Yeah I agree about the matchups. Some potential rippers among that list of games. In particular I'm hoping the Lightning-Caps and Boomers-Lightning live streams come to fruition.
Great opportunity for the Rangers to move up the ladder as well. In fact if they beat both Sydney & Bendigo, and Adelaide lose to Canberra or Melbourne, then the Rangers will be in the top 4.

Yes indeed.
I think Bendigo are done. They've already got 8 in the losses column, and their remaining games are:
Home vs Townsville, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra
Away @ Dandenong, Canberra
Mostly home games is good news, but that's a strong list of opponents.

Townsville would want to take care of business at home vs Perth this Friday or else they're 3 losses below .500 instead of just one loss below.
Their remaining games are:
Home vs Perth, Canberra x2, Dandenong, Sydney
Away @ Bendigo, Canberra, Sydney, Dandenong
(weird bit of scheduling for them not to have played Canberra yet)
Suzy obviously a huge factor in their fortunes.

Dandenong have:
Home vs Bendigo, Canberra, Townsville, Melbourne
Away @ Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Townsville
... so they'd want to win both games this round because it gets tough after that. But if they're in wining mode and get Blicavs back then they have some firepower to finish the season with.

tolo griffin should get fifty

Barb Turner has left Bendigo, effective immediately.

"It was exciting to bring Barb in, given her experience, but coming into the group late, coupled with the WNBL being vastly different to the European competition, Barb never reached her full potential with us," coach Simon Pritchard said.

“Our focus is getting back on the winner's list this Sunday in Dandenong and finishing strong this side of the New Year.”

https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/5808346/wnbl-barbara-turner-released-from-bendigo-spirit-contract/

Capitals cop fine but Perth Lynx star Asia Taylor waits on apology

Interesting line from that article (which was published yesterday):

Bendigo's Barbara Turner was today suspended for one match after the league looked into an incident where she struck Taylor on Friday night.

Not a massive surprise. Their were disintegration is going to happen if one player won't buy in.

Tolo's 2.5pts clear on top for league points per game, she'll be hard to catch from there.

Wallace playing for the caps this round 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.

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.

It looks like those who took 3+ live streams in the sweep are out already.

Is there a link to watch the Lightning game elsewhere?

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

Has the live stream ever worked?

Adelaide have stolen Perth's mojo.

Adelaide - Dandenong Grand Final series coming up.

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.

McSpadden double-double in 19mins and most of it before bunny time.

Does anyone know why Kayla Pedersen didn't play for the rangers last night?

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

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

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

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.

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 :/

Shame they couldn't separate the two Melbourne games two or three hours so us Vic's can go to both. I did query them on this a few a years ago and they said it's about flights, etc but I'm not convinced they really are trying.

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

Nope :(
(what a shock!)

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

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.

saw the griffin spectacular...

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.

Replaying the game now.

The difference b/w this season and last season regarding Cole is amazing.
I can only put down too coaching. It just seems that players need to leave Molloy to become better players. Last season example is Kunek to Perth.
When will the owners of Melbourne work it out. What a mistake of signing him for ANOTHER two years. Just look how he coaches from the side line. Who has the guy developed. Can someone reply, am I missing something.

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

Exactly.

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

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

I'd have to agree with the other post about Molloy. Been in the league for ever and hasn’t won the flag. Look at the players he had last season. Had Liz, best player in the world and came up short.
Melbourne supporter keep kidding yourself, Molloy has a negative effect on players.

I also would agree with other posts on Molloy. Just observe his body language with the players.

I would love to know what the committee - owners see in him.

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,

Conti will be talked into concentrating on AFLW by her manager Liam Pickering just like Chloe Molloy who was in the same program before she made the decision to concentrate on AFLW.

AFLW will be the reason for her demise in form. Big shame, because the status of AFLW is a farce IMO. A comp where you basically walk up to the recruitment tent at the mall and you're playing Saturday. GMAB.

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

"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

It is up to Molloy what position she plays. So her playing poorly WAS Molloy fault. Not Cole's fault.

Molloy fans just don't get it. He has NO people skills. No idea how to get the best out of his players.

Why continue to do the same thing and expect to get different results.

HE IS A DUD!!!!!!!!

Cole player of the week.
Too all the Melbourne supporters, another player leaves Boomers and does very well.

Answer : away form Molloy.
You have him form another two years!

Well done Bec!!!!

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

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