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Re: AFLW R9 - Carlton vs GWS @Blacktown - SUN 4:10 - PaulP - 03-28-2021
Wow. Darcy Vescio take a bow. Doing a SOS and playing top footy at both ends.
Re: AFLW R9 - Carlton vs GWS @Blacktown - SUN 4:10 - kruddler - 03-28-2021
Katie Loynes and Kerryn Harrington hugging eachother with tears in their eyes.
They have a long standing relationship going back to pre-AFLW and to me that was an embrace that tells me it will be the last time they play a game together. That is, Katie Loynes will be retiring IMO.
Re: AFLW R9 - Carlton vs GWS @Blacktown - SUN 4:10 - kruddler - 03-28-2021
Further to the above. Every player went to Al Downie immediately after singing the song, who was also in tears.
Both Loynes and Downie are 35 and i think its the right time to retire for both.
Fun Fact.....Every game of footy Brazzalle has ever played, Al Downie has been in the team. This extends to before AFLW started.
EDIT: ....and then they both get chaired off to make it official.
Re: AFLW R9 - Carlton vs GWS @Blacktown - SUN 4:10 - crashlander - 03-28-2021
It is nice to have the girls win, but the percentage wouldn't have got us into a final even if North had lost.
So be it.
It has been a very special game, as it has been the last for co-Captain Katie Loynes and ruck-defender Ali Downie. Both are still important players for us, especially in the leadership department, but their bodies have been letting them down of late.
Congratulations to both girls for a special career, from the start of the AFLW to now.
Congratulations to Darcy Vescio, who has proved again that she has what it takes. Just wonder what she would be like if we could hit a forward target!
Re: AFLW R9 - Carlton vs GWS @Blacktown - SUN 4:10 - kruddler - 03-28-2021
(03-28-2021, 07:03 AM)crashlander link Wrote:Just wonder what she would be like if we could hit a forward target!
Enter the new breed.
Mimi Hill and Abbie McKay are clones of Katie Loynes, but more polished.
The new draftees coming in will continue to take over from some more of the originals. They have been able to play all the way through their career were the originals have had to take a break, thus skill level lacks by comparison.
A few more players that would be next in line to be 'replaced' by the new breed will be Jess Edwards (IMO should not get a contract for 2022 - can't kick) From then a player like Brazzale will be in the gun.
Both of these players have heart, but are missing a few strings to their bows and will be overtaken by the draftees.