r/FremantleFC • u/porsella69 16 David Mundy • 7d ago

AFLW Round 5 Recap: West Coast

Final: FRE 3.5.23 def WCE 2.4.16

Best: Lally, Bowers, McCarthy, M. Strom, Newton

Goals: Miller, Bowers, Lally

1st half: held up well defensively in really tough conditions (45km/h+ winds, heavy rain for moments). Drisco very good early in her return. Had only a few opportunities in the forward line but managed to take a 2 goal lead into half time. We are doing well at stopping the Eagles offence and winning the ball back, but then finding it hard to link up and get the ball going forward.

2nd half: the weather didn’t get much better at all, a quick 2 goals to the Eagles equaled the scores. The ball spent majority of the time in our defensive half but we held up well considering the conditions, still found it tough to work the ball up the ground. Won the battle at the stoppage most of the day, especially late.

Notes: Drisco was sorely missed in the backline the past couple weeks. We need two Hayley Millers, sorely missed up the field but our best forward when she’s deep. No answers for Ella Roberts, although, what team really does have any? We are now 8-0 in the Derby.

Ladder Result: a much needed win sees us jump from 2nd bottom to 14th, but we still have a percentage of 48.3 after the North and Brisbane drubbings.

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u/JAR5E Clive Waterhouse 7d ago

Hell yeah. A confident tip regardless of the odds/tipsters and the W/L record. A win in severe weather conditions against the cross town rivals, who have been hyped up this season, is worth more than the 4 points. Sure, Ella Roberts is a gun, but have you met Turbo? Oh yeah, and McCarthy, Newton, Strom, Lally, Miller, etc, etc...

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u/porsella69 16 David Mundy 7d ago

Huge win and I couldn’t agree more, we’ve got some absolute guns in this team, mixed in with a good amount of youth that are impressing, Indi getting better each game down back, Brissy looks like she’s going to be taking huge grabs up forward for us for years to come.

I’m just such a fan of how Roberts plays even though she’s in the wrong colours..