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Blah-Blah Bar / Merry Christmas 2023!
It is that time of year again.
A very Merry Christmas for all of you, and your families. May Santa provide us all with the best of gifts in 2024!
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW Draft 2023
Yes, I've posted this early, but it is an odd time of your to be thinking drafts and I don't want to miss it.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW List Management 2024
With the 2023 season done, and our girls improving, but still missing finals, it will be interesting to see how our list evolves towards next season.
Supposedly, we are after Yasmin Duursma, from Port. However, we are competing against North for her signature.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW 2023 Rd 10: Carlton vs St Kilda at Carlton
Our last game for the season, unless there is a miracle, playing the "Aints at Carlton on Sunday at 1305.

Backs:  Gen Lawson-Tavan  Vaomua Laloifi
Half-backs:  Ciara Fitzgerald  Madeline Hendrie  Gab Pound
Centreline:  Keeley Sherar  Abbie McKay  Brooke Vickers
Half-forwards:  Mia Austin  Erone Fitzpatrick  Harriet Cordner
Forwards:  Darcy Vescio  Breann Moody 
Followers:  Jess Good  Mimi Hill  Lily Goss
Interchange:  Keeley Skepper  Amelia Velardo  Marianna Anthony  Imogen Milford  Taylor Ortlepp

Emergencies:   Chloe Wrigley   Daisy Walker   Annie Lee

In: Maddy Hendrie, Taylor Ortlepp 
Out: Dayna Finn (suspension), Paige Trudgeon (hamstring)

Not exactly our strongest line-up for the year, but that is how it goes.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW 2023 Rd 9: Carlton vs Essendon
We play the Drug Cheats at Windy ill at 15:05 today.

Backs:  Harriet Cordner  Vaomua Laloifi 
Half-backs:  Gen Lawson-Tavan  Paige Trudegon  Gab Pound
Centreline:  Lily Goss  Abbie McKay  Erone Fitzpatrick
Half-forwards:  Mia Austin  Darcy Vescio  Keeley Skepper
Forwards:  Imogen Milford  Ciara Fitzgerald
Followers:  Breann Moody  Mimi Hill  Keeley Sherar
Interchange:  Brooke Vickers  Amelia Velardo  Jessica Good  Marianna Anthony  Dayna Finn

Emergencies:    Taylor Ortlepp    Daisy Walker   Maddy Hendrie
 
IN: J Good, M Anthony
OUT: K Peterson (managed), D Walker (omitted)

We'll miss Kez, but she has struggled with injury this year. Marianna Anthony's inclusion gives us about a ten tackle boost.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW 2023 Rd 8: Carlton vs GWS
Set for GWS in Sydney (Henson Park) at 15:20 on Saturday.

Our lime-up:
Backs:  Kerryn Peterson  Vaomua Laloifi
Half-backs:  Gen Lawson-Tavan  Paige Trudegon  Gab Pound
Centreline:  Brooke Vickers  Abbie McKay  Daisy Walker
Half-forwards:  Mia Austin  Breann Moody  Imogen Milford
Forwards:  Darcy Vescio  Phoebe McWilliams
Followers:  Harriet Cordner  Mimi Hill  Keeley Sherar
Interchange:  Lily Goss  Amelia Velardo  Keeley Skepper  Erone Fitzpatrick  Dayna Finn

Emergencies:    Taylor Ortlepp    Ciara Fitzgerald   Maddy Hendrie
 
In: Imogen Milford, Keeley Skepper, Paige Trudgeon, Brooke Vickers
Out: Ciara Fitzgerald (omitted), Maddy Hendrie (omitted), Jess Dal Pos (leg), Jess Good (ankle)

Good will be missed; she's been very good this year. Like to see Paige Trudgeon back.
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Ladies Lounge / AFLW 2023 Rd 5: Carlton vs Sydney at Carlton
Carlton play Sydney today at 16:05 at Carlton.
We have 2 debutants this week.

Backs: Amelia Velardo  Vaomua Laloifi
Half-backs:  Kerryn Peterson  Harriet Cordner  Gab Pound
Centreline:  Keeley Skepper  Abbie McKay  Brooke Vickers
Half-forwards:  Mia Austin  Breann Moody  Erone Fitzpatrick
Forwards:  Darcy Vescio  Jess Dal Pos
Followers:  Jess Good  Mimi Hill  Keeley Sherar
Interchange:  Daisy Walker  Lily Goss  Dayna Finn  Ciara Fitzgerald Phoebe McWilliams

Emergencies:    Imogen Milford   Maddy Hendrie   Tay Ortlepp

INS: Daisy Walker, Dayna Finn, Ciara Fitzgerald

OUTS: Tay Ortlepp (omitted), Maddy Hendrie (managed), Marianna Anthony (injured)

NEW: Dayna Finn (debut) and Ciara Fitzgerald (Carlton debut)

We will miss Marianna Anthony, who gets more tackles than she does kicks.
I'd hope to see us play better than we did against Sydney in the practice match.
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Robert Heatley Stand / 2023: A review
With our season over, disappointingly, we will now have to turn our attention to 2024. In the immortal words of Arnold Schwarzenegger (and general Douglas McArthur), 'we will be back'!

It is now time to digest what we've achieved and where we've failed.
[1] Considering that we were 15th not that long ago, with some of the worst losses we've endured in recent times, getting to 3rd was an amazing achievement. Teams feared us (at last!) and they needed to.

[2] Michael Voss has lost his Preliminary Final. I'm sorry we couldn't do it for him, but we have done things in the last couple of months that looked impossible halfway through the season.

[3] We turned the worst forward line in the competition into one that didn't just have 2 towers.

[4] We haven't really played that well for some time, but we still kept on winning. That wasn't a fluke: that has hard work and belief.

I'll have more to say when I get over the loss.