Blue Vain wrote:
We have a couple of absolute guns in Prespakis and Moody and it falls away from there.
The lack of game sense is astounding. I don't know how many times we had a free kick or mark and had no one ahead of the ball to kick to. It's not difficult. If a team mate has the ball, options 35m ahead of the ball must be presented.
Whether in defence, midfield or attack, we were outnumbered ahead of the ball.
Giving away 2 goals from undisciplined 50's and an out of bounds kick across goals killed us.
Harford needs to forget the kumbaya coaching and instil some discipline and mongrel. Instead we still tolerate players hearing footsteps.
If falling over counted as possessions, Vescio would have had 20+.
It was as frustrating as hell. Collingwood continually presented the 20m option and we gave it to them all day instead of showing some accountability.
I like our long kicking economical game style. AFLW is a territory game and players who can run with the ball are gold. We have them. We just need to work harder to get the ball back when the opposition have it.
I agreed BV but it's not necessarily our lack of accountability I think it's just 'smarts' and 'dumbs'.
The players were trying to be accountable for a direct opponent, but they were getting blocked and allowing Collingwood to create space for a player to run into it was happening all game and they just weren't smart enough to do anything about it.
Then you had the 3 goals, I think, from 50m penalties and a goal from kicking across the face under pressure.
That shouldn't be happening.
I don't recall us blocking once. I think we're working hard but a lot of that hard work has been brought undone by simple dumb stuff.
Moody was a weapon... But aside from the ruck dominance, her 60 metre kicks were wasted (as you said, no one forward of the ball!)
And sorry some of the skills are awful, so when Prespakis is running past you you give it! again dumb stuff...
I thought Kez played well too
No idea where Wilson was.. a mate posted/asked on the Facebook Page and didn't get an answer... Hope all is OK
Go Blues!