Women's Footy Brisbane Lions Women's Team - Official Discussion

[MacMum]

We have the really important ones signed up, so do what you like Tayla..

 

[Dylan12]

So the club's two biggest young stars in Schache and Harris can't wait to get out of the club at the first opportunity and it is business as usual at AFL HQ with no questions asked.

 

[Hollow Knight]

We have the really important ones signed up,

Do we?

Our three most important midfielders (Bates, Ashmore and McCarthy) are still unsigned I think.

 

[fanackapan]

Do we?

Our three most important midfielders (Bates, Ashmore and McCarthy) are still unsigned I think.

Zielke arguably more important than Ashmore/McCarthy as a midfielder (they're as much forwards as mids), but that was my thinking too.

Also most of our important defenders (Virgo, Kaslar, Hildebrand, Lutkins).

 

[jackess]

Zielke arguably more important than Ashmore/McCarthy as a midfielder (they're as much forwards as mids), but that was my thinking too.

Also most of our important defenders (Virgo, Kaslar, Hildebrand, Lutkins).

Yeah it was a pretty unimpressive list.

 

[Cockliff38]

Our defence was spectacularly last season but McCarthy and Ashmore are our play makers. Definitely more important for mine

 

[Cockliff38]

Article with Bree Brock

BRISBANE women’s CEO Bree Brock says it is “disappointing” but not “surprising’’ that high-profile forward Tayla Harris has requested to leave the Lions.

Harris was the first signing for the club’s groundbreaking women’s team and quickly became one of the faces of the entire AFLW competition.

The Maroon-grown 20-year-old was one of Brisbane’s two marquee players after rising to prominence with spectacular goals and marks in the series of exhibition games in the years leading up to the AFLW.

She featured in official Brisbane merchandise and was also given a job at the Lions working in the communications and community areas.

Harris provided some highlight-reel moments during Brisbane’s campaign but outside of a starring role in the Round 2 win over Fremantle, failed to fire on a consistent basis.

Her indifferent personal form culminated with a quiet performance in the losing grand final side when she did not touch the ball until after halftime.

Brisbane are in negotiations with Carlton about a trade and have until May 25 to seal a deal.

“It’s certainly disappointing but Tayla has always wanted to try her hand in Melbourne so it’s not surprising to us,’’ Brock said.

“We were hoping that the success the team had this year and the friendships that she formed might be enough to keep her here.

“But Tayla requested a trade and we are now exploring our options … we are hoping to get it done in the next few days.

“It (the trade with the Blues) will have to be worth our while and hopefully they can meet us halfway.’’

Brock said the Lions would never completely close the door on the chance of Harris returning to Brisbane.

“She’s a young girl and the grass is not always greener on the other side,’’ she said.

“We would not rule out the possibility of having her back one day.’’

The end part is interesting. While initially processing the news I did envisage her returning one day, ALA LeBron James and the Cavs and (probably) Ablett Jnr

 

[fanackapan]

Yeah it was a pretty unimpressive list.

Wow, that's harsh. At least 3 of those (SFT, Zielke and Wuetschner, an argument could be made for Gibson or Stanton) are in our best ten, and we've sewn up 3 of our 5 out-of-state girls. All 9 are in our best 22 (between them they started 71 of a possible 72 games last year), and would have been on pretty much everyone's list to be among the 22 we are allowed to re-sign before free agency.

We have until the 26th to get (up to) 22 re-signed. I think after last year, we can afford to have a bit of faith in Starcevich (and Bock) and their ability to put a team together.

 

[Crawb]

How is the deal with Calrton going to work? They've already traded away all their decent draft picks. I imagine it'll be a little difficult to get players to leave Melbourne and head north.

 

[fanackapan]

Sabrina's instagram has a pic of SFT, Zielke (both already announced) and Bates (wasn't announced yesterday) signing contracts. So that makes 10.

 

[fanackapan]

How is the deal with Calrton going to work? They've already traded away all their decent draft picks. I imagine it'll be a little difficult to get players to leave Melbourne and head north.

We were never going to get anything back anyway. Draft picks mean very little to us.

