AFLW 2018 - go you Crow girls!

[John Who]

There's a Gooch and an Atkins playing.

 

[NikkiNoo]

8 points the difference at 3/4 time. We didn’t score. Is there a scoring end?

Yup, the way we are about to kick toward in the last.

 

[NikkiNoo]

Be interesting to see which team takes care of no 17 for Freo first in the season proper.

 

[NTRabbit]

If a shot at goal that misses and dribbles out is now a free kick, they can * that rule right off now and keep it away from both regular seasons

 

[NTRabbit]

Well, the only thing that can be said is that the last time we fumbled every mark, handball receive, and loose ball get this badly it was the NT preseason game last year.

 

[Rabman]

how was that not holding the ball

 

[NikkiNoo]

Absolute Holding the Ball call should have given us a shot on goal from 20 m out, yet no free and then a Freo player whines to the umps and gets a free!

 

[radiojake]

umpire 18 has burnt us in the past two minutes

 

[NTRabbit]

Lugg wearing EDDIEBETTS shorts

 

[radiojake]

what a *ing joke that is

the first htb the have paid all quarter

 

[radiojake]

and again

what a fking joke

 

[jenny61_99]

Jesus... umpiring is worse than the blokes footy! How is that possible?

 

[John Who]

What's the damn free kick count?

 

[dplggr47]

How many goals were from free kicks or 50m penalties? At least 4?

 

[Rabman]

Thought Jess Allen looked a bit lost in the second half, though this is what practice matches are for, experience for her to learn from.

 

[John Who]

I like the look of Wallace in our forward line. She's got natural goal scoring instinct, with good speed and skills. Like her!

 

[Rabman]

Just hope the umpiring we saw tonight wont be a reflection on the season ahead.

 

[jenny61_99]

Just hope the umpiring we saw tonight wont be a reflection on the season ahead.

You know it will be.

 

[Rabman]

You know it will be.

Sadly it probably will, in the women's league it has more of an impact on the scoreboard than the mens.

 

[dplggr47]

Sadly it probably will, in the women's league it has more of an impact on the scoreboard than the mens.

I wonder if they do this to increase the scoring.

 

[GreyCrow]

If people are getting this fired up for a pre-season game imagine the melts after Feb 2

 

[Rabman]

I wonder if they do this to increase the scoring.

As long as the free kicks their, ridiculous if its just for the sake of it.

 

[Freewayflyer]

I didn’t know half the girls out there tonight but I thought Deni Varnhagen looked clean with her hands, was quick and got us moving, Justin Mules ran real hard contest to contest, crashed in and was good in traffic and Foley swung the momentum in the last quarter with some pretty strong attack on the footy.

I really hoped they would have improved the throwing it on the boot wildly from last year but didn’t seem to be any difference tonight. Even worse with the out of bounds rule.

Oh and Get Becchara Palmer, the volleyballer, up forward to take a grab!

 

[John Who]

If people are getting this fired up for a pre-season game imagine the melts after Feb 2

The melts were probably a reflection of the umpiring bias in the 2nd half. Sure, it's a trial match of an error-ridden game, most sporting fans want a fair game while watching one.

We need to improve more in our forward entry kicks. The endeavor was there, which was really great to see.

 

[1970crow]

Doubt it. The seats in the southern stand have been there for decades.

I'm disappointed all matches are at Norwood to be honest. Norwood is one of the worst SANFL grounds in terms of facilities, and there's more room to move around at Thebby.

Better outside of ground entertainment facilities in Norwood. That's where I'd prefer the game to be if I was in Adelaide.