News Conor McKenna tests positive for COVID-19 - Wait, what?

[Aussie in exile]

So Essendon were told to split their training groups and they had their entire backline training together.

They should definitely play then.

A club with a culture of doing things their way, and as before another fail

 

[JT_the_Man]

'The Herald Sun understands McKenna, who is asymptomatic, had trained in a small group with fellow defenders Adam Saad, Cale Hooker, Michael Hurley, Matt Guelfi, Jordan Ridley and Mason Redman.

The AFL had encouraged clubs not to stack their training groups with players from the same line.

But the AFL will tell Essendon it needs to play next week even if its starting back six are not available while in quarantine.'

The same will happen for the Collingwood game.

They will probably push the Collingwood game to Sunday so all of our players are available.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Exclude all those who directly interacted with him as part of training. Field a team with the rest. Absolute horse$hit to delay games and disrupt an opponent’s preparation as a consequence.

LOL Essendon will have no backline. But then that's the risk you take when you go the line trains together strategy (Essendon, Collingwood) instead of the mix lines route (Brisbane)

 

[JT_the_Man]

LOL Essendon will have no backline. But then that's the risk you take when you go the line trains together strategy (Essendon, Collingwood) instead of the mix lines route (Brisbane)

We are seriously lucky that it’s our strongest line. From the sounds of things we will still have Francis, Gleeson, Ambrose and BZT. If something like this happened in the midfield or forward line it would be 2016 all over again.

 

[theyellowsash]

If he is banned for the season does his working visa get cancelled and he gets deported?

dunno, has dutton ever deported a white person? normally he just helps them, especially where mclachlan is involved.

 

[banzai]

The penalty should be giving Melbourne the 4 points. If Essendon want to punish the player they can, but why should Melbournes season be compromised?

 

[Senor M]

dunno, has dutton ever deported a white person? normally he just helps them, especially where mclachlan is involved.

Shane Martin doen't count does he?

 

[theyellowsash]

Shane Martin doen't count does he?

hes maori isnt he?

 

[Great8]

Shane Martin doen't count does he?

Lifetime criminals and thugs are a different matter

 

[Xtreme]

Zero sympathy

Dan Andrews told us all to STAY AT HOME!!!!!

 

[WN123]

Does anybody actually KNOW what the restrictions on players are? It’s seems plenty on here are guessing?
If they have been broken then it’s reasonable that we play with whoever does not need to isolate.

 

[FreeTK]

Or maybe a state with a much bigger population is always going to struggle to keep a highly contagious virus under control?

There’s a thought.

The corona dick measuring contest is a joke.

And yet NSW, the most populated state with the most densely populated city, has almost zero locally acquired cases for the last 2 weeks.

Funny that.

 

[RAPPA]

Does anybody actually KNOW what the restrictions on players are? It’s seems plenty on here are guessing?
If they have been broken then it’s reasonable that we play with whoever does not need to isolate.

Keep house parties to 20 or less.

 

[Ambrosia]

Keep house parties to 20 or less.

Back down to 5 now I think

 

[RAPPA]

Back down to 5 now I think

Pfft AFL players are above the law

 

[boncer34]

No sympathy for him.

 

[nahnah]

They will probably push the Collingwood game to Sunday so all of our players are available.

would you want to play a team full of players coming out of iso with no body to body contact for 2 weeks though?

 

[Great8]

No sympathy for him.

If guilty of course?

 

[boncer34]

If guilty of course?

He is guilty.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

If so then McKenna deserves an apology from the media.

 

[boncer34]

Reports that Connor may not have breached rules.

If so then McKenna deserves an apology from the media for reporting that breached rules

Where?

 

[Great8]

He is guilty.

Ok, I just hadn’t seen a statement from the AFL or club so thought it was still conjecture

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Where?

I think ch7 were going with something similar

 

[kaiserchief13]

If so then McKenna deserves an apology from the media.

He should have blood cells that reject the virus immediately and make him immune to testing positive. Anything else = he is at fault

 

[Great8]

Zero sympathy

Dan Andrews told us all to STAY AT HOME!!!!!

But he also said you can get on the beers with your mates!