Trying to think who was on when we went on the game winning run in the third - 22 to 6 .
Cambage Batkovic bishop or was it Ohea , and
Screen and Harrower , I think.
The memory ain't what it was .
Anyways , seems they all got on the scoreboard ,
other than Jarry , who's performance was not of the standard of the others.

I don't think you are overreacting because I saw very similar things and thought 'oh no' as well. Evn though we won I just haven't got a good feeling about this collection of players and our goal of trying ti win a gold medal for the country. Jarry tries hard and does the scrapping that good teams need done for them but looks to be undersize and not have the ball handling abilities of the Brazil team or her teammates.

Not creating anything. I'm actually an Opals and Bulleen Boomers supporter and I'm tremendously concerned at our team. I know what I saw with Cambage and we can't turn a blind eye to it and pretend her body language and immaturity isn't happening because while we 'choose' to not see it, the world will and we'll be judged upon it or it will cost us a result, just as it cost Bulleen in the WNBL final.

I don't remember Lauren Jackson being like that and her Opals career began at an earlier age if I'm remembering right.

FYI, Overseer and Seb Vettel - same IP address.

lol.

Love it when that happens.

'No,no, cant 2 different people from the same office have the same opinion'. Hahahahahahah.

It was over the weekend, so I was expecting "We live in the same house" but yes, same sort of thing. In that case, just be honest and say "I live with Overseer and we were discussing this after the game. I agree with them." Or if you're solo, let your opinion stand out there and be judged on its own.

I was at the game and the Opals were very dysfunctional, lacking any cohesion. It was not really until the second half that Australia starting to click through their defence.

Number 8 (can't recall her name) for Brazil carved up our guards and did not look like missing in the first half, but went cold in the second half.

The longer the game went, the better the Opals got, and it was their defensive intensity that opened up the game.

I think the play of our "bigs" was very encouraging, with Cambage and Batkovic doing a lot of damage offensively. I actually did not see any issues with Cambage and her body language at all. In fact if there were some issues, it was because her team mates were not feeding her the ball when she had great seals deep in the paint or was wide open!

O’Hea, Bishop and Screen were all solid, and Snell her serviceable self. The Opals looked more composed with Harrower at the helm IMO, and Richards’ handle did not look that flash at all, although she didn’t play all that badly overall.

Cambage's body language? I didn't notice anything particularly alarming about it. She had 1 to 2, sometimes 3 Brazil players hanging off and pushing her all night, and she handled well.

they did look very shaky at the start but they will def improve over time and a couple of games experience playing together

I was at the game and have seen almost all Opals Melb. games over past 8 years and watched a number of Bulleen games over that period.
Cambage - great offensive game, very intimidating and aggresive, needs to improve fitness and quick pass off defensive boards.
Batkovic, player of the game, super aggresive at both ends
Harrower ran the point to her usual standards, struggled a little with her drive and dish, but controled the offence when we needed it.
Richards, ordinary early in the game but when we established a good lead he intesity [both Off and Def] grew. Her speed came to the fore and she finished well. Confidence is the key and more games will bring that.
Mcleod, did what was required last night and will be a backup who'll probably play few minutes.
Phillips, where is she? Feel we need her!
O'Hea, looking forward to seeing her the most. Shut down Brazils #8 in the second half and had a great game at both ends.
Bishop, doesn't take a step backwards an was was impressive and will give us some quality minutes.
Jarry, struggled to make any impact.
Hodges, good defensively, didn't get into the game offensively.
Screen, role player did everything required at both ends.
Snell, everything expected and very importnat in London
Taylor is a loss but we haven't seen the beat of O'Hea who can easily fill that position

usa tarausi will tear us up unless we clamp the outside shooter down in transition.

Brazil iced some nice threes pulling up quickly off the dribble.

Liz will need to kick it when doubled or tripled.

point guard situation worries me no end.

one has the moves but the others dont.

we will never be able to give the ball to Loz in the front court.

Further to these posts I drove to Bendigo to watch game 2 of the series and had my concerns also. Cambage's body language was poor and I too have watched her over the last 2 years closely, the Brazilians attacked her physically early and this will be a standard tactic in London and impacted on her performance for the rest of the game. Her contribution was minimal and was disruptive to the other youth in the group. She was unable to score with her back to the basket. 2 rebounds in 16 mins is extremely disappointing. On a positive Snell was outstanding and as smart as ever. One showtime behind the back pass was top shelf. Cohesion must improve rapidly or we will find too much falling to too few when the heat is on in London. Good luck girls and Graffy to achieve your dreams. Bring home a medal.