Women's Footy 2023 Rd 4 Carlton vs Richmond Thursday 19th September 7:15PM @ IKON Park

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We're cooked. Output is better but fitness/mobility still a concern and no belief in our ability to execute kicks under pressure.

One of Good and Breann Moody is pointless if we get so little marking and mobility from both of them. Celine is a whole other issue as a forward.
 
Four teams this year have gone goalless. Who thought such rapid expansion would make the game better?

The expansion has gutted half the clubs. There’s 7, maybe 8, decent teams. The rest, including us, don’t have the out and out superstars to be truly competitive. Or, we did, and we lost them to the expansion clubs. Grace Egan would have been handy tonight. So would a Hoskin.

And the pool of players simply isn’t big enough for a lower place team to see any rapid improvement.

It’s a decade away from being a decent competition. Which is sad.


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The expansion has gutted half the clubs. There’s 7, maybe 8, decent teams. The rest, including us, don’t have the out and out superstars to be truly competitive. Or, we did, and we lost them to the expansion clubs. Grace Egan would have been handy tonight. So would a Hoskin.

And the pool of players simply isn’t big enough for a lower place team to see any rapid improvement.

It’s a decade away from being a decent competition. Which is sad.


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It wasn't the expansion, it was the lack of compensation for high quality players leaving
 
The opposition was better tonight but the intent and tactics of last week still should have worked. Hill and McKay were quiet. We normally see them win the ball and take territory. Not tonight. Celine Moody has had enough of an opportunity. Someone else should get a chance. Some stoic efforts in the back half but overall most of the team couldn’t win one on one or get creative enough with ball in hand.
 
Many work full time and their "off season" is nine months.
They have a pre-season, and they all play at least 2 VFLW games, some as many as 6. Not sure how many others play another sport though.

The issue is in high performance training programs and talent ID more so than full-time work.
 

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