The VFLW started last week to minimal fanfare.
The lost looks pretty different from what I remember of last year's.
Last week we won against Darebin:
Carlton: 7 - 8 - 50
Darebin: 5 - 3 - 33
This we we lost to North Melbourne/Werribee
Carlton: 6 - 4 - 40
North: 11 - 6 -72
We led at Half time, but ran out of juice.
A good win for the girls this week against Sandringham:
Carlton: 5 - 6 - 36
Sandringham: 3 - 6 - 24
The girls kicked the last 4 goals to run over their opponents.
The girls had 90 more possessions, to dominate the game in a lot of ways, yet had 1 less inside 50. We also dominated taps and clearances, but the one that stood out was the marks: 82 to 35. That stuck out to me. We also had 71 tackles to 58, yet spent most of the time behind.
We had 7 of the top 8 possessions getters, led by:
Hannah Scott: 35 possessions, 5 clearances, 10 tackles and 5 marks. This was a Cripps-like performance.
Mia Fuller: 24 possessions, 7 clearances and 12 tackles.
We play the Drug Cheats this week, on Sunday at Windy Hill at 11:05.
Team not available as yet.
The girls were slaughtered by Essendon: their 1st win of the season. :( :(
Carlton: 4 - 7 - 31
Drug Cheats: 10 - 3 - 63
Note again our inability to kick straight. It is a curse across 3 levels at the moment. The 2's lost, even though they had a lot more scores shots.
Teams weren't even available the morning of the game, which was disappointing.
Carlton vs Casey this Saturday at 17:00 at home.
My God, I didn't see this one coming:
Carlton: 6 - 2 - 38 7 - 7 - 49 10 - 9 - 69 14 - 12 - 96
Casey: 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 7 2 - 1 - 13
An 83 point win!
The girls were incredible.
GOALS (Carlton): McCarthy (4), Larkins (2), Elkington (2), Turner Funk (2), Plunkett, Morris-Dalton, Bowey
It wasn't a pretty game by any means, but the girls handled the ball better and got the rewards.
The girls play Collingwood this weekend, at 10:30 at Cragieburn! Collingwood are on top.
Why are the girls wearing the white clash guernseys (and navy shorts)? There's plenty of contrast between navy blue and black and white prison bars ::)
Girls do not wear white shorts.
It was a request of theirs for 'female' reasons which makes a lot of sense.
Well, we had our chances :(
Carlton: 3 - 8 - 26
Collingwood: 4 - 6 - 30
Indeed. :( :( Bad kicking is bad football. :-[ :-[
The girls play Box Hill this week, at home on Saturday at 10:05.
The girls are 6th at the moment, while Box Hill are 10th, but we're a very up and down team. last week we should have beaten the league leaders, while we have been pounded by ordinary teams.
No line-up as yet (what a surprise! I haven't had a line=up before match day yet).