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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 11 Carlton vs GWS at Carlton
Carlton played pretty well before the lightning break. They obviously got a bit comfortable sitting on their bikes.  The last ten minutes was better again. Bohanna is clearly very important to us. She provides a focus and structure that we missed over the past two weeks. Valardo and Gruen played well as well.  Experience is important in finals.
Carlton will have played six of the of the other top nine teams and normally seven wins from twelve games would get you into finals but WCE have had a far easier draw, which the AFL should fix by having all sides playing one another in a season, but the AFL isn't serious about women's football. They always tell you what is wrong and never focus on it's strengths or the opportunity.
Now Carlton has to go to Perth on a five day break to ensure it's place in the finals. I believe Carlton is a better side and hopefully they will play to their ability and win.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Lewis Young
With Curnow, TDK, Silvagni and McGovern gone, Lewis Young will probably be our most important player next season. If he can hold down CHB it will go a long way to ensuring we have a better season next year. Had a pretty good year last season.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 6: Carlton vs Fremantle at home
I thought Freo were the better team overall on the night but we took our chances. I didn't think our forwards gelled this week as a unit. While the general kicking has improved over the years it is still the big weakness in the women's game which is why Darcy Vescio is such a weapon. She is the one player at the Club, men and women, who can actually kick the ball.
The knock on boys when growing up was 'he played like a girl' but the women's game is contested and hard and one of continual tackling. There are times I wish our mens team would play like girls.
Our midfield will work better when Abbey McKay returns.
Good support for Freo at the game and I think the Carlton team is worth getting behind. At five and two we should make the finals but still need to win a couple more games.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 4: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Carlton
Actually went to the game. Darcy Vescio is a star. She reminds me of Jezza when he went to the half back flank. She is one player who can really kick the ball. Harrington is another star who actually understands the game. Almost kicked one of the best goals you are ever likely to see with a chip and charge. Sophie McKay's mark was a good mark in any competition.
They are still a work in progress but they are hard at it and the other teams seem to get hurt in the tackles. Looking at the ladder and the draw we really should be playing finals this year.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL B & F 2025
Flynn Riley may be someone they might bring in as a rookie to develop.  We obviously now need an additional ruckman. Lemmey is an interesting one. I am a big supporter of having big guys who can run, kick and jump. With a couple of first round compensation for free agency we will probably look at picking a forward ruckman type player. I am not sure there is a spot for Darcy Hogg no matter how much I would like there to be.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 2: Carlton vs Hawthorn at Frankston
Good to see the Coach of the winning team complaining about the umpiring interpretation of holding the ball, especially as they probably got the rub of the green with it.  Hawthorn is a good side and once we stabilised after the start we probably had the best of it. I thought we beat them up physically and a lot of their players looked very sore by the end. A couple of silly errors cost us in the end.
I think Channel 7's camera work was pathetic. I want to watch the footy not the crowd. I found important parts of the match was missed and I lost the flow of the game at times.