AFLW 2019 Rd 1: Carlton vs North Melbourne

[crashlander]

31 points down and being well beaten.

[LoveNavy]

6. 9 v 2. 2
Says it all I'm sad to say.

Not what I was hoping for to kick off 2019 Carlton campaign.
Dress it up however you want. We're a cellar dweller club  :'(

Maybe they need to look into the water supply at Ikon Park. Buggered if I can think why else we're so far behind even the newest competitors ????

[crashlander]

Our centre work and such is not that good because King and Gillespie-Jones are winning in the ruck. Downie came back at bit that quarter, but is still being beaten. Good tackle, but couldn't convert. North moving the ball better and hitting more targets. Until we start hitting targets more often, our forwards are going to lack opportunity. Taylor looks dangerous, but hasn't got the opportunities. Vescio getting cold.

[crashlander]

Fitness doesn't look as good as North either.
Dennis Armfield is North's forward coach!

[LoveNavy]

Sounds oh so familiar

[crashlander]

Indeed it does. Our midfield is still very much a work in progress. Maddy Prespakis was good for her first game and Katie Loynes gave her, as usual, but the other mids were well beaten and our small forwards were ineffective.

[crashlander]

We lost every quarter and almost all of the stats. Moody and Downie won the taps, but were flogged around the ground. Emma King and Gillespie-Jones set up the win.

[LoveNavy]

Fitness doesn't look as good as North either.
Dennis Armfield is North's forward coach!

Geez, we can't take a trick. Not with performance, people, fitness, or finesse. I hope and pray to every god-like entity this is not another blue year for our loyal fans...

Hoping Harf knows what to do, has the resources, does it quickly,  and gets the girls to AFLW standards pronto. Otherwise we'll be following our boys last campaign, setting new records for worst performances.

[madbluboy]

Sack the coach.

[Wet Willie]

I started to get bored, so I was rolling through the vision in fast forward.

It was a blessing not to have the commentary and "special" comments...

The thing that struck me was the rebounding out of our forward 50 - did we win one contest going forward?  (or did it just look that way in fast forward...!!)