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36 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Off topic slightly but how about Hawthorn's fixture this year.

In a COVID disrupted year, they'll get to the end of the year having only played three games away from the MCG, Marvel and UTAS (their other home). And of those three, one was an "away" game vs Gold Coast at the SCG. 

So they'll only have played two games all year in true foreign territory. 

Irrelevant club for the next decade

:) 

 
 
2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Anyone who can access the paywall?

It's only for the Geelong/St Kilda game. Also mentions home finals at GMHBA if no crowds in Melbourne. The agenda is obvious.


14 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

It's only for the Geelong/St Kilda game. Also mentions home finals at GMHBA if no crowds in Melbourne. The agenda is obvious.

So when do tickets to the G become available for Sundays' match

The AFL is secretly confident it will be allowed to open gates to the public in Victoria this weekend in what will be a major boost for the league. Here’s the latest.

Victorian footy fans could make a shock return this weekend with the AFL secretly confident it will be allowed to throw open the turnstiles in the wake of Melbourne’s sixth lockdown.

High-level talks for Geelong’s game against St Kilda to be declared open to the public are advancing in what would shape as a major boost for the competition on the eve of September.

Regional Victoria was released from lockdown on Monday night in a political decision which delivered unexpected hope that country-based Cats members would be granted entry for the Round 22 clash against the Saints, which is likely to be played on Saturday night but has not yet been assigned a timeslot.

Victoria’s contact tracers have isolated the latest outbreak to metropolitan Melbourne in a breakthrough which could ultimately strengthen the Cats’ premiership chances.

The Cats’ annual longshot request to play their home finals at GMHBA Stadium would be greatly enhanced if they could safely host crowds down the highway in their final two home-and-away games, particularly if Melbourne remains ridden by the virus.

The Geelong region has not detected a case for several weeks and coach Chris Scott’s decade-long plea for home finals would be hard to ignore if his town was a safe haven.

A decision on whether to welcome footy fans back at Kardinia Park this week is likely to be made by Wednesday.

“If it is safe to do it then we would,” Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday.

Some of it

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33 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

It's only for the Geelong/St Kilda game. Also mentions home finals at GMHBA if no crowds in Melbourne. The agenda is obvious.

I would rather forgo not going to a final in person than play a Home final against Geelong at Geelong.

Empty MCG every day of the week or Tasmania.

 
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12 minutes ago, Satan said:

The Cats’ annual longshot request to play their home finals at GMHBA Stadium would be greatly enhanced if they could safely host crowds down the highway in their final two home-and-away games, particularly if Melbourne remains ridden by the virus.

I called this weeks ago. This is why Top 4 isn't enough. We need to beat Geelong in Round 23. Don't want to play them 2 weeks in a row there.

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I called this weeks ago. This is why Top 4 isn't enough. We need to beat Geelong in Round 23. Don't want to play them 2 weeks in a row there.

Spoke to someone about this , beat adelaide and hope saints beat cats , then  we know how rnd 23 sits


1 minute ago, Satan said:

beat adelaide and hope saints beat cats

Saints have been hopelessly inconsistent this year. After playing very well against the Swans last week expect them to s**t the bed v Geelong

15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I called this weeks ago. This is why Top 4 isn't enough. We need to beat Geelong in Round 23. Don't want to play them 2 weeks in a row there.

we'll beat them twice

We have to finish above Geelong so they don’t cry for a home final down there. We just have to. 


56 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I would rather forgo not going to a final in person than play a Home final against Geelong at Geelong.

Empty MCG every day of the week or Tasmania.

FFS if we are above them I would rather Ballarrat even.  Just F off Scott.

4 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

It's only for the Geelong/St Kilda game. Also mentions home finals at GMHBA if no crowds in Melbourne. The agenda is obvious.

Geelong on alert after recording one of Victoria’s 20 new cases today

Surely the chances are slim to none

I am a bit surprised they are not playing Sunday night and even Monday night games given half the country is in lockdown.

I long suspected that the only way the cats would get a home final against a Melbourne based club would be if vic country restrictions differed from the metropolitan area. Let's cross our collective fingers & toes that the single covid case in Geelong spent their weekend at the Westfield Shopping Centre in the middle of town. 


41 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I long suspected that the only way the cats would get a home final against a Melbourne based club would be if vic country restrictions differed from the metropolitan area. Let's cross our collective fingers & toes that the single covid case in Geelong spent their weekend at the Westfield Shopping Centre in the middle of town. 

Unfortunately, the case is not in Geelong, but Lara 18km away. And has been in isolation for their full infectious period.

How good would it be if that fat block head of a coach Scott got his home final in geelong and we beat them (Provided we were to play them obviously).

That would be karma and bloody hysterical.

 
Just now, Demonland said:

 

Great. Much harder for the Dogs. I like it. Thanks Tassie. Now please also let me come and holiday there in the pre finals bye. Thanks. 

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Geelong on alert after recording one of Victoria’s 20 new cases today

Surely the chances are slim to none

The case allegedly recorded in Geelong actually came from Lara which is about 20k away by road. 


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