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WNBL Round 6

Settle down anon, Pizzey is a great prospect.

Just says a fracture of the knee in addition to a ruptured ACL and torn Miniscus

I'm sure she will bounce back

I can’t recall Pizzey having a good
Game ever.

Newcastle

That's some injury, hope she has a good recovery.

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re: WNBL Round 6
Rangers are done, but that doesn't mean they should just send their lambs (DPs) to the slaughter. Pizzey is NOWHERE near ready to play at this level. She'll need several more SEABL seasons before she's ready to contribute.


If Rangers are done by the loss of just one player then it doesn't say much for the rest of the team does it lol

And if your bench players are not even capable of a few mins a game then really they shouldn't be sitting on that bench.....by the way Pizzey isn't a DP, in fact non on the bench are DPs

"...while our former boss , kristina keneally is running for federal politics...."

Kinda weird how she is a chance of taking the seat as a result of being more aussie than John Alexander

Rangers are done, but that doesn't mean they should just send their lambs (DPs) to the slaughter. Pizzey is NOWHERE near ready to play at this level. She'll need several more SEABL seasons before she's ready to contribute.

looks like a lazy 60 by cambage at the weekend....... ...while our former boss , kristina keneally is running for federal politics....

Rangers have Roberts to come in, plus Pizzey, they don't develop sitting on the bench , they also have Rowe who can play the 3 , so they would be stupid to be bringing in anyone else at this stage, seasons half done, they need to concentrate on what they have and find a better strategy

The bench has gone to AFL, so the coach's can't put those one's on.

Will the Rangers find a replacement for Blicavs? Madgen or Bunton available? What about Penny Taylor coming out of retirement?

Rotating 10 players in a 40min game should not be hard , they don't all need to play the same amount of time, a good coach will use their bench to rest their starters at key moments

The bench has gone to AFL, so the coach's can't put those one's on.

Rotating 10 players in a 40 min game can do more harm than good.

The players are now playing the same amount of games in less than half the amount of time , they still keep the same training regime as before so work load on bodies is heavier than they have been accustomed too......and when coaches stick to their old format of running with predominantly the same 6 or 7 players with the bulk of the minutes going to starting5 it's not rocket science that they will have a higher incidence of injuries and tired players, especially when those players give it all they have at training and games.

The ones that will last the distance will likely be those who expend the least amount of energy, or are the ones sitting game after game on the bench collecting splinters, coaches need to have some faith in what they choose , if they are good enough to train, they should at least be worthy of some minutes to ease the work load of the starters, if not why have them. A team ideally should run minimum 10 deep.

Tough loss for Dandenong, but I'm sure they will find their feet, but may be too late now

Agree, the condensed season is a failure. The quality of some games are very poor due to fatigue. The Top 4 looks a lock now.

That really sucks for Dandenong and poor Blicavs, all the best with her recovery.

Others may know more on how it compares to other seasons but the injuries so far proving the condensed season a failure I think.

Rangers aren't the Caps so they should still win games but it's going to make finals almost impossible now.

How brittle are these WNBL players!

Bad news for Blicavs and Rangers. No need for panic stations and play your rookies. Others such as Lavey and Mijovic need to consistently step up.

Rangers loose Sara Blicavs after season ending injury, knee surgery today for the Rangers star, not the outcome anyone would want so thoughts her way for a good recovery

Anderson will need to
Change her game plan big time now, needs to start using her full bench if they want to finish the season
So many injuries this season , not a good look for the new WNBL format

It's not enmity but disdain for her laziness and entitledness.

What is with the WNBL and their website, you would seriously think they would be able to get it sorted by now, its half way through the season and every single week just about they have issues
This week it seems they have 16 places on the ladder !

.. cambage numbers seem pretty good ...while those with enmity would like melbourne to cut her , i've read here.....

Liz just about single-handedly drags her team past Adelaide. 44 & 12. That's massive.

It's a factor for both teams, yes.
But my opinion is that 1) Sydney's games were 2 days apart. Melbourne's are consecutive days. That's a significant difference. 2) You shouldn't start a game with zero energy, even if you did just play the night before. Sydney's score worm went in the downward direction from the start.

Can agree to disagree.

In Sydney's defence, that was a competitive game for a good proportion of it so I was probably being overly harsh above. The Fire game was a blowout right from the start so rotating the whole list was a much easier call.

Scores tied now late in the 3rd. This is when the fatigue factor really kicks in. Gut check time for the Boomers.

