AFLW: Rd 03 vs North Melbourne

[P-man 13,366]

1 minute ago, Deestar9 said:

They was so good to watch ...they have improved enormously & you can certainly see the difference when the teams that were the inauguration teams play. I can honestly say there is a great future for AFLW !!!

Spot on. There seems to be a gulf between the older and newer sides. 7 of the current top 8 are inaugural clubs. The exception is North, funnily enough.

[McQueen 17,867]

I get frustrated with Cunningham to be honest. She’s a good target and brings the ball to ground but she needs to start sticking more marks and her ruck craft is in need of significant improvement. 

[old dee 23,871]

12 minutes ago, binman said:

Terrific game of footy.

Great win, particularly given paxman was not as prolific as normal and daisy was a bit off in the first 3 quarters (but terrific in the last).

Go dees

I never thought I would say this but I watched the whole game and enjoyed it. Standard has improved considerable. Then the Dees won how good is that. 

[dl4e 5,851]

Fantastic win by the girls. That last quarter was great to watch as they both went hammer and tongs. Again I thaught Paxman was our best player. Pearce was excellent in the ruck and Daisy played a great game. Hanks is becoming one of my favourites. She is in everything and disposes of the ball well. It was good to see Madddie Gay as well. We needed a more solid midfielder and she fits that bill very well. Goldrick, Miffen, Parry, Scott and Birch played well.

A win like that can be a team lifter for the whole club. I hope the boys watched it as well.

[Storm Boy 376]

Excellent win. Well done. 

[ding 5,126]

Hard not to like AFLW when the quality is like this match. 

Yeah the comp started slowly, but it is rapidly gaining momentum.

Genuinely entertaining that was.

Go you good things !!!!!

 

[58er 6,553]

Wonderful win  A great team effort Girls.&

Men could well look at that game plan and how the ball is moved.

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

7 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I get frustrated with Cunningham to be honest. She’s a good target and brings the ball to ground but she needs to start sticking more marks and her ruck craft is in need of significant improvement. 

She’s played so much better this year but she’s a basketballer in her mid 30’s, it’s impressive she’s even out there. 
 

But she’s had a shocker dropping her head when Hanks laced her out in the last. Swallow that, turn around and nail the goal and end the game. 
 

Zanker and Bannan are still inconsistent too. Parry might be the most trust worthy under a high ball. Or Scott. But we need them up the ground. 

If we had one more good crumber to pair with Hore the forward line would have more balance. 

[BDA 22,875]

8 minutes ago, old dee said:

I never thought I would say this but I watched the whole game and enjoyed it. Standard has improved considerable. Then the Dees won how good is that. 

Great to have you on the bandwagon OD

[Demonland 73,139]

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

Umpiring didn’t match the standard of the players. We got more of it then North but it was awful for both sides.

Every second tackle isn’t a free kick!

As I said we got the better of it but it also might’ve hurt us because we wanted pace on the game. The more the game moved the better the Dees are

[old dee 23,871]

1 minute ago, Better days ahead said:

Great to have you on the bandwagon OD

Funny Bda while I was watching I was thinking I have more faith in these girls then the men.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,939]

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Hope we get to see that video heaps of time this year for the men’s team as well.

Congrats to the girls on this statement win. Standard was very good and we kicked some outstanding goals tonight.

Edited February 13, 2021 by Bring-Back-Powell

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

30 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Thought Daisy had some huge moments in critical contests that quarter. Good on ya Dees, super win and Shelley Scott no problem slotting it after the siren.

The repeat efforts on the near side flank were incredible. Such leadership and smarts.

She held together the backline that was pretty much just her and sometimes the brilliant but unpredictable Goldrush.

Need to strengthen that group up if we’re to go deep in the comp. Birch struggling. Colvin better but still up and down. Lampard first game back. Edmonson might have to go to the wing and swap with Heath. Or they might need to try the other Irish lass 

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

Yeah, yeah it’s only half way through the round but I’ll take it

[nosoupforme 3,085]

Beat a side in North that are one of the favourites for the Premiership. Looks like the Dees are a chance to have a crack at the  Silverware even this early in the season.

Edited February 13, 2021 by nosoupforme

[Dees_In_October 3,495]

On 2/9/2021 at 10:00 AM, Little Goffy said:

Thing is, that percentage is largely because nobody has thought to kick a goal against them. 

When be unleash a seven goal blitz in the third quarter this weekend, they won't look so great.

Well, you were a quarter and a couple of goals off, but you nailed it!

As did the Dees! Super impressive win. Never seen them come out firing like that against such quality opposition and sustain it for so much of the game. North looked shell-shocked and quite flat to be honest, but their comeback was pretty much a guarantee and I thought our players weathered it well when they'd lost momentum. There were some shaky moments though!

I wish we could have been there to cheer them on, but I hope the girls and staff felt the support anyway (and from the couple of people peering through the fence at Casey while 'exercising'!).

Goldrick rapidly becoming a favourite. Doesn't care who she's up against, doesn't care about making mistakes, just goes for it and brings so much to the team.

Weirdly I probably saw more blatant mistakes from both Daisy and Paxman than I've seen in their AFLW careers to date. But they were there in the critical moments with some big last gasp efforts. Mithen was ever-present. Gay gave us some of the extra oomph we'd been missing in the middle. Aside from quiet games from a couple (Zanker, Birch, McNamara - fair enough in just a third game!), everyone had their moments and it was a pretty even spread. Didn't give North the chance to ever truly get going; we only saw a glimpse of how damaging they can be.

Next week? Who cares, this is one to savour!

[Demonland 73,139]

 

[dees189227 12,398]

Seriously no one deserves  a premiership more than Daisy. She was awesome in that final term with her smother and going back with the flight. 

Good that we held on and sitting pretty at the top. 

[Tarax Club 3,953]

Demon sheilas’s side have-indomitable spirit and will to win in spades. Can it be bottled and intravenously drip feed to the blokes?

[old dee 23,871]

5 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

Demon sheilas’s side have-indomitable spirit and will to win in spades. Can it be bottled and intravenously drip feed to the blokes?

Some things are way more harder than others TC.

[dazzledavey36 55,316]

Well done girls! That was a fantastic effort!

[DubDee 26,117]

1 hour ago, old dee said:

I never thought I would say this but I watched the whole game and enjoyed it. Standard has improved considerable. Then the Dees won how good is that. 

After all of your previous comments on AFLW  I never thought you would either!

Go Demons!

[Tarax Club 3,953]

2 minutes ago, old dee said:

Some things are way more harder than others TC.

Correct OD, currently down in Chairman Dan’s Greater Victoria ‘enjoying’  NT border shutdown and the lockdown. Top dees win has boosted the feeling of solidarity with the local chapter of the DL fraternity fortunately.

[DubDee 26,117]

BOG - Hanks/ Mithin/ goldrick

fantastic win. Best AFLW game I’ve seen. Girls hard as nails. We’ve had the talent but I saw the grit tonight.