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[cmndstab]

North this year remind me a bit of us in 2019. Just torching sides on a weekly basis.

It's still an open question whether they will be able to score like this against our strong defence, but for it to matter we will need to find ways of scoring against them.

 

[cmndstab]

Finally a moderately close game, with Geelong and Hawthorn only a couple of points apart at half time. Albeit, it has blown out a bit with Hawthorn kicking six unanswered goals.

 

[cmndstab]

So Carlton smashed Geelong (holding them goalless), and then got smashed by North (losing 12 goals to 1). But somehow Geelong managed to draw with North. Figure that out.

 

[Firewalker]

Finally a moderately close game, with Geelong and Hawthorn only a couple of points apart at half time. Albeit, it has blown out a bit with Hawthorn kicking six unanswered goals.

This has been a great game of AFLW football, one of the best I’ve seen over the 9 seasons. Some of the passages of play from Hawthorn have been sensational.

 

[dplggr47]

wow. The umpiring is terrible. Consecutive incorrect disposals and no frees paid.

 

[cmndstab]

This has been a great game of AFLW football, one of the best I’ve seen over the 9 seasons. Some of the passages of play from Hawthorn have been sensational.

I haven't actually been able to see most of it - my eldest gave me a gastro yesterday so I've been mostly shuffling around like a zombie and trying to keep food down. Just saw the scores and thought, finally, a match that doesn't feel over by half time!

 

[dplggr47]

This has been a great game of AFLW football, one of the best I’ve seen over the 9 seasons. Some of the passages of play from Hawthorn have been sensational.

They have a lot of Irish players. They're very good.

 

[Firewalker]

I haven't actually been able to see most of it - my eldest gave me a gastro yesterday so I've been mostly shuffling around like a zombie and trying to keep food down. Just saw the scores and thought, finally, a match that doesn't feel over by half time!

Do yourself a favour and watch the highlights when they pop up, end to end mixed with some really brilliant skills.

They have a lot of Irish players. They're very good.

Like they were talking about in the commentary you could actually really see an Australia V Ireland National match of Australian Rules in the future being a super competitive match now.

 

[dplggr47]

Do yourself a favour and watch the highlights when they pop up, end to end mixed with some really brilliant skills.


Like they were talking about in the commentary you could actually really see an Australia V Ireland National match of Australian Rules in the future being a super competitive match now.

The Irish would probably win.

 

[cmndstab]

The Irish would probably win.

Probably not, but it would be a more competitive match than some of the actual AFLW matches we've seen lately!

 

[brucetiki]

They have a lot of Irish players. They're very good.

Looks like Geelong have goal songs for their players - the game at times sounded like it was at an Irish pub after a few Geelong goals

Also, interesting that Fox reversed the cameras for the game, so that you could see the crowd that attended the game in the Brownlow/Premiership stands as opposed to an empty Hickey stand.

 

[Scorpus]

Melbourne

 

[cmndstab]

Melbourne

Our win over Essendon looking better by the minute!

 

[Cromulant]

How the mighty have fallen

 

[brucetiki]

Melbourne haven't been the same since we beat them last season

 

[cmndstab]

Melbourne haven't been the same since we beat them last season

Melbourne losing is less fun now that Libby Birch doesn't play for them anymore

 

[cmndstab]

It's quarter time and the Bulldogs are winning This is not a drill!!

 

[cmndstab]

Bulldogs with a win, admittedly only over Sydney but still.

 

[Firewalker]

Bulldogs with a win, admittedly only over Sydney but still.

Yeah it probably says more about who they’ve played but have somehow won 2 in a row after not looking like they’d win 1 all season, they’ve actually really just gone right back to the basics with how setup their defence, having experience behind the ball has helped and the pressure led by Pritchard in the middle means they’ve been able to get into games and scrap it out.

As soon as Morphett went down in the Ruck it was matter of time before Sydney fell off, Sydney another team cruelled by losing 2 of their best with Molloy and now Morphett out.

 

[brucetiki]

Sydney have really regressed this season

 

[cmndstab]

North struggling in the wet again. Still goalless heading towards half time, albeit with their opponents in Richmond having only scored one goal themselves. The ground is covered in puddles of water.

We need to find a way to bring the rain in for our match with them. Can we invest in a weather machine?

 

[Scorpus]

North struggling in the wet again. Still goalless heading towards half time, albeit with their opponents in Richmond having only scored one goal themselves. The ground is covered in puddles of water.

We need to find a way to bring the rain in for our match with them. Can we invest in a weather machine?

Yep being played on a swamp.

Could flood the ground I guess when we play them

 

[cmndstab]

North's superior structure and skills have got them on top here, although it's still not over. North up 2.8 to 1.3 midway through the 4th.

Edit: Richmond with a goal! Only 5 points in it with 8 minutes to go.

Also, tee hee, it came from a Libby Birch free kick against

 

[Scorpus]

23 frees for North to 13

 

[Tas]

North struggling in the wet again. Still goalless heading towards half time, albeit with their opponents in Richmond having only scored one goal themselves. The ground is covered in puddles of water.

We need to find a way to bring the rain in for our match with them. Can we invest in a weather machine?

Our first game was in really hot weather up in Brisbane but it has rained in every game we have played since, the Geelong game was really heavy rainfall too. I don't think we are terrible in the wet, it just hampers the scoring in general when it gets very wet.