I think part of the issue is that being semi-professional brings great variability, not just game to game but moment to moment. You can see the glimpses of play, but they break down very quickly.
I remain convinced part of the problem is that the AFLW is being too closely modelled on the AFL, the AFL game style and tactics do not suit the girls, giving in to the girl's desire to play under the same basic rules and style is doing them a disservice. I had expected the AFLW to be a much faster but lighter impact more heavily team orientated style of game play, not dissimilar to the difference between the Premier League and the Women's Premier League.
I continue to be be gobsmacked at how little reward and protection Maddy Prespakis gets for her efforts, she lays tackle after tackle, her opponents throw the ball away, and she gets nothing form the umpires. When she attacks the football opponents trip or tackle her illegally time after time and again the umpires give her nothing.
I remain convinced part of the problem is that the AFLW is being too closely modelled on the AFL, the AFL game style and tactics do not suit the girls, giving in to the girl's desire to play under the same basic rules and style is doing them a disservice. I had expected the AFLW to be a much faster but lighter impact more heavily team orientated style of game play, not dissimilar to the difference between the Premier League and the Women's Premier League.
I continue to be be gobsmacked at how little reward and protection Maddy Prespakis gets for her efforts, she lays tackle after tackle, her opponents throw the ball away, and she gets nothing form the umpires. When she attacks the football opponents trip or tackle her illegally time after time and again the umpires give her nothing.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"