Big game!
Willy can lose top spot if they let this slip.
We can pretty much lock in a home final by winning (because we play the Cats in the final round).
We really should have beaten (not drew) Willy at the start of the year, and our squad is better since then. But you can’t deny their current form.
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Willy, maybe a few others).
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Falcons) 23.0
3 - RUBY MAHONY 19.3
e7 - Tierney + Barba (Norf) 17.5
10 - EL CHASTON 17.4
Goals
e1 - Monique Dematteeeeeeeeoooooooo (Falcons) 21
e1 - Sharnie Whiting (Willy) 21
e6 - Molly Simpson (Willy) 13
Marks
1 - Tamara Luke (Hawks) 4.5
8 - MADDISON FORD 3.2 ← 9 marks today!
Tackles
1 - Aubrey Rhodes (Norf) 10.9
10 - Megan Williamson (Willy) 7.1
Kicks
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 15.1
2 - Ash Thorneycroft (Willy) 13.5
3 - EL CHASTON 11.8
6 - Lauren Caruso (Port) 11.3 ← been playing mid in recent weeks
8 - Megan Williamson (Willy) 11.2
Handballs ← or, why we don’t want to face Norf again
1 - RUBY MAHONY 11.9
e2 - Renee Tierney (Norf) 9.9
e2 - Madeleine Di Cosmno (Norf) 9.9
8 - Alana Barba (Norf) 8.3
Hit-outs
1 - Shannon Egan (Darebin) 26.3
8 - Cat O’Bryan (Willy) 21.4
Some handy injury outs here, particularly Simpson and Brett, in advance of the actual team namings.
I know, imagine having a club that announces this kind of detail. All I can say from a photo last night is that Maddison Shaw was in training for us last night.
Going with one ruck.
Presumably Bernardi will primarily be a mid (given Perkins + Richardson + Manfre + Tassiopoulos + Hunt).
EFC
IN: C. Bernardi, S. Orritt, J. Richardson
OUT: M. Huta, C. Prpic, K. Russell
Willy
IN: N. Julian, R. Randell, C. Tyrell
OUT: M. D’Agostino, K. Leare, E. Tyson
ESSENDON
B: L. Bateman (63), D. Marshall (76)
HB: E. Chaston (61), S. Molan (73), M. Ford (42)
C: S. Orritt (68), R. Mahony (78), D. Ryan (51)
HF: E. Tassiopoulos (49), S. Perkins (55), T. Davidge (77)
F: C. Bernardi (47), T. Hart-Aluni (59)
R: J. Morrow (60), B. Hunt (79), A. Melnikas (64)
INT: M. Robinson (80), I. Porter (70), J. Richardson (52), S. Ford (45), O. Manfre (43)
EMG: C. Prpic (58), K. Russell (50), E. Huggard (75)
WILLIAMSTOWN
B: G. Biedenweg-Webster (32), E. Freeman (33)
HB: E. Meade (19), L. Stepnell (4), Z. Day (13)
C: I. Barker (16), E. Eaves (6), N. Julian (9)
HF: E. Straford (18), S. Whiting (25)
F: A. Marino (28), C. Tyrell (11), N. Crowley (40)
R: C. O’Bryan (37), M. Williamson (24), M. Edwards (17)
INT: B. Gray (44), S. Bridgewater (12), R. Randell (41), L. Blue (47), A. Thorneycroft (27)
EMG: M. D’Agostino (31), E. Tyson (21), M. Smart (26), P. Chisholm (35), I. Robson (55)
EFC vs Willy:
| Year | For | Against | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9 | 37 | -28 |
| 2019 | 47 | 8 | 39 |
| 2019 | 78 | 1 | 77 |
| 2021 | 45 | 15 | 30 |
| 2021 | 34 | 15 | 19 |
| 2022 | 65 | 13 | 52 |
| 2023 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
Remember that most recent game was us dudding ourselves 4.11 to 5.5… luckily, we now have a forward line.
Also, this time we have additional defensive options of Molan and Marshall if needed to keep Whiting under 3 goals.
It will be chilly, but dry. Moderate wind off the bay from wing to wing.
Gone rapidly from heaviest fog of the year to brilliant blue sky.
Grass is wet but will dry.
Ball notably swings north during kicks. Play the smart side of your opponent!
Warming up as named, except TiaDavidge is with the mids.
Willy have traditionally pushed us in the midfield (and adding Thorneycroft doesn’t help there). Break even there and we should win.
But she’s starting forward.
MFord dropping everything today, contrary to last week.
Incredibly soft free to Willy 12m out.
0-6
Slow motion stoppages and clearances.
0-7
Dani is on Whiting.
Can’t see the fifty arcs. Is annoying.
One full forward can toe tap it over the boundary line, and one can not.
Get stuffed umps.
