2019 AFLW Season

[briztoon]

Good additions. We've been hit bad but I don't think we'll come last next year

Keeping our own aren't really additions.

Don't know enough about the Vic lists, but I'd be surprised if Gold Coast and Lions didn't finish bottom two.

 

[Hollow Knight]

4 really good signings there, including the prize signing of Anderson.

One year contract is a bit of a concern but it’s all about damage mitigation right now.

 

[briztoon]

4 really good signings there, including the prize signing of Anderson.

One year contract is a bit of a concern but it’s all about damage mitigation right now.

Yeah, what I was thinking reading the AFLW re-signings.

 

[LionsMaw]

Dowrick

You were the same one claiming she'd already signed with the eagles so I'll take your answer with a grain of salt.

 

[LionsMaw]

So the current equation is, over the three years, net, players we've lost to other clubs (* denotes All-Australian):

Harris* (Carl), Gibson (NM), Randall (NM), Stanton (GC via NM), Ashmore (NM), Kaslar (GC), Virgo* (GC), Frederick-traub* (Rich), Yorston (GC), Bella (GC), McCarthy (StK)*, Parker (GC), Groves-little (GC), Pittman (GC), Exon (StK, TBC)

And players we've gained from other clubs:

Arnell (Carl)


I know we were always going to lose players on a net basis, but 15 out (including 4 All-Australians) for 1 in is pretty screwy.

Who is saying that KMac is already signed with the saints?

And who is saying that Exon is already out the door?

If the club (or any other reputable source, Sarah Black or the AFLW site for instance, is not saying it) then how is it credible?

 

[Hollow Knight]

Who is saying that KMac is already signed with the saints?

And who is saying that Exon is already out the door?

If the club (or any other reputable source, Sarah Black or the AFLW site for instance, is not saying it) then how is it credible?

It’s credible.

 

[LionsMaw]

It’s credible.

Says who? The only mention of it was from the Cherny twitter post (that I can find) and yet everyone here keeps saying it.

 

[briztoon]

Who is saying that KMac is already signed with the saints?

And who is saying that Exon is already out the door?

If the club (or any other reputable source, Sarah Black or the AFLW site for instance, is not saying it) then how is it credible?

Just wondering if you have information to the contrary?

The tweet on the page before is from an AFL reporter at the Age, Daniel Cherny, who is usually on the money and isn't known for making up trade rumours.

 

[Harris Specter]

Says who? The only mention of it was from the Cherny twitter post (that I can find) and yet everyone here keeps saying it.

Do you have any other information that says otherwise?

We do have people on here that are well connected. Information gets passed around way before it hits the media circles.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Says who? The only mention of it was from the Cherny twitter post (that I can find) and yet everyone here keeps saying it.

Credibility is subjective I guess. Good sources have been talking about KMac going for about a month now.

 

[briztoon]

Says who? The only mention of it was from the Cherny twitter post (that I can find) and yet everyone here keeps saying it.

Mike Whiting from two days ago;

https://womens.afl/news/17820/lions-look-on-the-bright-side-after-player-exodus

Best and fairest runner-up Nat Exon and speedster Kate McCarthy could also be gone, with St Kilda looming. However, depending on the number of other Lions who depart for expansion teams, the possible departures of Exon and McCarthy could be contingent on trades.

 

[Tom14]

Mike Whiting from two days ago;

https://womens.afl/news/17820/lions-look-on-the-bright-side-after-player-exodus

Andrew Hamilton wrote about it too from memory. Not necessarily the Saints specifically but mentioned that they were looking for new clubs.

 

[LionsMaw]

Mike Whiting from two days ago;

https://womens.afl/news/17820/lions-look-on-the-bright-side-after-player-exodus

The wording is what's tripping me up, "could also", that isn't definitive.

"However, depending on the number of other Lions who depart for expansion teams, the possible departures of Exon and McCarthy could be contingent on trades."

