AFLW 2019 Rd 4: Carlton vs Geelong

[RiverRat]

Vescio overrated

Agreed - doesn't work hard enough most of the time.

Much more competitive in 3rd qtr today but still overrated.

[RiverRat]

That's one rule that needs to be changed, particularly when the offending player's actions are inconsequential.

A disappointing result.  We really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory 

Bad rule, ridiculously harsh penalty but definitely the right call - dumb move by Davey.

[RiverRat]

Kerryn Harrington: Harrington continues to get a fair bit of the ball, but she struggled early against McWilliams. Hard to stop the delivery that McWilliams got on the lead. How they can say that McWilliams was best of ground amazes me: me too
Gabby Pound: Gab had probably her best game.Agreed. She got a lot of ball and provided a huge amount of drive from defence. The Geelong small forwards were totally ineffective against her.
Rhiannon Watt: Rhi did well enough in the ruck but struggled around the ground. Unfortunately, we couldn’t appear to get a lot of value from her taps and she got very few possessions. I was amazed at how slow she looked.
Bri Davey: Bri played a Captain’s game and was easily the best player on the ground. A 4-quarter player.
Alison Downie: Did well enough in the ruck but didn’t aim her taps as she can do. She also struggled to get a kick. I thought her ruck work alone made her one of our best players.

[BluePhantom]

I'll give the team and coaches a tip...
KICK BLOODY GOALS! :o

[ianh]

[6] Umpiring: the number of times our tackles were not rewarded really irritates me. Incorrect disposal, kicking in danger and in the back appear to be extinct. That cost us. I am rather tired of that, to be honest. We need to get the umps out to our club, complain or something. I’m tired of this crap.

The game started off like there was going to be a crackdown on HTB/incorrect disposal as there bloody well should be.  But by the last quarter it was back to letting players just drop the ball or not bother with trying to dispose of it and calling the ball up.

[kruddler]

The sheer lack of holding the ball/incorrect disposal is embarrassing. I reckon 50% of the ball ups around the ground were clear free kicks one way or another.

Geelong won because it was at their ground. Knowing the win is the difference between finding the big sticks, or hitting the big sticks....which we excelled at.

We LOST that game, and thats saying something considering we gave them a half a game head start.

All in all, some positive signs to come out of the game, and we can play with a chip on our shoulder next week and dominate the old foe.

[shawny]

I wasn't a fan of the AFLW comp last year mainly due to the lack of basic skills that are below local U16s IMO. 

So as I'm getting impatient waiting for the real season to start and after hearing some in the media saying the game is a better spectacle this year, scoring more with general skills have improved I wanted to give it another chance.

Well i watched closely from the 2nd quarter and maybe i need glasses but i just dont see it......nothing for the better has changed for me. While I can see they try hard and endeavor is definitely there, the reality is at the risk of being labelled as negative, when you see 3 times players missing running goals with no pressure 10 metres straight in front and most that cant even execute a simple bounce on the run, sorry but to be brutally honest I spent more time laughing then cheering.

Between AFLX and AFLW the current preseason viewing is painful to say the least. Round 1 of the real game cant come quickly enough for me  (and for those that say 'don't watch it then' trust me I wont be) 

[kruddler]

@shawny...
Bad example to get a new perspective on aflw.

Watch our game last week and it resembles very little the performances trotted out this week.

I'm not sure if it was the freakish wind down there but we looked like 2 different sides.

[Gointocarlton]

Agreed - doesn't work hard enough most of the time.

Much more competitive in 3rd qtr today but still overrated.

Vescio reminds me of Troy Menzel. Freakishly talented, lazy as all get out. Reading too many articles about herself me thinks. Too much rockstar attitude, not enough footballer attitude.

[kruddler]

Vescio reminds me of Troy Menzel. Freakishly talented, lazy as all get out. Reading too many articles about herself me thinks. Too much rockstar attitude, not enough footballer attitude.

Disagree on that perception.

Watch the video on her and her family. Can't recall what it's called but it's the same thing Jack did about checking his roots in Italy.

She is a very humble and respectful young lass who gets embarrassed when people talk her up. She uses humour and her bubbly nature to get others up around her.