AFLW West Coast Womens 2025

[Livin1989]

Hot off the press.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Hot off the press.

Said it over and over and I'll say it again. Daisy's the best signing the club's done since the Premiership.

Please for the love of God keep her around for as long as humanly possible.

 

[Livin1989]

Said it over and over and I'll say it again. Daisy's the best signing the club's done since the Premiership.

Please for the love of God keep her around for as long as humanly possible.

She's gonna stay for the long haul, and we're gonna win! Saints are a good side and we've shown our best can stand up against decent sides..... And most of our output is from the plucky and inexperienced young brigade. I think at this year's trade window we may just have shown enough to lure some developed talent for our up and comers to adhere themselves to.

The body language and actual messaging from Daisy to the team is absolutely . So much confidence and belief is sprouting and I haven't been this optimistic ot excited ever for this developing team

 

[Monocle]

Daisy is not only great to have around our Women's team, she is a massive asset to have at the Club.

One of our best appointments EVER

 

[AlphaSheep]

Said it over and over and I'll say it again. Daisy's the best signing the club's done since the Premiership.

Please for the love of God keep her around for as long as humanly possible.

Yep. Signing the right players is important, obviously, but if the team's not excited to be together, and play together, then they're wasting their time. Not only does she know what she's doing, but she knows how to inspire, and you can't be a great team without that kind of attitude.

 

[Livin1989]

Shaky contender’s curious comment; what now after Brown’s brave move — AFLW Talking Pts

Shaky contender’s curious comment; what now after Brown’s brave move — AFLW Talking Pts

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[UseR2006]

AFLW: Bar Health and Hygiene Injury Update – Round 4

AFLW High Performance Manager Sam Batterton provides an update on Waalitj Marawar’s injured players

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

 

[Byron_Clanger]

AFLW: Bar Health and Hygiene Injury Update – Round 4

AFLW High Performance Manager Sam Batterton provides an update on Waalitj Marawar’s injured players

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

Boyd a test, Smith 1 week and Johnson 1-2 is massive considering we all thought she was cooked for the year. Bakker a bit concerning with a TBC Illness?

 

[Livin1989]

AFLW: Bar Health and Hygiene Injury Update – Round 4

AFLW High Performance Manager Sam Batterton provides an update on Waalitj Marawar’s injured players

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

The cavalry down back is coming! Which means we can swing some of the troops back to where they belong YTG

 

[WCEswift]

Painter needs to go and at least play half each quarter in the midfield, you can see in the last quarter of the aints game the difference she made

 

[garlic munchers]

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Said it over and over and I'll say it again. Daisy's the best signing the club's done since the Premiership.

Please for the love of God keep her around for as long as humanly possible.

What ever it takes for Daisy:

If the Soft Caps gets in the way, role out the:

 

[Livin1989]

Painter needs to go and at least play half each quarter in the midfield, you can see in the last quarter of the aints game the difference she made

She's already a weapon, I can't wait to see her @50 games xp

 

[UseR2006]

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Boyd a test, Smith 1 week and Johnson 1-2 is massive considering we all thought she was cooked for the year. Bakker a bit concerning with a TBC Illness?

One big downside of the AFLW short season is that if players get hurt or sick at the wrong time it pretty much wipes out their entire year. If Bakker is still sick now then by the time she is over the illness and builds up her strength and endurance at training the season will pretty much be over. Schilling's injury wouldn't have been a season-ending injury if the season were twice as long.

Think about Chesser, he required ankle surgery in pre-season and his AFL career was probably hanging by a thread at that point. But he still had enough time to get back and play a few weeks of WAFL, and eventually played well enough that he got called up into the senior side and showed enough that he's now got two-year offers on the table from multiple clubs. If that had been an AFLW player that pre-season ankle injury would have pretty much ended her season and guaranteed that she'd be delisted.

 

[AlphaSheep]

AFLW: Bar Health and Hygiene Injury Update – Round 4

AFLW High Performance Manager Sam Batterton provides an update on Waalitj Marawar’s injured players

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

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Huge improvement by Johnson, was 4-6 weeks last week, I think. Not sure we can fit both her and Smith in the team, though - they both do the same thing and the backline's already a bit small, so can't play both. I reckon Johnson will get the nod, she seems to be regarded as the better player.

That frees up Rowley to go into the midfield, and Lewis was huge in the middle last game too, should be seeing a lot more of her there in the next few weeks as she gets fitter, which should improve us heaps. If we also try Boyd up forward with Riggs, could be a VERY interesting next few weeks.