Sorry, that's not enough for me. Club source or it's still in the air.

 

[LionsMaw]

Do you have any other information that says otherwise?

We do have people on here that are well connected. Information gets passed around way before it hits the media circles.

No and that's why I'm waiting on the club to actually come out and say one way or the other.

 

[LionsMaw]

Just wondering if you have information to the contrary?

The tweet on the page before is from an AFL reporter at the Age, Daniel Cherny, who is usually on the money and isn't known for making up trade rumours.

So only one journo? From a whole raft of sports journos is saying it? That's not good enough for me.

 

[LionsMaw]

Credibility is subjective I guess. Good sources have been talking about KMac going for about a month now.

Why would she be leaving?

 

[dlanod]

It's fine for you to come to the conclusion that they're staying until a club announcement.

It doesn't mean that others can't come to the opposite conclusion based off that same information, and then discuss it as such.

 

[Pancho Gonzales]

Reading this: https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-04-17/aflw-lions-sign-four-more

Sounds like Clarke has signed on for two years?

 

[LionsMaw]

Just found this......





AFLW 2019 off-season: Brisbane’s Kate McCarthy and Nat Exon set to join St Kilda for 2020 season
Women's AFL

• April 17, 2019 2:03pm
• Sarah Olle@sarahjolle
• Source: FOX SPORTS

Brisbane’s Kate McCarthy celebrates a goal during the 2019 AFLW season. She and Nat Exon are heading to St Kilda for 2020. (AAP Image/Josh Woning)Source: AAP
Brisbane must brace for life without two key players, after Kate McCarthy and Nat Exon accepted offers to join expansion club St Kilda.
The Lions have been ripped apart this trade period, with captain Leah Kaslar one of seven players to join the Gold Coast Suns.
Key forward Sabrina Frederick has also accepted an offer to play with Richmond, a club that has been particularly aggressive throughout the trade period, also nabbing Western Bulldogs skipper Katie Brennan.
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Round 5
St Kilda has found it more difficult to lure big names to the club, with the signings of McCarthy and Exon certainly the most significant.
McCarthy was an inaugural Lion and played in both club’s losing Grand Finals, with her trademark speed making her one of the most exciting players in the competition.
Exon was traded from Carlton to Brisbane at the end of the inaugural season, but will return home to Victoria from 2020 onwards.
The duo join Alison Drennan (Western Bulldogs), Darcy Guttridge (Collingwood), Rhiannon Watt (Carlton) and Selena Karlson (Western Bulldogs) as signings at the Saints.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Why would she be leaving?

Relationship.

 

[LionsMaw]

It's fine for you to come to the conclusion that they're staying until a club announcement.

It doesn't mean that others can't come to the opposite conclusion based off that same information, and then discuss it as such.

I didn't say they couldn't come to their own conclusions. You can come to whatever conclusion you like but it needs to have credible sources to back it up, not just that you heard from somewhere.

 

[Pancho Gonzales]

Why would she be leaving?

She's been doing some media work lately; perhaps there's an offer in Melbourne that appeals? She's also a teacher, maybe there's a new school job on offer too?

 

[dlanod]

I didn't say they couldn't come to their own conclusions. You can come to whatever conclusion you like but it needs to have credible sources to back it up, not just that you heard from somewhere.

Except people's definition of credible sources obviously differs too - a journalist who doesn't have a history of throwing out crap can meet that definition, versus only when confirmed by the club.

 

[Danny3]

It's official.

https://www.lions.com.au/news/2019-...ZVigxuzQUpBSrSLh0Ika5MKY_9S4BOjs1dKJoQMqYEhqQ

 

[LionsMaw]

From the Lions web site:

"McKenzie Dowrick to West Coast Eagles."

"Nat Exon will also leave the Club as the eighth player from the Lions’ list to move to an expansion club, and will play for the Saints in 2020. "

"Kate McCarthy to St Kilda"


Am gutted to see it's now official but onwards and upwards I guess.