AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Does it matter?
Could our backline within the year look something like...He has a pretty rare combination of being hard-nosed and disciplined as a defender, but also being pretty creative and skilful on the rebound.
As a defender, he seems like the kind of player you'd just hate to play on. Always bashing into you, not scared to go back with the flight, and does most of the simple things well. Flies the flag for his teammates and seems pretty lippy too, which would be doubly frustrating since he's not easy to understand at the best of times
On the rebound, one thing I really like about him is that he just pulls the trigger immediately on his kicks. He sees a gap open up and he doesn't stop to think, ooh, can I get the ball there before it gets closed? Is there a better option? No, he just kicks it and almost always nails it, even when there is a very narrow window to pull it off.
Just quietly, we're building a pretty damn skilled backline. Worrell, Hinge, Michalanney and Keane are all above average when it comes to disposal by foot for guys who are 190cm+. Once Murray (who is also a good kick) returns and sends the Borlase/Butts revolving door back to the SANFL, we will have a full set of tall defenders who can kick.
Hawks had a few during their premiership years...
Just need a midfield to help stop it getting there 60 plus times a game and we will become very miserly.
Sholl.
The reason we didn't get beaten yesterday sits squarely with our defence.
Michalanney already does a great job.
It’s probably Jones best role moving forward, it seems really unlikely that he’ll develop into the player we hoped he would initially, but it is especially disappointing given that he showed some real improvement last year playing on the wing.
That's amazing and sad at the same time.
