Review AFLW Round 5 - Adelaide v Gold Coast @ Unley Oval

[brucetiki]

Adelaide v Gold Coast
Sunday 1 October, 4:35pm
Unley Oval

Last week, the Crows ran up the scoreboard against GWS, while Gold Coast continued their surprisingly good form with a win over the Bulldogs.

At the start of the season, I would've pencilled this in as a similar result to last week. But Gold Coast have been a bit of a surprise packet this season with a 3-1 record and will come into this game full of confidence.

Will we make it 5-0 going into the tougher half of the season, or will Gold Coast join us at 4-1?

 

[cmndstab]

Coaches votes are out for the GWS match, but the round 4 thread seems to be locked so I'll put them here.

9 Ebony Marinoff (ADEL)
9 Eloise Jones (ADEL)
4 Danielle Ponter (ADEL)
3 Alyce Parker (GWS)
2 Rebecca Beeson (GWS)
2 Chelsea Randall (ADEL)
1 Anne Hatchard (ADEL)


Unique breakdown other than being able to swap Marinoff/Jones, and Beeson/Randall

5 Marinoff/Jones
4 Jones/Marinoff
3 Ponter
2 Beeson/Randall
1 Hatchard

5 Jones/Marinoff
4 Marinoff/Jones
3 Parker
2 Randall/Beeson
1 Ponter

 

[Scorpus]

Surprised GWS got any votes when they got flogged

 

[Firewalker]

Gold Coast are a good even team that really have a crack, also have pretty good fitness base so they’ll last for longer than the GWS team did, they’ll be dangerous around contests with Rowbottom much like Parker last week leading the line but with a couple of more solid unheralded types around her coming along to support her and Bohanna and Stanton are very good goal sneaks up forward.

Looking forward to this match as a matchup much more than last weeks match, hopefully a solid contest, a good result and good solid prep for next weeks tough battle against the Demons juggernaut.

 

[cmndstab]

Gold Coast are a good even team that really have a crack, also have pretty good fitness base so they’ll last for longer than the GWS team did, they’ll be dangerous around contests with Rowbottom much like Parker last week leading the line but with a couple of more solid unheralded types around her coming along to support her and Bohanna and Stanton are very good goal sneaks up forward.

Looking forward to this match as a matchup much more than last weeks match, hopefully a solid contest, a good result and good solid prep for next weeks tough battle against the Demons juggernaut.

Yes, I'm expecting a similar contest to the first 2/3 or so of the GWS match where they keep up with us for a while and then slowly fade away, but without the ten goal blowout following it.

On a side note, I see Tayla Harris is out of Melbourne's match with a hamstring strain. I wonder if she's any chance to miss the round 6 match against us as well?

 

[Dirty Bird]

I had a dream last night (actually 2)

And the football related one was our womens team lost to Sydney by a goal

Here's hoping that's not foreshadowing a finals loss to them.

Having said that, the other was the war in Ukraine coming to an end with Russia pulling out.

So maybe I do want both to come true

Or can we compromise and have the end of the war, but no loss to Sydney?

 

[dplggr47]

I had a dream last night (actually 2)

And the football related one was our womens team lost to Sydney by a goal

Here's hoping that's not foreshadowing a finals loss to them.

Having said that, the other was the war in Ukraine coming to an end with Russia pulling out.

So maybe I do want both to come true

Or can we compromise and have the end of the war, but no loss to Sydney?

We don't play Sydney this year and doubt they'll make finals.

 

[Firewalker]

In a bit of a surprise Munyard has been called in to replace Varnhagen not Thompson who has been left out despite being fit to play. She’s had a poor season until the injury but still as surprise given the inexperience in the backline.

 

[cmndstab]

In a bit of a surprise Munyard has been called in to replace Varnhagen not Thompson who has been left out despite being fit to play. She’s had a poor season until the injury but still as surprise given the inexperience in the backline.

Maybe it's a case of her being available but underdone?

Varnhagen out is the obvious but correct move.

 

[Firewalker]

Maybe it's a case of her being available but underdone?

Varnhagen out is the obvious but correct move.

Would be interesting to know if that was the case why they named her in the extended squad then

 

[cmndstab]

Would be interesting to know if that was the case why they named her in the extended squad then

You may be right.

Either that or it's a lack of faith in the rest of our squad!

 

[LiquidCrow]

Game 50 for DP

Making moves: Milestone Crow grabs midfield chance after switch

Already a two-time premiership player, Danielle Ponter will play her 50th AFLW game this weekend

www.afl.com.au

 

[cmndstab]

At the ground here, it's a beautiful day but a little breezy.

I so rarely get to attend games live these days so hopefully they put on a good show for me

 

[JP Sauce]

Took a long time but finally got one!

 

[Crow-eater]

Clearly on top, but GC's pressure is good.

 

[Crow-eater]

Very nice Gould!

 

[cmndstab]

Gould dominant up forward and our defence is well on top. Just need to make the most of our territory dominance.

 

[cmndstab]

Loving Martin's work through the clearances today. I'm so glad the experiment of playing her in F50 is over.

 

[dplggr47]

Prowse has been excellent down back. Gould amazing up forward. Noffy being tagged. Allan was struggling in the ruck and once McKinnon was swapped in, it improved.

 

[jenny61_99]

Gold Coast defensive pressure is very good. Girls need to stop focusing on Ponter… just let it happen, don’t try to manufacture it.

 

[Crow-eater]

Our outside run really is the difference atm. Another lovely finish by Jones.

 

[JP Sauce]

That's poor

 

[jenny61_99]

Very poor defending by us then.

 

[dplggr47]

Who is on Rowbottom???

 

[jello_bello]

JONES!