For all the hand wringing on here, Brisbane deserved to win. Im happy to bag the umps, but they werent the reason we lost

They were cleaner than us

the better team won

plenty of effort but decision making and execution let us down at times

good games from Heath, Kate, Zanker

umpiring terrible as per usual for ALFW

not our night

go dees

1 minute ago, Random Task said:

Worst. Camera work. Ever.

Foxtel stuff.

1 minute ago, Clintosaurus said:

Could cost us top 4 if Saints beat Norf tomorrow 

I mean, I want North’s winning streak to end, but not tomorrow.

2 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Didn't get enough out of harris & rigoni up forward.

Hanks was quieter.

Must beat Geelong next week

Rigoni is not a forward. Hopefully Gall fit for finals

1 minute ago, BDA said:

the better team won

plenty of effort but decision making and execution let us down at times

good games from Heath, Kate, Zanker

umpiring terrible as per usual for ALFW

not our night

go dees

Not sure I can agree with that, BDA.

Just now, Ghostwriter said:

I mean, I want North’s winning streak to end, but not tomorrow.

Doesn’t really matter Ghosty, whichever way you cut it we are the 3rd best side in it. We don’t respond well to extreme pressure.

We are crying out for a good small forward.

Brisbane just better at rugby than the dees, with our girls caught up tackling they had numbers on the outside once the drop or throw inevitably came out of the scrum, with the umpire just waiting for it to come out. It’s lucky they were allowed to throw forward.

2 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Not sure I can agree with that, BDA.

The Lions were much cleaner and if they had taken their chances in the first quarter would have won easily

we've had a very good season so far but we're a rung below the Lions

Didnt deserve to win but gosh itd be nice to just throw it out of a pack.

Need north to keep winning and then have an off day in the GF and us make it and play out of our skins

Anyone know how Grace Beasley is going? Injury report said two weeks. Is she any chance of playing in the finals or will she be lacking too much match fitness?

Edited October 25, 2025Oct 25 by leehow

Frustrating. Can't fault the effort of our players but...

Brisbane were harder at it for longer. We'd spent everything surviving the first quarter defensively and didn't have enough left in the last quarter to execute properly. On paper, that was our best 21 (sans Purcell, Gall and Goldrick), but if we compare the "bottom 6" of each, that's where the difference is - in experience and fitness, not necessarily talent although the jury's probably out on that for a while yet.

The big one is that after the first quarter, they took their chances in the key moments while we didn't (Chaplin's goal excepted!). And not just in goal kicking but some important contests where they came out on top.

We play that game again though, and I reckon we go a lot closer to winning it. And just as important for this team as any wins we might get this finals series is earning more games against quality opposition. Keep earning those and who knows what might happen.

I abstain from umpiring commentary.

Edited October 25, 2025Oct 25 by Dees_In_October
Forgot Gall as a best 21 player...

1 minute ago, leehow said:

Anyone know how Grace Beasley is going? Injury report said two weeks. Is she any chance of playing in the finals or will she be lacking too much fitness?

I think she's been training with the main group for a few weeks. I feel like they've been conservative and very deliberate with how they're building her back up.

2 minutes ago, Dees_In_October said:

I think she's been training with the main group for a few weeks. I feel like they've been conservative and very deliberate with how they're building her back up.

Yes, she has been training with the main group, DIO, and training well.

4 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Yes, she has been training with the main group, DIO, and training well.

It's a credit to her effort in those 3 games over a year ago that we're so keen to get her back! Or maybe just a bit desperate!

It's a pressure game and they outpressed us. That's what won them the game. Conway was brilliant and was the difference in the end. I'm not putting us as the 3rd best team yet. I think we can still beat them on our own turf which should be the first final. If we can beat Geelong which we should and Brisbane should smash Collingwood and North should beat the Hawks. The non paid mark to Hore and Zanker's kicking cost us dearly.

That was very much like the Dockers game in the last quarter we couldn’t buy a goal.

Another last quarter fail

Even last week when we were multiple goals up... zero goals in Q4

Last quarter ? Again the outcome was poor. Any query on fitness or being a mental breakdown

3 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

We don’t respond well to extreme pressure.

Nail on head @FarNorthernD

Whenever the game is close, we seemingly wilt under the pressure with many players going missing leaving it up to too few.

Assuming we finish top 4 do we host the home final(s) at Casey or Princes Park?

No lack of trying by the girls but the skill levels were abysmal .

I think the easy draw so far this year has done us no favours and probably gave us all an unrealistic expectation of the team’s capabilities .

The last time we kicked more goals than points was round 2. It's now round 11. I think that sums up where we're at - effort generally good, but execution generally pretty ordinary.

The lack of contribution from our bottom 6 or so players probably means we are not genuine contenders, and arguably not even top 4 with a tougher draw.

We needed to hit the draft to freshen up the list, and we've done that (with mixed results), now we might need to look at bringing in some experience.