AFLW List Changes

[Thryleon]

We will miss Ayres and Exon, but we had to come up with quality for Tayla Harris.
With Harris and Vescio, we have 2 proven goal kickers who can mark the ball well and be dangerous on the ground. It gives our forward line a structure with some real X-Factor.

Our defence looks very solid, with someone to play on just about every type of forward in the game. Stevens can play just about anywhere in defence and should give us drive from defence.

Our midfield is the thing now that needs some improvement. Exon was solid this year, as were most of our mids. However, we lack that lass who can get 30 possessions in the middle. We have quite a good ruck division, but we could really do with really quick midfielder.

Lists are tight with the guys, but they are worse with the girls. It just isn't possible to sit of a couple of girls for a while and develop them, especially if there are injuries (and there are).

It depends.

There are two schools of thought.

The talent pool is limited, so players are worth a premium.

Or, perhaps the talent pool is very large, but no one knows who they are due to limited exposure in the system, and also the quality of young cattle coming through is pretty slim.

Id say its a mixture of both, and irrespective of what happens, its a bit of a chook raffle at this stage.  The exposed players may be not much better than those currently not on an WAFL list and the difference might simply have been opportunity.  This isnt like the mens, where the talent has been scoured all over the country to see who the best ones are.  We have a bunch of converts from other codes and it appears all anyone has looked for is proffessionalism.

Id say its the latter if I was gambler.  Most girls havent had the exposure or the opportunity, so finding players might be as simple as asking the coach who missed out on the initial exhibition match, and whom isnt on a list at the moment.