AFLW Port Adelaide vs Carlton - Round 5 v2 @ Alberton

[Ford Fairlane]

Fantastic game. This was the third in a row of a really tough run of games and they ran it out beautifully.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Scrappy game but a win is a win. Need to take a few more wins like that this season to build for the future.

 

[Coobk001]

Moloney deserved that, been good today.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Piper Window! Yes! Gary will be smiling.

Oh the irony

 

[Marmozet]

We won!!!!!! YEAH THE FCUKING GIRLS!!!!!!!

 

[RossFC]

What a last quarter!! Well done!

 

[PA88]

Scholz really needs a good teacher.

Lacking in the men's for a decade. I reckon one of the attributes of a good senior coach is to be able to teach in good habits and teach out the bad.

 

[powermacs]

Haven’t been able to watch many games this year but the thing that stood out as an improvement was the pressure and tackling. Very impressive

 

[RossFC]

 

[Powerade 08]

Thought Saint ended up having a better game than Houghton. Robbed of a goal with the touched call too

 

[RossFC]

 

[Coobk001]

Nice to watch when they play like that.

We could've easily gone into our shells after being shell shocked by their first 5 min of pressure. In fact the men often do. However not only did they match it, but they went beyond and really rose above it.

A really solid 4 quarter defensive effort where we controlled the game. They got 3 goals, 2 of which were from ridiculous umpiring decisions. So to hold them to 1 legitimate goal is huge.

Lots of great performances and a lot of players finding form and lifting.

Brooksby and Houghton clearly our best, but lots of other contributors.

The defenders should get a lot of credit too, especially O'Dea. They were really great today.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

The biggest problem with AFLW, is that we have away games and games with SANFL umpires.

Not sure what is actually worse.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Who was the bald umpire? He looked familiar in the sense that they all look like the undead to me.

 

[Marmozet]

 

[TeeKray]

It was a pretty tight game for the most part but we opened them up at the end.

Just like last season we look much more dangerous at home than away. Need to find a way to take some of that form onto the road where we have been largely uncompetitive.

 

[Rexie J]

The last quarter certainly shut the commentary team up - especially the bloke.

Excellent second half and the last quarter a standout.

Scholz slowly coming to terms with her height and now starting to use it to advantage.

 

[Janey]

I forgot to record the game, can someone let me know where I can watch it now. Fox don’t look like they replay the whole game.

 

[Powerade 08]

I forgot to record the game, can someone let me know where I can watch it now. Fox don’t look like they replay the whole game.

AFL site has all the replays. just go to the AFLW fixtures and click our game and it'll be in videos

 

[Janey]

AFL site has all the replays. just go to the AFLW fixtures and click our game and it'll be in videos

Thanks, will do.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It was a pretty tight game for the most part but we opened them up at the end.

Just like last season we look much more dangerous at home than away. Need to find a way to take some of that form onto the road where we have been largely uncompetitive.

To be fair, Carlton had the breeze for 2 of the first 3 quarters but we came home strongly with it. And they had the rub of the green from the umpires.

We held the Bulldogs goalless away from home and in our other two games played top 4 teams in quick succession in ordinary conditions.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The last quarter certainly shut the commentary team up - especially the bloke.

Excellent second half and the last quarter a standout.

Scholz slowly coming to terms with her height and now starting to use it to advantage.

Matilda is such a big, strong player already. her ruck work reminds me of Peter Carey in the sanfl where she just gets position under the ball and is impossible to move. I love how she stands in position, puts her arm in the air as the umpire bounces it and then just guides it to our on-ballers.

 

[Alberton Proud]

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Spot the Spiv

 

[Marmozet]

I was starting to worry about Matilda Scholz so I’m glad she’s played better the last two games.