VFLW - Round 13 vs Willy @ Willy, 1PM Saturday 19 June 2021 - with YouTube stream

Football Discussion Essendon VFLW
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They come straight out of the middle but we hold firm.

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Hold them scoreless this half!

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CBomb in trouble. Tripped, hit head on fall?

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Is up. Yay!

They scored. Boooooooo!

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35-14

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Kendra saving mark down deep.

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4.11.35 defeats 2.2.14

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One down, 2 to go.

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Actually, one to go, but finals are LOCKED IN.

Now hope Casey trip up vs Footscray next week.

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Thanks radio DJR for reporting from discomfort of the boomerang box outside the pale - deserve a Walkley for that

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Yassir gets her first win, along with TaraSlender

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Thanks for the call DJR. Wish I could have been out there today. Covid sucks

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I forgot to count the crowd. About a dozen, I think Essendon was just barely the majority.

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cheers for the updates!

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We added 4% today.

Footscray lost 10% today and at least one team will kick them out of the six tomorrow (Fark Carlton play St Kilda, Norf play Port).

Casey playing Darebin later today. To get a home final we need Footscray to give a ■■■■ next week, and we need to beat Darebin by a fair bit more than they do.

Team Games Points For Against Percentage
Pies 13 52 681 233 292%
Cats 13 40 566 304 186%
Port 12 36 497 399 125%
Casey 12 28 553 364 152%
Essendon 13 28 472 334 141%
Footscray 13 24 384 530 72%
Saints 12 20 401 378 106%
Fark Carlton 12 20 353 485 73%
North 12 20 356 504 71%
Hawks 13 16 448 487 92%
Willy 13 10 226 531 43%
Darebin 12 6 226 614 37%
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The final score ended up being similar to our game earlier this year vs Willy, but I’m a fair bit happier with this game. They were lucky we kicked 4.11…

As with that previous game, Willy got a lot of the ball from stoppages but then couldn’t do much with it. Keeping them to 1 point in the second half was testament to that.

We dropped/did not have available two tall defenders today (I’m assuming it was not practical for Ahrens to fly in from QLD). That was a bit of a risk and as a result Ashley-Cooper exited the midfield and played as a defender all day. She’s not tall (165cm) but she uses her bulk very well. Really good game by her.

The two unscheduled weeks off meant that CBomb could come back with zero doubts on her hammy, and she gave us lots of zip off the backline.

Yassir played full-time as a mid, and was notable along with Nanscawen, Ugle, and Barba. Svarc and Anthony were the wings and also contributed. Svarc’s goal was special but her pressure around the ground was her main contribution. Dicker relatively quiet.

The small forward roles were rotated through Davies, Friswell, Hosking, and MacDonald. Friswell didn’t get that many touches but was the most dangerous when she did. Should have converted a couple more shots on goal. Davies continues to improve, after I was pretty much ready to write her off earlier this season: is a legit creator of panic amongst the opposition defenders now.

Stepnell… yes, she’s happy to throw herself into a pack. But as a tall forward (not much of that today) and a ruck, she’s a liability. In low scoring games it can be very significant if your ruck gets pantsed.

Tara Slender may not have kicked a goal today (two points?), but she made Willy responsible and took a lot of pressure off Clifford. Really helped our structure. If she gets suspended for that high but innocent tackle, I riot.

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Casey stomped Darebin 60-7 and added 13%. Updated ladder:

Team Games Points For Against Percentage
Pies 13 52 681 233 292%
Cats 13 40 566 304 186%
Port 12 36 497 399 125%
Casey 13 32 613 371 165%
Essendon 13 28 472 334 141%
Footscray 13 24 384 530 72%
Saints 12 20 401 378 106%
Fark Carlton 12 20 353 485 73%
North 12 20 356 504 71%
Hawks 13 16 448 487 92%
Willy 13 10 226 531 43%
Darebin 13 6 233 674 35%
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Yassir in action:

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