Women's Footy AFLW Round 1 Melbourne Vs Fremantle, Casey Fields. Sunday 3 Feb 2019, 12:05pm (AWST) 7MATE

[DaveLister]

what a mark!

 

[dockerfemme]

Who saw that coming - not me for one.

 

[Unique Name]

Geez, whoever wins. This has been a bloody good game.

I'm entertained.

 

[Righteo]

wasn't sure about the hype but damn Bowers is every bit as good as advertised

 

[DaveLister]

how's the commentary talking up Melbourne's momentum right now? wat

 

[Jeba]

What the hell ball , go thru the goals

 

[ilikepotatoes]

That was a bloody good game.

 

[dockerfemme]

What a great game and a great win. I loved that.

 

[rgauci]

Wow wow wow. Bowers is amazing.

 

[samFFC]

Where’s Bowers?

Good call - fired her up!! Terrific match winning 4th term.

 

[samFFC]

Brilliant game, brilliant win! Woo! 1-0!

 

[estibador]

What a great win! Really gutsy last qtr.

Genuinely entertaining game of footy too.

 

[Taylor]

Melbourne couldn't run with them.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Shame that 7 didn't show the team song...

 

[Scatter]

Woohoo! Will be in the mix this year you think.

 

[wayToGo_]

Fitness has improved a lot. Houghton showing great signs. Antonio = gun. Bowers = classiest player in our team by a fair margin. Good news is Donnellan, Hooker and Miller can all play better than that.

Elated for them all.

 

[estibador]

Geez Bowers is the heart of the team. Missed her the last 2 seasons.

She even looks a bit like Fyfe.

 

[rgauci]

Good call - fired her up!! Terrific match winning 4th term.

She’s was rested out of the midfield most of the 3rd quarter and the first half of the 4th quarter.

 

[samFFC]

One issue towards the end, throughout all that defensive pressure, repeat entries etc., was the inability to put another score or two on the board. Two behinds would have at least secured the draw. Lucky the Dees didn't run down the other end for a shot at winning.
Needed to ensure a score of some sort, whether it be a punch, soccer through etc..

Having said that, the defensive pressure was exceptional, preventing a good run out of the back 50.

 

[freo1997]

Great game great result.

 

[wayToGo_]

Disappointed I predicted a 5 point win...

 

[Taylor]

One issue towards the end, throughout all that defensive pressure, repeat entries etc., was the inability to put another score or two on the board. Two behinds would have at least secured the draw. Lucky the Dees didn't run down the other end for a shot at winning.
Needed to ensure a score of some sort, whether it be a punch, soccer through etc..

Having said that, the defensive pressure was exceptional, preventing a good run out of the back 50.

I agree, putting a good goal ahead would have locked in some points from the game and all they needed to do was spoil over the line from a long kick.

But, the AFLW players could play eight years and not get to 100 games so that situational measure at the top level could be very rare.

 

[Unique Name]

Thought Melbourne's ruck helped them quite a bit. Got them first use a few times and our mids were too slow to react.

 

[Clems Knee]

One issue towards the end, throughout all that defensive pressure, repeat entries etc., was the inability to put another score or two on the board. Two behinds would have at least secured the draw. Lucky the Dees didn't run down the other end for a shot at winning.
Needed to ensure a score of some sort, whether it be a punch, soccer through etc..

Having said that, the defensive pressure was exceptional, preventing a good run out of the back 50.

Who knows? If there was a point, the new rules mean that Melbourne may have been able to move the ball quickly straight through the middle, instead of locking it in the pocket, like they were forced to.

 

[eastfreo75]

Thought Melbourne's ruck helped them quite a bit. Got them first use a few times and our mids were too slow to react.

Totally agree.

what happen to the Sudanese girl?

I'm surprised we can't get either a volleyballer, basketballer or netballer to cross code.