Women's Footy The AFLW Thread – Offseason Underway

[Dory_77]

So I think the top 3 seem to be Roos , lions and Crows. Hawks look ok , hard to tell with how the fixtures are organised. Our percentage suggests we are where we are on the ladder is about right . Not a fan of this compressed section .

Thinks it's North's to lose. Kearney out might hurt but they should still finish top, probably undefeated. Bar more injuries they should pretty comfortably walk it in. Hawks probably jag 4th from here with their fixture.

Agree the tight fixture was annoying and unnecessary really. Silly that they've set attendance and viewer metrics for growth then hamstring that by putting games on at unhelpful hours in the sticks.

 

[Dory_77]

Good to have McNamara back but still expecting this to be an ugly loss bar a miracle performance.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Still going to complain about the start time. I'm working until 8:30pm today, now normally i'd complain about work getting in the way. But not on a ****ing Wednesday night i won't.

People don't wonder why the athlete's say the league isn't being taken seriously with it's management

 

[jhong]

For comparison, the NRL had the women play their grand final on the same day and same stadium as the men . The AFL , nope , got the women playing still after the men have finished . As for tonite , doubt it will even be close . Good experience for a bunch of kids is about the best to hope for .

 

[jhong]

50th game for Goldy . Like the way she goes about it , even the dopey frees she can cough up , can never question her efforts.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Alright i'm home. Looks like we're having a good old grind out

 

[Dory_77]

A real Goody-ball game that. Lots of slow bombs down the line. Ugly as **** but good on them. Shame we hadn't seen more of that grit earlier in the year. Some good signs from the likes of Gall, Campbell; Chaplin and Gillard much improved after that Essendon disaster

 

[PerfectFooty]

I'll take any wins over Adelaide.

 

[jhong]

Massive upset . Got over the line for Goldy . Some positive signs with the youngsters. Hanks in some good form , McNamara , who looks like she was hit with a cricket bat , was good . Bannon fired up early , second half was park the bus time , wasn’t pretty but they earned it .

 

[Headless]

Can't say I expected that.

 

[jhong]

75 games for Kate Hore as well. Not only a very good player , a good leader as well. Congrats to Kate and Goldy !

 

[jhong]

V Saints on sunday . Extended squad .
INS – Purcell, Zanker, Paxman, Rigoni, S.Taylor
OUTS – Colvin (concussion), D’Arcy

 

[Dancing Potato]

Hang on, is this a second game in what is still considered Round 7?

I can't keep up with changing the thread title this frequently.

 

[jhong]

Hang on, is this a second game in what is still considered Round 7?

I can't keep up with changing the thread title this frequently.

Who knows ! Think it’s round 7 for us .

 

[PerfectFooty]

They're not even calling it rounds at the moment, calling them weeks instead, because the they can't track their own shitty fixture that no one asked for or wants

 

[Dory_77]

I think the team sheet says week 7B or some shit? It's all very silly.

Yay for returns for Purcell, Zanker and Paxy though.

 

[PerfectFooty]

It's gameday

I almost Forgor

 

[Dory_77]

Getting a very good ride with the umps. Still, playing well and some good attacking run. Nice to have Purcell back in the guts

 

[PerfectFooty]

Happy with our start, i hope we maintain rather than park the bus after half time

 

[PerfectFooty]

Pretty dumb by Mithen, just get the kick in. Cost a goal the other way

 

[Oscarman]

Commentary is genuinely horrific

 

[Dory_77]

Giving up too much room at top of D50 for entries like that

 

[MartinPrince]

Back to back wins ill take that. Thought Gall very good today. Great seeing Liv back out there in the guts.

 

[jhong]

Couldn’t watch , not surprised adding 3 quality players back into the team helped win. I still think our % will make it hard to make finals , but some encouraging signs from players that could be called depth . I’m still not a fan of this compressed fixture as teams are being asked to play 4 games in 14 days (Bombers) or us 4 in 15 days ( after the Tigers ) . Anyway seems a good win so happy enough .

 

[jhong]

"MELBOURNE may be bolstered by the return of two Demons this week, with Blaithin Mackin and Lauren Pearce both potential inclusions for Saturday’s clash against Richmond." from the MFC site. Colvin will miss .