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Women in Sport and Cross Codes

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On the cusp of the much anticipated and abbreviated (after 2 seasons) AFL-W 7 week season I was heartened to see on TV last night another women's soccer product make her mark in the AFL-W. Our own and much loved MJ was on TV receiving much warranted exposure for the wonderful AFL-W. MJ, as always, spoke very eloquently and pledged to do whatever and play wherever the club wanted.

It gives me hope that when someone else like MJ comes to the end of their soccer career that they can reach the dizzying heights of the highly skilled and entertaining AFL-W.

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billy the kid wrote:On the cusp of the much anticipated and abbreviated (after 2 seasons) AFL-W 7 week season I was heartened to see on TV last night another women's soccer product make her mark in the AFL-W. Our own and much loved MJ was on TV receiving much warranted exposure for the wonderful AFL-W. MJ, as always, spoke very eloquently and pledged to do whatever and play wherever the club wanted.

It gives me hope that when someone else like MJ comes to the end of their soccer career that they can reach the dizzying heights of the highly skilled and entertaining AFL-W.
I have no qualms with players heading across as they reach the interpreted end of their football journey. For many this is when an opportunity at the elite level (ie. W-League, Matildas) is no longer available.

As long as that competition doesn't continue to cannibalise rising or current talent. We need to broaden the talent pool to continue to have growing and competitive WNPL competitions around the country.

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billy the kid wrote:On the cusp of the much anticipated and abbreviated (after 2 seasons) AFL-W 7 week season I was heartened to see on TV last night another women's soccer product make her mark in the AFL-W. Our own and much loved MJ was on TV receiving much warranted exposure for the wonderful AFL-W.
MJ, as always, spoke very eloquently and pledged to do whatever and play wherever the club wanted.
It gives me hope that when someone else like MJ comes to the end of their soccer career that they can reach the dizzying heights of the highly skilled and entertaining AFL-W.

Very interesting you note that MJ as ALWAYS spoke very eloquently and pledged to do whatever and play wherever the club wanted -
That's a very different person that I know - especially in the soccer community; a few years ago when she pledged to help out a club in their first WNPL season yet was caught out bad mouthing her own team on the sidelines embarrassed they weren't so successful that in her own selfishness claimed to be injured - let's hope the constant "injuries" don't become an issue for her again.

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I get the feeling that BTK is taking the p.ss out of MJ and AFL-W.... :)

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Adi wrote:I get the feeling that BTK is taking the p.ss out of MJ and AFL-W.... :)
I thought the same thing

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