EFC website says the Freo game in round 4 starts at 1.05pm while the AFL website has it at 3.05pm.
Looking forward to Windy Hill games. Selfishly I want more day games as my kids love to go to these games.
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Picked up one player as a supplementary pick-Brooke Brown from North, tall intercept defender who it sounds like was great last season for them, she seems to be the big pickup.
We traded our picks for Brooke Walker, half back from Carlton who sounds like sheâll be best 22 at least, and Kodi Jacques from Richmond, young small forward who seems like was fringe best 22 for them. Draft was only overage players so doesnât sound like we missed much not having a pick.
A few delisted players-Leah Cutting from Saints who should be a decent second ruck, Georgia Clarke from Cats who should be good key position depth. Also got Matilda Dyke I think as a backup backup ruck as a top up player as Phillips is out for the season as sheâs pregnant.
So, some decent pickups by the sounds of it but nothing really earth shattering.
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Looking forward to the AFLW.
Really looking forward to Georgia Nanscawenâs return (I hope).
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I find it absurd that the VFLW comp runs longer than the AFLW comp. Itâs almost twice the length.
It just doesnât make sense at all.
What do AFLW players do outside of the comp? They play a few VFLW games. They probably fill a]in at a token EDFL comp.
If anything it should be the other way around. VFLW is shorter and feeding EDFL comp whilst AFLW is longer mimicking the AFL season.
Thereâs almost nothing that makes sense. Two months after every other footy code, two months after VFLW, 10 match fixture, strange ground choices. Itâs almost like they want it to fail.
I actually like that it is in the spring but it is silly to have it not line up with VFLW. And of course 17 rounds; itâs a perfect opportunity to have an equal one-plays-all-once scenario that the menâs fixture doesnât have.
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theyâre capturing an other-wise âdeadâ part of the year for professional sport in aus rather than try and compete with, essentially, themselves
-edit- none of it makes sense from a performance standpoint, but it does commercially
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They wonât be competing with themselves as long as scheduling is thought out.
Instead of getting 3 and half hours of attention from the mens competition, they could draw another 3 hours from the same source.
A club like Essendon has 80k members to try to get to AFLW games. I think if it was convenient, (i.e. close to the AFL game and either before or after) youâd get 10k at the game. If they were clever, they could even do the AFLW games as back to backs.
So the morning is whoever is playing at the MCG / Marvel that day and the afternoon is whoever is playing at night that day.
I wouldnât be focussing on âbroadcast rightsâ for AFLW. Because it wonât rate as well. That time of the year just isnât for football. Replays of old games will probably get just as much of an audience.
They should be focussing on AFLW being more about communities and inclusion like footy used to be before the corporatised crap we get now. For that, you need attendance. Create events (like social club functions, etc.) that bridge between the AFLW game finishing and the AFL game starting.
It should be able getting the current membership to keep up with the club longer. Instead, itâs thrown in isolation of everything else that clubs are doing.
Itâs just stupidly setup.
Having said thatâŚ
Iâm still looking forward to the season and will go to games whenever I can. Iâd just prefer it to be around the time the rest of the footy season is occurring. Not tacked on to the end.
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Terrific update, thanks⌠Fingers crossed.
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Embarrassing that this is progress, in Season 8!
(not sure if any team had the full set before season 7 and the 4 new teams)
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If the Klan make the GF you just know theyâll move it to the MCG as a curtain raiser
After a poor season last year, Fark Carlton will not face any of the big three of Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne - the only side to dodge all three of that trio.
Expansion sides Essendon and Sydney have also avoided three of the four preliminary finalists from last season, with wooden spooners Swans arguably given the easiest draw as the only team to play four bottom-five teams.
So from last seasonâs ladder we play 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th. Seems like a pretty balanced fixture for us.
No spoilers⌠but yes, you should.
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Ticketmaster fine print in the membership section of the EFC app is quite short but really focuses on the key issues:
Pretty sweet you can miss a footy game and go to a baseball game instead.
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I preferred the rockier version⌠but âmatch of the daaaaaaayâ is still cool.
Hi all, if any are interested, I can get visitor tickets to Eclatâs AFLW season launch event - hey free grog and food! You may need to take appropriate medication before hand if some of the filth bias may cause nausea.
PM me if interested.