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WNBL Round 10

Eh, there are quite a few (or one person with a lot of time) posters who are fascinated with Molloy. Each to their own

Yes, lets not talk about relevant topics in a basketball forum.

This forum used to be obsessed with Aimee Clydesdale, now it is Bec Cole and Guy Molloy. Time to move on in both cases.

"On one of the podcasts last week Cole said her success could be put to playing solely as a 2."

Id say shes probably right as shes a crap PG, and only has a shooters mentality, has its good and bad aspects, but shes certainly racking up the points

Asia Cup early prediction?

Name/Stats

Ebzery 8/3/2 wnbl
Seekamp 12/5/5 (Laveys replacement 9/3/3) wnbl
Cole 19/4/4 (Madgens replacement 9/4/4) wnbl
Whitcomb 22/5/4 Eurocup
Ohea 10/4/3 wnbl
Allen 13/5/2 Europe
Talbot 14/4/2 wnbl
Smith 18/6/3 College
George 13/8/3 wnbl
Tolo 18/6/3 (Magbegors replacement 9/5/0) wnbl
Bunton 16/10/1 wnbl-injured
Cambage china-injured

Potentially
Griffin 20/13/2 wnbl
Mitchell 9/3/3 wnbl
Bishop 22/9/3 Eurocup

Others?

On one of the podcasts last week Cole said her success could be put to playing solely as a 2.

Salary is already better in the afl than the wnbl.

Still doesn't compete with cricket or netball though.

I think conti could be a great player. Just not at the right place.

AFLw is expanding but the season is far too short. It's not something you can do full time.

Molloy even with a bought ready made roster fails getting the best out of even the best
He’s never been any different, who ever the contacts are he has at Melbourne they really need to take their glasses off though to see this, they reappointed v him at the beginning of the season, when they should be looking at what he’s achieved ( which is zero in terms of championship results) and then deciding in between seasons , if he should be reappointed.
Right now they are flogging a dead horse retaining him as head coach, it’s like Groundhog Day every season.

Cole is having a blinder of a season because she’s literally gone from a coach who over controls to a coach with no control , and for Cole as far as her getting noticed by Opals staff, that’s probably what she needed

Molloy stifles players, Conti though was over hyped, and always struggled against older more experienced players, and being so young and small she got away with so much those first two seasons, now not getting away with the hand checks and her decision making is an issue, she can still make a few flashy junior plays but don’t think Molloy can get the full blame for her game this season unless you only look at the limited minutes due to more than experienced players being on the roster,

Every Aussie player has taken a backward step under him.

It's good to see Shelley go to college but magbegor, Conti and dangelo will fade over the next 2+ years. Once they get there degree they should go somewhere else.

Rocci has been the best of the young ones coming through although she has been playing sg.

Over the whole 10 rounds to date I'd probably have to say Kelly Wilson

whos the best Aussie pg in the league so far?

I'm hoping so. It's always fun to see a stacked roster come up short.

Exactly.

And will get beaten again this year in the finals...

The runs on the board being no titles over a decade of head coaching NBL and WNBL.

Just look at what has happened to Conti.

Replaying the game now.

Lynx started to make some inroads and Griffin was just like "No worries, I got this" and the game changed from Canberra destroying us as a team to Kelsey destroying us on her own.
Perth in total freefall right now. Next game is at home vs Sydney Uni. Couldn't ask for a better scenario to get back in the wins column, but the way we're playing lately it's no gimme.

Good comeback by the Boomers. Was looking like the Lightning winning streak was about to go next level.

saw the griffin spectacular...

6 team finals race. Townsville need to win out from here.

Did they? Wish they had made it known so we could have tuned in rather than the blowout on tv

Wallace not listed today so I guess we won't be seeing her. Pity, because this is pretty much a training run for Canberra, which would be the ideal introduction to the league for her.
A couple of Shyla Heal moments about the only bright points for Perth. Otherwise... yikes. Every bit the pummelling I was afraid of.
Mitchell looking good I agree. I like Rocci looking for her shot as well (as long as it is dropping, which it definitely is today). It's making life pretty easy for Tolo. Griffin just in cruise control, knowing that she can probably dominate at will, but doesn't need to today.

Adelaide still looking (on the Boxscore) good against Melbourne. It's such crap that the stream is a total fail yet again.

Nice to see a more aggressive Mitchell.
Ebzery looks asthough she needs a break from basketball. Has not been good at Perth.

Would like to see Wallace come in.

WNBL Live Stream success rate is roughly as pathetic as the Lynx FG% lately

Really got to sort this stuff out or the league will topple over.

Nope :(
(what a shock!)

Fair enough when it's an interstate opponent. Not fair enough when one of the away teams is Bendigo.

What annoys me a lot more than not having a game on Saturday (which is annoying, but I can understand the reasoning) is having 3 games on a Sunday that all tip off at the same time :/

Yeah it's strange scheduling though, you'd think there'd always be one match on a Saturday. Liking at the schedule, might miss tomorrow's game on tv, which sucks.

I'm guessing because all 6 games involve teams that play twice this round, so giving them a day's break makes sense.

Why didn't the ball sacks schedule a game for today??

Good for the comp though, keeps everything open towards the last part of the season.

Donnelly has been a huge disappointment this season.

I know they lost to Sydney last week but the Boomers must be laughing at Canberra getting dominated by Adelaide and Perth being outgunned by a Suzy-less Townsville.

Good for the comp though, keeps everything open towards the last part of the season.

Ebzery not having a great year. Avg 8/3/2.

Cole killin it so far this season. Possibly an Asia cup spot.

Looked good tonight.

Im not suprised thast still 4$ on caps... again frustrating and weak game by caps

Workin now.

The whole wnbl team should be fired.

How many streams have they actually done successfully?

its an absolute joke, every single week its the same crap, amazing how the live ream never fails for mens basketball or any other sport, seriously is this really the best WNBL management can arrange,Philipps and Maley need a rocket up their tails for settling for this ridiculous deal

Is there a link to watch the Lightning game elsewhere?

Lol, just don't go through fox, do it through livestream

Looking forward to seeing the 3 injured players back.

Suzy again out?

Zitina Aokuso joined Suzy Batkovic on the sidelines at training after scans revealed the young gun has a stress fracture in her foot. Aokuso will suit up against Perth, but her output will be monitored.

Blicavs back too.

That's awesome news if Wallace is healthy too.

Totally unrelated to that ;) but I see the Caps are still paying $4 to win the championship.