02-02-2018, 09:47 PM
I think our opinions are largely based on our expectations.
You can't look at it in terms of a comparison to an elite men's game.
If you do you it will be a long time in meeting your expectations.
It is what it is...a concept in it's infancy, and the only expectations should be that it improves from year to year. Strength, fitness and skills should all improve as the competition evolves.
We all question the skill level currently on display but we need to realise that the players skills are being tested under a pressure that they haven't been accustomed to.
If we were to watch them at training the skills would probably be streets ahead of what we see under match conditions.
The "skills under pressure" will improve with the more games they play at that elite women's level.
How many AFL players look the goods after less than a dozen games at the top level?
That's what we're dealing with.
Let's see how they're going after 50+ matches
I enjoy it.
Probably as much as a Northern Blues match.
I was genuinely anxious in that last quarter last night, hoping we'd be able to hang on.
You can't look at it in terms of a comparison to an elite men's game.
If you do you it will be a long time in meeting your expectations.
It is what it is...a concept in it's infancy, and the only expectations should be that it improves from year to year. Strength, fitness and skills should all improve as the competition evolves.
We all question the skill level currently on display but we need to realise that the players skills are being tested under a pressure that they haven't been accustomed to.
If we were to watch them at training the skills would probably be streets ahead of what we see under match conditions.
The "skills under pressure" will improve with the more games they play at that elite women's level.
How many AFL players look the goods after less than a dozen games at the top level?
That's what we're dealing with.
Let's see how they're going after 50+ matches
I enjoy it.
Probably as much as a Northern Blues match.
I was genuinely anxious in that last quarter last night, hoping we'd be able to hang on.