Great to be getting everyone fit when it looks like we're a great chance to go 3-1 this week, and maybe even 4-1 the way Freo's playing.

 

[Kegs15]

Huge improvement by Johnson, was 4-6 weeks last week, I think. Not sure we can fit both her and Smith in the team, though - they both do the same thing and the backline's already a bit small, so can't play both. I reckon Johnson will get the nod, she seems to be regarded as the better player.

That frees up Rowley to go into the midfield, and Lewis was huge in the middle last game too, should be seeing a lot more of her there in the next few weeks as she gets fitter, which should improve us heaps. If we also try Boyd up forward with Riggs, could be a VERY interesting next few weeks.

Great to be getting everyone fit when it looks like we're a great chance to go 3-1 this week, and maybe even 4-1 the way Freo's playing.

Agreed it's a weird balance height wise but on the other hand Johnson and Smith definitely feel like they're both good enough players to be getting a game.

Wonder if we could fit them both in if Thomas plays a full game in the midfield? I do want to see how she goes beyond just pinch hitting and would like another balanced player to be able to run through there in general.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Agreed it's a weird balance height wise but ok the other hand Johnson and Smith definitely feel like they're both good enough players to be getting a game.

Wonder if we could fit them both in if Thomas plays a full game in the midfield? I do want to see how she goes beyond just pinch hitting and would like another balanced player to be able to run through there in general.

Feels weird to see the women's side leaving out players who feel good enough to be playing at AFLW level. Pretty much every season since inception it's seemed like a chore filling out the last few spots of the 21.

 

[AlphaSheep]

Feels weird to see the women's side leaving out players who feel good enough to be playing at WAFL level. Pretty much every season since inception it's seemed like a chore filling out the last few spots of the 21.

At the rate the top kids are pouring through the draft, there will be some very good AFLW players who will go from hero to zero very quickly. I mean, look at how good our four draft kids were from last year. Another four this year, another four the year after... pretty soon they'll have replaced half the existing team. That's a LOT of very talented players who won't be able to get a game.

 

[Monocle]

At the rate the top kids are pouring through the draft, there will be some very good AFLW players who will go from hero to zero very quickly. I mean, look at how good our four draft kids were from last year. Another four this year, another four the year after... pretty soon they'll have replaced half the existing team. That's a LOT of very talented players who won't be able to get a game.

Exactly and that will then be our time, to push to be a contender.

And the watch of the metamorphosis , from the caterpillar to the butterfly is going to be exciting to watch.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

At the rate the top kids are pouring through the draft, there will be some very good AFLW players who will go from hero to zero very quickly. I mean, look at how good our four draft kids were from last year. Another four this year, another four the year after... pretty soon they'll have replaced half the existing team. That's a LOT of very talented players who won't be able to get a game.

Agreed, and I also think this is the case for a lot of AFLW sides now that it's become more of a job (look at the increase in average salary since the league started) and less something that they do a few months a year in between their other job(s) and/or attending uni. I also think that the continued growth of AFLW has given girls who like the sport a lot more incentive to stay with it, seeing as if they make it they could be playing professionally for a decade or longer. This just means that the girls playing it growing up are more likely to take it seriously, and also more likely that the really good athletes are more likely to stick to AFL rather than shifting to something else (someone like Matilda Scholz would almost certainly gone to netball or basketball if not for a pathway as a professional AFLW player).

All in all it is great to see the overall skill and fitness in the women's game rising with every successive year.

 

[WCEswift]

The timing of the womens season stinks, they dont get to play Waflw or even high level ammos because seasons is winding up

 

[Livin1989]

Agreed, and I also think this is the case for a lot of AFLW sides now that it's become more of a job (look at the increase in average salary since the league started) and less something that they do a few months a year in between their other job(s) and/or attending uni. I also think that the continued growth of AFLW has given girls who like the sport a lot more incentive to stay with it, seeing as if they make it they could be playing professionally for a decade or longer. This just means that the girls playing it growing up are more likely to take it seriously, and also more likely that the really good athletes are more likely to stick to AFL rather than shifting to something else (someone like Matilda Scholz would almost certainly gone to netball or basketball if not for a pathway as a professional AFLW player).

All in all it is great to see the overall skill and fitness in the women's game rising with every successive year.

I want a Matilda Scholz

 

[jatz14]

I want a Matilda Scholz

Problem is, much as i want a player like that too, we will have to stink up a season for that to happen I think, and that I don't want.

 

[Biggie]

And the sooner these talented players are in, with any luck perhaps the AFL can change the pathetic 16 on field to 18, which can then filter down to State level.

Ammo’s have it ffs

 

[Livin1989]

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