I think that last game was lost by the Roses, rather than won by the Ferns. Roses players looked quite tired and made a lot of mistakes. The irony is that the ferns still managed to turnover the ball even more… XD
Ferns defence was great. Penalties were much lower and Jackson really great over the ball and rebounds too. Mason reminds me a bit of Kayla Cullen when she used to play GD. I wonder if she could also play WD with Karaka going in to GD if she comes back for CC. I like Burger but her penalty count can get quite high and Heffernan is having a quiet year i think. The attack end was frustrating as ever. COB and Gordon much better with the quick release in to Nweke. But they just couldn’t get away from their defender or their timing on the drive was too early. Also, COB still quite green, moving way too high up the court a few times, and threw away a few bad passes, which i expect will improve with more court time since it was only her 2nd cap. Ekenasio needed to help out the struggling middies and come out in to the middle third a bit more, but her movement was much better in the 2nd half when she played on Fadoju. Nweke just brilliant.
Tchine has impressed me so much, she moves and holds well but also shoots from range at high accuracy and i could see her confidence building through the 2 series she played in. Housby looked tired. Pearson so impressive, she even managed to play GA fairly well, after all the running in WA. Middies were solid in defence, really troubling the ferns in that middle third. Fadoju is interesting. She is brilliant but she seems to play better against the Diamonds, than the Ferns. She might need to pick up WD as a second position like Latanya Wilson, as she is too short against the ferns shooting circle. Quashie not effective at all on Nweke. Williams also mismatched on height but her movement managed to cause a few bad passes from the ferns middies. I think she needs to stay in GD and roses need an alternate solution at GK.