Seems like poor time management to have starters playing 33+ minutes in a blowout win.
Not sure I buy fatigue as an excuse for coming out flat from the start of a game either.

Melbourne up 10 at the half, but will the silly scheduling catch up with them in the 2nd?
A road-home back-to-back is bad enough, but even worse when your game 2 opponent is better rested than you are. Way to minimise the home court advantage :/

Liz 23 & 8 at the main break.

Well done Lynx and Williams. She's really proving her WNBA class. If they can get Sami shooting back to her high standard they should definitely be considered for finals. Farnworth back at end of month should help with depth too.

Good contest in Perth, until Courtney Williams engaged beast mode in the 4th.

Dare I say it, a good point by Wang Whipper.

I'm worried for Bendigo. They may not win more than a couple of games without Griffin.

The rout is on...ring the bell

Threatening to get ugly in Townsville. Bendigo no timeouts left and 16 minutes left to play.

Flames were in a letdown spot after a massive game vs Spirit. Zig zag theory in full effect also.. Spirit beat Boomers, Flames beat Spirit and then Boomers beat Flames.

Next game, Fire vs Spirit. Spirit were ok in the first half vs the Flames but then fell apart second half. Fire at home sitting pretty all week. Is this a blowout? I don't think so. I actually think Bendigo can compete in this game. I don't think they will win but the books have the line at +15.5 which is pretty crazy. I think the blowout happens in the late game but I could be completely wrong.

Shocking game from Flames. Too much fatigue?

Rangers looked sluggish most of the game and looked totally lost in the 3rd qrt as usual, Anderson needs to start using that bench of hers, pointless having them if all they do is sit , her core of 7 players are all tired you can see them have those brain fade moments, throw those bench players in to give the starters a few extra minutes so they actually have some stamina to finish these games, they wont be making finals this year I dont think especially if Blicavs is out.Hope shes Ok, looked nasty

well done to Adelaide, nice to see Clydesdale firing well at her old stomping ground.

Rangers did seem very stilted to me, without taking anything away from Adelaide's D, so no surprise with the FT numbers (rest of team were 5/5) & 36-45FG%'s. Adelaide definitly looked the hunter tonight.

Hoping Sara B's OK, she's a real personality in the League.
I dunno W2L, wins at home are one thing, my view is that if you really want to win a championship it's the away wins that are the critical ones. Go to Townsville and get a win, thats a fair-dinkum measure of how far a team might be able to go.

Great win by Adelaide, halts their run of losses. Dandenong are the ultimate hot/cold team this year. Can win against anyone or lose randomly.

But it was a tough night. Hoping Sara Blicavs is ok and not a serious injury.

Hoops, I think this will be a good test to see where these two are really at, with both up on their toes in responce from botchups.

My opinion is that Adelaide's recent stint at the top of table was on the back of a block of well rested home games, as well as assisted by Syd & Perth who weren't firing at the time. A travel weary Rangers got them in OT a week ago, but a wierd game of sesawing margins, so I suspect that result combined with their big loss at Townsville, plus some cumulative travel load, has led to the market making the home team such a short favorite.

Personally I think Rangers are the slightly better team but definitly no reason why Lightning can't respond in a manner such as when they polaxed Bendigo (no Laney) away.

For some strange reason I decided not to touch it unless I saw +8 but bets I stay off do have a habit of usually getting up.

Great news about the Rangers live stream!

Is anyone out for Adelaide tonight? The books have this line at +7.5 but I don't understand why because Adelaide apart from last weekend vs Townsville have been playing great.

Carly Boag was an excellent contributor off the bench for them last year.

Someone was putting her down a couple of weeks ago. She can contribute. Has before, did again.
+32 in 19 minutes tonight 18 points @ 7/9, 7 boards, 3 steals. Talk about playing a role.

Insane game from Boag!

Well you jinxed them very nicely didn't ya

Wow, that sucks for Jarry. She's having a rotten run of luck with health.

But the Lynx are going to tear Canberra to pieces this weekend with or without her, so she might as well avoid the pain of that ;)

I agree that the Adelaide games should be interesting. After being knocked off the #1 spot last round they won't want to drop another 2.
Sydney-Melbourne could be good too if Jenna is back. Hamson is in some good form lately. If she can stay out of foul trouble then it's going to be hard work for the Boomers to get that one.

Hard job for the Lightning to come away from Vic with two wins, but they're good enough to do it.