Review Round 8 v Collingwood at Victoria Park

[brucetiki]

Collingwood v Adelaide
Sunday 20 October
4:35pm Adelaide time (5:05pm Melbourne time)
Victoria Park

After splitting our results last week, we're back to just the one game this week - and a 7 day break!

We head to Victoria Park to take on Collingwood in our first AFLW match in Melbourne this season. Collingwood will put up more of a fight than GWS, but it's also a good chance to build some more percentage.

 

[cmndstab]

We head to Victoria Park to take on Collingwood in our first AFLW match in Melbourne this season. Collingwood will put up more of a fight than GWS, but it's also a good chance to build some more percentage.

That's arguable. For all of GWS's faults, they've had some close results this year. Collingwood have a 1-7 record and a percentage of 45.3%. They've had losing margins of 47 points to Hawthorn, 52 points to Brisbane, 42 points to the Bulldogs and 36 points to Richmond. We should be aiming to fill our boots against them.

 

[radiojake]

Naturally it's out only game in Melbourne and I won't be able to make it

 

[cmndstab]

Ballard listed as a test for this week, still can't believe she's alright. She's expected to be available if she get through the main training session. Allen still out but listed as a possibility for next week. Brooke Smith is still apparently considered a chance to play this season, listed as 6-8 weeks which would mean best case scenario, she might get back in time for the GF if we are lucky enough to make it there. Somehow I don't see it, but hey, hope springs eternal I guess.

 

[cmndstab]

Nice little puff piece on Goodwin, who I think has been arguably our most improved player this year.

https://www.afc.com.au/news/1678808...elf-doubt-to-become-mainstay-in-crows-defence

Goodwin is still only 20 years old so she is only going to get better. Sounds like Marinoff has been working with her, just another feather in Marinoff's cap.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Nice little puff piece on Goodwin, who I think has been arguably our most improved player this year.

https://www.afc.com.au/news/1678808...elf-doubt-to-become-mainstay-in-crows-defence

Goodwin is still only 20 years old so she is only going to get better. Sounds like Marinoff has been working with her, just another feather in Marinoff's cap.

I'd argue Charlton - Gone from someone who carries her weight and is reliable. to someone who is 1 step away from tearing the game apart. Her skill (particularly contested) has gone to another level and she's getting more of the ball in more dangerous positions. If her team mates could forsee what she can do, they might get into a position where Teah can break the game open by getting it to the outside for them.

She's close to being a star, I can feel it.

 

[cmndstab]

Brianna Davey out of this weekend's match and apparently the rest of the season with a bone stress in her leg.

 

[cmndstab]

Our squad is in for Sunday. So far no omissions, just Boyle-Carr, Ballard and Tarlinton listed as ins. All three are listed on the interchange bench, although as we saw last week that doesn't actually matter anyway.

The others listed on the bench are Mueller, Varnhagen, Tonon, Thompson, and Charlton.

That leaves Boileau, Waterhouse and Henry as the only uninjured players on our list not to make the squad.

We're usually pretty good about ensuring all of our draftees get to play a match at some point in the season. I wonder if Henry will get a go in the last couple of rounds?

 

[cmndstab]

Team hasn't been formally named yet, but in Clarke's presser today he said it would be Boyle-Carr in, Varnhagen out. Presumably that means Ballard misses another week from that knee, and Tarlinton doesn't get her spot back.

 

[GreyCrow]

Whats par score here?

50 points?

 

[dplggr47]

I'd argue Charlton - Gone from someone who carries her weight and is reliable. to someone who is 1 step away from tearing the game apart. Her skill (particularly contested) has gone to another level and she's getting more of the ball in more dangerous positions. If her team mates could forsee what she can do, they might get into a position where Teah can break the game open by getting it to the outside for them.

She's close to being a star, I can feel it.

She's been down this year though. Might be playing injured.

