AFLW: Rd 03 vs North Melbourne

[spirit of norm smith 16,434]

@Demonland are we posting votes for this weeks game ? Seems like after a “worst ever loss”, the enthusiasm is absent.   It think it was the howlers and turnovers that were the killer.  Eliza McNamara⭐️was clearly our best but that clanger 10 metre kick from the back flank to the central forward position , turnover goal was horrible.   Especially when a 40 metre kick with the wind was the most obvious choice.  

[demonglory 70]

Let me kick if off

Georgia Campbell - Learning the ruck craft as she goes.  Think she is developing nicely despite playing on seasoned ruck talls

Alyssia Pisano - Can really see the skill and pace.  Looking forward to watching develop as the year progresses

Paxy Paxman - Ran hard and found space.   Good game

Tyla Hanks - Did a lot of work - needs more support

Alyssa Bannan - Did a few good things as she always does.  Love Bannan but needs to inject herself more in the game.  Would like to see her in defence and run the ball out 

Sarah Lampard - Ran hard, had a good game but under pressure like most of the team

Georgia Gall - Learning and developing - took a couple of good marks.  Just needs time

Kate Hore - Tried to do it all.  Normally calm and composed but was a bit angry during the 2nd half and it showed. Loved her tackle on Kearney - beautiful 

Maeve Chaplin - Another good game.  Composed and strong over the ball.  Needs to be moved to the midfield

Lily Mithen - Another good game by Lily.  Batting against her weigh and height. Courageous as they come

Grace Beasley - Getting better game by game.  Becoming a favourite quickly.  Reminds me of our Liv Purcell.  They will compliment each other in the midfield for sure

Tahlia Gillard - Another good game.  Always puts in despite the back line under enormous pressure

Grace Hill - Tried hard - under a lot of pressure by North talls

Eliza McNamara - BOG - great game - despite a few errors

Sinead Goldrick - Tough and courageous.  Just needs to stop for a few seconds before moving the ball on 

Megan Fitzsimon - Good game, kicked a good goal and was hard at the ball

Rhi Watt - Given her height and experience would like to see her do more and help out Campbell with leadership

Eden Zanker - Struggling a bit as the only tall.  Did some good things but gets down on herself too easily and it impacts her game

Shelley Heath - Another good game from Shelley.  Hard runner, love how she goes about it

Blaithin Mackin - Always have hope when Blaithin gets the ball, smart and makes the most of all opportunities

Gabrielle Golvin - Tried really hard and did some good things.  Under pressure the same as her other backs.

Happy to hear any views on my review

 

 

[spirit of norm smith 16,434]

Melbourne v North Melbourne

10 Kate Shierlaw (NMFC)
8 Ashleigh Riddell (NMFC)
5 Mia King (NMFC)
3 Emma King (NMFC)
2 Jasmine Garner (NMFC)
1 Tahlia Gillard (MELB)👏👏
1 Eliza McNamara (MELB)👏👏

[spirit of norm smith 16,434]

@demonglory  sugar coated review.  They got beaten by 50 points.  In fact it was 9 goals to 1 after quarter time.  Kangas also missed two gettable other goals.  Outmuscled across the park.  Only McNamara and Gillard played 4 quarters.  Turnovers were killers.  I think Banno and Eden need to get hungry.  They are looking timid.  Paxy … zero tackles.  Actually had 3-4 missed tackles.  Turnovers killed us.  We missed Harris, Purcell, Aimee Mackin & Pearce.  It was always going to be a tough year.  But lose to Freo, and I think it’s finals over already.  Tough draw doesn’t get any easier.  

[spirit of norm smith 16,434]

 

Learning opportunities | Stinear reviews Round 3

Coach Mick Stinear spoke on the Dees round 3 loss. 

THE DEES struggled to match it against North Melbourne on Sunday, losing by 50 points on their home deck.

The Roos led the game for all four quarters, despite an early surge from Melbourne , who levelled the score towards the end of the first quarter, winning two forward half clearances, converting them both into goals.

Watch Melbourne's press conference after week three’s match against Nth Melbourne

Mick Stinear spoke to media post-match about the improvement required going into next week’s match against the Dockers.

“I think for us, contest and clearance, and being able to get our hands on the ball first was number one,” Stinear said.

“The glaring stat out of the game was the score from turnover, that was a significant difference.

“There is plenty to learn for us today, and a bit of a gift early on in the season on now knowing where we need to get to, having Geelong, Brisbane, and now North.”

There were still some positives to come out of the game, Stinear explaining that the loss was an opportunity to learn, knowing what they need to work on to move forward.

“We feel like we got a lot out of today, and we’ve still got a big part of the season to build and evolve,” Stinear said.

“Today we learnt a lot, in the second half we made a few little changes, try and learn a bit more about some people.

“Getting our hands on the ball first and the way we use the ball from the inside to the outside, we think that will set up our opportunities to score.