Two opponents in common (and both only one week apart), and those games suggest we are at a similar level?
But 10 goals may or may not be enough!
They are coming off a bye, hopefully that breaks their flow…
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We have a good history against the Pies, except during semi-finals and on ANZAC Day.
Sophie Alexander said hi down at Casey, and I’ve only just forgiven her for her role in the 2021 loss (as very partially illustrated in my avatar).
| When | For | Against | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08 | 20 | 40 | -20 |
| 2019-13 | 49 | 22 | 27 |
| 2021-08 | 28 | 38 | -10 |
| 2021-SF | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| 2022-09 | 94 | 21 | 73 |
| 2023-05 | 31 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023-SF | 18 | 22 | -4 |
| 2024-06 | 64 | 47 | 17 |
| 2025-02 | 64 | 24 | 40 |
| 2025-08 | 39 | 47 | -8 |
| SUM | 418 | 294 | 124 |
At least her average is no longer 51 hit-outs… 189cm and 8 years of AFLW experience!
Doesn’t necessarily directly transfer to clearances:
| EFC | CFC |
|---|---|
| Amelie Gladman 4.0 | Abbey Tregellis 5.3 |
| El Chaston 3.4 | Tahlia Sanger 4.5 |
| Ash Melnikas 2.4 | Dom Carbone 3.5 |
| Ava Jordan 2.2 | Ella Jeffrey 2.8 |
THE STREAK CONTINUES!
MFord will play her 45th successive game since debut, despite sitting out a large part of the game vs Casey.
We lose one of All Of The Forward, but The Replacement is available.
And Verbrugge lives, and hopefully maintains her BOG midfielder form from that Geelong pre-season match…
IN: J. Richardson, J. Verbrugge
OUT: B. McFarlane (unavailable), M. Harrison (omitted)
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ESSENDON
B: L. Bateman (63), M. Ford (42)
HB: E. Chaston (61), S. Molan (73), D. Ryan (51)
C: A. Gladman (46), A. Melnikas (64), J. Reynolds (70)
HF: J. Owen (65), T. Davidge (77), M. Ibrahim (41)
F: C. Hunt (49), O. Manfre (43)
R: I. Hishongwa-Gibb (81), C. Bernardi (47), B. Plummer (57)
INT: J. Richardson (52), N. Hales (53), J. Verbrugge (55), G. Azzopardi (67), A. Jordan (62)
EMG: M. Harrison (54), M. Klaumanns-Moller (75), S. Johnston (79)
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Peck is at half-back? She won the game against us last year by kicking four goals in the first quarter.
Abbey McDonald yet to get up to speed with them (touch wood), named as rover.
Outs include Mia van Dyke and father-daughter gun option Felicity Mahoney
COLLINGWOOD
B: C. Matthews (64), Z. McCurdy (70)
HB: T. Henry (58), A. Peck (50), S. Huxtable (57)
C: Z. Wilkinson (48), M. Watkins (61), T. Fellows (73)
HF: D. Carbone (45), E. Harris (79), M. Lang (76)
F: J. Ramsdale (51), A. Tregellis (78)
R: E. McKinnon (53), A. McDonald (52), T. Sanger (62)
INT: L. Szigeti (63), L. Leighton (71), A. Patton (68), L. Jordan (46), C. Gilmore (49)
EMG: S. De Castella (74), F. Walsh (54), E. Rundle (67)
IN: L. Jordan, M. Lang, L. Leighton
OUT: M. Van Dyke (illness), E. Jeffrey (Bendigo Pioneers), F. Mahoney (Calder Cannons)
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Pies, maybe a few others)
Sorted by sum of stats, but (apart from goals) the average per game played is shown.
They have quite a few players whose position is depressed by missing a game.
Disposals
1 - Maddi di Cosmo (Werribee) 24.4
2 - Alana Barba (Werribee) 23.0
3 - EL CHASTON 22.8 ← the Werribee monopoly of the top three is broken!
e17 - Dom Carbone 20.8 + AMELIE GLADMAN 16.6 + DREW RYAN 16.6
e21 - ASH MELNIKAS + BROOKE PLUMMER 16.2
e28 - Tahlia Sanger 19.3
e35 - Abbey Tregellis 18.8
38 - SOPHIE MOLAN 14.8
Goals
1 - Mia Zielinski (Willy) 10
e3 - TIA DAVIDGE 7
e4 - Amelia Peck + Dom Carbone + CHRISTINA BERNARDI 6
e10 - Macy Watkins 5
e16 - Ashley Patton + Eva Harris + Tahlia Fellows + BRIANA McFARLANE + CHLOE HUINT 4
Marks
1 - Annie Lee (Cats) 5.8
e6 - EL CHASTON + ISOBELLA HISHONGWA-GIBB 4.6
e9 - Amelia Peck 5.5 + CHLOE HUNT 4.4
e15 - MADDISON FORD 4.2
e34 - DREW RYAN + GRACE AZZOPARDI + LIV MANFRE 3.2
e40 - TIA DAVIDGE 3.0
Tackles
1 - Isabella Daddo (Darebin) 10
e18 - Tahlia Sanger 9
e23 - Abbey Tregellis 7.8
e33 - ASHLEA MELNIKAS 5.6
Kicks – despite having no one in the top 40 players, they are only 3% behind us as a team
1 - Caitlin Bunker (Darebin) 15.2
e2 - EL CHASTON 12.6
5 - BROOKE PLUMMER 12
e37 - TIA DAVIDGE 9.2
Handballs
1 - Maddi di Cosmo (Werribee) 13.8
e5 - EL CHASTON 10.2
e10 - ASH MELNIKAS 8.6
13 - AMELIE GLADMAN 6.4
e14 - Tahlia Singer 10.3
e18 - Abbey Tregellis 10 + AVA JORDAN 8
e21 - DREW RYAN 7.8
23 - Dom Carbone 9.5
Hit-outs
1 - Erin McKinnon 41.8
9 - JESS OWEN 19.3
16 - ISOBELLA HISHONGWA-GIBB 10.4
e18 - LAYLA PRINCE 14.3
Note for next week: we also get Norf coming off their bye.
Big game coming up this morning. We sit 4th on the ladder with Collingwood 2nd.
Rain intensifies…
That’s a shame.
Rain stops. Sun comes out.
Ground is wet as, but large amounts of it are surprisingly un-squishy.
Ford still strapped below the right knee.
Harrison is the emergency out there.
Hishongwa-Gibb and Ibrahim with the defenders.
Reynolds and Jayda forward.
Jordan and Verbrugge (and Harrison) mid.
Team as named.
Spitting drizzle. No notable wind.
Melnikas Benno Hunt and Molan opt for long sleeves.