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36 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I get your frustration. How hard is it now to book interstate trips without knowing the timeslot in advance of more than 4 weeks.

I wonder if this will be a permanent feature of the AFL going forward (floating fixtures) or if it's just a COVID thing?

I suspect that covid will prove to be the trojan horse the AFL use to do this long term BBP. It's already gone from a 6 week bracket down to just 2. It'll end up like the NFL with 'flex times' specifically for the armchair fan. 

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3 hours ago, AshleyH30 said:

Let's not kid ourselves. A large part of the reason we got the Saturday Night slot is because of Sydney. They've been given both Saturday Night slots for round 7 and 8.

While I'm happy we've received it, there is still a lot that needs to go right to get the better slots. If we were playing some other teams, I don't think we would have got it.

Partly right.... but it is interesting to note that high drawing teams like Collingwood, Carlton and Hawthorn don't have any Fri or Sat night games.   The league does appear to be giving better coverage to the teams in the 8.  If we keep winning, we'll get more prime time opportunities.

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5 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

[email protected] Will need to change my flight time back from Hobart. 

We booked from Friday to Tuesday to be sure. Now to book our tour of Maria Island on Sat or Monday.

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44 minutes ago, dworship said:

We booked from Friday to Tuesday to be sure. Now to book our tour of Maria Island on Sat or Monday.

Good plan DW. We've done 3 night stays before and included a day trip out to Bruny Island. Also visited MONA twice and are over it thb. Hobart itself is dead on a Sunday. Don't know anything about Maria Island but will have a look at it for a future trip. 

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16 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

I love Saturday night games at the MCG.   Very happy with that.  Imagine both teams are still undefeated?

Sydney should be, they have a soft draw coming up.

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18 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

They're probably just being careful as the dreaded hotel quarantine restarted today and it is inevitable that the Vic labor government will screw it up again.

 Cue Deflection Dieter to tell me  how the other mob would have done it worse lol

Returning Australians should be forced to do 18 days hotel quarantine and then submit a negative test before they jump on a plane to Australia.

Aside from family members being reunited, there is absolutely no upside for returning Australians to come home, considering we have the virus under control at the moment.

But a topic for another thread.

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13 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Returning Australians should be forced to do 18 days hotel quarantine and then submit a negative test before they jump on a plane to Australia.

Aside from family members being reunited, there is absolutely no upside for returning Australians to come home, considering we have the virus under control at the moment.

But a topic for another thread.

They're Australians. They are entitled to come home.

I don't understand why the hotels selected to use for quarantine are in the middle of our largest cities. Go regional. We also have Christmas island which can do the job. And as for having a quarantine hotel at an international airport. the mind boggles.

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1 hour ago, Better days ahead said:

They're Australians. They are entitled to come home.

I don't understand why the hotels selected to use for quarantine are in the middle of our largest cities. Go regional. We also have Christmas island which can do the job. And as for having a quarantine hotel at an international airport. the mind boggles.

we're also entitled to free movement but the government can put a stop to that on the back of a single case. i feel their plight but we're essentially hostage now to these returning travellers. 

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