We play Geelong at Kardinia Park on Sunday arvo at 1505.
I might make the trip into the big smoke to watch this one. Any other CSCers intending to go?
This game is on Sunday at 15:05 at Geelong.
Abbie McKay is probably back.
Please merge with the other thread: the program doesn't want me to do it.
Our line-up:
B: 1 Amelia Velardo 49 Madeline Hendrie
HB: 3 Darcy Vescio 21 Harriet Cordner 36 Ciara Fitzgerald
C: 19 Erone Fitzpatrick 25 Keeley Sherar 17 Dayna Finn
HF: 55 Sophie McKay 16 Breann Harrington 7 Poppy Scholz
F: 42 Tara Bohanna 23 Lila Keck
R: 12 Jessica Good 10 Mimi Hill 5 Abbie McKay
Int: 24 Brooke Vickers 4 Keeley Skepper 15 Meg Robertson 20 Lily Goss 6 Gabriella Pound
Em: 33 Lou-Lou Field 37 Maddison Torpey 22 Mia Austin
Pound will be rusty, but is a welcome return. Abbie McKay is a big in.
The girls are doing well, but gee they've sprayed a few.
I've kept pretty quiet over the past month, but i'd like to reiterate my previous statement re Vescio and the overall standard of the womens game.
Darcy has been relegated to a 2nd tier (at best) player.
Half a game in this one. Got 1 touche and 1 tackle.
People chastised Charlie about his lack of tackling, but Vescio has concrete boots when the opposition has the ball. I hope Darcy is carrying an injury because i'm not sure on current form there will be a contract for Darcy next year.
Gab Pound playing her first game in forever shows the hunger and skill we expect.
Brooke Vickers was out of the game for almost 2 years is showing more touch than Vescio.
Sophie McKay is doing what Vescio used to do, in her first season.
Bohanna is on the wrong side of 30 but looks 10 years younger by comparison to Darcy.
Overall, the team is playing very well across the board, have a lot of skill between them and are obviously winning....take Vescio out of the side and i don't think any of that changes. That is a big tick for the club and a huge improvement over previous years.
Overall, we've dominated the game thus far, but hitting the post at least 3 times (including in the goal square) is keeping the cats in the game.
Slightly frustrated watching that third quarter! We seemed to make it very hard for ourselves and ran ourselves ragged for not enough result whereas they utilised it well when forward.
Hopefully they can run out the game -
Cmon girls!
And just like that Darcy kicks A very very important goal 👏🏽 clever play.
Long time to wait for their 2nd possession, but it was an important one.
Steadier for Vescio might be enough.
Gutsy win, but finishing definitely needs work.
Yea girls! Fantastic finish 👏🏽
Good win despite poor kicking for goal, Geel came at them hard in the 3rd, Darcy V steadied the ship and the mids got going again.
Phew!
Brilliance from Darcy saved the day 👏
Carlton 7 - 13 - 55
Geelong 5 - 7 - 37
Yeah, we certainly sprayed a few. :(
On the other hand, we had some really good signs.
Darcy had her quietest game for the year, but did something when it mattered. Keeley Skepper, Meg Robertson, Maddie Hendrie and Tara Bohanna didn't have big possessions either.
On the other hand:
Abbie McKay: 31 possessions, 3 tackles and 7 clearances.
Mimi Hill: 30 possessions, 3 clearances and a goal.
Dayna Finn: 26 possessions.
Erone Fitzpatrick: 24 possessions and 2 goals
Amelia Velardo: 19 possessions.
That's 5 of the top 6 possession getters.
Geelong depend on their midfield: we shut it down totally.
Sophie McKay: 5 points
This is one area where we need to improve. Our kicking for goal has already lost us one game this year.
Yep, 4 possessions, clearly BOG. ::)
Take away everything Darcy did today and we still win.
Sophie seemed to be channelling Charlie Curnow with her wheeling and going after marking (just) inside 50. While she wasn't far off, hanging on to the ball and looking for a leading forward could have been a better option. Lila Keck did just that with her kick to Tara Bohanna for a goal
Actually, Buck's decision to move Darcy forward gave us the spark to stop Geelong's resurgence and enabled us to skip away. Without that move, and those brilliant efforts from Darcy, we probably lose.
Have to agree. She mayve been pretty ineffective for 3/4’s but again steadied the ship when required - amazing goal and GA wheh we were really under the pump.
Feel Like McKay and particularly Mimi kept trying to do a little too much - they are both very good and some of their teammates were letting them down so no diss on them, just hopefully they won’t feel that need and there’s much more team
Collaboration in the future,
Hard to know what, if anything is, up with Darcy. I had thought maybe they were injured or just a little out of form, but it's equally possible IMO that they are playing a role similar to Luke Hodge at the Lions : an on field coach, whose main job is not touches or goals per se, but more keeping an eye on things and keeping everyone moving in the right direction. Just a thought.
Brilliant efforts? Sure, 2. In a whole game.
Darcy got 4 touches, give them 2 goals out of it. We still win. (I think one of the touches was a toe-poke soccer before another possession).
Moved out of the backline because Darcy was invisible. Darcy has gone forward for half a game most weeks. Give us a spark late.
Go through the team and rate them in order of output today. If you Darcy in the top half from todays game you are kidding yourself. Bottom handful on the ground.
...and that is OK. Darcy did what we needed at the right time. But had no bearing on 95% of the game. Can't say the same about 20 others.
Darcy in your side is worth having.
Relying on Darcy to be in the bests on a regular basis is a thing of the past. There are simply way too many good players on our list that have overtaken Darcy....and thats a good thing.
It was an interesting performance with outstanding efforts from half a dozen players, very quiet games from another half a dozen, and some cameos like Darcy's. Of course, the girls who didn't get a lot of the pill may have had defensive assignments, and we certainly shut down Geelong's engine room.
Give it up Kruddler ... you're on your own if you can't see how important Darcy is to the team.
You are still not getting it, nobody has said darcy isn't important.
Darcy is just not anyone near the best in the game like years gone by.
Its worth pointing out that we are 4th on the AFLW ladder.
We have played 1st, 3rd and 5th and don't play 2nd.
Our season end, will be easier than our seasons beginning.
We should stay top 4.
Too bad Darcy's name isnt jack martin. Might get kruddler across the line.
Funny you should say that. Its very similar.
Nobody expects Jack Martin to be in the bests every week.
Nobody expects Jack Martin to win the B+F or be AA.
Jack Martin is a player you would be happy to have in your side though.
Same with Vescio.