Which WA AFL/AFLW Team will play finals in 2024?

Here is a better thread for you all than my previous one:

With 2023 saw no representation of Western Australia in both AFL and AFLW Comps, which Fremantle and/or West Coast team will feature in 2024 AFL or AFLW Finals?

Even with a disastrous 2024 AFL Community Series for both Fremantle and West Coast Men, who here thinks that Fremantle AFLW will claim Western Australia's next AFL/AFLW premiership before West Coast Men wins another?

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

No idea but WCE have zero chance of playing finals

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

I wouldn't be surprised if Freo make it. I won't put them in my 8 but we can't forget how good they were in 2022. It's more the norm these days where teams have a good season, drop out, come back in. Or just have a great/poor season out of nowhere.

 

[Cmarsh]

Longmuir can just about say goodbye to his job if Freo don't play finals.

 

[Freomaniac]

Longmuir can just about say goodbye to his job if Freo don't play finals.

agreed.

No finals in 2020-21. finals in 2022. no finals in 2023.

no finals in 2024 is enough to see him sacked.

 

[juss]

Definitely not West Coast and Freo I think are less likely than likely, others ahead of them in my book even though they aren't a bad side.

 

[Iago]

agreed.

No finals in 2020-21. finals in 2022. no finals in 2023.

no finals in 2024 is enough to see him sacked.

There's been instances where clubs have backed in the coach despite this kind of record. If there's improvement and the Freos just miss the finals, would he get the flick then?

 

[Brezsa]

1. Freo AFLW - it’s been shown the AFLW teams can have huge growth between seasons, nail a few recruits & you fly up the ladder. Teams are still greatly influenced by a few players. where only 2 games out

2. Freo AFL - Incredibly unlike (let’s be honest all 4 are) but they did show 12 months prior they can win games. Maybe if they put enough wins at Optus together (12 games there, 2 against WCE), they just sneak into 8. JL is gone if they don’t

3. WCE AFLW - I know I just said huge improvements in the AFLW are possible, so could have been second. But only 2 wins it’s a long way back

4. WCE AFL - more chance my 35 year old self who hasn’t played footy for almost 10 years, gets picked up in the midseason draft & goes on to win the norm smith

 

[Liam Boy]

None. Freo AFLW the best chance, but only if they get a really soft fixture and dodge the top 8 sides who bullied them last season, which is most of them.

 

[Dirty Bird]

none

 

[Freomaniac]

None. Freo AFLW the best chance, but only if they get a really soft fixture and dodge the top 8 sides who bullied them last season, which is most of them.

Absolute tragedy about that 2020 AFLW season. It would of been a Fremantle vs North Melbourne grand final too.