AFLW 2024 AFLW Week 10 - Carlton vs Essendon - Saturday, 2nd November - 7.15pm AEDT @ IKON Park

[GalaxyBlue]

CARLTON - 4 wins, 6 losses, 51.3% - 14th
ESSENDON - 5 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw, 94.3% - 8th

A match-up against the other Old Enemy to finish our season, and a chance to deny them finals. Also a farewell to Jess Dal Pos, as she sails off into retirement from AFLW.
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Backs​	Gen Lawson-Tavan​	Harriet Cordner​	​
Half Backs​	Mimi Hill​	Kerryn Peterson​	Darcy Vescio​
Centre​	Mia Austin​	Abbie McKay​	Jess Dal Pos​
Half Forwards​	Keeley Sherar​	Ciara Fitzgerald​	Jade Halfpenny​
Forwards​	Dayna Finn​	Breann Moody​	​
Followers​	Jess Good​	Maddy Guerin​	Lily Goss​
Interchange​	Taylor Ortlepp​	Celine Moody​	Tarni Brown​
​	Gab Pound​	Meg Robertson​	​
Emergencies​	Amelia Velardo​	Lila Keck​	Lulu Beatty​

IN: Darcy Vescio, Jess Dal Pos
OUT: Keeley Skepper (hamstring), Amelia Velardo (omitted)

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[GalaxyBlue]

 

[norway blue]

Looking forward to the game. I wonder could we knock them out ? Go Blues.


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[GalaxyBlue]

Won’t be able to watch tonight’s game as I’ll be at Coldplay, so just watching the score.

Nothing to lose tonight, so hoping the girls can finish the season well!

 

[Aphrodite]

 

[norway blue]

Sherra was in every play to that goal. A star.


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[Coona Blues]

No Hill, No McKay and we are clearly on top of *

 

[norway blue]

And skepper


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[norway blue]

Butterfingers cmon Blues



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[Coona Blues]

…and it seems to have been short lived

 

[norway blue]

Good tough game for us but the outs and they were more efficient. Rest up.


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[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Players had a crack, skill and polish the main difference, hopefully gives the club a chance of drafting another great player before McKay is bidded on, we need top quality talent…

 

[Coona Blues]

Players had a crack, skill and polish the main difference, hopefully gives the club a chance of drafting another great player before McKay is bidded on, we need top quality talent…

We have accumulated some decent role players in recent times Halfpenny the latest addition to the list. We have an excellent engine room, but need some upgrades at either end, particularly some with leg speed.

 

[Number 10 is cursed]

Season Positives

• Keeley Sherar - should win the B&F as clearly as Cripps won the Brownlow. Great in traffic and is really the only player we have that could be considered in the top 25 of the competition.
• Meg Robertson showed signs that she will be able to develop into a reliable player.
• Maddy Guerin getting through a full season will hopefully see her injury woes behind her for the back half of her career. Can play!
• Ciara Fitzgerald improved the longer the season went and is more comfortable at the level.

-Jade Halfpenny showed a bit in the last couple of games and I’m happy to keep her on the list

• Abbie McKay a consistent performer when playing but in such a short season she missed a few games.
• Harriet Cordner will be 2nd to Sherar and had a great season.

Season Negatives

• Persisting with 3 rucks that fumble so much ball below their hips made us too easy to rebound and score against. Brea Moody’s worst season….let her ruck and run all over the ground and find some skilful key forwards in the draft.
• Burning pick 7 on Keck rather than getting Mikayla Williamson. Hope she realises there is nothing to celebrate if she can’t get near it. Less social media exposure from the club until she earns it.
• Mimi Hill seemed to have lost her dare and would handball “hot potato” to teammates in trouble more than use her legs to drive through contact.
• DV and JDP not being able to impact games for longer than a few minutes.
• Injuries to Vickers, Duursma, Fitzpatrick took away running power and speed across all lines.
• Skill level below knees needs serious work.

 

[Wickzki]

Watch out the season after next. A fair bit of work to do but the future is shaping up.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

We have accumulated some decent role players in recent times Halfpenny the latest addition to the list. We have an excellent engine room, but need some upgrades at either end, particularly some with leg speed.

Overall footy IQ, players that possess a better combination of the standard of ability and skill required, leg speed along with creating and executing a POD in your role as a player and teammate we are lacking, some good kids coming through but compared to other clubs there’s a obvious difference…

 

[Jimmae]

We have fitness staff, yeah?

 

[lily of laguna]

Our list is on the younger side and missed important players to injury.

Showed some real grit at times but we lack structure and system.

Our inability to take marks in forward half meant the ball would rebound out too easily.

Good in an arm wrestle and contested situations but little outside play and couldn’t maintain possession with miss kicks and dropped marks.

We are quite some distance from being a top side.


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[blueboy25]

Fitness seems to be a big issue for us along with pace forward of the ball. We had it for a bit with Georgia Gee and Brooke Walker before they headed off to the dark side.

I believe there is a real player in Mia Austin but unless she can get her fitness up to a reasonable standard she won't be able to show us what she can really do.

The time was right for Del Pos to finish up and in my view maybe Vescio should be joining her.

 

[katmanblue]

Fitness seems to be a big issue for us along with pace forward of the ball. We had it for a bit with Georgia Gee and Brooke Walker before they headed off to the dark side.

I believe there is a real player in Mia Austin but unless she can get her fitness up to a reasonable standard she won't be able to show us what she can really do.

The time was right for Del Pos to finish up and in my view maybe Vescio should be joining her.

Still have no idea why we recruited Dal Pos in the first place.

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[Coona Blues]

Still have no idea why we recruited Dal Pos in the first place.

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The Darabin connection. In fairness, she is highly rated internally. Over the journey she has had some very classy moments, her skills are better than most, but her output has been very limited on the side of quantity. Her physicality is pretty much non existent for a senior player.

Anecdotally a “good leader” and may be missed on the development front. Hopefully we take the opportunity to add some more robust players to the group.

 

[Jimmae]

The Darabin connection. In fairness, she is highly rated internally. Over the journey she has had some very classy moments, her skills are better than most, but her output has been very limited on the side of quantity. Her physicality is pretty much non existent for a senior player.

Anecdotally a “good leader” and may be missed on the development front. Hopefully we take the opportunity to add some more robust players to the group.

So she should have been a coach after a year?