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WNBL Round six

Pressure certainly on at Perth with everyone including Andy out of contract.
He has to go their performance this year has been terrible.
Sign Katie as soon as possible and sign Lauren then see what happens with the rest. I think Payne and whittle are both good locks with swags and Allen.
Then get a decent big something we still have failed to get even with the tallest player in the league.

James Harvey fan
A few hours ago

Flames really need Scherf to stop missing bunnies and lay-ups. It cost them again yesterday.


Sydney need to look to pass the ball into her more, and Kunek needs to learn basketball is a team sport

Pretty damning for Perth that Sydney are ahead of them with their injury toll and thin squad.

Flames really need Scherf to stop missing bunnies and lay-ups. It cost them again yesterday.

Hasn’t she also finished her uni study and is a qualified teacher? Maybe some relief teaching in Perth during the off season

Is there some issues there? Or are you just saying due to the results etc she won’t stay and he is the obvious reason.

Is there some issues there? Or are you just saying due to the results etc she won’t stay and he is the obvious reason.

Does that mean she is likely to play for the lynx again in 2020-21 season?

Did I hear right that Katie Ebzery was staying in Perth during the off season? Is she going to be playing sbl? She would have to be a crucial lock for Perth once they fire Andy!

Since becoming the Lynx I reckon Perth fans have been the luckiest in the league with the product we've been able to watch here. Even when the talent wasn't the greatest or the balance wasn't ideal, the team has been on the same page and played a clean, proactive and hard-working brand of basketball that has been great to watch - win or lose. I dunno what's gone wrong this season but it has become a mess. We're definitely worse than the sum of our parts this season and I find that the hardest thing to cop when supporting any team.

Griffin always destroys us, but with her out there's no reason we shouldn't have won today. We've got quality players and we've also got some depth. At home, fresh, vs a depleted team who lost in OT < 48 hours ago. Yet there was about a quarter and a half of resistance and a whole lot of meh.
Katie was magnificent, but the only other highlight was Sami being in the building. #ledge

Wasted season for Perth.

I feel so bad for the Perth lynx team they have the talent and just can’t hold it together. If it wasn’t for Katie we would be a train wreck.
McGee is useless has lead boots on and can’t stay on the floor certainly not value for money and Atkins needs a della Donne as threat inside to kick it out to get her shot going.
Andy has to go and we need to desperately hold on to Katie and Lauren plus whittle and Payne, you can raffle the rest

Perth 59 Canberra 76. A very disappointing lost. Have to play 3 of the top 4 teams coming up. Lynx needs to string a few wins together. Not over yet, but today's lost is a big blow.

The WNBL must be a tough league if the WNBA champion can't fire a shot. Never has ever since landing down under. Atkins will be gone at season end. Stewart will be gone once it's clear Perth can't make the finals.

You have to wonder if the Lynx has a future with Andy at the helm. Lynx has all their main players back yet play without heart and a lack of intensity. No run, selfish plays, not enough passing. No sign of life there at all. No aggressive rebounding and no defensive pressure.

Andy Stewart is gone.

Be glad you missed that 2nd quarter, PW, it was a shocker.
(But yeah, it's a joke that they haven't got it functional yet)

WNBL streaming. You have one job and you can't do it.

Dickel will get Talbot to the WNBA when she plays for South

Kunek is definitely better than Talbot not sure how she is in the WNBA to be honest. I mean great player and worked and person but not as talented as alit of the players in the league who are not in the WNBA lead alone the opals. Doesn’t kunek want to play 3 on 3 or would she rather be in the opals squad?

I am a season ticket holder and can say she is useless what has she done? Havnt seen her do a post move on anyone, seems to like to be outside the paint then in, fumbles the ball and plays the laziest cement in her shoes defence I have ever seen!

Stafford for Perth is useless!

