Preview Season 7, Round 5 v GWS: Sunday 25 September @ Wigan Oval (Unley Oval)

[brucetiki]

Adelaide v GWS
Sunday 25 September
2:40pm
Wigan Oval (Unley Oval)

Adelaide held off a fast finishing Collingwood at Victoria Park last week, while GWS sunk to a new low, losing to West Coast.

We return to our 'traditional' 2:40pm Sunday time slot this week.

Last time the two sides played we kept GWS goalless, and really should've won by more - and that was at Henson Park! At home, will we inflict a similar scoreline, or will GWS come out firing after their effort last week?

 

[cmndstab]

Current injury list has Ponter still one week away, and Kelly 1-3 weeks. Presumably both will miss the GWS game.

Injury list: How healthy is your team after R4?

 

[LiquidCrow]

Jess Waterhouse to debut.

 

[cmndstab]

Jess Waterhouse to debut.

May as well give her a try, our forward line hasn't functioned well yet this season so let's try a goalsneak and see what happens, especially with Ponter out for another week.

 

[cmndstab]

In: B.Tonon, M.Dowrick, J.Waterhouse
Out: A.Ward (omitted), N.Kelly (injured), L.Whiteley (omitted)

Ward and Whiteley out makes sense, and good to see Tonon back, but it baffles me that Simmons stayed in the side. Prowse still on the sidelines.

The longer this season goes, the more I'm convinced we are using selection as ways to get gametime into our whole squad since the SANFLW isn't currently running. Is that going to be the case in future years as well? It kind of sucks that we don't have a reserves comp for our other players to play in during the AFLW season.

 

[Scorpus]

This game already looks far more open than our first few matches

 

[MarcusP2]

Good start.

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[MarcusP2]

How do you pay that? Lmao.

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[Scorpus]

GWS putting up less fight than Sydney in the GF yesterday

 

[Firewalker]

GWS putting up less fight than Sydney in the GF yesterday

Witches hats put up more of a fight than this

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

119 on the cards

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Scoreboard is broken.

 

[Firewalker]

Scoreboard is broken.

Channel 7 have had this problem on their AFLW coverage far too often, has already happened in multiple games this round.

 

[mtbkym]

Great 1st 1/4, got some reward for effort.

 

[Crow_68]

Umpiring is a bit embarrassing at times

 

[rocket18]

Couple of good goals so far.

We seem a lot more polished today even though it is wet.

 

[John Who]

Likely our best half ever! 53 to 0 is already impressive as a score, but to put it in perspective, that’s equivalent to a men’s score of 70 to 0 in a half!

I think our cleaner hands gives us the clear advantage in wet weather against GWS. Also, really liking Dowrick’s game today, looks to have cement a spot up forward now.

One more thing, that 50m penalty against Waterhouse was complete BS..

 

[Firewalker]

After watching that Disney+ doco I do feel sorry for GWS, really set up to not be that competitive given the resources & players they have a available to them.

They can’t even take advantage of whatever Jas Simmons is doing out there.

 

[rocket18]

Hatchard has been brilliant today.

 

[John Who]

I’m actually impressed with the girls’ kicking today. Seems to have improved in the recent weeks.

 

[John Who]

After watching that Disney+ doco I do feel sorry for GWS, really set up to not be that competitive given the resources & players they have a available to them.

They can’t even take advantage of whatever Jas Simmons is doing out there.

To be fair, Simmons hasn’t needed to do much today as GWS has hardly done much up forward.

 

[DJ75]

Um, how can you run around and play on after the siren on an out on the full free kick???
She ran around about 10 metres. How was that not called play on?

 

[ContrarianCrow]

Um, how can you run around and play on after the siren on an out on the full free kick???
She ran around about 10 metres. How was that not called play on?

Kick was just before the siren.

 

[DJ75]

Kick was just before the siren.

Really? Wow. I was watching without sound on. Thought siren had long gone. Fair enough then.

 

[Firewalker]

To be fair, Simmons hasn’t needed to do much today as GWS has hardly done much up forward.

When being a ‘non-entity’ is probably the most positive aspect you can say about your football it does not bode well. Like what is the goal with playing her? Are they actually trying to turn her into something? It is all a bit alien her being out there playing at this level.