Hi everyone, I’ve been at the courts most of the weekend, it’s exciting and exhausting keeping track of everyone!
I think the number one thing on my mind is injury cover and load management. For example, Giants have Maddy Hay out and replaced by a historically impressive wildcard/super-sub player (Pitman) who is now about 35 years old, and Harten I doubt can play out a season at 100% EVERY game, so Leatherbarrow or Singleton really need to be an option.
Meanwhile, so many selection dilemmas – you’ll have seen at home how good Streutka is, but she’s a training partner as such, what are Mavs going to do with shooting, given Cardwell will always be on the court but people are definitely going to target her? And are they going to have a settled midcourt, which has been patchy this weekend. And the defence dilemma, no one player has really coped against tall shooters, even Lewis.
What are Fever going to do about that defence end? My feeling is that Williams will gradually fit in a bit better, but Delaney hasn’t impressed me at all, I really want her to be getting more possession than the odd rebound.
At this moment, and trust me I know it’s VEERRRY early days, Swifts are looking the best – they’re the most consistent and they do the basics – Klau wins possession! Turner and Smith confuse space! Hadley and Proud deliver! Wallace opens, shoots and gets it in! And Housby shows that X factor and ridiculous grit! Everyone does their job! Also Fawns has really stepped it up and the other main bench players look good, too.
