mighty_tiger_79 wrote:So restrictions that were gonna be lifted get a set back?

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Nope.
Scotty will be pulling the states into line very soon I’d imagine

If you believe China's numbers.* Obviously. I’m not talking about going there currently but in months/years whenever the authorities deem it safe then why not. There will come a point when travel does get opened up again

Of course. I'll be on the Murray or KI if you need me. ;) Funny how when it has something to do with Port, China’s numbers are reliable [emoji23]

Dutchy wrote:

Booney wrote:
She had flown into South Australia and was exempt from the state’s 14-day compulsory self-isolation for compassionate reasons.

Would like to know why she was given an exemption.

I’d be more concerned with why she wasn’t tested before leaving quarantine

International flights look set to resume next tuesday on a restricted basis with Singapore airlines. Singapore is allowing transits from today so next week will be more flights but still for essential travel and repatriation only. The aim is to potentially open a travel bubble in the coming months so who knows when some form of regular travel will be allowed

International flights look set to resume next tuesday on a restricted basis with Singapore airlines.

Watch the news this is freight only. Flight includes potato’s and Brussels Sprouts People with a urgent or essential need to travel or return home can book on those flights aswell. Won’t be a huge capacity but I know there was 26 seats booked when I checked the log Friday

I'm thankful for the protest, it will probably be the precursor to get crowds back at the footy sooner rather than later.
A precedent has been set. I insist that the next BLM protest be held on the hill of Adelaide Oval during a SANFL game. Solidarity, brothers! Banner Lives Matter, bring back Eric!

Anyone watch the Front Bar last night? I know (or have always heard) how the AFL came about because the VFL was in trouble, but having Ross Oakley on there last night straight up saying it I must admit gave me the shits.

When asked the thought behind the AFL or what kick started it "Well we needed to find a new way to inject some cash into our struggling VFL clubs."

AFL has always been a rebranded VFL, it was never about Australian Rules Football having a truly National Comp (if that was the case NT and Tas would have had teams years ago) He didn’t say anything I hadn’t read or heard before. Of course it is a rebranded VFL and the stupid non Victorian clubs fell for it boom, line and sinker. The clubs knew what they were getting into yet in their haste to join the comp they somehow forgot that they held all the cards and if they had only held out out for another year or two it would be a vastly different landscape. Only 2-3 VFL clubs would have survived if the interstate clubs had held their nerve and a new national comp would have been formed from the ashes

Port have absolutely fleeced the Hawks on the Chad trade

Carlton losing by a point is far better

One thing from Saturday night and I'm all for diversity and inclusion, but Glouftis should not be umpiring at AFL level. She literally looks to one of the other umpires for affirmation before she makes any decision and three times Saturday night another umpire called a free for a play that she was controlling.

Does anyone know if umpires are being rotated? She didn't officiate in the last quarter.
She's an easy target for criticism. There would have been a number of instances over the round where decisions were made by a "non controlling" umpire and from what I saw there were umpires in other games that may have influenced the result due to their poor decision making. We should accept that umpires make mistakes. She is a pretty poor umpire but atleast she isn’t a cheat like Margetts

[quote="Brodlach"]Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has just said all close contacts with Conor McKenna will need to quarantine for 14 days. Says it's then up to Essendon whether they have enough players to field a team. Our games will be postponed and we will be playing catch up. The AFL are prepared for it in their contingency plan as they are expecting more to test positive

Might be time for Victoria to get its shit together. Agree.
The AFL knew that this was a huge chance of happening and aren’t going to halt the league every time a player tests positive

Essendon ignored the AFL advice of not putting all one area of the field in the same group of 8, I think his group of 8 will be declared close contatcts, it includes, Hurley, Saad, Hooker, Redman, Ridley. So they will be out for this week and they will be expected to field a team, Carlton benefit again from Essendon testing positive.
Apparently McKenna went to an open house inspection last weekend so should get a suspension on top of his 14 days isolation, wouldnt surprise if its a very lengthy suspension. Might just put him over the edge and send him back home for good[/quote]I think he will cop a lengthy suspension. Players are allowed to go to open inspections in Victoria if they are purchasing a house but it’s a grey area in regards to a rental.
With the virus rates in Melbourne there will be more players test positive soon. The Vic clubs should’ve been sent to SA or WA from the start

There is a lot of talk about a hub being set up in Perth with 60K crowds from mid July. If Perth can do it, why can't Adelaide be an option?

Cause the WA Premier holds the whole AFL competition in his hands as a bargaining chip.
.... so, why can't Marshall do the same? Because SA has already committed to opening up its borders. WA have no intent to open yet

[quote="Apachebulldog"]Channel Nine News snippet.

