Some very dubious umpiring helped the Tigers stay in touch. The free against Laloifi when Stahle headbutted her was pathetic!
That free and another one around the same time and it made me think that not only were the commentators biased towards the tigers, but the umps were too.
There was a couple more iffy ones from there, but in the end it wasn't so bad.
I thought the Tiggers were pretty poor, achieving only low scores. Be very interested in the Krudmeister's take on our performance and how we should have done against the Tiggers.
Tigers haven't won a game......ever.
But, they are not a poor side. They have plenty of talented players, they just haven't played enough together.
They nearly beat the pies last week and played very well today. Given the short season, they won't make finals this year, but put your money on them for next year because they will make finals. Nobody knows who they play next week, but they will win against 80% of the league despite their record.
I called it pre-game that Conti was too good to tag and that Brennan was the one we needed to worry about. She has underperformed due to injury in her career, but when fit, she is amongst the game elite. We couldn't stop her, but we limited her influence....just enough. I called for Jess Edwards to play on Brennan as, 1. Edwards has little influence on the game offensively, and 2. because her best games have been as a stopper (Kept Erin Phillips to 1 goal previously). But we went with Harrington, largely, and still got beaten. Edwards on the other hand was barely sighted all game. Back to the stands next week IMO.
Of our girls.... Grace Egan is going from strength to strength. Every week she looks more like she belongs. Has class, vision and good disposal. Just needs a touch more urgency at times as she does get caught. But, still in our bests.
Abbie McKay is not the same player she was pre-2021. She is a beast who belongs. She ran around with Sarah Hosking for most of the game and matched her for hardness as well as ball winning ability. Having a great year.
Darcy Vescio proves she isn't passed it (Thank Kelli Underwood ) far from it. She just needs opportunity. Her disposal count has been lacking in previous games, but her 1%ers are always high. Often doing the team things that lead to goals, this game she was on the end of some. Of course it helps that her old mate, and podcast co-host, O'Dea looks for her at every opportunity. It helps O'Dea has the skills to find her too.
Prespakis....doesn't know how to fail. Another BOG for mine. 2 goals, plenty of clearances, and touches....majority of which are lace out to a teammate. I don't think she should be in trouble for her 2 tackles on Sarah. If they get cited, there is an equally bad example of a (sling) tackle on her less than a minute before the Hosking one that should be looked at too. Thankfully Prespakis fell flat on her back and not her head, but it was dangerous none the less.
Georgia Gee....like Vescio...she doesn't need to do much, her pressure and 1%ers are always there, but with her smarts and skills, a handful of touches from her leads to goals to others. Like Vescio, she only had it 9 times, but those 9 count. She wears the same number, and plays the same position, as the great man Eddie Betts. She is about as influential and damaging with the ball in hand as him too.
Jess Hosking played about her best game to date and had =3rd amount of touches behind Egan and Mon Conti. She's had a big week and it could've been easy for her to get lost in the buildup, but she not only delivered, she took it to a new level. My only issue with her was she put purple in the shampoo bottle and not Navy Blue. How good would it have been with Sarah running out with blue hair!
McEvoy deserves a mention too. Coming back from a fractured cheekbone she wasn't herself last week. She admitted to not getting tackled and not laying a tackle last week. 2nd week back and all that nervousness was gone. Back in the contest, using her body and slinging out those handballs to teammates. Welcome back.
Plenty of other girls deserve a mention...but i'll give one to the coach. Half nailed it after the first quarter. He realised we weren't focused on the game, the contest, the moment, and shook them out of it and the girls responded. I've been telling everyone every week that the girls have more hunger and heart than our boys have shown. They don't give up....ever....and won't die wondering. Kudos for delivering yet again, despite the poor first quarter.
Conti would be too dangerous and Sarah wouldn't be worth a tag IMO. She gets the hard ball and will continue to do that tag or otherwise.
