AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Give it a few games, it will all even out in the wash.
Yeah agreed. But a first gamer in Schultz who played almost exclusively in the forward line (similar to Ballas) still managed to get five times more PA than Ballas. As a leader/experienced player, shouldn’t Ballas be setting the example - my concern is he sets the wrong one - On match day and at the selection table (not Ballas fault but still not great). He’s getting by on past performances way more so than what he’s delivering at the moment / past few years. I love him, by its time to let him go.
I might be on my own here, but I think 2-3 changes each game isn’t a bad thing. I think Hughes and Colyer were lucky to not get the chop. They were both very average - particularly Hughes’ turnovers. Winning shouldn’t gloss over the cracks. Keep everyone on their toes and reward those pushing for a place - although it’s hard when the proper WAFL season hasn’t started yet. Otherwise you run the risk of not rewarding good performance from the two’s and not having that exposure for them when injures do strike. You end up with a best 25 or so, instead of a best 30 or so.
Yeah alright fair point on reflection.He got free and could have kicked more goals is true. But so is the reason why he was free not being because of merit a couple of times. Modern footy with the structures is a bit weird that way. A bad turnover from defence and the player not following team instructions kicks a goal. My personal view its worth while for a forward to let his man run off once a game or so and stay forward as there seems to be goals kicked from that situation enough to warrant a gamble every now and then.
Our midfield killed theirs which rendered their forward line useless, pretty much.
No he wasn't. He made a few more mistakes than you'd want him to (mostly in Q1) but he also did arguably the best i50 kick of the day to Lobb, and at least another 3 really attacking kicks that led to scores. Read the ball well for the intercepts, took a couple of contested marks, did a great tackle that resulted in a turnover, put his body on the line a few times and whipped a couple of solid handballs out of congestion to the outside that got us moving. Not his best game but still a fair way ahead of what any of the other options for that role showed during JLT or at Peel from what I've heard.
Probably came across harsher than intended with my Ballantyne response earlier. Apologies for that. I respectfully disagree on Hughes and his kicking/fumbling. In the North game Ethan's Kicking was way better than Duman's in the preseason where Duman turned thee ball over with a higher rate per possession of any freo player in the two games in my view. Personally think Duman's the worst kick of all our mid sized defenders and I dont think its close, but others always get criticism on here. Not sure what message is being sent if they drop Ethan. Hughes played his role and his fumbilng was gigantically overstated on here in my view.
All good Sherrif. I didn’t mean to spark debate about Hughes or Colyer, just using them as examples this week. I still think we should make a few changes even if we win, rather than wait for injuries or losses to occur. Hasn’t really been an issue of late, with our lack of winning and plenty of injuries
