AFLW General AFLW Talk Thread

[JimmyBC]

The girls wont care they are fit but I kinda feel a season in the hottest part of summer is a mistake, heat policies & poor attendance on blazing hot days would seem likely.

 

[El Zorro]

It's great that we're finally doing this. It really feels like we've been left behind until now and I feel like it's important for us as a community minded club.

Government Funding....here we come!

Both good reasons to get involved.

 

[VineValerian]

Erin for playing coach in first year?

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

Magnificent news. No doubt all 4 clubs already have put their submissions in and the league knows its viable on all 4 counts.

Would hope that these new clubs get the chance to priority nominate 1-3 players competing this winter and next winter in their home state comps. That they can go to other clubs in the 2022 draft so they don't miss a year but come back to their new club in 2023 and the existing club gets a "compensation pick" of some sort.

Or we could pay the players to sit out of the 2022 draft? Not like that's happened before *cough*

 

[OneGreatClub]

At last I will be able to take an interest in Women’s footy

 

[CharlieKelly]

One safe assumption: Jenny Williams will be involved, somehow. She’d try and play if she could.

We should set goals, we should set the standards, we should aim to be the first AFLW team to break the 100 point barrier in a game, the first ever AFLW Showdown to set the attendance record for a regular season game. We’re Port Adelaide, you want to see the AFLW be a better standard, we should set it.

And, you should want your daughter to play for them.

And, I’d like to see some of the younger Port AFLM players get some coaching experience, Connor Rozee or Xavier Duursma could be a future coach

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

One safe assumption: Jenny Williams will be involved, somehow. She’d try and play if she could.

We should set goals, we should set the standards, we should aim to be the first AFLW team to break the 100 point barrier in a game, the first ever AFLW Showdown to set the attendance record for a regular season game. We’re Port Adelaide, you want to see the AFLW be a better standard, we should set it.

And, you should want your daughter to play for them.

Do you think we'll be able to win that "first Showdown at AO a Port Adelaide home game" argument again?

 

[backtozero]

The girls in that picture look incredibly young.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

The girls in that picture look incredibly young.

They're Academy players so that would be the case.

 

[jac147]

Gotta get Erin involved.

Also I would also include Byron’s daughter. Sorry I’m not sure of her first name but I read somewhere that she is a gun. I think she is with WWT.

 

[StrappingTape]

meh, all for that government funding. I'd hope there's a separate membership system though.

 

[OnlyPowerForever]

Hoping we play Collingwood 1st game in this comp as well.

Their AFLW guernsey is even more like the PB's than the mens. Waiting for the lulz when the girls pull on the PB's to sing the first victory song as well .....

 

[Papa G]

Semaphore Road v George Street Showdowns gonna be epic.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Do you think we'll be able to win that "first Showdown at AO a Port Adelaide home game" argument again?

Id rather win the first showdown in a Crows home game again.

#winefromyourtears

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[CharlieKelly]

Why are people going on about funding? The AFL is a billion dollar competition, I’m pretty sure finance hasn’t been an issue for AFLW, it’s just a long bow argument from Internet nuffs

 

[SuperEgz]

" "AFLW has significant momentum and we want to keep that momentum and bring the power and the supporter base behind all 18 clubs before the end of 2024," McLachlan said."

I wonder if this was supposed to be some kind of signal to PAFC.

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[Shane_Mag]

Let's goooooo. Get Erin Phillips on board in some capacity would be great.

 

[StrappingTape]

Why are people going on about funding? The AFL is a billion dollar competition, I’m pretty sure finance hasn’t been an issue for AFLW, it’s just a long bow argument from Internet nuffs

Yeah the AFLs just swimming in dosh since COVID and AFLW is a cash cow for the clubs that have it. Come on let's be serious.

 

[El Zorro]

Erin is 35, surely she can play AFLW until she's 40.

She'll have to choose between the club she loves (loved?) and staying a crows legend.

 

[StrappingTape]

" "AFLW has significant momentum and we want to keep that momentum and bring the power and the supporter base behind all 18 clubs before the end of 2024," McLachlan said."

I wonder if this was supposed to be some kind of signal to PAFC.

I doubt it but the rest of his statement is fictional so maybe it is.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I cant see it being anything other than Essendon/Sydney in 2022 and Port/Hawks in 2023.

I suspect Kennet knows this, hence the angst.

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[Byrons Firen]

Let's goooooo. Get Erin Phillips on board in some capacity would be great.

Doubt she'd be interested. Carving out a media career in Adelaide is hardly compatible with ^. She's made her bed and it's a comfy one at that.

 

[TeeKray]

Great to see that we are making a submission. My 5 year old daughter asks me why Port "doesn't have a girls team". It would be good to tell her it's happening!

This is exactly the sort of comment the critics of AFLW need to read.

Great news. Also like that they're starting in December. Hopefully that eventually gets pushed back even further for a longer season and plenty of exposure for the game.

 

[TeeKray]

One safe assumption: Jenny Williams will be involved, somehow. She’d try and play if she could.

Lol, doubt it. Isn't she working at the Crows now? Jenny and Mark Williams are not loyal to Port Adelaide, they're loyal to themselves.

I imagine Erin Phillips will be desperate to play for Port, even if for only one season.