12-04-2023, 12:23 AM
(12-03-2023, 11:33 PM)LP link Wrote:Your comments highlight the fundamental problem with AFLW, there is such a strong desire to try and play the same game style as the men that is detracting from the spectacle.
I remain convinced, the first AFLW team that lets' go of the "Play like the Boys" mindset, will have it's Barassi / Hopkins moment and change AFLW forever.
If it stays anchored and focussed on the power and strength aspects of footy, it will forever be the poorer cousin of the AFL.
I’m not sure that’s going to happen LP.
Brisbane (and Adelaide) has built its game around power and strength while we’ve taken a different path, or perhaps we were forced down that route. Either way, we’re not going to trouble the better teams with our current list and gamestyle.
I think that the women’s game will change incrementally as players become more instinctive in their decision-making and coaches find ways to compensate for small hands.
Bucky should be insisting that our players handle footies at every opportunity and build a repertoire of ball handling tricks.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball