Congratulations Brianna Davey: inaugural B&F winner

[DJC]

Vescio placing 9th taints the award. In a competition where goals were extremely hard to get she was a stand out.

I thought Vescio had a relatively poor season, in part because of the way the games were played.  If I was running the show, I would have tried to get her into the action rather than letting her freeze her buns off and having little impact.

[kruddler]

I thought Vescio had a relatively poor season, in part because of the way the games were played.  If I was running the show, I would have tried to get her into the action rather than letting her freeze her buns off and having little impact.

Agreed. Throw her in the middle to get a spark....or a kick when the ball can't get down to her.

[LP]

I thought Vescio had a relatively poor season, in part because of the way the games were played.  If I was running the show, I would have tried to get her into the action rather than letting her freeze her buns off and having little impact.

Didn't our own voting had Vescio in a four way tie for 2nd, that means she could have been a single vote away from 5th spot!

I would have had Davey clearly 1st, Arnell, Pound and Exon in a coin toss for 2nd, 3rd and 4th, then a blanket over Vescio, Hosking, Downie and Jakobsonn.

Funnily, Hardiman and Loynes I found very consistent but not greatly influential, yet they both polled well.

[kruddler]

Do clubs have an option to re-sign marquee players or are all up for grabs?

The AFL are still working through all that.

There have been a few changes.
Initially, the comp was going to expand to include every club who tried to get an AFLW license but was knocked back - about 14 or so.
Then, the AFL said it was going to be the status quo - 8 teams.
Last i heard they were going to expand to 10 teams and have a finals system.
Who knows.

In any event, the basic logic was when new teams were coming in, you could keep X amount of players, the rest had to go into the draft so that the new teams could get some talent. Probably with some priority picks included.
I think the magic number was once 10. Who knows where it'll end up.

Essentially the club will opt to keep/re-sign a select group of players and i cannot imagine that Vescio wouldn't make the cut. Especially considering she works at the club and is basically the face of the AFLW team.

[kruddler]

Didn't our own voting had Vescio in a four way tie for 2nd, that means she could have been a single vote away from 5th spot!

I would have had Davey clearly 1st, Arnell, Pound and Exon in a coin toss for 2nd, 3rd and 4th, then a blanket over Vescio, Hosking, Downie and Jakobsonn.

Funnily, Hardiman and Loynes I found very consistent but not greatly influential, yet they both polled well.

Exon didn't play enough.
Hardimann missed a game or 2 as well.
Arnell i thought was overated for what she gave us. Solid without being spectacular.
Jakobson was more influential, but less consistent.
Hosking, Loynes, Pound and Keryk were all battering rams that could be relied upon to do the hard things. A lot of their work went largely unnoticed as it was rarely pretty.

Funnily enough, if you read the voting description, getting a 1 vote game meant you 'performed to the standard expected.' So better players are supposedly judged at a higher standard than the others.

[LP]

Essentially the club will opt to keep/re-sign a select group of players and i cannot imagine that Vescio wouldn't make the cut. Especially considering she works at the club and is basically the face of the AFLW team.

I thought Marquee players were basically guaranteed to be re-signed, Davey, Vescio and Jakobsonn are ours aren't they?

[kruddler]

I thought Marquee players were basically guaranteed to be re-signed, Davey, Vescio and Jakobsonn are ours aren't they?

Davey, Vescio and Arnell.

Not guaranteed to be signed exactly. They will be out of contract like everyone else. However, given the amount of players that you are ABLE to re-sign....all of them will be.

[DJC]

Agreed. Throw her in the middle to get a spark....or a kick when the ball can't get down to her.

Or a contested mark that leads to an inside 50.  She is too good to be out of the play for long periods.

Collingwood had a similar problem with Mo Hope.

[LP]

Collingwood had a similar problem with Mo Hope.

Hope isn't fit, she incapable of leaving the 50m arc and the teams in the AFLW took full account of that.