 

[cmndstab]

Pretty nice article about Chelsea Randall today, talking about how she nearly didn't play AFLW after being rocked by her grandma and biggest fan passing away in 2014.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/12...ampion-chelsea-randall-almost-didnt-play-aflw

It also has her thoughts on Marinoff and Allan as the new co-captains, and how far they've come since being recruited as teenagers in 2016. And she mentions how her coaching role with the men has helped to improve her own game - hard to argue with that, given how well she's been playing this year!

One thing the article doesn't mention is that the break from football that Randall took didn't last from 2014 to 2017. After a little time off she continued playing throughout that time, often driving a 26-hour round trip to play in Perth on the weekends. She's a pretty incredible person, Chelsea!

I wrote a bit about Randall's story five years ago in the lead-up to the 2019 grand final, if anyone is interested: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/aflw-crows-player-profiles.1214455/post-60074287

 

[dplggr47]

Pretty nice article about Chelsea Randall today, talking about how she nearly didn't play AFLW after being rocked by her grandma and biggest fan passing away in 2014.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/12...ampion-chelsea-randall-almost-didnt-play-aflw

It also has her thoughts on Marinoff and Allan as the new co-captains, and how far they've come since being recruited as teenagers in 2016. And she mentions how her coaching role with the men has helped to improve her own game - hard to argue with that, given how well she's been playing this year!

One thing the article doesn't mention is that the break from football that Randall took didn't last from 2014 to 2017. After a little time off she continued playing throughout that time, often driving a 26-hour round trip to play in Perth on the weekends. She's a pretty incredible person, Chelsea!

I wrote a bit about Randall's story five years ago in the lead-up to the 2019 grand final, if anyone is interested: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/aflw-crows-player-profiles.1214455/post-60074287

Great article. We're so lucky to have Randall as a Crow. Out of all the inaugural marquee players, the top ones were: Randall, D.Pearce, Bowers, Blackburn and Bri Davey and I think we got the best of them all as a player and captain.

 

[cmndstab]

Great article. We're so lucky to have Randall as a Crow. Out of all the inaugural marquee players, the top ones were: Randall, D.Pearce, Bowers, Blackburn and Bri Davey and I think we got the best of them all as a player and captain.

What Randall did for our culture cannot be overstated. She came in on day one and said, we can compete with the best and we can win, despite most pundits predicting we would finish bottom 2.

It's worth noting that she could easily have been one of Fremantle's marquee players if she wanted to. She chose to come to Adelaide because she wanted to challenge herself, and also because she knew (through her role as role as a football development officer) that SA's women's football program was super underdeveloped. She came here because she knew it was going to be difficult, and immediately turned us into a powerhouse club.

Her leadership, along with that of Phillips, Cramey and Foley, was immense.

 

[cmndstab]

And that's before you factor in her heroics in the unlikely task of having blanketed Tayla Harris in three separate grand finals, all against different teams!

 

[Scorpus]

They've covered up a water leak on the field with a huge sandy dirt patch

I mean that's a recipe for disaster injury wise

 

[ContrarianCrow]

They've covered up a water patch (caused by a leaking pipe) on the field with a huge sandy dirt patch

I mean that's a recipe for disaster injury wise

Massive concern… Shaun Rehn on the centre bounce plate vibes.

 

[Scorpus]

Massive concern… Shaun Rehn on the centre bounce plate vibes.

I just don't believe for a second they'd play a men's match with that issue on the playing surface.

The footage was disgraceful dumping sand into a pool of water making a slurry

If a player does an injury on that area, they should take the AFL to the cleaners

 

[Firewalker]

Again coming up against a team looking like they want to play their Grand Final this week.

That said Crows currently not showing any intensity at all.

 

[Scorpus]

Ponter drops another sitter in the goal square

 

[dplggr47]

Terrible inside 50 by Martin.
Our next entry a lot better.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

What is Martin thinking?

 

[dplggr47]

omg, what is Martin doing. Was she going for goal or was she kicking it directly to an opponent.

 

[Firewalker]

The gulf between Martin’s best and worst is enormous.

 

[Cromulant]

We do that every week.

Straight to the goalkeeper