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The Free Kick gang have some more AFLW Offseason content for those coaches looking ahead to 2026. This episode is all about looking ahead to the players we are expecting to be relevant for AFLW Fantasy 2026, those players that we always talk about going into the 'Black Book' during the season. Recorded in to days following North Melbourne's dominant Grand Final victory, be sure to give this one a listen as the AFLW preseason rolls from the trade / free agency period into the draft this December! +++++++ Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the 2026 season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl A huge thank you to everyone who listened along and support both the AFLW Fantasy game and the Free Kick podcast! This was an incredible season of Fantasy and your support is very much appreciated! Let us know in the comments if there is anything you'd like us to tackle in the off-season, or next year in 2026!

The Free Kick gang have a bonus episode for everyone as we slide into the 2025 AFLW Fantasy offseason. Liam got a chance to interview Caleb, coach of Noffy We Have A Problem, winner of AFLW Fantasy in 2025! Plus, tacked onto the end is a bit of AFLW Fantasy Trivia the team did when recording the season review. Jono leads the gang through trying to guess the AFLW Fantasy All-Australian team, being the highest individual scorers across all 4 lines in 2025.  +++++++ 0:00 - Intro 2:11 - Interview w/ Caleb, Coach of Noffy We Have A Problem 30:10 - AFLW Fantasy All-Australian Team Trivia +++++++ Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the 2026 season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl A huge thank you to everyone who listened along and support both the AFLW Fantasy game and the Free Kick podcast! This was an incredible season of Fantasy and your support is very much appreciated! Let us know in the comments if there is anything you'd like us to tackle in the off-season, or next year in 2026!

With the final round of the Home & Away season complete for Season 10, the gang submit one final shipping report for 2025. Liam (12th*) and Jono (17th*) revel in their successful seasons, whilst Mel (1,298th*) and Will (972nd*) ruminate over where the season slipped away.  Congratulations to Caleb, coach of Noffy We Have a Problem, for winning the 2025 AFLW Fantasy competition! ----------------------- 0:00 - Introduction 5:54 - Shipping Report 19:25 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 25:35 - Award Season 50:56 - Free Kick Season Reflections 1:12:03 - Best / Worst Advice  1:25:04 - Lessons / Players to Blackbook for 2026 & Outro ----------------------- Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the 2026 season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl A huge thank you to everyone who listened along and support both the AFLW Fantasy game and the Free Kick podcast! This was an incredible season of Fantasy and your support is very much appreciated! Let us know in the comments if there is anything you'l like us to tackle in the off-season, or next year in 2026!

A condensed gang gets together to celebrate some huge round scores (notably, Will makes it to the top 1000!)! With only one week to go, it's all about throwing your money at the final trades and crossing your fingers. The gang jam on some under and over valued players, VC-loophole trade targets and captains. Please excuse and enjoy the rain sounds of the Melbourne night storm in the back of Mel’s mic after ~1 hour. 0:00 - Introduction and AFLW chats 5:06 - Shipping Report 13:45 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 16:40 - Injuries? 27:36 - Unders and Overs 1:07:21 - Captains' Corner 1:12:32 - Trade Plans and Wrap   ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl

This is a live recording of an episode from Liam, Mel, & Jono on Twitter breaking down all the most important news of the week, the weekend's confirmed squads, and all your biggest questions and conundrums before the start of Round 11. Follow us on Twitter/Instagram @freekickwpod Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: CODE: X4NB381I

It was a weekend of carnage for a lot of fantasy coaches, with in excess of 6 premiums missing. That carnage was the scene for the pod's most successful week however, with Jono finishing at 30th for the round, and Liam (somehow) finishing as the round's top scorer! The full crew of Mel, Jono, Liam and Will get together to talk about the best ins & outs for the last 2 rounds of the season, focusing in on the strategy behind which spots to make your final two sets of trades of 2025! 0:00 - Introduction 4:07 - Shipping Report 15:30 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 18:25 - “Strategic Musings? Strategy Chat.”
 19:37 - Defenders  & (Will’s) Backline Players Are At The End Of The Line 35:42 - Midfielders & Just Pick The Big 5 39:49 - Rucks & What To Do With The Missing Wales 44:45 - Forwards & The Best Line To Diversify 1:01:16 - Captains' Corner 1:02:23 - Trade Plans and Wrap   ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl

This is a live recording of an episode from Liam & Jono on Twitter breaking down all the most important news of the week, the weekend's confirmed squads, and all your biggest questions and conundrums before the start of Round 10. Follow us on Twitter/Instagram @freekickwpod Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: CODE: X4NB381I

