Bad luck Mimi and best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.
The incident was almost identical to the first time my daughter ruptured her ACL
We had a discussion about the prevalence of ACL injuries among female athletes yesterday (she wrote a research paper on ACL injuries when she studied anatomy). Female physiology, reproductive biology and the semi-professional nature of AFLW are all relevant factors. Better fitness and conditioning should help and it may be necessary to “manage” players during their cycle.
Can you play three small defenders ie Docherty, Saad and SPS whose preference is to play loose/attack and not defend? I thought Gresham, Higgins and Lonie all played well in the community game and the degree of difficulty will only increase with the Tiger small forwards. Imo two out of our three have to give preference to defending..
Like all of our defenders, Samo, Doc and Saad are made to look bad by lack of defensive effort up the ground and rebound entries from poor delivery into our forward 50. How many times did the Saints score after gaining possession on halfback?
I think that Samo, Doc and Saad all defend reasonably well (and Saad’s defensive work is better than I thought), but they are playing to instructions and within a structure that relies on rebounding and retaining possession. Williamson is another rebounding defender so four of our seven first line defenders are primarily less defensively orientated.
Williamson spent a fair bit of time on the wing against the Bummers and I would prefer to see Samo spending more time there. Fewer rotations mean that the opportunity to spell defenders on the bench will be limited. I would like to see our defenders “rested” up the ground and, depending on match ups and game situation, more defensive players like Newnes, Silvagni, McGovern and Newman spending time in the backline.
In fairness to SPS, I think fan expectations way exceed ability, perhaps he is not out of form but just playing to his ability. Some WA nerd did SPS no favours by claiming on the draft that SPS was the best footballer to come out of the west, it seems many of our fans believed it!
I think that Samo has become the new whipping boy.
He is being played out of position but he does the job the coach has given him ... and he’s nowhere near as bad as some folk like to think.
Remember when the 2020 player rankings came out and Samo was right up there with the best small defenders and had hardly conceded a goal (apart from two from shocking free kicks against West Coast).
Apart from their game against Adelaide, this will be Fremantle’s first real away game and first game on the eastern seaboard. That should give us an edge but we will have to be switched on at the start of the game.
Don't know if you guys have seen where Darcy got that hand over eye thing from, but let's just say she may have been watching some very interesting material from the UK.
I reckon Elise O’Dea has to be recruit of the year. Her reading of the play is outstanding and she gets in good position whether she’s playing as a forward or defender. She is not really quick but makes up for that with quick thinking, body strength and a good step and she uses the ball well.
I noticed that Charlotte Wilson was looking to handball first and her teammates were generally in position for the handball receive. That might come unstuck against better opposition but it will have to do until she learns to kick over a jam tin; her task for the off-season. She has the makings of an excellent defender if she can improve her kicking.
Sadly, I think that Mimi Hill has done her ACL. Hopefully, my analysis of her knee’s movement is wrong and it’s nothing more than a strained medial ligament. Either way, I think that her season will be over. That’s a tragedy after such a brilliant start to her career.
Of course, we were up against mediocre opposition but I think it is the first game where we’ve had good contributions from our seasoned players and the youngsters.
Once again, the umpiring was perplexing at times and probably helped to keep the Cats in the game.
I think we should be careful about assumptions of the victim's cause of death. The SA Coroner has ordered the police to conduct further enquiries under the guidance of Counsel assisting the Coroner. The Coroner has also indicated that an inquest may be held into her death. If that does happen, it could effectively become an inquiry into Porter's role in the matter.
Agree, watching Porter is uncomfortable and I just kept thinking of that poor girl/woman and her sad passing and what her family are going through with all this rehash of events. The age factor bothers me .... ScoMo has a few issues on his plate with his bonehead minister Linda Reynolds making some offensive comments that have come to light about the parliment staffer who also claims to have been raped.The Minister should resign IMO based on her comments..disgraceful, I wouldnt want my children working in any parliamentary dept based on her attitude. I dont have a lot of confidence the truth will come out in any of the above and I just expected better in this day and age...
It is a toxic workplace EB. The behaviour and attitudes of those at the top of the foodchain do little to inspire respect and common decency among run of the mill MPs and the staffers.
I'd be cautious, it looks to me like the media have mashed together a series of rumours, but all built form the same basic premise but distorted in a pass the message manner. The tell for me is that the reports in the main stream media seem to contradict.
The Four Corners report is based on the observations of folk who worked and/or were associated with Porter and on things he wrote or said and are on public record. Rumours aren't part of the Four Corners narrative. We know Turnbull warned Porter about his inappropriate behaviour with young women and Turnbull must have know that it was Porter when he called on the then unnamed Minister to own up and explain his relationship with the victim.
It’s interesting that murder charges proceed without the victim but rape cases can’t.
I know that the rape victim’s testimony is important in establishing whether or not the act was consensual but it still seems to me that other forms of evidence may be equally relevant.
I noticed that the SA coroner has determined that the police report into the victim’s death is inadequate and has directed that further investigations be made.
I had another look at the Four Corners report and it would make me very uncomfortable if Porter was in close proximity to any of my female family members.
Damned good question. That has happened a couple of time this year.
Harking back to EB’s comments about the look of the game, incidents like this should stamped on. It’s not a good look when an unsuspecting player is knocked to the ground during a break in play. In my opinion, it’s much worse than a legal tackle that was sensationalised by a commentator.
and probably helped to keep the Cats in the game.