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Reluctantly, but I’ll have a crack.

Can hold their heads up:

6.  Hanks

5.  Goldrick

4.  Hore

For effort only, on a day when most of our players wandered around like lost sheep:

3.  Purcell

2.  Heath

1.  McNamara

 

 

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2 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

Reluctantly, but I’ll have a crack.

Can hold their heads up:

6.  Hanks

5.  Goldrick

4.  Hore

For effort only, on a day when most of our players wandered around like lost sheep:

3.  Purcell

2.  Heath

1.  McNamara

 

 

I’ll go with this as well 


Struggling to understand why the team has fallen away so badly the last two games

6.  Hanks

5.  Goldrick

4.  B Makin

3. Hore

2. Purcell/Chaplin

1. Harris (moved onto the ball too late)

Still showed effort

3.  Heath

2.  McNamara

1.  Pearce

 
2 hours ago, demonglory said:

Struggling to understand why the team has fallen away so badly the last two games

6.  Hanks

5.  Goldrick

4.  B Makin

3. Hore

2. Purcell/Chaplin

1. Harris (moved onto the ball too late)

Still showed effort

3.  Heath

2.  McNamara

1.  Pearce

Can’t rule out illness. 


6. Hanks

5. Goldrick

4. Hore

3. Purcell

2. Heath

1. Chaplin

That's what I can muster in a team that played like they'd never met each other before. On WCW's intel, I'm hoping that was the result of some kind of fever dream...

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129. Tyla Hanks 
105. Kate Hore 
74. Olivia Purcell 
48. Sinéad Goldrick 
42. Eden Zanker 
38. Lauren Pearce 
37.  Alyssa Bannan 
34. Eliza McNamara 
33. Shelley Heath Paxy Paxman  
24. Blaithin Mackin 
23. Eliza West 
22. Tahlia Gillard 
16. Maddison Gay Lily Mithen 
6. Sarah Lampard 
4. Megan Fitzsimon Casey Sherriff Rhiannon Watt 
3. Tayla Harris 
1. Maeve Chaplin Aimee Mackin

6 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Can’t rule out illness. 

Is there something we don't know?

10 minutes ago, Craig T said:

Is there something we don't know?

I’m sure it’ll become public knowledge soon enough. 

  • 3 weeks later...
On 13/11/2023 at 18:01, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m sure it’ll become public knowledge soon enough. 

Are you able to elaborate on this WCW?


Just now, demonglory said:

Are you able to elaborate on this WCW?

Yes, I actually can now. Covid swept through the team. It began the weekend of our last H&A vs Brisbane. It hit more than half the side, to varying degrees. Some players were badly impacted to the point of not being able to train during the week between the Brisbane and North games. Even Mick wasn’t spared.

At Sunday’s GF, the North cheer squad said they knew about it and felt for us (of course, that didn’t stop them from smacking us in the QF) and I’m sure Geelong knew as well. 

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