Changes for Round 2 v Norf

[Ambrose Burnside]

Hope to see Tobe in the blue and gold for the lols

 

[Magnum27]

Which makes me think just treat it like the flu. If you're too sick to play, don't play but dump the close contact requirements. But now we're going to be stuck with these rules all season.

This is spot on, although i don't trust the AFL to stick with the rules though.

 

[JackOutback]

It really wouldn't. COVID is over in Victoria, that's the message Andrews is sending, and the AFL needs his $$$.

No it isn't. Players aren't allowed to play while positive, including in Victoria. And Victoria just had another 10,000 cases today.

 

[FKASC]

This is spot on.

Is it though? Allowing players to decide whether or not they’re “too sick to play” ≠ dumping close contact requirements

 

[Del191229]

Which makes me think just treat it like the flu. If you're too sick to play, don't play but dump the close contact requirements. But now we're going to be stuck with these rules all season.

Yeah, those are being rapidly dumped at state level anyway.

 

[Magnum27]

Is it though? Allowing players to decide whether or not they’re “too sick to play” ≠ dumping close contact requirements

I think it is, people have it without even realising it, i have had mates in that scenario, had zero symptoms but had to get tested due to close contacts, so if you don't realise you have it, how sick are you ?

 

[JackieMoon33]

Gotta change my tip to Norf I guess.

fu**.

You tipped WC??

 

[Del191229]

No it isn't. Players aren't allowed to play while positive, including in Victoria. And Victoria just had another 10,000 cases today.

Yeah I know, but mentally for people, it really is.

If this was North I wouldn't want the game postponed, despite being keen to run up back to back wins against you guys.

I want the day out at the footy. As you say, there's lots of cases, and as I've said repeatedly in this thread, it's going to get worse into winter.

This will happen to Vic clubs too

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

You tipped WC??

The team we named looked pretty good, and it's Norf.

 

[flyinghi64]

So when do we just start laughing, or have we started already.
The team with the most injuries is now hit the hardest with the Covid protocols.

What the hell did we do in the off-season????

 

[swingdog]

Yeah, those are being rapidly dumped at state level anyway.

I wouldn't even mind if the AFL said after 3 rounds or Easter or whatever, sorry this is going to disadvantage some teams (e.g. West Coast) hit hard early in the season but we're dropping close contact requirements now.

Otherwise, we are going to have a continually disrupted season with more games with no-name top-ups and their potential nightmare scenario: Grand Final week, Melbourne v Richmond. One side has 10 players cancelled and it turns into a snore-fest belting.

 

[Feeling Groovy]

With the way things are, I would think that flying over as many of the top ups as possible sounds like common sense to ensure we have enough players to fill a team.

Or not and being unable to field a team and putting the ball in the AFL’s court as to what to do.

 

[wraglesweb]

They have suspended betting

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

So when do we just start laughing, or have we started already.
The team with the most injuries is now hit the hardest with the Covid protocols.

What the hell did we do in the off-season????

Satanic rituals on an ancient Indian burial ground, I believe.

Probably shouldn’t have hired Collective Minds to run the pre-season camp, in hindsight.

 

[swingdog]

I think it is, people have it without even realising it, i have had mates in that scenario, had zero symptoms but had to get tested due to close contacts, so if you don't realise you have it, how sick are you ?

Exactly. Kennedy missed a game a few years ago with flu because presumably he was flattened by it, but if it has no effect play on.

 

[Del191229]

I wouldn't even mind if the AFL said after 3 rounds or Easter or whatever, sorry this is going to disadvantage some teams (e.g. West Coast) hit hard early in the season but we're dropping close contact requirements now.

Otherwise, we are going to have a continually disrupted season with more games with no-name top-ups and their potential nightmare scenario: Grand Final week, Melbourne v Richmond. One side has 10 players cancelled and it turns into a snore-fest belting.

Yeah, hard agree.

 

[swingdog]

Satanic rituals on an ancient Indian burial ground, I believe.

Probably shouldn’t have hired Collective Minds to run the pre-season camp, in hindsight.

Think it was Collective Mounds.

 

[swingdog]

Out of interest, is anyone else involved in amateur sport?

I coach community soccer in Melbourne. Football Victoria had all these rules about signing in, Covid coordinators, reporting cases etc.

Every team is ignoring them.

 

[Chris_6678]

Out of interest, is anyone else involved in amateur sport?

I coach community soccer in Melbourne. Football Victoria had all these rules about signing in, Covid coordinators, reporting cases etc.

Every team is ignoring them.

We have basic rules: Masks in change rooms & separate water bottles for each persoson, so far everyone is doing what we are told and there hasn't been any cases in the team yet. I do expect it sooner then later though.

Though i did hear about an ammos team where a player knew he has covid and played anyway and then the whole team got sick a few days after... all for a scratchie haha

 

[Altum Volantes]

So if one guy gets it from his kids then gives it to the rest of the squad then they aren’t taking due care?

I don’t know.

…but they clearly aren’t managing it correctly - otherwise the same thing would be happening to Fremantle.

Or is just more ‘bad luck’?

It’s been a rolling shit show of a club for the last 18 months at least, so my faith is pretty low right now that it’s being handled correctly.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

I don’t know.

…but they clearly aren’t managing it correctly - otherwise the same thing would be happening to Fremantle.

How many players at Freo have kids that’d be bringing it home from school/daycare?

Suspect that’s the difference.

 

[Chris_6678]

I don’t know.

…but they clearly aren’t managing it correctly - otherwise the same thing would be happening to Fremantle.

Or is just more ‘bad luck’?

It’s been a rolling shit show of a club for the last 18 months at least, so my faith is pretty low right now that it’s being handled correctly.

They have 2 cases and it could easily happen quickly like us.

2 weeks ago we only had Hedwards , Kelly and Ryan in HS protocols and it spiraled a week later.

 

[swingdog]

We have basic rules: Masks in change rooms & separate water bottles for each persoson, so far everyone is doing what we are told and there hasn't been any cases in the team yet. I do expect it sooner then later though.

Though i did hear about an ammos team where a player knew he has covid and played anyway and then the whole team got sick a few days after... all for a scratchie haha

Much the same though we hardly ever use change rooms.

Had a few cases - these are kids.

 

[Altum Volantes]

How many players at Freo have kids that’d be bringing it home from school/daycare?

Suspect that’s the difference.

How many of the Eagles players missing this week have school age kids?

Josh Kennedy and….

 

[mookieb]

Hope not, got onto North @ $1.84 earlier in week.

This after getting on the GC @ 2.10.

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

I got GC +23.5 and now North -2.5. Happy times.

Freo is $1.90 vs WC next week. Surely with all the disruptions, injuries and WC players with covid these odds will change by game day?