STRENGTHS:

+ Defensive pressure
+ Skills
+ Contested game
+ Aerial ability
+ Versatility
+ Decision making

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Athleticism
- Speed

Lacy's game begins in defence, because her defensive mindset is clear for all to see. That ground level pressure, as well as her aerial contest stands out, and she is competitive as anyone going around. Aside from some knocks on her athleticism and speed, she is really well-rounded and ticks a lot of boxes that clubs are looking for into the future.

From a land perspective, Lacy is a tenacious tackler, and has proven to be just that, averaging 5.6 tackles across her 29 Coates Talent League Girls games. The defensive pressure is an attribute that she adopts wherever she plays, and once she wins the ball, is generally clean by hand or foot with her ball use. She was still developing that cleanliness at the start of the year, but as a whole it is really solid and she can scoop up a loose ball with the best of them.

In the air, Lacy competes well, and while she is a little undersized against the bigger players who might have higher leaps, competing one-on-one against similarly built opponents is something that the Bendigo Pioneers prospect can handle rather well. She positions herself and uses her body to get in the right spot, and if she doesn't mark it, she will bring it to ground to follow-up.

With ball in hand, Lacy is clean and neat as a rule, with her handballs out of stoppages or through traffic particularly impressive, while her kicking is penetrative and well-weighted most of the time. Essentially, from a skills perspective, Lacy uses the ball well and makes good decisions which is usually a great combination for any player.

As mentioned above, the knock for Lacy is her lack of speed or athleticism which is always an elephant in the room for clubs. There has to be something though, as no one is perfect and Lacy just has to keep building on those areas. Like the common debate of 'footballer vs athlete', the midfielder/defender firmly sits in the former, but she is also not too bad in the latter.

She would be below average, but there are others worse off, so she plays to her strengths and with her clean hands is able to still impact games even when under pressure from opponents. Additionally, her strength when confronted shines through, and if clubs overlook that lack of pace, then they will see she has a lot of very impressive traits otherwise.