Stafford for Perth is useless!

off-court matters

Andy Stewart should lose his job.The lynx have the cattle but they are not thriving under him. If I have to watch Imani with her hands up high flashing to the ball inside just to have the ball shipped across the court I will scream. Come on the ball should be going inside every time down the floor let’s get this sorted.

LJ has no clue about about the pressure on some of the clubs financially. Her statement
"I don't care what the score is at the end of this game @AdelLightning @PerthLynx big time players are making big time plays right now and it is so fun to watch!" says it all. It is not like the public is showing the league much love. Sure some clubs have owners and sponsors with lots of money but even they will want some kind of return - and what about the rest who lack the money and will never player finals under current league rules?

What will be great exactly? She seems to think just talking positively will make the league magically improve its commercial appeal.

I just ran some quarter-by-quarter numbers, and the Lynx scoring percentages are:

1st quarter: 114%
2nd quarter: 98%
3rd quarter: 118%
4th q. + OT: 68%

Our average score at 3 quarter time is a 62-57 lead.
Followed by an 18-26 4th quarter choke.

The league needs to bring back the point system and salary cap unless they want only 6 teams to play next year. Listening to LJ commentary about the league shows she has no commercial understanding of how tough it is for some of the teams to survive and retain sponsors when a few teams can outspend the rest. The season will kill regional basketball and make the sport just for capital city clubs.

This Lynx team needs some sports psychology pronto. Every friggin' game we play well in, we seize up after half time and completely forget what got us the lead. If ever there was a time to get the monkey off the back it's when we're finally at full strength and facing a team who just played a close one < 24 hours ago, but nope, we still managed to choke it away horribly. The turnovers are infuriating, especially after watching 4 seasons of some of the most attacking, free-flowing, attractive basketball you could ask for. It's so un-Lynx-like.

What's with all the hashtags on this broadcast?

Just two totally different people above who both have a beef with Molloy but can’t spell his name.

I don’t think he has overachieved I would say the opposite. Unlike previously when the lynx sucked he has had the cattle but not the results. Hardly any local talent has been developed maybe actually none and until this year he stuck with the game plan of not needing a big.
Hell of a lot of talent has gone through his roster for no result and also poor retention of players which I think speaks volumes.

Spot on LC ! This is not a league anymore. It is more like 2 division. 4 clubs being able to spend a lot more money/recruit high level players and the rest developing young players. Poor management of the league by BA

The lack of a salary cap / points system is hurting the WNBL.

agree with Luuuc ; there is only so much you can blame the coach for. Players need to be more accountable.

Surely not yet, since he has spent his entire WNBL career to date overachieving. This season we seem to be worse than the sum of our parts, but we've also got a major piece missing.
There's been some awful basketball in our past 5 quarters but I put most of that blame on the players. We had done well to stick with the Caps for 3 quarters so I'd be surprised if his instructions at the final change were to start sucking as hard as possible. Last night we looked flat from the opening tip. It was extremely un-Lynx-like.

At what stage does Andy have his job looked at?
The offence doesn’t flow and the cattle are there so time for change.

Yep

Anybody knows the player budgets for the different clubs? Is BA making a big mistake by not limiting the amount the clubs can spend? Seems this year the wnbl is at risk of turning into 4 top high spending teams and the 4 teams with less money seem destined to finish last.

Boomers deserved the win but the final
score not a good indication of the overall game. Game was in the balance until several Spirit shots ringed out in Q3. Boomers then controlled the paint very well and forced repeat turnovers and tool control of the game. Overall much better defence by Spirit but team need more scoring from their bigs.

Is the Canberra game streaming?

Comfortable win to the Boomers. I also expect an easy win for the Capitals.

Dunno. Spirit have been good at home but I still would have thought Melb should be favourites in this one unless they got an injury to a starter.

Does anyone have any news at all on the Boomers/Spirit game? The Spirit are favs?

Flyers are... flying.

Stumbled across this article, although a bit dated now, still a pretty good read in my opinion.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-04-28/sports/30044313_1_gambling-bug-haralobos-voulgaris-basketball-expertise