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Anonymous

Years ago

Why's Laura Hodges getting no Opals time?

Agree #360 Screens hustle is just bluff. She throws her body around, but it often results in fouls. Defensive stopper? I'm not convinced she has the ability to stop anyone at an international level.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Haven't seen all of their games but would make the following comments anyway:
- against France we seemed to come up against a team which was more athletic than us at EVERY position.
- Screen, for all the crticism she cops on here, is one of the few who can hold her head high. Sheis playing her role (defensive stopper) to perfection and regularly comes up with essential effort plays.
- Maybe it's the uniforms (which are awful) but hardly any of the players look fit - (GB looked MUCH fitter than us)
- They can't shoot unless they are wide open which tends not to happen a whole lot at this level (or Snelly is guarded by two players and in her own half!)

All of that leads me to believe we have been left behind because of our current generation of 'superstars'. The women's game has moved on enormously in the past five years and the singular abilities of Loz and Penny (not to ignore their supporting cast) have masked the degree to which we have been left behind. We are only now going to start to see by just how much.

I am not a hockey fan by any stretch but it is genuinely exciting watching the men's team - now there's a coach (Charlesworth) who is rotuinely ahead of where the world game is heading.

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