P.S. Not a lot of credit being given to Weitering for his game on Saturday. Thought he was terrific and our best player after Walsh. Can't believe he didn't get in the list of best players??
Hardly ever gets a mention, rarely plays a bad game, the sort of bloke that will do a Brian Lake and win you the GF!
This 3,2,1 is tough, today there was hardly a weak link!
Stevens was the hub of pretty much everything versus the Crows, no Stevens no Harris goals, no Stevens no Plane or Presparkis cleaning up on the wing. Stevens even more than once pushed up the field to give Hosking an out on the HBF when she had a case of the fumbles.
An undisciplined act that caused a reversal. Simmo should have received a 50m penalty for being taken out after marking and, had that been awarded, Doc may not have been so demonstrative. Our leaders should fly the flag but they should also show discipline and not gift the opposition an inside 50.
I hate those 50m penalties, I wish they weren't part of the game at all!
At the weekend we gave away two on the near wing that probably ended up being closer to 75m penalties that resulted in shots at goal, one was on the back half of the wing and ended up 10m inside the 50m arc! Then a little later we got a free kick on the HFF just 20m outside our F50 arc and two Freo players ran right past our player unaccompanied by any Carlton players and nothing was awarded.
It's a rule that umpires rarely get right and it changes the coarse of games!
Crows ran out of legs and set up behind the footy looking for the Hail Mary solution to get themselves a win. Our kids looked fitter at the end and with a little more experience we could have easily won by a few more goals.
I appreciate it was hot and that brains fade when fitness goes out the window.
Much like last years GF, our girls look physically intimidated.
It's apparently a hot humid day, the running game will be tough to maintain for four quarters and size eventually will win out as legs get tired. It will be interesting to see if we can make the Crows chase enough in the second half to fatigue those heavier bodies.
We went back to our old game plan of kicking it to the opposition and not bothering to man them up. Freos skills were better and they look much fitter, the heat and humidity probably favoured them as Fly suggested. eg Williamson looked knackered at 3/4 time and Banfield took him apart in that last quarter.
We've no idea what phase of training we are under, high work load, tapering, recovery, etc., etc., it's the main difference between teams at this time of year. Russell can create an apparently poor result just with an appropriately timed heavy weights session.
Some coaches want to see what players can do, others just want players to get injury free miles under the belt.
We've no idea what Teague wants, what he says at a presser at this time of year is unlikely to be related to his closed door message, public commentary as such is just guess work.
It's an interesting point to ponder, and I doubt there's a simple answer. I'm sure part of it is because clubs are simply more risk averse, living as we do in a more professional, welfare-aware era. In earlier times, I'm quite certain they were running on half rat juice so as to conserve energy for the recovery session at the pub, starting with a race to see who could get there first.
That would be the old Carlton we love and admire, the David Parkin / Robert Walls / Alex Jesaulenko / John Nicholls Carlton. (We'll omit the Percy Jones era for tactical purposes!)
It might not help, but given our recent history it couldn't hurt!
For me it's the mobility of Kayo, from an armchair to the garage and into the garden, it goes where I go big screen or thumbnail!
I've got friends and relatives that watch it everywhere, from sitting by a river fishing (which seems somewhat antithetical) to rolling around the countryside on a slow steam train to nowhere!
Of course temporally, if you have great self-control and can wait, then you can watch it at anytime, from live as it happens or in a delay of a second or a year!
If Carlton is on it can become a real problem. I've been chastised by the trouble and strife for having it on my phone at a wedding reception in Lygon St, but I can't think of a more appropriate location!
Also : "All matches will be streamed LIVE via womens.afl and the AFLW Official App." Don't know if these are free or not.
When that was announced they were supposed to be free, but you probably need to register once they build a following, they will surely try and monetise the whole thing.
Check the reviews on Kayo - awful buffering and problems with cancellation of subscriptions. I will be interested to hear about your experiences with it.
Generally, I've had no problems either, I've been pleasantly surprised.
I think many end users just do not have suitable home networks and a lot of the NBN and Streaming problems relate to the home equipment not the services.
FWIW, the Kayo App seems to automatically drop the definition in preference to freezing the action, so if you have a lot of traffic on your home network and the router can't keep up you find you're watching in SD or lower resolution. Much the same way Youtube works when on automatic quality.
Also with Kayo, cancelling isn't a big deal, like Netflix and Stan they are happy for you to start and stop the subscription, you don't need an annual contract like Foxtel or others.
Everybody knows, only CheatsFC and The Filth have a heart.
Whether it be hunting down rogue mothers to prevent further psychological damage to a young star recruit, or helping young drug addicts have or retain an AFL career. Nothing is too hard for them to make an effort!
They bare all leaving nothing in reserve week after week!
