AFLW Rd 1: Carlton vs Collingwood at Ikon Park

[Lods]

If its just a 3,2,1 its an easy project to take on and i could do it.
If its more convoluted, my interest in it is less enthusiastic.

I think it might be best to just go with simple the 3,2,1 again.
Keep it simple and easy to manage.
There were probably only about a dozen of us voting last year (less for some games) and it wasn't too difficult to update.

If you don't mind... then it's your baby Kruddler.

[DJC]

I think it might be best to just go with simple the 3,2,1 again.
Keep it simple and easy to manage.
There were probably only about a dozen of us voting last year (less for some games) and it wasn't too difficult to update.

If you don't mind... then it's your baby Kruddler.

Hopefully I will get to see a few games - no TV at the moment 

[Lods]

Hopefully I will get to see a few games - no TV at the moment 

I just don't remember whether that was an issue with us last year in the B&F voting....
Not the no TV at all (hope that gets fixed DJC ), but the coverage on free to air TV.
Hard to vote if you don't see the game.

[crashlander]

This week's game is on free to air TV, Channel 7, in Victoria for what it is worth. I don't know how many games will be on ANY sort of TV this year, though. I KNOW I will not see all of the games live, although I hope to see more than I did last year.
I am taking my elder daughter on Friday; straight from school to the ground. How we will cope with the parking will be a question, but it often is.

[Thryleon]

I don't have daughters, but I can understand why some people are so frustrated with the way women in sport are perceived.

I think they deserve every bit of attention they get without the need to judge them relative to men. I do not see them as halftime entertainment or a curtain raiser there just to fill in the blanks. I'm sure you don't mean to infer that they are just a sideshow.

I see the elite in the girls, even if it is a different kind of elite to the men!

Its a different competition to watch that is for sure, and I meant in no way to paint them as a side show.

The main event will always be the main event.

Like MIO my time is divided into the what I can follow and what I can't, and largely that time is dictated by a female which has a tinge of irony to it (my wife).

Occasionally she prevents me from seeing the AFL seniors.

[kruddler]

Its a different competition to watch that is for sure, and I meant in no way to paint them as a side show.

The main event will always be the main event.

Like MIO my time is divided into the what I can follow and what I can't, and largely that time is dictated by a female which has a tinge of irony to it (my wife).

Occasionally she prevents me from seeing the AFL seniors.

That's easy fixed.

[kruddler]

I think it might be best to just go with simple the 3,2,1 again.
Keep it simple and easy to manage.
There were probably only about a dozen of us voting last year (less for some games) and it wasn't too difficult to update.

If you don't mind... then it's your baby Kruddler.

Yep. A handful of 3,2,1's will be easy to update for 7 rounds (+ finals?)

[Navy Maven]

Team for tonight:

CARLTON

B: J.Hosking 11, D.Hardiman 31, L.Brazzale 12
HB: G.Pound 6, A.Downie 30, B.Davey 1
C: S.Audley 26
HF: T.Harris 22, K.Harrington 9, N.Stevens 21
F: M.Gay 8, D.Vescio 3, S.Li 35
Foll: B.Moody 16, S.Hosking 10, K.Loynes 2
I/C: K.Shierlaw 25, L.Arnell 13, G.Gee 19, N.Plane 32, K.Gillespie-Jones 5
Emg: T.Lucas-Rodd 18, S.Last 7

It's good to see so many of our new players debuting. Interesting to see Lucas-Rodd as an emergency, she was more than handy last year. Also seems to have been a bit of a fall from grace for Maddie Keryk, was VC last year and not even in our starting lineup this year. I hope she fights her way back in.

[DJC]

Team for tonight:

It's good to see so many of our new players debuting. Interesting to see Lucas-Rodd as an emergency, she was more than handy last year. Also seems to have been a bit of a fall from grace for Maddie Keryk, was VC last year and not even in our starting lineup this year. I hope she fights her way back in.

I just heard on 774 that around 50 players will debut this round.  The flipside is that 50 players from last season will miss out.  There was also discussion about players being told to get fitter and lose weight.

I heard Lauren Arnell on the radio last week and she said that the players are much fitter and stronger this season.  She said that the first season's experience opened their eyes to the demands of professional sport (perhaps even some from other professional sports) and everyone has worked much harder.

Expect a faster, harder game.

[Thryleon]

That's easy fixed.

Shes as Navy as I am Kruddler, and actually accompanies me to games, but lets face it, her priorities don't lie in watching footy and sometimes she makes those priorities mine.

Give and take after all!