AFLW Round 5 - 2024 AFLW season (Tues 24th - Sun 29th, Sep.)

[The Nostradamus]

Dees season over if they lose this

 

[Teen Wolf]

Chaplin hopeless, also cost them the win last week with a ridiculous piece of defending on Antonio to give away a free kick directly in front of goal. From memory.

Gillard not much better. Hanks mopping up everybody's mistakes at HB in the previous passage with some wonderfully clean hands, but it was all for nought.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Wind seems to be blowing to the left of screen again, so Q2 might be ugly?

 

[CURVE]

Melbourne's fall is hitting warp speed.

 

[Teen Wolf]

It's a nice gesture to be able to hit Libby Birch when she has her head over the ball. But it's just a pity such willingness to fly the flag has deserted Melbourne today when their youngest, smallest players are getting flattened behind play left right and centre.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Never great when you start the half with a centre clearance in the wrong direction. If ever there was a sign they don't have their head in the game.

 

[parano1a]

AFL HQ to Melbourne FC: You're playing an away game against Essendon on Friday, you need to wear an alternative strip.
Melbourne FC: We'll just add a red back to our royal blue jumper.
AFL: Fine, whatever.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I just have a feeling that if Maddy Prespakis isn't among your Top 10 AFLW Players... you miiiight be a salty Carlton supporter.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Paxman purely symbolic at this point. Been as useless as Queen Elizabeth II today, despite adding stability on paper.

 

[CURVE]

I just have a feeling that if Maddy Prespakis isn't among your Top 10 AFLW Players... you miiiight be a salty Carlton supporter.

Nope. I'm a 50 year North Melbourne supporter. Perhaps she would make my top 15 or 20.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Nope. I'm a 50 year North Melbourne supporter. Perhaps she would make my top 15 or 20.

I meant to add: "or you might just have the eyesight of a senior citizen"

 

[troybe]

Comprehensive win by the Bombers by 65 points one of if not our best win

 

[Teen Wolf]

If I was going to put effort into cloning a player, per suggestions in commentary, it probably wouldn't be somebody who's kicked 2 goals in the past month and averaged 14 touches (particularly if they can't kick with both feet, unlike Maddy Prespakis... or Lauren Butler!). And also fumbled twice in open space in the quarter just gone.

 

[Matthew2708]

Also: distressing to hear about players and commentators fighting each other pre-match in the carpark over limited available spaces. Sounds like Richmond need to do something about that.

Where did you get this info from? Was it mentioned on the broadcast?

 

[Teen Wolf]

Where did you get this info from? Was it mentioned on the broadcast?

Lol yeah it was just Sarah Hosking who said she beat out her buddy Sarah Rowe for a spot.

Whether the latter Sarah ended up managing to secure a park within the precinct, or had to park in the sidestreets somewhere (a current problem identified by the Punt Road Oval redevelopment plan), I'm not sure!

 

[CURVE]

I meant to add: "or you might just have the eyesight of a senior citizen"

Pretty sure Lauren Wood didn't have her in her top 10 as well.

Anyway, I wouldn't rank her ahead of Garner, Riddell, Marinoff, Hatchard, Anderson, Conti, Hore, Rowbottom, Molloy and Gardiner. And there are a few others that I think are having a better season than her to date.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Tam Smith got a 3 week suspension. Good on the Geelong cheersquad in the commentary box for making sure it happens.
No head high contact (even whiplash didn't have incidental contact), wasn't off the ball (despite kelli insisting it was)

Absolute joke

 

[CURVE]

Tam Smith got a 3 week suspension. Good on the Geelong cheersquad in the commentary box for making sure it happens.
No head high contact (even whiplash didn't have incidental contact), wasn't off the ball (despite kelli insisting it was)

Absolute joke

Seems incredibly harsh, there was no obvious hit to the head.

I'm pretty sure Chlyoe Kurdas was one the commentators last night, last week she called for O'Loughlin's beheading for her near perfect tackle on O'Dea.

 

[Liam Boy]

Also: distressing to hear about players and commentators fighting each other pre-match in the carpark over limited available spaces. Sounds like Richmond need to do something about that.

richmond station's right there, bus lines, a tram line, why do they need to drive everywhere?

 

[CrowToon]

Something needs to be done to prevent games like Saints v Dockers. It's league killing stuff.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Reckon top 6 locked in for finals

7-13 playing for the last 2 spots

 

[AussieNick1999]

Only caught the last few minutes of St Kilda vs Freo, but damn that's unlucky for the Saints.

 

[mookieb]

Great win by the Pies to break the duck for 2025. Lucy Cronin looks to be an exciting talent.

Very lucky though. Kick 4 goals - 2 through 50 metre penalties. Kick another through an uncontested ruck through up in the goal square.

Suns lose their second game due to ball tracking technology with a Stanton goal disallowed.

 

[Cdog71]

Tam Smith got a 3 week suspension. Good on the Geelong cheersquad in the commentary box for making sure it happens.
No head high contact (even whiplash didn't have incidental contact), wasn't off the ball (despite kelli insisting it was)

Absolute joke

It’s a crap decision.
Underwood calling it as behind the play.
The rule is your within 3 mtr of the ball you can shepherd and that’s what it was.
Accidental head clash, dunno that’s worth 3 weeks

 

[mookieb]

Seems incredibly harsh, there was no obvious hit to the head.

I'm pretty sure Chlyoe Kurdas was one the commentators last night, last week she called for O'Loughlin's beheading for her near perfect tackle on O'Dea.

That's what I thought. She bumped her body right? If no contact to the head can you still get suspended?