Aflw 2022/2023

[josie]

More promising than last week, even though another loss.

Blackburn hardly fumbles, such a big difference b/w her and most of our other players. She?s such a natural footballer. Lamb trying her guts out as always. Nice to see McLeod kick a few goals. Lynch took some beaut marks. Newton starting to show why she was no. 1 pick and I like her feistyness. Grant did some nice things including a few nice runs, plus a few mistakes which she?ll learn from. We are missing Brown in backline.

It?s going to be tough against Dees.

[mjp]

More promising than last week, even though another loss.

Geez...I'm not so sure Josie.

That was a brutally bad game of footy between 2x bottom four teams.

It's actually hard to know where to start - we don't seem to have a plan but at the same time we cannot connect more than 2 possessions in a row so you can't even tell...

There's always bad games but this was brutal.

[josie]

Geez...I'm not so sure Josie.

That was a brutally bad game of footy between 2x bottom four teams.

It's actually hard to know where to start - we don't seem to have a plan but at the same time we cannot connect more than 2 possessions in a row so you can't even tell...

There's always bad games but this was brutal.

Yeah, we don’t look like contenders.

Do you think it’s a poor game plan, personnel or coaching?

I think we have similar problems to our men’s team - If we don’t win contested ball we are badly beaten on the outside. I think we looked ok in patches and our F50 looked ok, a bit shaky in D50 and also lacking players with speed with will or ability to take the game on. We also depend upon Blackburn and Lamb too much, just like we depend too much in Bont and Libba.

[mjp]

Yeah, we don’t look like contenders.

Do you think it’s a poor game plan, personnel or coaching?

Where do you start?

It's unclear to me how we are trying to move the ball - but our poor skill ex makes moving the ball almost impossible so how can there even be a plan?? I'm pretty bumbed right now - I thought by the end of last season we were playing OK and thought we had reasonable continuity over the break (unlike in past seasons).

That final pre-season game looked dire though - it doesn't look like the girls know each other let alone like they've been training together - and I just cant see a win. Geelong are going to be a good side and pre-season I expected to start 0-1 but not like that....the Hawks game has been marked on my calendar as a win from the time the fixture came out though and from the time McFarlane kicked that goal in the 3rd we just didn't LOOK like scoring.

We'll get better I guess but it's a tough watch right now.

[Mantis]

I went along yesterday (with my partner & 2 kids) and as mjp has rightly pointed out there isn't much to like about how we are playing.

There seems to be no structure ahead of the ball and the amount of basic skill errors being made is unbecoming of a semi-professional team.. especially when compared to other teams. No doubt we have been stripped bare of depth & quality due to the rapid expansion of the competition, but the outlook is bleak.

On top of that it really was an awful day at the footy due to:

- Only one gate open to enter/ exit (on the outer side at least)
- Two food outlets in the entire stadium - waited for 30min to get lunch and missed most of the 3rd qtr. Pathetic!
- The speakers were turned up to the max so couldn't talk during the breaks.
- To rub it in the Hawthorn team & staff took a good 15min to exit the stadium after the game delaying the opportunity to have a kick on the ground.

[josie]

I went along yesterday (with my partner & 2 kids) and as mjp has rightly pointed out there isn't much to like about how we are playing.

There seems to be no structure ahead of the ball and the amount of basic skill errors being made is unbecoming of a semi-professional team.. especially when compared to other teams. No doubt we have been stripped bare of depth & quality due to the rapid expansion of the competition, but the outlook is bleak.

On top of that it really was an awful day at the footy due to:

- Only one gate open to enter/ exit (on the outer side at least)
- Two food outlets in the entire stadium - waited for 30min to get lunch and missed most of the 3rd qtr. Pathetic!
- The speakers were turned up to the max so couldn't talk during the breaks.
- To rub it in the Hawthorn team & staff took a good 15min to exit the stadium after the game delaying the opportunity to have a kick on the ground.

I’m waiting until we are playing at WO to watch our team. Hopefully playing at the new digs will put a spring in their step.

[1eyedog]

Where do you start?

It's unclear to me how we are trying to move the ball - but our poor skill ex makes moving the ball almost impossible so how can there even be a plan?? I'm pretty bumbed right now - I thought by the end of last season we were playing OK and thought we had reasonable continuity over the break (unlike in past seasons).

That final pre-season game looked dire though - it doesn't look like the girls know each other let alone like they've been training together - and I just cant see a win. Geelong are going to be a good side and pre-season I expected to start 0-1 but not like that....the Hawks game has been marked on my calendar as a win from the time the fixture came out though and from the time McFarlane kicked that goal in the 3rd we just didn't LOOK like scoring.

We'll get better I guess but it's a tough watch right now.

Newton is playing too high and our foot skills out of defence are not up to par. We're turning the ball over in the worst possible places and kicking it to way too many 50/50 contests. I dunno maybe they're not working hard enough.

Not sure where Eleanor Brown is at I haven't seen her at all we really miss her composure and kicking in D50. She's a really solid player.

Couple of players are down on last year, Edmonds, Lamb and Berry first game for the year was very rusty. Grant was sensational.

We seemed to go through the motions in the last thinking things would just happen.

[Hotdog60]

WESTERN BULLDOGS

In: M.Gorham, H.Woodley, A.Smith
Out: N.Ferres (omitted), D.Bateman (omitted), B.Hunt (omitted)

[bornadog]

WESTERN BULLDOGS

In: M.Gorham, H.Woodley, A.Smith
Out: N.Ferres (omitted), D.Bateman (omitted), B.Hunt (omitted)

Will be a tough ask this week

[mjp]

Will be a tough ask this week

LOL.

You could say that, yeah. We would have to lose 15% to drop below WC but geez...Melbourne have some fire-power up front.

[Hotdog60]

Going on the last two weeks I can't see us getting for this one. Best we can hope for is they keep it close but I think we'll be blown away.

Funny I was all fired up for this season but the performance so far has that dented.

With expansion clubs it seems to work out in both the AFLW and the AFL that the clubs that can least afford to loose their good players are the ones that do.

[jazzadogs]

I'll be happy if we kick a goal.

This has drubbing written all over it. Records could tumble.

[Grantysghost]

I'll be happy if we kick a goal.

This has drubbing written all over it. Records could tumble.

Can we get Terry Wallace in as a consultant for a game?

[Mantis]

Not sure where Eleanor Brown is at I haven't seen her at all we really miss her composure and kicking in D50. She's a really solid player.

She is still suffering from concussion issues and might not play this season, or maybe ever.

It’s a shame as she is probably in our best handful of players and as you mentioned uses the ball well.

[Grantysghost]

She is still suffering from concussion issues and might not play this season, or maybe ever.

It’s a shame as she is probably in our best handful of players and as you mentioned uses the ball well.

Oh that's very very sad.

What a horrible thing.