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AFLW Round 1 - Melbourne V Brisbane

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13 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Don't get me started.

If I had my way, there'd be a fast rail link going Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide with about half a dozen 250k cities and another half-dozen 100k cities strung along in between.

Oh, wait, you meant the other guy. Sorry.

Agree with entirely

Areas like Cranboure should still be part of a Green Belt and vegeatable growing area not the worst example of Australian Suburban uglyness

 
On 2/5/2017 at 7:39 PM, waynewussell said:

I've seen our VFL team struggle at Casey Fields in conditions like this. I've seen the VFL team squander first use of the breeze/blizzard, then struggle to get back on top. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe two Brisbane goals resulted from 50 metre penalties, the second of which was evidence of a pedantic umpire who has no sense of the spirit of the game (not uncommon I'm afraid). It was evident in the practice match against the Blues that our forward line was our weakness... or our ability to convert from forward entries. That will need to be addressed. However, who would have expected a wet slog in early February when they were drafting athletic, pacey women rather than big, strong players (Collingwood, Brisbane, Freo). We were out muscled in conditions that favoured our opponents... end of story. A great start to the future of our Women's team!

(Lynden Dunn) good here one afternoon kicking about 10 goals for Scorps in shizen conditions!! Just sayin!

I'm just watching the replay and I can now say with certainty that the umpire stuffed up in giving the first 50m penalty and goal.  The Melbourne player never crossed the mark, she only moved laterally to cover the opponent looping to her right for a hook-footed kick. 

 

If forgot to pick forwards picking hickey was stupid, big forwards win womans footy, what all the games we played vs bulldogs showed which ever team had forwards who could take a big grab in the forward 50 won the games, we took 0 marks inside 50, the lions took 3

On ‎6‎/‎02‎/‎2017 at 11:51 PM, RalphiusMaximus said:

I'm just watching the replay and I can now say with certainty that the umpire stuffed up in giving the first 50m penalty and goal.  The Melbourne player never crossed the mark, she only moved laterally to cover the opponent looping to her right for a hook-footed kick. 

This may well be contradictory: I really am excited by what the Women's League can become, particularly as younger, more talented players come through. The indications are that it will as participation grows. However, the standard of the matches I saw was putrid and I can't help feel they have formed too many teams too quickly. On more than a few occasions I heard commentators mention that 'it's her first/third/fifth game of football' and the selection of a player was based on little more than fitness or excelling at basketball or soccer. The games generally reflected this.


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