Macey Fraser - Not Retired [Unattached FC]

austin111

I hope the buzz around the womens team shows in an increase in spectators. People need to get along to watch them.
Are they mainly playing at Porirua? Dome said its getting too expensive their. Newtown park would be good.

Yep all home games are at Porirua Park, except for the double-headers with the men:

Sun 8 Nov v Canberra at Sky Stadium
Fri 6 Feb v Perth at Sky Stadium
Sat 14 Mar v Brisbane, venue TBC but rumoured to be in Christchurch

8 Nov is their first home game of the season, so hopefully Macey's home debut (if you can call it a debut for a returning player).

Marto

Was she homesick or is she the female version of Joe Champness? More worried about clicks then football?

neither. Just wanting to play more basically. 

Her interview after re-signing and socials are public - people don't need to speculate. 

austin111

I hope the buzz around the womens team shows in an increase in spectators. People need to get along to watch them.
Are they mainly playing at Porirua? Dome said its getting too expensive their. Newtown park would be good.

too expensive at Porirua? Blooming heck.
2 games at the stadium, the rest are at Porirua

Really sad news, hoping her a swift recovery and that she works through whatever she needs to. Was looking forward to seeing her play. Guess that Auckland prank didn’t help.

WanderingSheep

Really sad news, hoping her a swift recovery and that she works through whatever she needs to. Was looking forward to seeing her play. Guess that Auckland prank didn’t help.

I doubt the prank has anything to do with her taking leave. She would have seen the humour in it. I feel like this could be a Chloe Knott situation all over again 😢 

It's a situation sadly not unusual for young female footballers.
Wisnewski & Whinham both took some time out, and have been open about their struggles.
Anna Leat left agruably the world's biggest women's league in the WSL and kicked around as an outfielder for awhile this winter at Hibiscus Coast.

Yesterday's damning report on the ALW said  “financial insecurity” was “alarmingly high”. Short one season contracts, players paid less than the minimum wage. 62% juggling part time work and football.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/players-union-issues-urgent-call-for-aleague-womens-competition-to-go-fully-professional/news-story/77325e4e9c7a401034ee531d71958a1d

Hopefully Macey returns after the break she needs. 
Really nice to see Wisnewski doing so well now in Denmark, and close to being a locked in Football Fern selection now.

I guess this is the pathway to play for bigger clubs overseas. Wonder why Fraser came back to this league when she’s good enough to play and get better pay somewhere else. 
Seems like female footballers in the A League feel like it’s too much of a chore to play, and the fun is being sucked out of the game for them…

WanderingSheep

Really sad news, hoping her a swift recovery and that she works through whatever she needs to. Was looking forward to seeing her play. Guess that Auckland prank didn’t help.

I hope she gives social media a break or at least certain pages, a lot of UTP comments seeming to tease her in news of this. 

The fact that she is taking time out for mental health is a good thing. Regardless of the reasons, that we must remember are hers and hers alone, lets cheer the decision as a positive. As above Grace and Alyssia both have taken this kind of break and it has proven a boost for both. I hope Macy is back soon and better than ever. 

Sad to hear. Get well soon Macey and hopefully we see you back in a Nix shirt soon.
Cant be easy as an AL female player. The wages are abyssmaly low. Unfortunately the AL is in a dire financial situation so there is zero chance of an increase soon. The Nix are one of the few clubs who are supporting the womens game properly.
In Europe there is plenty of noise about mental healthy in the womens game. One significant factor is the impact of toxic social media. Many young women are just not prepared for the exposure they get as a pro footballer. The recommendation is to back off social media and just focus on yourself and your team mates.

Statement from Macey on Instagram (apologies if I'm too old to follow her)

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She was getting given grief across all social platforms - first Port fans posting the vid, then Nix fans getting all worked up about it and tagging her in it. 
I dont think most people realise how intense it gets having your notifications absolutely blasted with negativity but it could take a real toll, particularly on a young player. Glad to see the club has backed her to take some time out - reckon deactivating all her accounts would be the best thing for her MH though

I'm still really sad about how this turned out.  I don't know her situation or anything but if you knew you had guaranteed income for 2 years even it's for 35-37 weeks, then it would have to be something pretty serious to walk away.  I hope she finds whatever she is looking for.  It's going to be crap if she ends up at that other NZ team.

She does follow them on the gram.

If she’s all sweet, you would think she would be a preety marketable signing for their first season.

Really, she follows them???  Does she still follow the Nix?  

Double checked, she follows both, which tbh I wouldn't be surprised if that became the standard.

I get following the league, but a rival team seems weird to me from a players perspective. 

I think you're reading far too much into what it means to follow someone on social media.

agree with this, she probably has a few friends in the team so following the team is natural. given her current and historic mental health issues I can't imagine her joining a rival team, the fall out would be horrendous.

Agree. I think there is a lot more to all this then what is apparent in the media.
I'd be happy to see Macey playing football again in NZ National League for Cashmere Tech or whoever come the Championship phase. But feel that might even be wishful thinking.

I'm happy it's not being discussed in the media, noone who is struggling with anything like anxiety etc needs to be it to be discussed and speculated on publicly,.

100% Would really like to see all discussion on this subject closed down.