I reckon Edwards will go to Brennan. She doesn't like a tag, and if left free can cost you the win.
Conti is the one we need to stop, not sure we have someone capable of doing it, but i wouldn't mind seeing Gee lineup on her which would allow Gee to be free and hurt Conti the other way. If i was the tigers though, i'd be tagging Gee, so they might not want that to happen.
There were rumours he was difficult to coach, and wasnt backward in telling people what he thought on a range of subjects especially religion and also had that unfortunate incident where he and Gary Ablett supported Israel Folau I think on social media when Folau had some over zealous ideas on some other members of the community and their lifestyles. Seems well liked by the playing group though and has had a raw deal IMO..
I just got through talking about the Hoskings in the other thread, and one thing i was talking about was, specifically Jess Hoskings ability to be a good teammate, off the field. Set the example, be the role model and generally just be a nice girl to have on your list.
Kennedy would be the exact opposite IMO. Nothing about him as a player, just comes from a different way of looking at life....and one that could (unfairly??) ostracize him.
Its why Luke O'Sullivan was on the list for 10 years and only played 50 games. He was a great guy to have around and that earned him contracts over someone who didn't quite fit in.....ie Kennedy types.
You beat me to the punch with the 'tweetgate'. Its hard to recover from such things.
Letting go of Sarah is looking like a massive stuff up at this stage.
Not that we had a choice in the matter, she wanted to go.
I flagged this over a year ago when i broke the AFLW signings story before it came public. I noted that it was weird that Sarah only signed 1 year, and Jess signed two.
Sarah was the better player who had the body to keep her out on the ground....but Jess got the longer deal.
Sarah was solely in charge of the BTG podcast. This year its been divided up into 4 hosts, 1 of which is Jess.
I've been at club functions on gameday where Jess was doing interviews with AFL players. Jess has been recognised for all her charity work outside of the club. Jess has put it upon herself to cook up enough pasta to feed all the girls, and coaches on multiple occassions.....off her own bat....usually to keep herself involved in the club when injured, but not always.
TBH, of the two, IMHO, Jess offers more to the club than Sarah ever did. I'm not sure why Sarah wanted out, but i'd be very surprised if Jess left.
If she ever did leave, i suspect it would be to St. Kilda because thats who she grew up supporting. (Sarah too)
...and as far as on-field goes. Jess is fit and performing on there too.
So Victoria is free to join the real world again and with it is a set of guidlines as to what you can and can't do.
I was browsing through the categories and noticed this one....
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Adult entertainment: Brothels and sex on premises venues open, with a density quotient of 1 per 4sqm and a patron cap of 100. Electronic record keeping required. Strip club venues open, with a density quotient of 1 per 4 sqm and no seated service requirement
Now, i've never partook, but my understanding is following that density quotient kinda defeats the purpose. lol
She could've been nominated it in any of the first 3 games this year.
Could to see she has been recognised.
She spoke about her pre-season and how she has been doing so much running (not much else to do in lockdown) and she is basically on a par with her old man......but still behind her brother.
Fascinating subject that doesnt get much air time, the magnetic field created by earth gives us protection and any shift or weakening opens us up to a lot of different problems. Plenty of attention to what is going on above ground and in the atmosphere but not to much media about the inner core and liquid outer core and effects from volcanoes, lava flows, polar vortexes, and of course will the poles reverse some time again?
From my understanding its not a matter of IF they will reverse again, but when.
As for how that would effect us? AFAIK, it would essentially leave the world without power instantly.
I'm sure people are working on what to do when this happens, but i reckon we are all screwed when it does.
) far from it. She just needs opportunity. Her disposal count has been lacking in previous games, but her 1%ers are always high. Often doing the team things that lead to goals, this game she was on the end of some. Of course it helps that her old mate, and podcast co-host, O'Dea looks for her at every opportunity. It helps O'Dea has the skills to find her too.
How good would it have been with Sarah running out with blue hair! 