" No Evidence to link Victorias Black Lives Matter Protests amid state of emergency "

My opinion is Melbourne is now reaping the benefits of the BLM protest two odd weeks ago.

Well done Comrade Dan . LOL :Hangman:

Your opinion contradicts the evidence .

Pretty sure they've focused their investigations on a couple of large family gatherings and a shop / family that works within it.

But hey, all guessing.

What evidence?

The one where Vic Health and it's professionals have openly stated where all the positive cases are being linked to via contact tracing. ie. Keilor Downs family outbreak.

There hasn't been a single transmission linked to any of the nation-wide BLM protests (yet, could still be a possibility, let's not rule out that any future ones could be linked)[/quote]For me it’s more the message around hosting the BLM. Once that was allowed to go ahead plenty of the people thought “stuff it if they can have a protest we will do whatever we want”
There was a noticeable change of attitude in people and many have relaxed or blatantly broken SD rules which I think has led to some of these cases in Victoria.

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Bring in a law!

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NSW have passed a law where if you don’t take the test you must do an extra 10 days of quarantine

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:They've started printing off the premiership merch

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Please let them go undefeated until the GF

Jimmy_041 wrote:Why aren't these people tested BEFORE they get on a plane?
FFS - get organised!

What people?
The returning travellers aren’t a issue if strict quarantine procedures are followed.

Lightning McQueen wrote:How do they get credited to us? They never hit the public.

They get credited to their arrival port.
The numbers are meaningless and these people are of no harm as long as quarantined correctly.

Armchair expert wrote:Sidebottom 4 weeks

What an absolute joke

Too lenient you think?

Just sad.
Was a fantastic player and top bloke by all reports
Thoughts go out to his family and the Panthers

[quote="Booney"]Gee whiz....

Passengers flying from Melbourne to Sydney on a Jetstar flight on Tuesday night were able to get off the plane without undergoing a health screen for symptoms of coronavirus.

The major health breach, confirmed by Jetstar to NCA NewsWire, allowed some on board to enter the major city with no scrutiny.

A Jetstar spokesman said crew assisted health officials, who were reportedly not present at the time the plane landed, by locating passengers in the terminal. Jetstar, say no more

How is it jetstars fault that nsw health didnt have people ready to do the health checks??

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Health officials should be there waiting IMO[/quote]Absolutely they should but if they aren’t it’s up to the airline to hold passengers on board and radio through to the relevant authorities and they will dispatch staff ASAP. Both are in the wrong and will get hauled over the coals for it

Andrews is really trying to double down on his political reputation now.
Still won’t bring in the Feds to help & trying to do it HIS way.
This is going to get a lot worse and, being the second biggest state economic wise, he will cane us all.
What is it that the Feds want do that is different to what Andrews is doing? Not use rent a cops to guard quarantine hotels to start with.
The Feds have offered the services of ADF personnel and Dan decided that he didn’t want them

Winless in the league and reserves.
This is downright pathetic
Onya bike Cotton you tool.
Will be sending my membership back tomorrow and won’t be attending another game whilst that muppet is at the club

Turbo wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Anyone know the price of grand final tickets?

asking for a friend....

You and I won’t need to worry about it anytime soon

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mighty_tiger_79 wrote:How many games will West Coast get in perth?

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Probably 8 or 9

More and more about the camp coming out


https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-li ... ae9e961442

Bum Crack wrote: One thing is guaranteed though, we will beat Pies tonight.

This aged well

That was an incredible kick to win it

Great to see Comrade Dan has total control of the sheep and goats in his Socialist state of Victoria.

So do tell me where have all the masks come from maybe from his mate Wuhan Xi Jinping gotta prop up the Chinese economy :lol:

Serious question, do you actually believe what you are saying or you taking the pi55 for fun on this site? He is on the money in this instance as I believe about 3m masks are coming from Wuhan to Victoria

Further restrictions from next wednesday for SA.

Bit surprised with some of them, does the Govt know something that they are not telling us :o

On the other hand alot better to be safe than sorry ;) I was told plenty of returning residents are disobeying the self isolation rules and as we have now seen with the returning wharfie things can turn to shit quickly.

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Not watching Crows match, needing McKernan to go for a SGM, does he look likely at all??

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Not with Tahlia hanging off him and our putrid forward entries

Did the blokes who grew up watching footy in the 40’s, 50’s & 60’s who then watched footy in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s think, WTF has happened to the game?