Hopefully we tell Carlton to get stuffed and let her go to the draft. If Carlton add Stevens and Harris and don't lose anybody, they start to look a bit scary. I think we'd be better off with Tayla at WB or Collingwood.

 

[winged1]

Bates is elite and if we just elevated her I am fine with that. Harris output was poor last year and there was a case for her to sit out a game or two. So if she wants to go, she can go, maybe she will find some consistency down there. However, if WBD wanted to trade Brennan (a Qlder) I would be all over that, but they wont and she is pretty entrenched down there.

So brace yourself for a 'she walks and we get nothing back' scenario.

But it is OK this year we will see some good talent come through, especially in the midfield. We can pull some basketballer to play ruck and SFT forward.

 

[iBeng]

Most importantly, is Sam Virgo sticking around?

 

[Hollow Knight]

Most importantly, is Sam Virgo sticking around?

Can't imagine why she wouldn't.

 

[Crawb]

How is the deal with Calrton going to work? They've already traded away all their decent draft picks. I imagine it'll be a little difficult to get players to leave Melbourne and head north.

Players not picks it seems then. Still difficult to see us getting anything decent out of this.

 

[Cockliff38]

Players not picks it seems then. Still difficult to see us getting anything decent out of this.

We might get the hovercraft

 

[Fatcat08]

Players not picks it seems then. Still difficult to see us getting anything decent out of this.

I'd imagine that Carlton would be working pretty hard to get a trade done, otherwise they're going to lose her to the doggies

 

[iBeng]

See if they'll send us Cripps...What, cant we cross trade Mens to Womens?

 

[Davemonkey]

Correct. Starcevich and Brock are all about the pure team ethos. It's what got us to the grand final this year.

No room for "me first" types. There is plenty of Queensland talent coming through.

But ... but! What about our narrative of top level talent wanting to leave the Lions?

Which I would like to point out fits into a much broader narrative of top talent leaving Queensland to head south in every industry. Try being a specialist consultancy trying to hire skilled staff in Brisbane. We can get juniors who stay 2-3 years (sound familiar?) before heading south or overseas and we can get people returning to Brisbane to nest. Unfortunately I can't see too many places for part-time returning mothers on the Lions list.

 

[Cockliff38]

Melbourne enter the race for Harris

Melbourne look to have emerged as a serious player for Tayla Harris' services after the Brisbane Lions turned down Carlton's offer for the marquee forward.

Harris wants to move to a Victorian club and has requested a trade to the Blues. The Lions are willing to deal with Carlton, however it's understood they have requested Jakobsson as well as one other player. Forward Jakobsson - taken at pick three in the inaugural women's draft - is open to a move to Queensland, however Carlton have offered only Jakobsson, with the Lions insistent the Blues provide another player.

The situation has been complicated by renewed interest from the Demons, who are understood to have tabled an offer to the Lions for Harris on Thursday. Harris played for the Demons in exhibition football before the inaugural AFLW season.

The Blues have already been players in the trade period, obtaining Collingwood best and fairest Nic Stevens in exchange for three draft picks. Brisbane, however, aren't expected to be involved other than in relation to Harris.

The Pies could lose their best and fairest runner-up too, with Alicia Eva asking for a trade to Greater Western Sydney. It's understood Eva wants to play in Sydney for non-football reasons. However in positive news marquee ruck Emma King has recommitted to the club.

The trade period ends next Friday.

 

[jatz14]

Jacobsson is a pretty decent player to turn down.

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[Hollow Knight]

Jacobsson is a pretty decent player to turn down.

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We didn't turn her down. The article specifically states we requested her.

 

[Davemonkey]

Jacobsson is a pretty decent player to turn down.

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The article said that Carlton only wanted to swap Jacobsson and we wanted another player as well.

 

[fanackapan]

If actually be pretty happy with that. We lose in the trade, but we were always going to. Melbourne might appeal to Harris too. She played for the Dees in the exhibition games, right?

 

[jatz14]

We didn't turn her down. The article specifically states we requested her.

I read somewhere that she was willing to do the move, but Lions wanted a second player and Blues refused. So the lions walked away from Jacobsson for Harris. Given they could get nothing for her, thats pretty ballsy. Given what they could get I would have jumped at Jacobsson.