What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 3

[Dog 36]

Does a player have to stay for the whole hub time?

Can a player go to QLD for Round 6 AND 7 then choose to come home? (Not allowing for any state government changes)

 

[adogsfan5]

Does a player have to stay for the whole hub time?

Can a player go to QLD for Round 6 AND 7 then choose to come home? (Not allowing for any state government changes)

i think it’s whole time or nothing. The point is for the group to be together and isolated. And then another issue is crossing borders. What a nightmare

 

[Dog 36]

i think it’s whole time or nothing. The point is for the group to be together and isolated. And then another issue is crossing borders. What a nightmare

I would say once they leave the hub they cant go back in but cant see why they couldn't do couple of weeks then come home.

Not sure maybe I am missing something.

 

[LittleG]

Issue is then a new mother is away from her own support networks back here. Its tough, no matter whether they go or stay.

You really need grandparents/aunts & uncles there too.
I expect Wallis, Libba & Wood who are likely to miss time. Maybe a few months, maybe the whole season.

 

[bobs head soup]

Issue is then a new mother is away from her own support networks back here. Its tough, no matter whether they go or stay.

Agreed, that's why I said can't speak for individual circumstances.

How cool would it be if Libba and Wallis families both came up and the nursing mothers and partners supported each other. The 2 families have such a link in our history already.

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

Quite a few of our players will be living in hot spots you would think. Are their partners going to be allowed?

 

[bobs head soup]

Quite a few of our players will be living in hot spots you would think. Are their partners going to be allowed?

If the players are allowed, subject to a quarantining period, hard to see why the partners wouldn't be.

 

[bobs head soup]

Qld premier suggesting Vic teams will be up there for the whole season which will change a few considerations.

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

If the players are allowed, subject to a quarantining period, hard to see why the partners wouldn't be.

AFL games in QLD in October?? Heat stress might be a factor.

 

[maddog37]

You really need grandparents/aunts & uncles there too.
I expect Wallis, Libba & Wood who are likely to miss time. Maybe a few months, maybe the whole season.

we raised both kids with no relatives around us at all. Just saying. 12 weeks won’t hurt too much.

 

[bobs head soup]

You really need grandparents/aunts & uncles there too.
I expect Wallis, Libba & Wood who are likely to miss time. Maybe a few months, maybe the whole season.

Under the tight restrictions AFL players are meant to be abiding by, the wider relatives shouldn't be visiting the family home either way.

 

[Kennel Master]

Great to hear Bevo say they are looking forward to the hub and warmer climates. Embrace the hub!

Still hoping a trip to Perth will come later.

KM

 

[NBates]

Libba & Jongy had to move out of home already coz they're in lockdown postcodes, so maybe a trip to QLD won't bother them

 

[weltschmerz]

Great to hear Bevo say they are looking forward to the hub and warmer climates. Embrace the hub!

Still hoping a trip to Perth will come later.

KM

Our players who surf and/or golf should have a good time of it.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Where did I hear that players will be away for a maximum of 32 days, or was I dreamin’?

 

[Northernsoul74]

Our players who surf and/or golf should have a good time of it.

Or are young and single.

 

[weltschmerz]

Or are young and single.

So basically Cody Weightman’s going to have a great time.

 

[Iamspock]

I was hoping the NT would be an option for a hub. Teams based in Darwin and Alice Springs. Only half an hour time difference for for scheduling games to be televised in to Melbourne, and most importantly, they have far more sensible border restrictions, in that basically everyone can come in, even us Vics, if your not from a hot spot. This would enable both players families to be with them, and supporters to be able to travel to watch their team.

 

[Sentinel]

I was hoping the NT would be an option for a hub. Teams based in Darwin and Alice Springs. Only half an hour time difference for for scheduling games to be televised in to Melbourne, and most importantly, they have far more sensible border restrictions, in that basically everyone can come in, even us Vics, if your not from a hot spot. This would enable both players families to be with them, and supporters to be able to travel to watch their team.

My company has been trying to get someone up to Darwin (from NSW) for a job for the past couple of weeks and have found gaining exemptions for essential work far more difficult and stringent than for travel into WA or QLD. That is until the borders open on July 17.

 

[Iamspock]

My company has been trying to get someone up to Darwin (from NSW) for a job for the past couple of weeks and have found gaining exemptions for essential work far more difficult and stringent than for travel into WA or QLD. That is until the borders open on July 17.

OK, didn't realise that, given that the 17th is only two weeks away, may it could be an option for another hub, if the other Premiers continue with their posturing and politics.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Had to go interstate for work a few times shortly after my son was born. A day or two is a break but you would not want to be missing long stretches at all.

That said, they’ve gotta earn a crust and even though we’ve been up and down it’s a weird year and other teams may collapse as the season goes. Losing a lot of these guys will kill us.

The guys with very new babies (Mitch and Wood) will probably not go to start with but really the rest probably should. Hopefully the families can join them.

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

An increasingly hard sell: just what has happened to AFL football? | Jonathan Horn

How did we arrive here? Who, or what, is to blame? And is there a solution? Jonathan Horn breaks down the game’s current malaise

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hard Ball Get]

An increasingly hard sell: just what has happened to AFL football? | Jonathan Horn

How did we arrive here? Who, or what, is to blame? And is there a solution? Jonathan Horn breaks down the game’s current malaise

www.theguardian.com

That's a really poor article. If you can't explain the rules, you probably shouldn't be writing about it.

 

[scooter600x]

An increasingly hard sell: just what has happened to AFL football? | Jonathan Horn

How did we arrive here? Who, or what, is to blame? And is there a solution? Jonathan Horn breaks down the game’s current malaise

www.theguardian.com

Hammer. Nail. Head.

I agree with every single word of it.

 

[Boristown]

Hammer. Nail. Head.

I agree with every single word of it.

Bring back third man up.