Review Round 9 v West Coast: Saturday 11 October @ Coopers Stadium (Norwood)

[JP Sauce]

Holy hell Kustermann

 

[Crow54]

What a debacle! Missed a goal from about a yard out!

 

[Scorpus]

Absolutely dominated them until junk time in the 4th

 

[Crow54]

Game is done

Percentage (and pride) doesn’t count?

 

[Cromulant]

Percentage (and pride) doesn’t count?

Im sure they've got plenty of pride, our percentage relative to those around us is alright, and we arent catching Brisbane's

 

[Crow54]

Im sure they've got plenty of pride, our percentage relative to those around us is alright, and we arent catching Brisbane's

Well the words of the song mention “pride” but sometimes I wonder. I just hate to see a poor last quarter when the lesser team wants the ball more than the Crows.

 

[Cromulant]

Well the words of the song mention “pride” but sometimes I wonder. I just hate to see a poor last quarter when the lesser team wants the ball more than the Crows.

That team does sit inside the top 8

 

[Not_The_Messiah]

Is there a minimum quota of Irish players that each team has to play? Why does Boyle-Carr continue to get a game?? Keeps making errors that result in a crucial turnover. Her skillset isn’t suited for a congested game style.

 

[Not_The_Messiah]

Holy hell Kustermann

It’s not the first time she’s missed from that range either. Not sure if we have enough players who can execute fundamental skills without panicking to challenge the truly top teams.

 

[cmndstab]

Decent performance despite the completely limp effort in the last quarter.

Leuzzi with some lively efforts early on before fading out, there's something there. Tarlinton with arguably her best performance, I'd say the same for Grace Kelly as well. Newman and Charlton both quality. Marinoff good as always.

There were a few disappointing performances too. Mueller and Kustermann both continue to find it difficult to get involved, that missed goal at the end is unfortunately emblematic of Kustermann's season so far. Boyle-Carr may as well not have turned up, I literally didn't see her on the broadcast until shortly before half time. One of Boileau's weakest games of the year, that one snap on goal aside. And I am begging Prowse to put handballs onto a teammate's chest rather than to grass.

Bank the win and move on. It certainly won't be that easy next week at Arden Street...

 

[cmndstab]

Is there a minimum quota of Irish players that each team has to play? Why does Boyle-Carr continue to get a game?? Keeps making errors that result in a crucial turnover. Her skillset isn’t suited for a congested game style.

Unfortunately, the cupboard is pretty bare. We could put SLT back in the side, I guess? Beyond that we're talking about the likes of Smith or Cronin who have offered even less than ABC, or else retrieving Ballard from wherever the hell the club have stashed her.

 

[cmndstab]

Riggs just getting her practice in for hitting Crows chests.

Your girl looked pretty lively today, just lacked a bit of composure. There is certainly space for her in our forward line!

 

[Scorpus]

I think the way we played today is much more conducive to winning against quality teams than the way we've played this season before today

We looked faster, more link up play, finding options inside 50 (sometimes) and didn't get bullied at ground level

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Chelsea Randall and Caitlin Gould will dramatically improve the side when/if they come back in. Same with Munyard.

 

[brucetiki]

Up with the Hawthorn game as one of our best games of the season, besides the last quarter (but the game was done by then).

 

[cmndstab]

Also, I just have to say, the new HTB interpretations are completely ****ed. The AFL would get a better result if they just had a random number generator that paid a free kick 1% of the time any player got within 5m of the ball.

How many times did a free kick get paid because a player simply went near a ball, and suddenly an opposition player literally picked the ball up and pinned it on their chest? Prior opportunity means nothing, players genuinely attempting to get rid of the ball means nothing. And it's not like they pay it every time, just every third or fourth time, seemingly at random.

We benefitted from it massively in the first half, and then it went against us in the second. Just a complete farce.

 

[jenny61_99]

Butchering of Leuzzi’s name by the commentators is just horrendous and offends my Italian heritage

How do you pronounce it?

 

[jenny61_99]

Woah Tarlinton actually attacked the ball!

She actually had a good game I thought.

 

[jenny61_99]

Goodwin’s ball drop is so bad

Just on this, why aren't we doing one day of skills drills every week?

 

[jenny61_99]

West Coast is having the better of the Crows this quarter.

We took our foot off the pedal...

 

[Cromulant]

Just on this, why aren't we doing one day of skills drills every week?

Because its not junior footy

 

[Crow54]

Just on this, why aren't we doing one day of skills drills every week?

Especially ground ball skills.

 

[jenny61_99]

Because its not junior footy

Well, it actually is. They need this more than anything else.

 

[Cromulant]

Well, it actually is. They need this more than anything else.

There's an expectation when you get to this level that you can kick a footy at training, and they can. Even when these girls play at SANFL level they dont make many mistakes

You cant replicate AFLW game day pressure at training, the skills and composure will improve as the years go on.

 

[jenny61_99]

There's an expectation when you get to this level that you can kick a footy at training, and they can. Even when these girls play at SANFL level they dont make many mistakes

You cant replicate AFLW game day pressure at training, the skills and composure will improve as the years go on.

I still don't think it would hurt - particularly those who haven't come through the system...