As the first lockout of the 2025 AFLW Fantasy approaches, Liam and Mel run through a stack of things coaches need to think about before Round 1 including:

• the highly owned injured players
• the best value options in defence and forward
• how to structure your midfields
• some of our lowly owned points of difference

The gang were also joined by Tom Hales, a member of the AFLW Fantasy Fanatics pod, and 2nd placed finisher in the men's AFL Fantasy competition in 2024, as they go about trying to draft the 'Free Kick Team', where each host gets a chance to pick their favourite options under the salary cap!

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.

Episode Guide

0:00 - 2:20 intro
2:21 - 6:40 Injured players with lots of selections
6:41 - 8:59 Most unique players
9:00 - 10:11 Can we pick Piper Dunlop at R2
10:12 - 13:29 Value defenders - how many should we pick?
13:30 - 16:07 Are there any good mid-priced forwards?
16:08 - 18:05 Is Brooke Tonon going to breakout in Adelaide’s defence?
18:06 - 19:54 Is Zippy Fish good enough to be on field?
19:55 - 22:19 Liam might pick Georgie Prespakis at m5
22:20 - 23:30 Who are the premiums mids that Liam and Mel are picking?
23:31 - 1:00:48 Drafting a team with Tom Hales
1:00:49 - 1:03:59 Pre-Round 1 Admin
1:04:00 - 1:05:00 Outro

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