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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Not sure if this has been mentioned prior but ch7 just said Ball left track early and won't be playing tomorrow...
Hope so. Doesn't sound great though. Only a few games after this so if it's back / soft tissue related he might struggle to get back by finals. Untimely given Adams' injury also.Yeah just heard that, hope it's just precautionary.
Ed said on Fox that Swan and Ball will be available for selection next week, forget about what 7, Luke Darcy or any other flog says, no setbacks, all going as we know it is.
Martin got a knock on the knee. Probably still play vfl, nothing serious.Tallies with a source who says Ball will play tomorrow (and that Langdon is the only traveling emergency).
Same source also says Martin has drawn the lucky straw and is this week's Friday Injury with a knee.
And the reason I believe him is, because for the past couple of months, he has nailed each and every training injury the day before it has been announced by the club...
Lol at everyone talking shit like Young hasn't played a good game this season.
I'm not his biggest fan by any stretch, but would love to see him play a blinder and watch half this board's population of keyboard experts go silent.
Yes. Doesn't mean he will be there in 4 weeks.And Armstrong is on that team
Agree. Buckley has used Blair poorly for 2-3 years. Malthouse had him In centre.I subscribe to the line of thought that sees Blair playing as an inside mid. He is more suited to this role than playing up forward. If Ball is not ready to play, Blair is a better prospect in the middle than Thomas at this point in time.
i am very happy that ball is not included, let me explain. At perth we need SPEED and we need it bigtime. It is safe to say that luke ball is not known for his speed and at an oval like subi ball could become a liability towards the end. Say we did play ball and when it came down to the subs when we would normally sub a tall out for a speedy player we would have the conundrum of carrying a slow player in ball into the final quarter when we need speed. Ball's skills wont we best suited for subi as it is long ground where running power will win you games.It comes down to 'grunt vs speed' and at av oval like subi, speed wins you games.
He has played two good games, against Melbourne and St.Kilda. I don't think I need to say anymore.
Strongest team we've had out there this season. Injuries are now not any sort of an excuse now.
Played well against Geelong in our loss, and had a cracker against Essendon on ANZAC Day. Has been a solid contributor almost every week, barring a couple and was particularly poor against Essendon in R17.
Do you expect all our players to dominate every single game we play? Would explain a lot.
So let's get this straight, we want VFL form to be rewarded with senior selection if it's Martin or Kennedy but when Young gets a callup on the back of a great performance we throw our toys out of the cot and call the season over?
Some people just need to have something to complain about. Go Pies!
Name me a team that doesn't have 3 players out.Throw in Swan and Adams/Ball and I reckon your right.
Name me a team that doesn't have 3 players out.
I think a part of the problem may lie in our expectations. Young and White aren't elite anything. They are contributors to a team and they have done so for the most part. We'd like more from them no doubt but there are guys who perform at a lower standard than Young every week yet he cops the wrath.I don't get it personally myself. He isn't an elite kick, but he does provide us with something very few others do in the senior 22. Penetration by foot.
Take Lumumba, his ball use was absolutely horrid last week yet he copped a tenth of the vitriol that Young cops (good or poor performance).
I'm one of the first to admit that as a mature FA that we identified to fill a role he needs to step up at least a level or two, but he went back to VFL and put in a solid performance so deserved a call up when put up against the two players omitted.
I don't get it personally myself. He isn't an elite kick, but he does provide us with something very few others do in the senior 22. Penetration by foot.
Take Lumumba, his ball use was absolutely horrid last week yet he copped a tenth of the vitriol that Young cops (good or poor performance).
I'm one of the first to admit that as a mature FA that we identified to fill a role he needs to step up at least a level or two, but he went back to VFL and put in a solid performance so deserved a call up when put up against the two players omitted.
Swan and Ball are returning next week. So we have only Brown who many wanted out of the team anyway and Adams who only just went out after not being in the 22 until recently after a shocking first half of the season.I agreed with you initially, but upon further reflection. Sydney? Geelong? Port Adelaide? North? Essendon?
With Buddy, Hanneberry, Trengove, Wells and McIntosh all returning in one way or the other this week all the top 6-8 teams are settling down their best 22's except us, Fremantle and Hawthorn.
I think a part of the problem may lie in our expectations. Young and White aren't elite anything. They are contributors to a team and they have done so for the most part. We'd like more from them no doubt but there are guys who perform at a lower standard than Young every week yet he cops the wrath.
We have all had players we don't rate highly and jump at the chance to whack them, but he had 36 touches, kicked a goal and was pivotal in us coming back and winning the game. He is in our best team, deal with it.