We scored more than twice as much against Norf as they did, and conceded less than half as much.
This is the start of a decent chance to go into round seven versus the Hawks at 5-1.
P.S. Fark Carlton
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Obvious a bunch of these busiest players are AFLW-listed and may not play (reports suggest FCFC will cheat less this year, but no one knows by how much).
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, FCFC, maybe a few others).
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
They can have as many disposals and marks as they like, as long as they don’t kick any goals…
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 26
2 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 22
3 - Brooke Vickers (FC) 20.7
5 - Amy Trindade (FC) 19.7
12 - Lila Keck (FC) 17.7
e13 - EL CHASTON 17.3
e16 - BROOKE PLUMMER and MADDISON FORD 17
Goals
e1 - five players 5
e6 - CHRISTINA BERNARDI 4
e14 - JAYDA RICHARDSON and TIA DAVIDGE 3
Marks
e1 - Lulu Beatty (Darebin) and Amy Trindade (FC) and EL CHASTON 5.7
4 - Nadia von Bertouch (FC) 5.3
e5 - Brooke Vickers (FC) and MADDISON FORD 4.7
e11 - BROOKE PLUMMER and JAYDA RICHARDSON and others 4
e18 - Octavia di Donato (FC) and ISABELLE PORTER 3.7
Tackles
e1 - two chasing Cats 10
e3 - Brooke Vickers (FC) and Octavia di Donato (FC) 9.7
(The Cats have 5 of the top 21; that’s not a good thing.)
Kicks
1 - Ange Gogos (Darebin) 18.3
e2 - Brooke Vickers (FC) 14
e5 - Nadia von Bertouch (FC) and BROOKE PLUMMER 13.7
e17 - Lila Keck (FC) 10.7
Handballs
1 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 11.7
e6 - Grace Master (FC) 8
e13 - MADDISON ALBRECHT 7.3
17 - CHLOE ADAMS 10.5
e18 - Lila Keck (FC) and EL CHASTON 7
Hit-outs
1 - Kate Reynolds (Norf) 29
6 - LAYLA PRINCE 21
16 - Madeline Hendrie (FC) 16.5
Fark Carlton AFLW have nicked Hawks VFLW ruck Maddison Torpey. Good news for us, as long as she doesn’t play this weekend!
We don’t do close matches.
| When | For | Against | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-14 | 17 | 92 | -75 |
| 2019-04 | 32 | 15 | 17 |
| 2021-09 | 72 | 19 | 53 |
| 2022-03 | 79 | 27 | 52 |
| 2022-08 | 61 | 15 | 46 |
| 2023-03 | 14 | 68 | -54 |
| 2024-12 | 10 | 34 | -24 |
What made them competitive in the past was pretty much only that they HAD a great midfield… but Di Cosmo, Klingbeil and Thorneycroft have since all left… plus captain Bernardi!
Actually, there are a couple of other things to note from those last two games:
- the 2023 match was tight for three quarters before they kicked seven in the last!
- the 2024 match was when they played 14 AFLW players after the generally-agreed cessation of that. And we still held them to one goal across the first three quarters!
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Fark Carlton have kept some AFLW presence (five players), but have lost veteran KPP von Bertouch.
CARLTON
B: M. Hendrie (49), A. Velardo (1)
HB: B. Vickers (24), S. Damon (59), S. Demeo (66)
C: A. Trindade (62), E. Horne (68), H. Bowey (64)
HF: L. Keck (23), S. McCarthy (54), R. Maslin (25)
F: T. Plunkett (13), L. Burke (60)
R: G. Matser (58), O. Di Donato (51), H. Scott (29)
INT: M. Connell (34), M. Fitzgerald (14), D. Di Santo (26), T. Bradley (67), E. Lee (57)
EMG: S. Pearce (71)
IN: H. Bowey, S. Damon
OUT: N. von Bertouch (achilles), L. Field (managed)
ENTER: MEG HARRISON 
Not a like-for-like change, with Tassiopoulos listed as having a foot injury.
So medium forward to debuting prolific winger.
ESSENDON
B: L. Bateman (63), B. Plummer (57)
HB: M. Robinson (80), E. Chaston (61), M. Ford (42)
C: I. Porter (70), S. Ford (45), S. Orritt (68)
HF: M. Albrecht (48), T. Davidge (77), J. Richardson (52)
F: S. Molan (73), A. McDonald (53)
R: L. Prince (44), C. Bernardi (47), A. Jordan (62)
INT: A. Melnikas (64), S. Hobbs (81), G. Azzopardi (67), M. Ibrahim (41), M. Harrison (54)
EMG: S. Johnston (79), M. Mifsud (46), S. McIntosh (78)
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It’s sweet how they repeat-name Plummer/Chaston/maybe Porter/Molan/McDonald/Bernardi in the “wrong” positions.
This will be Ashlea Melnikas’ 75th VFLW game (17 with us).
Our changes since round 12 last year (take glib assessments with servings of salt).
| OUT | IN | Role | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Perkins | Christina Bernardi | FF | Plus |
| Manaia Huta | Grace Azzopardi | HBF | Plus |
| Olivia Manfre | Jayda Richardson | Key fwd | Plus |
| Ruby Mahony | Abbey McDonald | Mid | Plus |
| Jaimee-Lee Morrow | Layla Prince | Ruck | Plus |
| Krystal Russell | Sienna Hobbs | Ruck | Plus |
| Tayla Hart-Aluni | Maddison Albrecht | Small FWD | Plus |
| Bailey Hunt | Scarlett Orritt | Ute | Minus |
| Danielle Marshall | Brooke Plummer | Key defender* | *not key def |
| Emily Tassiopoulos | Madison Ibrahim | HFF | - |
| Chloe Prpic | Ava Jordan | Ute | - |
| Drew Ryan | Meg Harrison | Wing | - |
FCFC have only six returning players, because they were basically an AFLW squad last year.
| OUT | IN |
|---|---|
| A. McKay (5) | A. Velardo (1) |
| D. Finn (17) | D. Di Santo (26) |
| D. Vescio (3) | E. Horne (68) |
| E. Wood (50) | E. Lee (57) |
| G. Lawson-Tavan (27) | G. Matser (58) |
| G. Pound (6) | H. Scott (29) |
| J. Good (12) | L. Burke (60) |
| J. Stokes (65) | L. Keck (23) |
| K. Peterson (9) | M. Connell (34) |
| K. Sherar (25) | M. Fitzgerald (14) |
| L. Beatty (13) | M. Hendrie (49) |
| L. Goss (20) | R. Maslin (25) |
| M. Guerin (18) | S. Damon (59) |
| M. Hill (10) | T. Bradley (67) |
| M. Robertson (15) | T. Plunkett (13) |
Radio 3DJR is seated just as Tia goes CLUNK.
1-0
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Fark Carlton wearing surrender white.
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Ha, everyone lined up as per last week, not as named the last two weeks.
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7-0 after a spearing kick in by Plummer
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Jordan kicked it.
Prince marks at FB, but ump having none of that, and finds a close-in set shot for FCFC.
7-1