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Slightly off topic but I just wanted to say that I live in Lucca in Italy and that, from our experience, the most important thing to do is to stop the spread of the virus....by whatever means necessar

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You would have to be a real [censored] to call the club and abuse their membership department and demand refunds right now.  This is not within their control and a club like ours can ill afford canc

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MEMBERS of the Melbourne Football Club have rallied around the Club in the wake of the news that crowds won’t be allowed into games for the foreseeable future due to COVID-19. In an impressive di

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14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Damien Hardwick expecting 16 1/2 minute quarters plus time on from tomorrow night.

DL, what's with the posting of a tweet or whatever, then copying & pasting the words as a separate statement, even though it's the same?

Just curious.

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Just now, The Chazz said:

DL, what's with the posting of a tweet or whatever, then copying & pasting the words as a separate statement, even though it's the same?

Just curious.

Two reasons.

1. I'm not sure if posting just the tweets/facebook posts keeps a searchable record for search engines linking back to Demonland. If at some future time those social media platforms disappear or the way they link old tweets/posts changes then that information is lost and any future generations reading Demonland won't be able to have a reference for or context to what is being talked about. I could just post the information in the tweets/FB posts without the original but I like to have the original Tweet/post available as the proof/source/credit for the information.

2. Some people use Adblockers. These Adblockers block the tweets/FB posts from appearing and hence if I just posted the Tweets/FB posts without copying the information then they would just see a blank post. Whilst I shouldn't assist people that choose to block our source of funding that helps pay for server & software costs I am being a nice guy.

People who use adblockers can whitelist (allow) ads from Demonland.com to still appear.

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43 minutes ago, My name is legion said:

Unfortunately this season of footy will be cancelled. It would be ridiculous to go ahead with it given the current state of affairs. 

Fortunately your opinion seems to be counter to those that run AFL.

Can’t wait for Sunday... Go Dees!

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1 hour ago, Demon3 said:

i do not get why 16 minute qtrs. compromised already, why compromise it more. Just my opinion.

Its so when down the track multiple games have to be played within the one week shorter games are what is planned. Its being applied now to make it consistent across the season.

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3 minutes ago, Grimes Times said:

Its so when down the track multiple games have to be played within the one week shorter games are what is planned. Its being applied now to make it consistent across the season.

Yep, that makes sense, GT. 

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5 minutes ago, Grimes Times said:

Its so when down the track multiple games have to be played within the one week shorter games are what is planned. Its being applied now to make it consistent across the season.

Yup,

I must say I like how the AFL are handling things.     Whether we get any games or not is another story.  I guess will find out in the next few hours.

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2 hours ago, Demonland said:

Damien Hardwick expecting 16 1/2 minute quarters plus time on from tomorrow night.

Is that 16 x 30 second quarters ?

Kinda like NFL. Whack an ad in between each play.

I dont see the point in this unless we're going to be running a compressed schedule.

I doubt they'll return to longer quarters next year.

We've finally built up a fitness base this year too. Won't be as big of an advantage now.

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It seems this is perfect timing for the AFL to implement Dangerball - shorter quarters, less games but Patrick still gets paid the same $$$$$$$.

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1 hour ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

Yup,

I must say I like how the AFL are handling things.     Whether we get any games or not is another story.  I guess will find out in the next few hours.

They should make a decision and let everybody know otherwise they risk being like formula one.

When it gets to this stage nearly 24 hours out then Morrison should have made it for them as he should have F1...

Politics is still alive and well.

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7 minutes ago, Jaded said:

How hard is it to make a call FFS?

 

I can help, I have a coin here somewhere. Wait, damn dropped it, heads we play tails we play,,,,,,,,,yeah it's heads. Go Deees!

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Come on Mr Gil. Are you that constipated. Just make a decision instead of looking likea schoolboy scratching his head over what flavour ice cream to eat.

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49 minutes ago, rjay said:

They should make a decision and let everybody know otherwise they risk being like formula one.

When it gets to this stage nearly 24 hours out then Morrison should have made it for them as he should have F1...

Politics is still alive and well.

There is one big difference. We already know there will be no spectators at the AFL games, so the decision directly affects fewer people. Sure, we would all like to know, but really the timing of the decision only affects the teams playing tomorrow, plus necessary officials and the AFL's "media partners". 

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7 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

There is one big difference. We already know there will be no spectators at the AFL games, so the decision directly affects fewer people. Sure, we would all like to know, but really the timing of the decision only affects the teams playing tomorrow, plus necessary officials and the AFL's "media partners". 

It effects the fans...

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