Smith, Riley Smith, Lachie Sullivan, Daniel Tallariti, Sam Willoughby, Bailey Young.

2024 List Update - Smithy's VFL

A list update for each Smithy's VFL club ahead of the 2024 season.

www.afl.com.au

 

[dergert]

Shame to lose Caleb Lewis. I spose that happens when you actually have key position depth on your list.

 

[grassman75]

COACH: Stewart Edge (TBC).

STAYING: Footscray: Kai Stretton;

ARRIVING: Footscray: Tommy McRae (Casey Demons), Rhett Montgomerie (Essendon AFL);

DEPARTING: Footscray: Hugo Bromell (Coburg), Joel Garner (Richmond VFL), Ewan Macpherson (Brisbane Lions VFL); Caleb Lewis (Casey Demons)

TO BE CONFIRMED: Angus Bade, Jamieson Ballantyne, Josh Chatfield, Cooper Craig-Peters, Nathan Drummond, Jarrod Gilbee, Luke Goater, Ned Harris, Ethan Hunt, Josh Kellett, Cameron Kizan, Will Lewis, Charlie Macisaac, Cayden Maki, Daniel Orgill, Josh Patullo, Jay Rantall, Connor Smith, Riley Smith, Lachie Sullivan, Daniel Tallariti, Sam Willoughby, Bailey Young.

2024 List Update - Smithy's VFL

A list update for each Smithy's VFL club ahead of the 2024 season.

www.afl.com.au

Queensland fans screwed over again

Brisbane in Melb and no Gold Coast

 

[weltschmerz]

Trent Bianco not confirmed then?

 

[Charlie Bucket]

No Trent Bianco on the Forward Flianco?

 

[grassman75]

No Trent Bianco on the Forward Flianco?

mustn’t have a big enough Tianko

 

[_Cerberus_]

With so many teams, why are we playing a few teams twice as opposed to once across the rounds?

 

[grassman75]

With so many teams, why are we playing a few teams twice as opposed to once across the rounds?

It’s another FIXture

 

[Mr. Walker]

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TO BE CONFIRMED: Angus Bade, Jamieson Ballantyne, Josh Chatfield, Cooper Craig-Peters, Nathan Drummond, Jarrod Gilbee, Luke Goater, Ned Harris, Ethan Hunt, Josh Kellett, Cameron Kizan, Will Lewis, Charlie Macisaac, Cayden Maki, Daniel Orgill, Josh Patullo, Jay Rantall, Connor Smith, Riley Smith, Lachie Sullivan, Daniel Tallariti, Sam Willoughby, Bailey Young.

2024 List Update - Smithy's VFL

A list update for each Smithy's VFL club ahead of the 2024 season.

www.afl.com.au

Why so many to be confirmed? Is VFL different from AFL in that most of the players are on short term contracts only? Because players and clubs want to keep options open? Pay is equivalent to local leagues so financial security ( at that level) is not key?

 

[VitalDread]

Why so many to be confirmed? Is VFL different from AFL in that most of the players are on short term contracts only? Because players and clubs want to keep options open? Pay is equivalent to local leagues so financial security ( at that level) is not key?

This article is from Dec last year

Stand-alone clubs like Dogs keep their information to themselves till the March deadline list requirement

 

[VitalDread]

 

[Bulldogs85]

Footscray fixture breakdown: 2024 season

We’ve broken down the first half of Footscray’s 2024 VFL fixture.

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Lachie Sullivan has signed with Collingwood's AFL squad. Go Well, lad!

 

[Testekill]

Best of luck to Sullivan but sucks that we're losing him. I do wonder who will be the next captain, I've heard that Chatfield was highly rated for his leadership qualities as a junior so I suppose he's next in line.

 

[Mojorisin]

Best of luck to Sullivan but sucks that we're losing him. I do wonder who will be the next captain, I've heard that Chatfield was highly rated for his leadership qualities as a junior so I suppose he's next in line.

Hopefully he has a good start to the year and we get him in the mid season draft.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Best of luck to Sullivan but sucks that we're losing him. I do wonder who will be the next captain, I've heard that Chatfield was highly rated for his leadership qualities as a junior so I suppose he's next in line.

If Orgill and Rantall is still around, they were in the leadership group last year.

Picking up Trent Bianco could be a possible choice as well. Those former AFL lads are usually solid leaders.

 

[VitalDread]

Less than a month till season and Dogs still haven't finalised their list

With a practice match on Saturday, I would expect that to be the last game before submission

 

[dergert]

Less than a month till season and Dogs still haven't finalised their list

With a practice match on Saturday, I would expect that to be the last game before submission

We've lost a lot of depth this off season.

Garner, Ballantyne and Sullivan to name a few.

 

[Testekill]

We've lost a lot of depth this off season.

Garner, Ballantyne and Sullivan to name a few.

Macpherson has moved to the Gold Coast as well.

 

[dergert]

Macpherson has moved to the Gold Coast as well.

It feels like that each time we build a strong squad our depth takes a hit. Local footy I guess.

 

[VitalDread]

It feels like that each time we build a strong squad our depth takes a hit. Local footy I guess.

Downside of limited draft selection and no VFL to AFL pathway.

If AFL brought in a ruling to assist clubs in taking more VFL-listed players, you would see a stronger league IMO


Edit: This a very out-there opinion

But for Standalone clubs, you could have a bidding system for players instead of taking them in the draft

Allow those clubs to get better talent and get financial reward

 

[Testekill]

So I'm just looking at the 2024 fixture and it doesn't look like there's a game vs Gold Coast.


edit:

No Southport
No Gold Coast
No Bullants
No Coburg
No Sandringham

Baffling stuff to not have every team play each other. Especially when any team that gets Coburg and the Bullants have a guaranteed 8 points and huge bonuses to percentage.

 

[Sharkey66]

So I'm just looking at the 2024 fixture and it doesn't look like there's a game vs Gold Coast.


edit:

No Southport
No Gold Coast
No Bullants
No Coburg
No Sandringham

Baffling stuff to not have every team play each other. Especially when any team that gets Coburg and the Bullants have a guaranteed 8 points and huge bonuses to percentage.

Yet we play Giants Sydney and Casey twice.

 

[Testekill]

Yet we play Giants Sydney and Casey twice.

It's baffling, playing them twice isn't even making the fixture harder since Sydney were a bottom four team last year.