10-20-2021, 05:33 AM
(10-19-2021, 10:27 PM)Lods link Wrote:I kind of lost interest in the women's comp and didn't watch much for a while.The teams are now settled with all 18 teams across both the mens and the womens.
I guess the player movement (who's playing for Carlton this year?)and the still unsettled nature of the competition (number of sides still being worked out) had a bit to do with that drop off.
It's hard to invest in a side when there's that switching of players and as new teams enter the competition there's a need for that movement to occur to bolster the new sides.
Having said that...
I just caught a few games towards the end of the last season and thought that there had been a definite improvement in the standard.
It was probably more obvious not having watched for some time.
re player movement, its been a bit of an exodus of late, but considering the amount of teams coming in....and the fact we've snaffled a few from elsewhere (O'Dea, Dal Pos..) its not quite as bad as it seems.
Harris is irreplaceable when on song....but she'd been very much a Fevola, but with slightly less extremes.
remember when Fev took off his boots late in a game? Remember when he refused to chase and argued with an umpire despite the ball being 2m away? A lot of people have forgotten that, but remember 8 goals against Mal Michael and Dustin Fletcher basically in a half. At the time, i was happy for fev to go. I'm also happy for Harris to go.
Perhaps now we can get some more consistency, and less reliant on 1 individual.....and very much an individual.
The Hoskings hurt, but their skill level was questionable and will now be replaced by the new generation coming through. Abby McKay and Mimi Hill offer the same hardness, but with an upgrade on skills. Possibly not the same level of kamikaze as the hoskings, but acceptable none the less.
Overall, i was disappointed with our off-season list changes, but i'm hoping the improvement in team culture (with no harris) covers the gap. I expect finals this year.