Whether it was Piper Window in or Niamh McLaughlin out, the Free Kick gang are all kicking themselves this week after some fraught trading in recent weeks has pushed their teams back in the ranks. Jono, Liam and Will get together to talk about the best ins & outs for the last 3 rounds of the season, whilst also holding themselves accountable to some higher risk options for those looking to set their team apart in the final rounds. 0:00 - Introduction 3:27 - Shipping Report (6:34 for 'the rant') 10:21 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 13:55 - End of the Line 35:45 - Trade Targets 56:56 - Last 3 Mini-Draft 64:48 - Captains Corner 66:10 - Trade Plans & Outro   ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl

This is a live recording of an episode from Liam & Jono on Twitter breaking down all the most important news of the week, the weekend's confirmed squads, and all your biggest questions and conundrums before the start of Round 9. Follow us on Twitter/Instagram @freekickwpod Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: CODE: X4NB381I

Four weeks to go, four chances to climb those ranks. Some late outs and floor scores caused some havoc in round eight, with some lower scores across the board for Fantasy coaches.   Jono, Mel and Will get together to discuss how best to tackle ownership strategy for the rest of the season, and discuss a few of the more unique options that coaches could jump on in the last four rounds. 0:00 - Introduction 2:14 - Shipping Report 9:43 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 12:30 - Ownership Strategy (& a Jono monologue) 30:00 - Trade Targets 43:18 - Rookie Crisis    50:07 - Captains Corner 52:14 - Trade Plans & Outro   ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl

This is a live recording of an episode from Liam, Jono and special guest Bails on Twitter breaking down all the most important news of the week, the weekend's confirmed squads, and all your biggest questions and conundrums before the start of Round 8. Follow us on Twitter/Instagram @freekickwpod Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: CODE: X4NB381I

The whole gang is back together again, two of which are doing verrryyy well on the Fantasy rankings after a big week! (Hint: its not Mel or Will). Hot Topics include a refresh of Free Kick's Sweet 16, including comparisons to our Week 4 Preview rankings and the current averages. With only 5 weeks to go the gang review which highly owned players are at the end of their line and need to be moved on, and who we can be targeting instead. 0:00 - Introduction 3:30 - Shipping Report 17:11 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 19:43 - Sweet 16 - Defenders 31:22 - Sweet 16 - Midfielders 41:34 - Sweet 16 - Rucks 46:30 - Sweet 16 - Forwards 54:20 - End of the line 64:43 - Trade targets 70:50 - Captains Corner 72:35 - Trade Plans 76:54 - Outro ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl

This is a live recording of an episode from Liam, Mel, and Jono on Twitter breaking down all the most important news of the week, the weekend's confirmed squads, and all your biggest questions and conundrums before the start of Round 7. Follow us on Twitter/Instagram @freekickwpod Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: CODE: X4NB381I

Along with Ebony Marinoff's triumphant return to the top of the averages, it was Kiara Bowers' turn to remind coaches why she is the original AFLW Fantasy superstar. All the big names shone across the weekend, so how do we fit them all into our teams? Join the team this week as Will's return sparks plenty of conversations about risky trade plans, as Free Kick break down all the hot topics and lessons learned at the half way point of the season.    Episode guide:  0:00 - Introduction 2:03 - Shipping Report 12:20 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 15:03 - What Have We Learned So Far? 
 28:35 - Timely Trade Targets To Take Time Towards 31:27 - Is Goodwin the new premium defender option? 36:08 - Will decides to get in his quota of Ally Anderson mentions 45:25 - Earn and Churn 53:04 - Free Kick andswer your listener questions 60:35 Captains Corner 62:48 - Trade Plans 67:30 - Outro ----------------------- Come and join our open league! Invite l...

The return of the fantasy superstar Ebony Marinoff to the upper echelon of fantasy scoring set the tone for a very high scoring Round 5.  To break down the hottest topics ahead of Round 6, a skeleton crew of Liam and Jono were joined by second-time guest DC from men's Fantasy podcast 'Hat Chat'! Episode guide:  0:00 - Introduction 2:20- Shipping Report 10:10 - Watch and Wait Scoreboard 11:44 - Which defenders need to go? 16:48 - Koenen and Paxy going in the wrong direction 20:04 - Which mids need trading?  22:10 - DC talks about Centra strategies 23:20 - Forwards in need of the flick 24:25 - Liam's thoughts on Zanker 25:55 - Stone's throw out of our teams per Jono? 28:30 - Round 6 Trade targets  31:21 - Midfield upgrade strategy discussion 36:02 - AAnderson & Molloy OR Garner and Toogood? 37:19 - Can Jono convince you to trade for Garner? 40:40 - Liam's Ella Envy 43:09 - Defender targets  45:16 - DC preference for Shelly Heath? 49:17 - Who are the best rookie targets? 53:43 - Q&A 58:59 - Captains Corner 1:01:39 - Trade Plans 1:06:38 - Outro Come and join our open league! Invite link is below + our league code is: X4NB381I Follow @AFLFantasy and @FreeKickWPod on twitter to keep up to date with all the AFLW Fantasy news and updates before the season starts.  Play the Official AFLW Fantasy game at http://aflwfantasy.afl