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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by Micky0 -
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.

to be fair that was the worst game
i have seen us play for a while.

Seemed like we only took one contested mark!

Ronnie never got going today and Abbie was well held, Sophie had a stinker, Duursma tried and Cordner were good but that was about it today.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by crashlander -
NORTH MELBOURNE          0.0   4.2   5.5   7.7  (49)
CARLTON                             0.2   0.3   0.5  1.6   (13)

GOALS
North Melbourne: Shierlaw, Wall, Garner, Sheerin, Bruton, Gatt
Carlton: S McKay

BEST
North Melbourne: Garner, Riddell, Sheerin, O’Shea, Eddey
Carlton: Cordner, Hendrie, Hill, A McKay, Fitzpatrick

INJURIES
North Melbourne: O’Loughlin (knee)
Carlton: Fitzgerald (corked shin)

Back tot he drawing board, alas. I'm getting rather tired of North Melbourne.

Not sure what we're going to do some draft time either: we traded out our 1st round pick.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by Lods -
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.


I'm not sure the weather conditions didn't play a bit of a part today.
and yes... it's still a mile off.
But it is a work in progress.
The skills will improve, histories will be made, rivalries will develop.
At the moment I personally don't feel the connection. I'm not fussed if we (they) win or lose...  but I understand many Carlton supporters have made the link and embraced the concept.
To each his own.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by shawny -
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by kruddler -
But fk me the umpiring makes this incredibly difficult to watch.  If the AFL is serious they will rectify this absolute substandard umpiring in the womens game.

There is sub-standard umpiring in the mens game.
Not sure they'll be able to fix the womens before they fix the mens.

To me it seems like there are different rules for holding the ball in AFLW.
They refuse to blow the whistle for incorrect disposal. They let the scrum drag on too long.