Carlton play Sydney today at 16:05 at Carlton. We have 2 debutants this week.
Backs: Amelia Velardo Vaomua Laloifi Half-backs: Kerryn Peterson Harriet Cordner Gab Pound Centreline: Keeley Skepper Abbie McKay Brooke Vickers Half-forwards: Mia Austin Breann Moody Erone Fitzpatrick Forwards: Darcy Vescio Jess Dal Pos Followers: Jess Good Mimi Hill Keeley Sherar Interchange: Daisy Walker Lily Goss Dayna Finn Ciara Fitzgerald Phoebe McWilliams
Emergencies: Imogen Milford Maddy Hendrie Tay Ortlepp
INS: Daisy Walker, Dayna Finn, Ciara Fitzgerald
OUTS: Tay Ortlepp (omitted), Maddy Hendrie (managed), Marianna Anthony (injured)
NEW: Dayna Finn (debut) and Ciara Fitzgerald (Carlton debut)
We will miss Marianna Anthony, who gets more tackles than she does kicks. I'd hope to see us play better than we did against Sydney in the practice match.
With our season over, disappointingly, we will now have to turn our attention to 2024. In the immortal words of Arnold Schwarzenegger (and general Douglas McArthur), 'we will be back'!
It is now time to digest what we've achieved and where we've failed. [1] Considering that we were 15th not that long ago, with some of the worst losses we've endured in recent times, getting to 3rd was an amazing achievement. Teams feared us (at last!) and they needed to.
[2] Michael Voss has lost his Preliminary Final. I'm sorry we couldn't do it for him, but we have done things in the last couple of months that looked impossible halfway through the season.
[3] We turned the worst forward line in the competition into one that didn't just have 2 towers.
[4] We haven't really played that well for some time, but we still kept on winning. That wasn't a fluke: that has hard work and belief.
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos: [1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less. [2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps) [3] Three players at least must get a mention. [4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
The team this week: Backs: Keeley Skepper Vaomua Laloifi Half-backs: Kerryn Peterson Harriet Cordner Gab Pound Centreline: Marianna Anthony Abbie McKay Brooke Vickers Half-forwards: Amelia Velardo Phoebe McWilliams Erone Fitzpatrick Forwards: Mia Austin Jess Good Followers: Brea Moody Mimi Hill Darcy Vescio Interchange: Keeley Sherar Lily Goss Taylor Ortlepp Maddy Hendrie Jess Dal Pos
Emergencies: Imogen Milford Ciara Fitzgerald Dayna Finn
Game played in Perth at 15:05 at Mineral Resources Park (wherever that is). We've never played the Weagles before in the AFLW. I hope we can come back after last week's embarrassment.
Our line-up: Backs: Jess Dal Pos Vaomua Laloifi Half-backs: Keeley Skepper Harriet Cordner Gab Pound Centreline: Marianna Anthony Abbie McKay Amelia Velardo Half-forwards: Phoebe McWilliams Maddy Hendrie Breann Moody Forwards: Mia Austin Darcy Vescio Followers: Jess Good Mimi Hill Brooke Vickers Interchange: Keeley Sherar Lily Goss Taylor Ortlepp Gen Lawson-Tavan Erone Fitzpatrick
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos: [1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less. [2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps) [3] Three players at least must get a mention. [4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
Having won on one Friday night, we're certainties to get another Friday night. 19:50 start is a pain in the posterior. But we're there: Sydney are not.
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos: [1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less. [2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps) [3] Three players at least must get a mention. [4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
