General Bombers Talk Essendon Football related COVID-19

[Zach Package]

Well according to the health department we had impeccable records for them to go from and we did not break any AFL rules as far as training goes.
Lot of uninformed opinions to be seen here .......

The health department are a bunch of squares, I bet they’re terrible at chanting and making crepe paper banners for grown men to run through

 

[Fridge16]

My negativity towards the club yesterday has been replaced with a sense of relief and excitement to read through all the salty opposition supporters posts today.

The great escape.

I still love you Lore

 

[DapperJong]

BBQ is back on!!!!

 

[pepsi]

I am so glad I did not throw away my lanyard with work keys attached. I can now once again use my EFC lanyard at work without any embarrassment

 

[Cold Sober]

More s**t comes out of Caro's mouth in one sentence than our entire backline at a training session.
I know who should be quarantined.

 

[Bluez Rule]

Toughen up mate. We have the most premierships. We've beaten every side more times than they've beaten us. And to top it all off.. we are now the most hated side in the league. Go Bombers!

Beaten every side more times than they've beaten us?

not yet.

 

[doug85]

More sh*t comes out of Caro's mouth in one sentence than our entire backline at a training session.
I know who should be quarantined.

Is that a reference to Conor McKenna spitting at training?

 

[baz_machine]

Well according to the health department we had impeccable records for them to go from and we did not break any AFL rules as far as training goes.
Lot of uninformed opinions to be seen here .......

By the ghost of Ziggy, your right!

 

[baz_machine]

They'll probably limit the wrestling to 14 minutes next time.

Honestly, this feels like airport security screening theatre to me.

 

[ant555]

Will not make the news for the media clowns who only report the sensational

To be a little fair we did get some praise on SEN today. It was just the nuffy callers who where complaining.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Speaking of nuffs...the main BF board...wow!

 

[Stopher]

When does this change from a Roast to a Toast?

 

[Kakkle]

Not a single article has been worth the oxygen it takes your brain to sit there and process the title of the link before you click on it since Emma Quayle got a job at GWS. Stop reading that s**t.

 

[Lore]

Not a single article has been worth the oxygen it takes your brain to sit there and process the title of the link before you click on it since Emma Quayle got a job at GWS. Stop reading that sh*t.

Kakkle hath spoken.

I still want to read this one though.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Landsberger has been on a roll of late. The rest of it is clickbait anger-inducing gobshite.

 

[Dave]

When does this change from a Roast to a Toast?

Done

 

[Dave]

I searched and could not find an Essendon specific football COVID-19 thread and given the weekend's events I thought I may as well create one.

To say I'm somewhat peeved at the club and to a lesser extend Connor is an understatement. Why am I more annoyed at the club? The following snippets from published articles:


the league strongly advised clubs not to divide the team up into forwards, backs and midfielders when deciding the composition of their small groups, in case they were to have one entire line wiped out by quarantine.

"The AFL is not considering postponing the entire round, but the Essendon-Carlton game remains in doubt.

The AFL's view is that the small training groups were designed for this contingency, so that if a player tested positive they could limit the number of others potentially affected. If a small group was all put in quarantine, the league said it would be akin to a group of players getting gastro and the game going ahead.

It is also the reason the league strongly advised clubs not to divide the team up into forwards, backs and midfielders when deciding the composition of their small groups, in case they were to have one entire line wiped out by quarantine.

The clubs were initially told to divide players into small groups of eight but that was later increased to nine."

So, don't group forwards, backs and mid together was the advice, which seems pretty sensible to mean. I mean I'm not a rocket scientist but even I can see that losing an entire group to isolation *might* cause a team some slight inconvenience.

But of course we ignored this

"The fact the AFL will need to reschedule at least one Essendon match – yesterday’s postponed game against Melbourne – and possibly more, has added an extra layer of complexity onto the already vexed nature of the redrawn 2020 fixture.

But instead of the matches being rescheduled, the Dons could be forced to go in without McKenna as well as Adam Saad, Cale Hooker, Michael Hurley, Matt Guelfi, Jordan Ridley and Mason Redman, all of whom have been in the Irishman’s small training group, if they are deemed to be ‘‘close contacts’’ of McKenna."

So, despite advice to the contrary we grouped the following players together:

Connor Mckenna
Adam Saad
Cale Hooker
Michael Hurley
Matt Guelfi
Jordan Ridley
Mason Redman

Even if the plan was to play Mckenna forward WHY WHY WHY would we have the rest of those players in ONE group? It defies belief that we can be so poorly run so soon after the ASAGA, it’s as though we’ve learned nothing. I had hoped that we might have started to become more professional but this has me questioning that.

To anti-yacco, I told yous wrong.

Also glad I put the bolded in.

 

[ant555]

Hold the phone.
Not official but there is talk his latest test came back negative.....

 

[ant555]

To anti-yacco, I told yous wrong.

Also glad I put the bolded in.

Guess you should not rely on the news.

 

[Vander18]

Hold the phone.
Not official but there is talk his latest test came back negative.....

It’s on the Age website - previous two positive, latest one negative.

 

[ant555]

It’s on the Age website - previous two positive, latest one negative.

Que the Benny Hill show.

 

[tandino]

I've just about had enough of this virus.

 

[Lore]

I've just about had enough of this virus.

I've just about had enough of 2020.

 

[TheGrizz]

I've just about had enough of 2020.

 

[Cold Sober]

Donald Trump proved right again, FAKE NEWS. We're in the clear yet again.