So now it’s our turn, as blokes who grew up watching footy in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s who watch the game now, and think...what a load of shit? My old man is in his 70’s and still maintains the football in the mid 80’s to 90’s was the best era of football. I’ve heard that from a few people in that age bracket

Just reading some muppet living in Woodside decided he didn't need to do the 14 day quarantine after coming back from Victoria & went to the gym. Haven't found out which gym yet but the family go to the local one in Balhannah so will be pretty p!ssed if that's where he went & tests positive. WTF is wrong with people. The bloke came back from Sydney and I believe he has tested negative.
Has been fined over $1000 for each offence so is now about $6k out of pocket

southernbulldog wrote:Jim 05 after the last few games are you back on the Cotton bandwagon

Never was on it. No offence to West and Centrals but they were always going to be bottom 2 and as such we shouldn’t be losing to either. We still haven’t beaten a decent side yet

Can someone explain the grounds for dismissal (or standing down indef) on Mitch Cleary with the AFL after he shared the Cotchin missus insta post of her breaching covid rules? I don't get it... Mitch Cleary is employed directly by the AFL I believe so you would think his obligations to the AFL should override any obligations he has a journalist.
Bizarre decision either way

Codswallop! His job as a journalist is to report on football news, not to drive AFL propaganda, that's rubbish Jim and his sacking has the finger prints of a dictator all over it. I’m not saying I agree with it but that would be the logic the AFL would be applying.
Any journalist that writes or says anything disparaging against the AFL is threatened to have their accreditation removed, just ask Grant Thomas.
The AFL is an absolute dictatorship, not sure how people already didn’t know this

Corona Man wrote:

locky801 wrote:Be out of these 2 sides to challenge West Coast at the MCG Grand FInal Day

GF won’t be in Melbourne. Get set for Port to play West Coast in Brisbane for the flag.

Richmond still favourites for me. Several players to come back in and may not have to leave QLD for the last 5-6 weeks

Love our Dreamtime guernsey for the Darwin game.
Unfortunately it will resemble red and black witches hats against the Tigers

The Bedge wrote:I love reading the Crows supporters comments on social media when they lose and where the blame all goes.

Cant believe Eleni single handed beat 22 Crows players.

She was shocking again last night but reckon Tex stuffed up more than she did

Don't watch a lot of SANFL. Just highlights these days. Is Norwood a good side and Cotton needs a boot up the ar5e or are we just a midtable side playing to our capabilities?

Kindest,

REB We are a better side than we have been showing but we have a horrid game style and are coached poorly IMO.
Good forward targets and we are more interested in playing keep offs and chipping it around than actually trying to get in to the forwards 1 on 1.

I'm way cooler than Millhouse, I played a Tuba.
I also played a Sousaphone when we marched and a euphonium earlier in my career but neither of those added to the cool factor of a Tuba. 8)
What, no French Horn?*

By the way, that reminds me of a joke.
Q: How do you know you're going out with a French Horn player?
A: When you're pashing her she tries to stick her hand up your bum.
Does she play for Richmond?

One of the blokes called in “sick” today but sent a few of us this

Hawkins might kick 8 on Clurey.
Might be time for a change Ken

That was always my understanding to
They showed the actual AFL rule on the Sunday Footy show and the umpire was spot on, its taken from in play closest to where it lands out of play.


How did they explain it Wedgie? Rule as quoted in post above seems pretty clear.
They quoted the law (printed it on the screen), I assume the AFL is different or the above rule is outdated. Apparently the laws got rewritten in 2019 to take a few grey areas out

Even the Essendon top up team weren’t 0-12 and actually won 3 games.
Come to think of it the top up team would probably beat our current side

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Everyone pumped up Ports win v Richmond....but perhaps Richmond arent that good....

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We drew with the Suns so it shows how bad they are.
I still expect Richmond to win comfortably tonight

Booney wrote:Fines like Buckley and Sanderson and we move on. Easy.

Am I right in saying that all players guilty so far have missed at least 1 game?

Maybe get the lads to say they invited Cotchin’s wife over or they were having a hit of tennis with Molik

Buttler making runs shows how woeful the Pakistan attack is.

Just sack the turd already you fools

Inside 50’s - Richmond 67-24 Essendon
How the **** do you only lose by 12 pts with those figures We were extremely accurate whilst they missed plenty of easy shots. Richmond had a lot of poor inside 50’s where they just bombed it in and a lot of shallow entries where our defenders managed to hold them off.

Can we just give Lynch a game and stop all the crap.
While we're at it lets make any head rubs to an oppo player a free kick. I watched local U15 and U17 footy yesterday and its rife in that, you cant expect kids that age to have the same discipline as an AFL footballer to be able to ignore. At some stage some kid will snap. Wasn’t much in it but Lynch did give a sly push/jab to Hurley’s throat.
He should get a week for stupidity after being given a huge reprieve last week.
I’d actually prefer stagers and divers to cop 1 match bans :)

I said at the time that there was plenty to play out in this one and not to believe everything you hear.

locky801 wrote:Jim will be on the champers tonight, the Bombers are back

I’m happier that Joe was back and played well. Man we have missed him