NORTH MELBOURNE v GEELONG AFLW GAME ANALYSIS

As good as Melbourne were Thursday night for 2 quarters of footy, North Melbourne pretty much doubled that for a 73pt win and notching up 100pts in game 1 of the season (only 4 league-wide last season - Syd/Bris in round 2, Port/Nth round 3).

It might happen but I'm not really seeing anyone beating them again this year unless there is some dramatic injury bug goes through the entire joint - coaches included! 

Across all teams in round 1 they were equal 1st for total disposals (310), equal 3rd for inside 50's (46), equal 1st for disposal efficiency (70%), 1st for goal efficiency (34%), 2nd for uncontested possessions (176), equal 2nd for marks (68) and equal 5th for tackles (61).

All this against a Geelong team who already have an above average list and just brought in premiership coach Mick Stinear from the Dees.

If you're into coaching of any age and gender, then North Melbourne AFLW games are a must-watch as it's footy at it's absolute finest.

In 2 parts today we look at:

• North Melbourne Center Bounce Clearance
• Geelong Forward Handball
• North Creating and Maintaining the Outnumber Advantage
• Geelong at Contest
• Clean v Messy Ball Handling + Geelong Ball Watching
• Roos Creating Space by Lengthening
• North Forward 50 Stoppage Formation 
• Roos Wing Running Pattern
• Geelong at Center Bounce Clearance
• North Melbourne Kick Out Defense Formation
• Roos Trade Up Defending

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HAWTHORN v MELBOURNE GAME ANALYSIS

Last night saw a very high-quality game between the Hawks and Dees.

The Dees got away to a flyer that was ultimately the margin by the end of the game but the Hawks showed some great chops to get back into thew game and have it on a knife's edge at 3/4 time.

Personally, I thought the Hawks defense would struggle with missing key defenders in Everist and Eardley but with the Melbourne ruck going down and forcing Gillard from defense and then Harris from attack into 1st ruck duties, the temporary instability for the Dees allowed the Hawks to dominate inside forward 50 through Dupuy/McDonagh (4 goals 2 and 11 marks between them) and then Richardson intercepting at will (11).

In the end the Dees were the better team and deserved the win and look like they might be able to push North Melbourne to the end as per the Prelim last season.

Today we look at:

• Hawks Going Too Slow Inside Forward 50 x 2
• Hawks Messing Up the Number Advantage x 2
• Dees Mised Handball
• Poor Hawks Crumbing Formation
• Hore Leaks Out
• McNamara Nails Space Creation

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BRIS/HAW + SYD/PA + WC/COLL GAME ANALYSIS

The Lions are at it again with the bad loss 1 week turning into a ridiculous win the next week with a mauling of the Hawks who still seem midfielders or 2 short of the upper-tier teams but have a better defense and forward line then most at the same time so are a tricky proposition.

The Swans poured on 10 goals in the final quarter against the Power without their starting midfield so take out of that what you will.

The Eagles again ran close but couldn't close against the Pies who were well down on manpower so did very well to win this one (I picked the Eagles!!)

Today we look at:

• Brisbane on Kick Out
• Lloyd Wing Run
• Transition Offense v Transition Defense
• Serong Wing Run
• Sydney Compact to Expansion
• Carlton Looking Like Collingwood
• Collingwood at Center Bounce 

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ST KILDA v CARLTON AFLW GAME ANALYSIS

AFLW is back and first up we had the Saints and Blues.

The Blues have recruited well on top of an already very good list and have continued with their North Melbourne-inspired and clean handballing and marking game and seem the biggest threat to the Roos with other usually contending teams losing vital players over the off-season. 

The Saints seem once again stuck in the middle of the pack and were already stuck in the middle of which mode they wanted to play with throughout this game but had more success with quicker style in the 2nd half which I think they should stick with if it continues to work for them.

Today we look at:

• My Yearly "We Need 18/Team" Rant
• The Blues Mess Up a 2v1 Advantage
• St Kilda in Possession
• Saints Going Too Slow
• Saints Mess Up Their Outnumber Advantage
• St Kilda at Center Bounce x 2
• Saints Ball Stopping

 

AUSTRALIA v IRELAND WOMEN'S GAME ANALYSIS

It's always good to see the AFLW on its way back and this International Game seemed like a great idea on paper at least.

The game was solid but we definitely saw the specific strengths of each team and in Ireland's case, it's weakness, that being the ruck situation.

Playing on aground a measly 130m long means 1 tap and a 40m kick puts you just 25m out from goal which does lend itself to potentially high scoring but in the end, it makes it a clearance game and with the ruck taps 53 - 14 and thus clearances 35 - 21, both in Australia's favor, the Irish were always up against it.

With their strengths bei9ng speed and endurance, I'd like to see next year's game on a traditionally sized ground to allow them to play to their strengths and see what happens scoreboard-wise.

In this quick video we look at 2 center bounce clearances + a forward 50 entry from Australia showing elite leading patterns from numerous forwards.

FREO/WB + STK/SYD + CAR/BRI GAME ANALYSIS

A mixed bag today from 3 different games where the Dogs defended but in the end were overwhelmed by Freo, the Saints again played 3 great quarters of footy before losing to the Swans and the Blues unexpectedly took the Lions to the cleaners.

Today we look at:

• Bulldogs Us Their Numbers
• Dogs Missed Handball
• Sydney Run from Defensive 50
• Brisbane Kick Out
• Brisbane Creating Space

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COLLINGWOOD v GEELONG GAME ANALYSIS

Unfortunately for the Pies, injuries to key players just keeps adding up with Perryman, Lipinski and Howe being added to the likes of Moore, Maynard, Elliott and Steene and the closest returnee from that list is stated as 2 - 3 weeks away and you can make a case that West Coast beat them this week although my ladder predictor would still have them finish 10th.

The Cats will be an enigma come finals time as they haven't been convincing but have the easiest run home v Ess, NM and Richmond but is beating those teams going to run into premiership-winning form?

Today we look at:

• Collingwood Going Corridor
• Collingwood Transition Offense
• Collingwood at Center Bounce
• Geelong Creating/Utilising the Outnumber Advantage

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