Cluster rounds are the future. They should just make all the teams from Melbourne. The Melbourne Perths, Melbourne Townsvilles etc :D

This round has a lot of hard match ups so should be good. Perth is continuing their travelling after a quick turnaround but should have enough against Rangers but potential upset possible.

Townsville should canter against a Lizless Boomers. Should be the most straightforward.

Any team can win Battle of the Bottom, Canberra probably has the most quality still standing so will go with them.

Dandenong at "home" again versus a fresh but out of form Adelaide? Lean Adelaide but again Rangers could upset.

Townsville should win against Perth in a head to head matchup but will be close. Would be more interesting if it was played in Perth imo.

If Sydney lose then they are really out of form and their spot in the topmost four in trouble. Boomers should be firing with a fresh Cambage. What a finish to the Sunday double-header. Of course none of those games are the ones televised.

Struggling with tips for those Saturday & Sunday games.. All four could be very good tight games. Hopefully they'll stream the Sunday games for those who can't make it.

I made all six games next to even money until Liz was ruled out.

Rangers v Lynx live stream tonight https://www.foxsports.com.au/live

Thanks ash

Courtney Williams is all class.

Alice Kunrk went off injured at the end of Rangers v Lynx. Hopefully just rolled ankle

Missed the livestream, damn. :(

Good win Perth. They are on a hot streak of form.

Boomers really taking it to Townsville, still too close to call there.

Missed it too. Also damn :(
Wish they left it viewable for a few days.
Stoked to get the away win.
Fingers crossed that Alice's injury is not too serious. She has been a key player this season.

Townsville win in the end but really should have been more, Suzy shooting an ugly 4/23 from the field. Free throws bailed her out.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FOXBasketball/posts/

If you scroll down on the ^ fox basketball facebook page you'll find the whole live stream from the Rangers/Lynx game. Hopefully nothing too serious for Kunek, at least she could get the ball up past half court but I feel she probably made it a bit worse when she went to ground.

http://www.perthlynx.com/Media/News/toni-farnworth-ready-to-fire

Great news for the Lynx & Toni Farnworth as she is cleared to play starting tomorrow against the Fire. Fitness probably wouldn't be an issue with her given it was a wrist injury, though touch is a whole other story. Hopefully her coming back will take a bit of load off of Whitcomb, Williams and Kunek and further strengthen their bench.

My god no wonder Canberra win a thing - could their coach come across any less interested??

^ can't

Scherf just misses so many tip ins

Massive choke there by Canberra, though I was impressed by Magbegor - especially late which was great to see. Well done to Bendigo though, they fought hard for that one.

Scrappy game with a lot of turnovers and clanked shots so far

These vuvuzelas can F off

What a comeback Spirit! Didn't expect them to be able to do it

Yep, looks like Perth got their check.
The 3 main guys got the win.
Its going to be
Perth
Townsville
Sydney
Melbourne
To fight for the big dance

Lizzy's Tech Foul count equalled her rebound count?

Impressive by Perth. Seven straight and now equal top of the table. Well in contention now.

Really opens up the five team race for finals, going to be a lot of fight to not be that team missing out.

What excuse will Guy come up with when he does even get the team to contest the Grand Final series.
They have a great team.
Jenna
Bec
Brittany
Maddie
Louella
and how can I forget Liz.
What is happening now is ALL Guy's fault.
He should have done something with her behavior
in the preseason games.
If you have ANY credibility Guy you would make her miss the next game.
Melbourne members should be calling for Guy head or for him to do something about Liz.!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo!! Go Lynx!!
The 3 W's getting it done big time

Nope, it's not all Guy's fault. There are a couple of other people who have to take responsibility for Cambage even being there.

The Lynx are a group of individuals. Some damned good ones for sure, but that doesn't make a team.

So far Melbourne has one big headed player, the rest are spectators.

The Lynx are a group of individuals. Some damned good ones for sure, but that doesn't make a team.

"The 3 W's": The three, Luuuc??

Boomers were simply caught a touch off the boil today, after some peak form. Beaten by a switched on and red hot reigning prems. Got a little heated near the end, so not sure if this one spilled over into the car park or anything?

A feature that stood out wathing the Lynx today was how well they teamed as a unit, with each individual playing their role.

Whitcomb, Williams and Wunek?

Wunek, OK. Had my head on it's side for 5mins staring at Alice's spelling before deciding to ask.

Not Wunek. West. As in Kanye.

"Seriously Liz's behaviour is verging on out of control, she has no 'emotional regulation' when things go against her. Will any coach be able to eliminate these 2 year old tantrums completely out of her game?"


She has been the same since a child, no coach disciplines her because she always been so tall, that's what coaches always want, hence why now it's ingrained in her. She's a loose cannon and is still not controlled, she's no attribute to the sport, she never will be,Boomers wanted the publicity her name would bring, hope they are happy with all the negative press she draws, she basically averages a tech a game if not more, and frankly she's lucky she hasn't had more.

Quoting Anonymous
"It's worth some attitude for all those rebounds she pulls down"
Yep, all those rebounds Liz pulled down. 2 rebounds.
Thats 2 - number 2.
Liz is Diva. A two year old.
My 3 year old niece has a better attitude than Liz.
Can't wait for LJ's excuse on Liz's ejection.
It will be a lot of rubbish.

Overall what were everyone's thoughts on the cluster round concept?

I liked being able to see all 8 teams in the one venue over the weekend, however I was underwhelmed by the crowds. Not too sure what I was expecting in that department, given only the die hards and the few travelling fans would've been interested in some of those games. Hopefully they can get another one happening in future seasons.

I think after this weekend the top 4 looks just about set - the only potential mover for mine would be Adelaide scraping in. I'd say I was most impressed by Sydney's shooting and Perth's double win - if their 'big 3' (or 3 W's) keep firing I reckon they'll get into the grand final series, they're definitely a great team to watch.

The Saturday crowd in particular looked disapointing, so perhaps being televised effected that (it was why I went Sun & not Sat)? I'm a couple of hours away from SBC, so it made it worthwhile to travel for a DH. Same with the round when Boomers & Rangers played home games on same day I came along.

Looks as if Guy has lost the plot.
Here is his quote in the newspaper

"We have just got to get back on track, we had won four games and it's a bit of a curve ball. I thought we were sitting nicely in terms of culture and players' roles, and we must stay positive and there is still have a lot to play for."

"Sitting nicely in terms of culture and players role"
Just put us out of our misery Guy.

LEAVE - QUIT

You are just as bad as Liz for not doing anything to change her attitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were sitting behind the boomers bench yesterday and there was a lot of coddling and calming down of Liz. I'm surprised that she wouldnt be on her best behaviour after her ban. When she got kicked out of the game she was shouting and saying that this league is a joke.

We stayed after the game so my daughter could get her picture with the players but they got pulled off the court by the coach. We stayed for 20 minutes but they didn't come out of the change rooms. I thought they advertise that you are guaranteed to meet the players??

Not that it's the only indication of a team playing well but Perth only had 10 or sure assists in their last game which is quite low. Could be a livestats tracking error though