Carbine Chaos
The Gaff-er
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I commend the recruiting staff for allowing us to play for a season and a half without a forward line. Great work legends.
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She couldn't find it, but wasn't overly interested in trying to find it either.Lel Caulfield didn’t want a single piece of that did she.
We can play competitive football, we just cannot play it for more than a half. I dont think there is any prospect of us doing it this year either.We’re sh*t, eh?
I commend the recruiting staff for allowing us to play for a season and a half without a forward line. Great work legends.
This was only the second Eagles womens match I've seen but there were some good signs. McCarthy was solid all day, Pope seems to keep chasing the ball and our defense held their own at times. There are a couple of things I saw that aren't going to cut it at the top level though. One of our defenders fumbling in space when she had the support of three Eagles players, and #4 looking absolutely gassed running back to goal at the end are things you'd expect to see tidied up.We can play competitive football, we just cannot play it for more than a half. I dont think there is any prospect of us doing it this year either.
Hopefully its all part of a grand plan. Start building a game plan now, knowing we do not yet have the players or fitness base to play it for long. Which is fine provided we build that fitness base, and really target recruiting to fit.
If she could hit the kick too she would be a weapon. Not that there seems to be a lot to kick to yet.Smith with the running bounces
Smith with the running bounces
Yes only being able to play competitive football for 2 quarters out of 4 is s**t football.We can play competitive football, we just cannot play it for more than a half. I dont think there is any prospect of us doing it this year either.
Hopefully its all part of a grand plan. Start building a game plan now, knowing we do not yet have the players or fitness base to play it for long. Which is fine provided we build that fitness base, and really target recruiting to fit.
Yes only being able to play competitive football for 2 quarters out of 4 is sh*t football.
We may very well be building towards something but my point is, currently, we suck.
I’m also annoyed that the club failed to gain an inaugural team in this competition over an inferior organisation, thus setting us back some time.
That’s fair, it’s just frustrating.I think it's time to let that go, mate. Even if we put together the best pitch in the West, Freo stood more chance of getting the leg up. Most of the competitive sides in the AFLW are fielding trash men's teams. I don't believe that's a coincidence.
Give it 5-10 years. The clubs with s**t mens sides are that way for a reason. The top women’s sides are just beating up on the newly formed ones. It’ll be viewed the same way as the VFL “premierships” back in the 1900s once theres a few more years behind the comp and it evens out a bit.That’s fair, it’s just frustrating.
I recall somebody posting that our pitch was not very well put together. I could be remembering incorrectly though.
Give it 5-10 years. The clubs with sh*t mens sides are that way for a reason. The top women’s sides are just beating up on the newly formed ones. It’ll be viewed the same way as the VFL “premierships” back in the 1900s once theres a few more years behind the comp and it evens out a bit.
The cream will rise and the clubs that aren’t run well will be found out. They needed a head start or it would have been business as usual. If their only success is coming from a women’s side who have been around for longer than the majority of the comp and have a monopoly on the fittest and best players, then it’s a pretty sad state of affairs.
That’s fair, it’s just frustrating.
I recall somebody posting that our pitch was not very well put together. I could be remembering incorrectly though.
Freo supposedly went above and beyond with theirs, went as far as to provide blueprints to their then developing Cockburn centre which had its own separate facilities for a womens team. Apparently with ours we just went through our mens AFL history without the extra detail and future planning that Freo's provided. IIRC the Herald Sun had an article rating the applications, Fremantle were top of the list and we were second last.That’s fair, it’s just frustrating.
I recall somebody posting that our pitch was not very well put together. I could be remembering incorrectly though.
if we sucked because we were uncompetitive in every quarter, I would be more concerned. Sucking in 2 quarters means, we CAN play, we just dont have the base or cattle to keep it up. I noticed that the debutant Gaucci looked gassed late in the first quarter. Looked like she could play, but needed about 3 more months of pre season.Yes only being able to play competitive football for 2 quarters out of 4 is sh*t football.
We may very well be building towards something but my point is, currently, we suck.