Mimi Hill extends until 2027, which is huge for us.
It's great to lock Mimi away but it's also part of a trend towards longer deals for the AFLW girls. Good to see us taking advantage of the move to multi-year contracts.
Most media commentators seemed to think that Vossy's response to last week's loss will be the making of this team.
The line in the sand has well and truly been set - Friday night is a great chance to show how far this team has come.
I was expecting us to come over the top of the Cats until we got to the last couple of minutes. I suspect that some of our players felt the same way and thought that their teammates would get the job done. I think we'll see a greater effort across the whole team this Friday.
Degoey not likely for the Pies and Mitchell also struggling to get up, if we can get some troops back and they lose a few key ones we should have no excuses and Im confident we can knock the Pies over given their form is only fair this season.
Mitchell has been a liability this season. Losing him would probably help their chances.
I wonder if they’ll bite the bullet and drop Sidebottom 🤔 We’ll probably play him back into form.
Vossy’s response to our profligate play on Saturday suggests that our players will have a hard week. It won’t be “bring your mouthguards” but there will be some honest feedback and clarification of roles and expectations.
Laura Kane might be very good at her job but she has no idea when it comes to explaining umpiring decisions. She should delegate that part of her role to someone who understands footy.
As for the 50m penalty, Crippa was the closest player to where the mark was taken and Harry was a couple of metres away. The umpire should have told Crippa to stand and Harry to move away.
Then there's the Henry mark. Forgetting about the blatant push in the back that took Young out of the contest, the goal umpire's call was a behind. The review footage provided a good view of the goal post but absolutely no vision of the ball and Henry. The outcome had to be "umpire's call".
Our defence issues are directly related to our inefficient forward line. We should have outscored Geelong on Saturday but gave up five goals to their rebounds from defence.
More goals per forward 50 entries and more defensive pressure inside our forward 50 and our defence will be fine.
Yes, we’re missing Saady and Gov but Fog’s absence is probably more significant.
Our major problem at the moment is that Lewis Young has no confidence in his ability.......and the backline players themselves (Weltering, Newman, Williams Boyd, Kemp) have no confidence in him either after having the likes of McGovern, Saad, Docherty down back who they could rely on. Bring in McGovern for Young and see the difference.
I don’t see that at all. Young’s contested possessions and spoils are comparable with Weitering’s and Kemp’s and his teammates don’t hesitate to give him the ball if he’s the best option.
He was the victim of some good blocks by the Geelong forwards, some poor umpiring decisions and poor play by his teammates up the field, but his game was more than adequate.
Second year blues or potentially just shouldering a much bigger load than last year.
Maybe we should change his number back....
Personally, i think these things are just a function of opposition knowing more about him and matching up accordingly.
It’s probably also a function of playing a more defensive role.
I suspect that Ollie is meeting the indicators set for him and is contributing to team indicators.
There’s a limit to the number of possessions a team can have. When you have players like Walsh, Cripps, Hewett and Kennedy racking up possessions, it follows that other players get fewer possessions and adopt more of a support role.
Zac Williams was subbed out last week, and possibly wasn’t cherry ripe for this game. Leaving aside significant personal issues and time out with injury, he should be given a chance to prove himself. Everyone plays a bad game at some point.
I’ve missed you Paul 🙂
The pile-on that Zac is experiencing probably won’t help 😡
He may not be at his best but he’s not far off and his class and ability show out. All of our defenders are under extra pressure with the absence of Saad and McGovern but I’m more than happy to back them in. Vossy and Sammy will make changes if necessary and Zac may need to freshen up or tweak his role. Either way, he’s a vital cog in our defensive structure.