Forward half free kicks are massive in AFLW. 

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where have the AFL found these clowns to umpire this game. 

Harris having a big last quarter.

They werent going to pay that!

Can they do it

huge kick zanker. shes been brilliant today

Zanker has been out of this world clutch today.

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Harris having a big last quarter.

Has been huge. Clearances this quarter have been off the back of her presence. 

Unforgivable defending.

Umps decided this one in the end

A great effot but they were too big and too strong

Would have been nice to have decent umpiring

I think we learn a lot. Need more bigger bodies around the ball against The Crows.

We fell asleep in the second and third quarter. Huge 4^th quarter effort not enough to retrieve the situation.

Umpiring atrocious. Clown show, particularly in the 3^rd quarter.

Zanker was magnificent. Best game in the red and blue for her.

Harris huge in the ruck in last but quiet up to then.

This loss means we’ll have to win the flag in Adeliade most likely (getting ahead of myself potentially but those were easily the best 2 teams in the comp playing today). We can do it but it makes it so much harder.

Anyways, great game and advertisement for AFLW. Pity about the result.

Go Dees

Once again, I’d make a case for umpiring determining the outcome of the game. Too many absolute shockers that went the Crows way. Still, we should hardly expect the W game to be better than the men’s. 

Too many decent players down today. Our best were Zanker, Goldie,Hanks and Purcell.  We need Hore down in the forward line but I suppose having paxman out led to her in the midfield. Not too worried by result as you are always going to lose one.

Eliza West is in poor form which leaves too much for Purcell to do.

Backline top heavy as well, think we’ll see Chaplin in for Colvin (or Birch).

Half forwards and mids couldn’t get in to the game today. Pressure and possibly wind just messing with our uncontested game?

But we’re a run and carry side and if we don’t establish that game we just look hopeless at half forward going to bigger and we’ll positioned defenders

2 minutes ago, BDA said:

We fell asleep in the second and third quarter. Huge 4^th quarter effort not enough to retrieve the situation.

Umpiring atrocious. Clown show, particularly in the 3^rd quarter.

Zanker was magnificent. Best game in the red and blue for her.

Harris huge in the ruck in last but quiet up to then.

This loss means we’ll have to win the flag in Adeliade most likely (getting ahead of myself potentially but those were easily the best 2 teams in the comp playing today). We can do it but it makes it so much harder.

Anyways, great game and advertisement for AFLW. Pity about the result.

Go Dees

Hopefully North can do us a solid and take them down. They have the quality.

Zanker, great game today.

Goldy might be a bit hit and miss with the skills at times but really important with opposition big bodies around the ball.

She doesn't let up, love the way she goes about it.

Harris important in the ruck last Q.

Campbell needs to come back in next week to give us a bit more flexibility.

We have had it a bit easy so far this season so hopefully this is a bit of a wake up and not a trend.

The next few weeks will tell.

Disappointing result.  I reckon their bigger bodies got them over the line, but only just, and despite the fact we were too slow and reactive in the middle two quarters.  
The umpiring was a disgrace.  I won’t say it cost us the game, but you could easily mount an argument that that was the case.

Mick finally took Mithen out of the middle in the final quarter, and put Goldrick in there.  Small wonder we started getting the ball in the final quarter. Lily was simply pushed aside by the big Adelaide mids for 3/4's.  We missed Paxy big time. 

We fell into the old trap of insufficient ruck coverage, again against the best other side in the competition.  Pearce cannot run out a whole game, and we have to pilfer Harris from the forward line to cover.  Campbell should be an automatic in.  And we run the same silly tactic of playing the ruck a kick behind ( same as the mens side) when defending instead of rucking.  It meant Gillard had to take the ruck in the backline, leaving the Adelaide FF free to operate unattended.

Great game from Eden.  Especially against the best defenders in the league.  Even more so because we had to use Hore and Harris up the field to cover the other holes. 

Such a disappointing performance for 2.5 quarters. Far too many passengers in such a big game, and some underwhelming coaching as well. 

Playing down the grandstand wing all day was predictable and played into Adelaide's hands. Our centre square line up didn't work until the last quarter and our defence is too slow and reactive. 

Zanker was excellent, Goldrick and Mackin worked hard, but not many others played well. 

Gah to be honest, I felt that one coming even aside from the usual pre-game paranoia! Hard to go from weeks of poor opposition to a proper outfit like the Crows. We just didn't go up the level and couldn't handle their pressure and physicality. Once they had it in their control, we couldn't find a way to possess it and win it back to our terms. Way too reactive during the middle portion of the game and too many players had a down day at the wrong time.

It's almost a relief to have the streak(s) over, and maybe the players will feel that too on some level. We've seen what real opposition does to our game style, and will need to remember how to work through that (again!). Frustrating, though, that Adelaide won in exactly the way you'd have expected them to. It seems we wanted to back our game - next time we meet, we'll play it differently. Hopefully. I'm heading rapidly into 'loss we had to have' territory.

Positives:

That was the game we've known was coming for Zanker for five years now. She's had break-out games before but that was ultra impressive. Bodywork, positioning, clunking everything, kicking straight. The thing is, you just know she's kicking herself for the one she missed!

The fight back. It's all you can ask for when a team digs itself a hole, but it doesn't always happen. They put it all on the line but it was too little too late. Kudos to Goldrick, Gay and B.Mackin for their four quarters.

Matchday experience:

Aside from the loss, it was great to see so many Dees fans out there, especially the young kids. Could have done without the constant crowd rev-ups and blaring music. There were people near me and my friends who went to hang out in the carpark at halftime because the music was too loud! We have the best cheersquad in the AFLW, just let them and the actual game happening create the atmosphere!!

There's some big women playing for Adelaide.

Sure missed Paxy today. And they might not be available next week since the mishap with the dog has resulted in potential concussion protocols being in place. ☹️

Edited October 7, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar