darkhorse72

First up as pointed out the Crows are the best of the state winning 3/5 grand finals says it all. But like the eagle in the 90's. Hopefully with Port coming in, it will break up the team a bit. But the apparent effort by many of the girls on TV looked really poor. Lots seem to be walking, waiting to see where the crow player would run before moving and not running to support at all, with terrible decision making. Crows run really hard to support, creating space for better decision making. Think the girls were psyched even before the game started or the coach tried something new and it upset the side? No idea. Bit except for late 3rd and some of the 4th, we did not look like we wanted to be there. As the umpire is so different to AFL, watching Phillips mouth off to the umpire when we got a free off her and no 50 (2md war near our 50). Doesn't that rule apply for the women this year? Hopefully the girls will learn from it and see who comes back in August for the next season.

I about to post that too. Constantly diving instead of trying to run through and pick the ball up (Like he used to), Something wrong with his back and he can't bend?

Watch it live :). But we didn't do that then, completely different approach as the opportunity were very different.

In WA the private schools were first to form specialist programs in footy and got the jump.They may more speaclist staff but it depends on the size of the school. Now there are public schools that offer the same and we have the SEDA academy for yr11/12 for those focussed on a sporting pathway. I'm not sure who they get in to train but they are based at the East Perth home ground.. The success really depends on your cohort. I have girls from a private school AFL academy in my team but they don't rate in my top players. As its their own attitude and drive that makes the difference. We'll see how they go this year. Whereas when I was at my previous public school and running the footy program, we were going undefeated in the inter school comp (Including against afl school). Simply because we had a strong core who were on a West Perth development pathway. (Though none made it, but get paid well for travel in the country) As for community teams, yep it can vary on the coaching quality and experience of those taking it on.

Not a game I'll ever watch again and on the season highlights package, just say we played PA in rd 4 and skip it. But we won without really trying. And know we know how it feels when I team shuts up shop for attacking with a qtr to go but still easily win.

So rebuilt our lead and then plays defensive. We play like Italy in soccer (Well used too?)... get a goal and then defend.

Their busy putting up pictures of Clarkson in a port short.

Maybe that goal will spur us into action! :)

bugger eh :)

That's is the max roll for goal kicking...

WTF was that! haha

Maybe not kick to jones.. What was that HB to Kozzie, standing still in the middle of 3 PA!

Did you see the runner after Tmac mark. telling them to move more around for leads...

Wines out...did he get a touch?

Strange 50 But I'll take it. Not an exciting game, but we are simply controlling it.., Interesting to see if PA just stop working as they did in the last 5 minutes.

better than the end of the year...

Even less stable than crypto. Was the next big thing but fallen off a cliff at the moment. May get organised and become something over the long term, but who knows. But people pay lots for all sorts things I think are crap when there's lots of spare cheap cash floating around.... As you own it, you can commercial the image etc in a formal manner. If you just want to look at it, what's the point.

Unlucky for Smith, I reckon we'll see him back in again soon. Minimal changes is the Dee's style now, create stability and cohesion.

Gee I thought he finished commentary years ago, never notice him. Maybe because I watch all games on Kayo.

Watching the two games, thee crows/freo game did not seem as intense as ours. Far less pressure, but the. crows setup around the ball really well.

Gee Cameron doesn't look interested or switched on. Wondering around on the mark giving away 50.

AFLW umpires is the their down from AFL but above league level for umpires (these are the one's coming through the system into the afl in the future). I have a feeling they umpire it differently due to the skill of the girls competition. Many things that would be are int he AFL are not paid in the AFLW, which makes it frustrating to watch. It like they give them more time due to different skill levels. Not that they should.

Good luck to Weid... Maybe notching in from massive VFL form (like last year) will take pressure off him to kick a bag. Hopefully they kick footy's at home non-stop at training to soften those hands. As for bloody bomber supporters, they are pretty much all [censored], coaching at juniors preseason last week. A yr9 (About 14/15) says dees are crap (Wearing my members cap) and tells me how they have won 16 flags... So they got to do sprints for every flag they won. :)

Is a good player and would be better if he could settle in 1 position/role only as this year is showing. The only issue is he looks like a ken doll. It is all I see whenever I have looked at him. Does he do botox or stay out of the sun as he has no character lines on his face yet! :)

Summary article on the umpiring and twitter comments. Yep, it was pretty bad. https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/livid-afl-fans-fume-at-mindboggling-umpiring-in-dogs-vs-swans/news-story/7d6f06c269f737b9c9f1a60a5d3d9d85