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3 minutes ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

Delayed..  wtf. its 7 30 PM the night before the season.

Tough situation no doubt but talk about cutting it fine.

Not even started yet as per my tweet above this one. 

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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

Jaded No More
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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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AFL loves being in the news so this is probably manna from heaven for them. Delay, delay, delay.... find a scapegoat because you are too weak to make a decision and wear the negative blowback... announce season will be delayed and say its all about player/staff safety (When, if this was their priority, would have led to a delay announcement several days ago).

Upset "broadcast partners"

Upset "Gaming partners"

Money.

Still, i hope the season starts tomorrow, just because im selfish.

 

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CEO Gillon McLachlan will speak to the media at 7.45pm AEDT to provide an update relating to the 2020 NAB AFL Women's Competition and the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.

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54 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

Inside 24hrs following NRL game... means he was infected,  prior to the game.   Probably a couple of days Pre-game.

So what. He would have passed it on during the game in all probability 

Those players all go home....

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1 minute ago, Demonland said:

16.5 minute quarters. 

17 Rounds

Shorter quarters will favor less-fit clubs, bad for Melbourne unfortunately.

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1 hour ago, Demonland said:

What 2019 ladder would have looked like if each qtr had ended at 16.5 minutes with overtime
15-7 GEEL
15-7 BRIS
15-7 RICH
14-8 WCE
13-9 GWS
13-9 COLL
13-9 SYD
12-10 HAW

12-10 PORT
12-10 NTH
11-11 WBD
10-12 ADEL
9-13 ESS
9-13 CARL
8-14 FREM
7-15 STK
6-16 MELB
4-18 GCS

Via https://twitter.com/sirswampthing

Yep... we still suck 

 

Bring it on! Jesus we need something to do while the world shuts down.

 

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1 minute ago, Seraph said:

Shorter quarters will favor less-fit clubs, bad for Melbourne unfortunately.

All those efforts by the fitness staff to get our boys to a point that no one else could go to. I wonder if they will alter the way they go about things to allow us to go harder in the shorter bursts.

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3 minutes ago, Seraph said:

Shorter quarters will favor less-fit clubs, bad for Melbourne unfortunately.

But good if they push multiple games in a short period of time 

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Random question on the shortened quarters, what is that meant to achieve? Is that under the assumption that at some point they will be forced to cram more games into less time so therefor recovery time will be shorter?

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Sweet. But gee they took there time making the decision. I assume we would already have had a flight booked in case it did go ahead. Well get there, bring the 4 points home and for goodness sake stay safe and healthy. 

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1 minute ago, Pates said:

Random question on the shortened quarters, what is that meant to achieve? Is that under the assumption that at some point they will be forced to cram more games into less time so therefor recovery time will be shorter?

Potentially - yes.

Season might have to go on hold at some point(s) so having the quarter and game length shortened from the start ensures consistency throughout the entire season (if we get there).

There may be times where we'd have to play 3 games within 2 weeks for example.

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11 minutes ago, one_demon said:

I don't understand why you wouldn't cram games in after Round 1?

They might try, but it's utter nonsense. If we stop after 1,2, 4 or 6 games and have a 8-16 week lay off what does it matter? 

Stop when it's safe to stop and if we have to play September to December then do that.

If we can't get restarted at all then so be it.

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Totally different circumstances. You cannot compare this to anything else. 
Meanwhile an NRL player has tested positive AFTER playing a game...

That’s how this virus ? spreads

It is irresponsible madness to start the season now. 
 

People have to rediscover books for awhile....

Says the man posting like crazy about the topic on the internet...

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