AFLW- Round 1 Carlton V Collingwod-Match thread.

[Thryleon]

Dom, why did the FFA pull out all stops to create the Western Sydney Wanderers when the Giants were about to join the AFL?  You would have thought they would have reasoned that there was no need to rush as the AFL and the A-League can co-exist and they aren't in competition.  Strange behaviour, wasn't it?

You have your facts backwards.

WSW were identified before GWS was even thought of by the AFL.

Sydney FC were initially going to be based out of Western Sydney.

WSW are a washup of the old Paramatta Melita Eagles football club.

The AFL responded to the planned expansion of the A league, by shoe horning in a GWS side.  Why do you think that they have carefully ensured that they are much stronger than GC??  Because it was well publicised that FFA and Clive Palmer who were heading up Gold Coasts soccer team had a rocky relationship.