(05-31-2021, 03:44 AM)LP link Wrote:I've heard two other clubs are now out as of today.

A friend's son was a AFL recruiting / list manager before COVID, but was made redundant and returned to teaching. However, he now runs a women's comp for the local league and is getting side gigs from AFL clubs asking for reports of potential AFLW recruits. His old man told me they think it's highly likely Tayla will re-join the competition, either now or later, on less than she was getting before. For two reasons, her manager has done her no favours, and secondly post COVID the club's just don't have the money to throw about!

(05-31-2021, 03:53 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I like Tayla. I think she has been good for Carlton and good for the AFLW. My initial thoughts about this whole saga were more benevolent, but as time has gone on, I can't help but feel that Tayla's position in this space is a misstep.

Fans, marketers and sponsors have short memories and can be very fickle. If she sits out the next 12 months to focus on boxing, she may find her AFLW marketability to be significantly diminished or gone altogether when she returns. There may be a new Tayla, she may get injured in boxing etc.

(05-31-2021, 03:56 AM)kruddler date Wrote:2 other clubs are out as of today? Which clubs??

9 clubs had ALREADY ruled out chasing Tayla. There was only the following 4 clubs left....
St. Kilda
Melbourne
West Coast
GWS

So which ones did you hear?

(05-31-2021, 04:47 AM)LP link Wrote:I'd heard GWS and West Coast were already out, and the Dockers ruled themselves out formerly today, but this afternoon there are rumours the Crows want back in if the price is right! Apparently that leaves 10 out with 3 clubs (one the Crows, I presume Melb and Aints are the others) plus Carlton remaining.

Either way, it sounds like she'll have to settle to keep playing in AFLW, so her manager has done wrong by her she needs a new one!

(05-31-2021, 05:04 AM)kruddler date Wrote:There was talk that Freo were out today, but that was reported last week.

Carlton are pretty much out of the running too.

There is more chance of Harris not being in the AFLW next year, than being in a Blues jumper.

(05-31-2021, 05:11 AM)LP link Wrote:Tell her to sack her manager and come back to the fold, it's the face saving way out of this mess!

(05-31-2021, 05:18 AM)kruddler date Wrote:Thats if the club want her back.

(05-31-2021, 05:43 AM)LP link Wrote:Yes I get that.

It's a pity because I like her style of footy, but it seems the AFLW do not, and as we have debated I don't like it that much that I'd pay that price!

It probably is a sign of the AFLW evolving from something that wasn't much more than a bunch of girls wanting to play men's footy, into a game and sport of it's own! It's probably a good thing, and the @PaulP comment about changing times might be very prudent if Tayla sits out!