2024 Team Girls Cup

I’ve been surprised at all the negativity surrounding firebirds

Firebirds had some awesome moments last season with Gardner veve Moore and kamo/RBD

However when they weren’t firing they had no bench support

Having dwan and shearer will allow them to be flexible

They have maintained their strong players who were starting to gain momentum and added in some firepower I think they could contest for top 4

Tuned into TGC from NZ this afternoon – first time using Netball Pass, how good – and was scratching my head as to the Kiwi commentator for the first 5 minutes before I clicked it was Rore.

Her Instagram tells me she’s now living in Australia, wonder if she will be a regular fixture in Fox’s netball coverage this season or just popping in for TGC.

Lauren Moore has a knee injury, she’s screaming. She was going for a pass down the sideline to JLP (JLP realised and she flicked the ball to Harten who fumbled it).Everyone was thinking how spectacular JLP was and it took a few moments to realise Moore wasn’t getting up.

She’s weight bearing a bit. Amy Sligar is crying, of course, they have played together in NSW (including Giants) for years. The stadium went silent, it was chilling.

Best wishes to Lauren, let’s hope it’s not as bad as it looks ❤️‍????

EDIT just saw the replay thanks to some fans beside me, her season is over. ????

• This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by Andrew Kennedy.

RE commentary, Rore does a fair job from what I’ve heard, I’d like more of her!

Into the Lightning v Fever game, JFN was on the bench and Fever managed to win the first quarter despite some indecisive play. Wilkinson had three misses but Lightning didn’t get any rebounds. Beckford had her best quarter so far, and that seems to have given her the energy I normally would expect from her.

Both teams have lacked connection, there’s a big difference in feeding skill/awareness from Cassidy (at centre) vs Watson, and also Fever don’t use Browne properly yet. Who is going to do the basics well?? Like, pass it to someone who’s right in front of you, and don’t give it to someone with two people on them!!

JFN is pulling in poor passes and making her team look good, if Ervin’s footwork was better she could get a couple of those.

With the Fever GKs pretty ineffective, they’re lucky Steph Fretwell isn’t in form and that the umpires are really favouring the attackers. Williams seems to think clobbering is a legitimate tactic, there’s a lot to clean up in her play. Thank goodness for Sunday.

I keep banging on about consistency and doing the basics well – these teams aren’t doing either of those things. They need to have a way to pull themselves out of a funk (a haze, or whatever you want to call it) and execute a few crips set plays to regain their rhythm. The midcourt defence needs to be put on a lot faster and tighter.