AFLW Rd 1: Carlton vs Collingwood at Ikon Park

[crashlander]

To my great pleasure, the AFLW season kicks off on Friday evening at Carlton at 19:40 hours, with out Beautiful Blues taking on Collingwood. It should be an excellent game. I hope it is as good as last year's game was.

The Blues will be unleashing of our 2 big name recruits, both of whom survived the practice match last weekend. Darcy Vescio did more than just survive it: she showed just how good she is after a big break with knee surgery. I bet Nicola Stevens is happy to be in our colours this time, instead of trying to stop Darcy.

The game has free entry, but a big crowd is probable. Get there early!

[kruddler]

I too will be looking forward to it.

This year i won't have the birth of my child to distract me from the game.

Looking forward to seeing Tayla Harris is action wearing navy blue with Darcy Vescio scampering around her feet. Lethal forward duo.

[Jofo]

We are great front and back. I'm not too convinced about our midfield. Arnell is a little slow and I can't see too many others coming through.

[LoveNavy]

We are great front and back. I'm not too convinced about our midfield. Arnell is a little slow and I can't see too many others coming through.

My thoughts too Jofo.
I think we've got some grunt in there. Have we got the speed and class?

[kruddler]

We are great front and back. I'm not too convinced about our midfield. Arnell is a little slow and I can't see too many others coming through.

Interestingly, only Arnell and Bri Davey were classes as 'elite' from champion data stats.

No Vescio, no Harris....although the latters form last year is understandable somewhat.

[crashlander]

Interestingly, only Arnell and Bri Davey were classes as 'elite' from champion data stats.

No Vescio, no Harris....although the latters form last year is understandable somewhat.

How Vescio missed out is amazing: Mark of the Year, top goal kicker and more.

I am pleased to see Arnell in the 'elite' group, though. She is a class act.
What I wanted for us was to improve our midfield. Instead we recruited a key forward and a key defender. Granted that they could be very good players, but I was still thinking midfielders. In the draft we picked up a few. I hope they can add the pace we lacked last year in the middle.

[mateinone]

I wish the Carlton website would have an ability to split the news up so you can easily filter out the women's news stories.
For those who have little interest the Carlton site is currently quite frustrating to view.
Simply an option to customize your view would the site much better.

[Inboltswetrust]

I wish the Carlton website would have an ability to split the news up so you can easily filter out the women's news stories.
For those who have little interest the Carlton site is currently quite frustrating to view.
Simply an option to customize your view would the site much better.

The only reason I would ever watch the AFLW is because some of our players in the senior mens team will probably end up playing there

[flyboy77]

The only reason I would ever watch the AFLW is because some of our players in the senior mens team will probably end up playing there

or unless my daughter starts playing in years to come..... but each to their own.

[LP]

Biases are generally embedded and hard to shift.

I started watching the girls without any pre-conception of it relative to mens footy. I don't judge them relative to the men or any other men, so I enjoy the womens game as a very different product with different strategies, tactics and skill sets.

The same will apply to AFLX, if you think you are going to another game of footy you've already lost the point!

AFLW and AFLX are different games, you should not expect more of the same as AFL or VFL!