We play GWS in Sunday at 15:05 at Carlton.
GWS haven't had a good year, but have been better lately, while we've lost our last 2. :(
Our line-up:
B: 1 Amelia Velardo 49 Madeline Hendrie
HB: 36 Ciara Fitzgerald 21 Harriet Cordner 3 Darcy Vescio
C: 11 Yasmin Duursma 25 Keeley Sherar 17 Dayna Finn
HF: 20 Lily Goss 7 Poppy Scholz 19 Erone Fitzpatrick
F: 16 Breann Harrington 55 Sophie McKay
R: 12 Jessica Good 5 Abbie McKay 23 Lila Keck
Int: 6 Gabriella Pound 4 Keeley Skepper 42 Tara Bohanna 18 Madeleine Guerin 14 Siofra O'Connell
Em: 24 Brooke Vickers 13 Aisling Reidy 22 Mia Austin
Some of our girls really need to step up after relatively ordinary seasons so far: Keeley Skepper. Gab Pound (who has a decent excuse) and Maddy Guerin come to mind.
Mimi Hill remains a gaping hole in the team
Indeed. At least we have Tara Bohanna back. And conditions today are going to be about as bad as they get. If we want it enough, we'll win. Win both games and we play finals. Pretty simple.
Abbie McKay out with quad tightness. Should be back next week, but we really need her today. :(
No Hill, no carlton.
No Abby and no Hill equals very ugly.
GWS are not great, so fingers crossed.
Umpires early in the year where paying free kicks for almost every tackle.
Now they are doing everything possible to avoid blowing the whistle
Ball has lived in our forward half, not sure its actually got past halfway yet, can't really get good shots on goal.
Sophie McKay with a freak goal to get us on the board.
Who thought it was a good idea to have the Carlton Respects game vs the orange team?
We are wearing orange socks with navy tops.
They are wearing orange tops with what looks like navy socks (technically its probably charcoal, but you can't tell the difference)
Giving then a good ol' thumping right now. Have to win to get back in the 8 then have a nasty one against the Eagles next week in Perth to stay there.
It has been bucketing down here and there’s quite a thunder storm.
Expect conditions to deteriorate soon.
Didn't come out switched on after the lightning break. We let them kick 2 goals, their only 2 goals. We lead 68-14. Prior to the delay we led 67-3. Percentage will be very important getting into the 8.
Carton have been horrible since they lightning break. Giants have kicked 4 goals to none. They did lead by 65pts though. We have lost 5% since the break.
Still going to win. St. Kilda getting flogged helps us, but we've got to get our act together.
Carlton 12 - 9 - 81
GWS 5 - 5 - 35
We're up to 5th. Still, we do need to beat the Weagles.
Good to see Maddy Guerin come back to a bit of form: 24 possessions, 10 tackles, 5 clearances.
Dayna Finn: BOG: 30 possessions, 8 tackles, 8 clearances.
Lilly Goss: 22 possessions, 12 tackles and 1 goal.
Will need to win as all the sides below us down to 9th have games they should win.
CARLTON 2.5 6.7 10.8 12.9 (81)
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY 0.0 0.2 2.3 5.5 (35)
GOALS
Carlton: Scholz 3, Bohanna 3, McKay 2, Harrington, Goss, Fitzpatrick, Finn
Greater Western Sydney: Doyle 3, Srhoj, Howley
BEST
Carlton: Finn, McKay, Bohanna, Scholz, Goss, Cordner
Greater Western Sydney: O'Dowd, Doyle, Martin, Beeson
This without our 2 best mids. You have to be happy.
Yes, GWS showed some fight after the lightning delay, but the game was already won by then.
Next Friday is going to be interesting. Another question: will we be on TV when the game starts at 21:15?
Sorta, not exactly.
If we win, we are in.
If we draw, we are in.
If either Adelaide or Sydney draw, we are in.
If any of Saints, Adelaide or Sydney lose, we are in, even if we lose. (Fremantle are so far behind % wise, that it doesn't matter)
If we lose and everyone below us wins, we can still be in, but it'll come down to %.
West Coast go above us if they win as their % is already better than ours.
Saints got above us if they win as they are on the same points as us already.
Adelaide and Sydney are about a 2-3-goal margin behind us in terms of %, so these results matter.
So VERY roughly speaking....
If Adelaide winning margin + Our losing margin > 2-3 goals, it will be pretty even % wise between us
If Sydney winning margin + Our losing margin > 2-3 goals, it will be pretty even % wise between us.
Of course, none of that matters if we win.
Only saw the latter part of the game.
Seemed we lost some momentum with the interruption. GWS stepped up and were rewarded.
A few observations I have.
- Pound hopefully better for the run
- Everyone laid a tackle. A huge 41 between 4 players 👏
- Bohanna had her kicking boots on, Ronnie not so much
- Scholz developing nicely
- Use i50 was average
- Vickers (late in) did selection chances no harm
- Mids managed well without McKay & Hill
Dayna Finn really stepped up - not that she hasn't been good all season. She really relished her inside role even if she did cop a few knocks.
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.