This was probably a top 5 all-time game in AFLW history.
The Adelaide 2nd quarter was immense and was only topped by the leader of forward craft in AFLW - Kate Hore.
I have to mention Tahlia Gillard who has been a mainstay top defender in the last few years but this year has gone into the elite category for mine. She used to lead the league in spoils but s now marking in defensive 50 and initiating transition offense for the Dees.
The Crows were able to generate a pretty high number of inside 50's (46) but were held to 7 goals of which 5 came in the aforementioned 2nd quarter.
The Crows just never seemed to be in the top 4 teams this year on form or ladder position and this is probably where they are at the moment.
With a new coach on the horizon, they might need to take a step back, trade some players with currency, get some high end draft picks and work towards their next premiership-contending team although I do like the looks of Prowse (22), Goodwin (21) and Rasheed (18) so aye it's a slight juggling of players shifting positions to allow them to really flourish.
The Dees have the enviable task of North Melbourne this week who they haven't played since round 3 last year in a 50pt loss and it might be the same again.
They're going to need 3+ goals from Hore to be in the hunt which then means they can't have her around the ball and they're a midfielder short in there anyway let alone against the Roos.
The Roos pose soooo many problems - Do you tag Garner and/or Riddell in the midfield? Do you tag O'Shea and/or Kearney off half back? Do you have 3 talls to handle Shierlaw, Randall and King defensively? Can you make Birch/Ferguson accountable for a player in your own forward half?
I'd love to be a fly on the wall on the coaches meeting of North opposition at this time of the year and it's a case of what are you willing to give up, to get, and does that allow you to play a game that can win?
Absolute nightmare!
Today we look at:
- Melbourne Not Going Off the Line
- Gould Double Lead
- Melbourne Going into Forward 50 on Fast Play
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