Philip’s injection completely changed the Vixens attack. Opened space beautifully. Brought the necessary speed as well.
Moloney rarely opens space or creates movement in the attack. Usually she doesn’t have to due to Watson’s presence. In this game Philip stood up as the play maker. Moloney capitalised on that (as I already noted earlier in the thread) but didn’t create it. Obviously she doesn’t have to in this line up.
There is a reason Moloney was not selected for either the World Cup or Commonwealth Games (and unlike those from other clubs has the massive advantage of playing with Watson at SSN level).
The defence kept the Vixens in the game and Philip opened the attack beautifully. Moloney played well but she didn’t change the game like others did. She isn’t a play making C (she doesn’t create space or movement in attack) so it would be hard for her to do that. The way Moloney contributes to momentum Changes is via scrapping and tough one on one defence (which she did well).
There is a reason Moloney missed selection for the last two major events and the tests at the end of 2019. I would say her attack is probably why (compare it to say Hadley).
