No finals in Victoria for the first two weeks

On a day Victoria recorded 55 new local cases of coronavirus,McLachlan confirmed the opening fortnight of the finals will be held outside of Victoria because of the lockdown extension and restrictions, a move which increases the chances of the grand final being held in Perth, Queensland or South Australia on September 25.

 

 

2 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

How can you change the date of the AFL Grand Final from the 25th to the 18th of September?

You can change the location of the GF to where ever in these times, but to think about changing the date of the GF is ludicrous, that has to remain sacrosanct.

I think getting the game played is the priority. Would be pretty bad if they put in a bye the week before the GF then cases pop up during that week and there is no crowd for the GF.

The way COVID/delta is destroying most of the east coast and now probably NZ, are we even going to have a grand final?

How can the AFL book in a grand final elsewhere and do it with any confidence?

3 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

How can you change the date of the AFL Grand Final from the 25th to the 18th of September?

You can change the location of the GF to where ever in these times, but to think about changing the date of the GF is ludicrous, that has to remain sacrosanct.

I think last year kind of set the precedent in changing grand final dates.

56 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The way COVID/delta is destroying most of the east coast and now probably NZ, are we even going to have a grand final?

How can the AFL book in a grand final elsewhere and do it with any confidence?

WA would have to be the safest bet in terms of covid risk

5 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

If they do bring the GF forward, and thus dispensing with the byes altogether, then winning the Qualifying Final will be crucial. Going straight into the Prelim with a week off would be a huge advantage 

So can someone rate the odds of us , Melbourne residents and GF guarantee members,  being able to attend a final...all finals....any finals. Please also include likely venues. Like could we go to Tasmania Qld or Sa...? Presume we win thru to the GF. Crystal ball the end of Melbourne lockup.....or no end . Presume a negative test is sufficient re travel requirements.

1 hour ago, special robert said:

So can someone rate the odds of us , Melbourne residents and GF guarantee members,  being able to attend a final...all finals....any finals. Please also include likely venues. Like could we go to Tasmania Qld or Sa...? Presume we win thru to the GF. Crystal ball the end of Melbourne lockup.....or no end . Presume a negative test is sufficient re travel requirements.

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Pollyanna you're not taking this seriously.

Squirrel reckons the new govt in Afghanistan really respect important religious festivals and would never have cancelled the finals.

So all in all he reckons in Victoria we would've been better off with the Taliban.

I have rapidly got to the who cares situation. I do care about Melbourne winning but don't care where the games are played.

 

 

7 minutes ago, special robert said:

Pollyanna you're not taking this seriously.

Squirrel reckons the new govt in Afghanistan really respect important religious festivals and would never have cancelled the finals.

So all in all he reckons in Victoria we would've been better off with the Taliban.

Mate, I’ve got no idea what you’re on about but if you live in Victoria you won’t be attending finals this year. Our case numbers were a disgrace today.

Hopefully in  2022 we can all attend finals, utilise our GF guarantee tickets and win the flag.

The winner of the Melbourne-Geelong clash will likely be given their choice of whether to play a Friday or Saturday night contest and their choice of venue outside of Victoria.

McLachlan confirmed on Friday there would be no finals in Victoria in the first two weeks.

If Melbourne chose the Friday night they would be playing their third six-day break in a row after a Monday Perth game in Round 22.

The minor premier is usually keen to play a Friday qualifying final off the pre-finals bye to maximise their chance of an eight-day break leading into the Grand Final.

But this year with a likely pre-Grand Final bye the minor premiers — likely Melbourne or Geelong — could play a Saturday final next week and still be guaranteed a 14-day break leading into a Grand Final.

The league will attempt to pair the 1 v 4 final in a timeslot close to the 5 v 8 match-up given the loser of 1 v 4 will play the winner of the 5 v 8 contest.

24 minutes ago, special robert said:

Pollyanna you're not taking this seriously.

Squirrel reckons the new govt in Afghanistan really respect important religious festivals and would never have cancelled the finals.

So all in all he reckons in Victoria we would've been better off with the Taliban.

Now I understand why you're "special"

17 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Mate, I’ve got no idea what you’re on about but if you live in Victoria you won’t be attending finals this year. Our case numbers were a disgrace today.

Hopefully in  2022 we can all attend finals, utilise our GF guarantee tickets and win the flag.

Don't be so negative. Squirrel also reckons he knows an Afghani mate of his who reckons he knows a people smuggler who can get us into any state in Australia. He's got this big truck and it can fit a whole lot of us in.  Once across the border you can claim asylum and demand to be taken to the footy.

If partners , kids, grand parents, swimming teachers and nanny’s aren’t invited to Perth, then the Adelaide Oval will host the Toyota 2021 grand final. You can take that to the National  Australia Bank.

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

Did I hear on fox they said 3 finals in Adelaide next week and 1 in tassie being an elim? 

I thought we were getting the choice or venue? 

NAUGHTY NAUGHTON 

Slammed after the tackle, will he get a week?

Georgiadies injured..

 

On 8/12/2021 at 7:50 PM, Jaded said:

If the grand final is in Perth and we can’t go due to being filthy Victorians, I would be happy to give my grand final priority access to WA Melbourne supporters. Just because we get to miss out doesn’t mean everyone else should. The more support we could get for the boys in finals the better. 
Should this awful situation arise, I would be more than happy to have private conversations with WA fans who post here to try and help them out. 

Me too J. Do we need to speak to club membership to arrang this?

On 8/19/2021 at 12:03 AM, Demon Disciple said:

yep, we can effectively kiss goodbye any chance of having finals in Victoria goodbye. Dan was looking for any excuse to throw us into further chaos, and those imbeciles gave it to him on a platter. There has been mass failings on all levels - monumental federal [censored]-ups with vaccine rollout - state shuts down at the sound of a sneeze - d!ckhe@d citizens blatantly disregarding public safety measures. 

Sure it would be great to see finals live and if Victorians are allowed to travel to games (next to impossible), i'd travel anywhere in the country to attend a GF if we made it. However, at the end of the day, a premiership is a premiership, and i would gladly accept one no matter the way it came.

Coming up to 57 years and counting.............

 

I reckon Dan does not want to lose another grand final. He was very visibly annoyed not to be able to lift restrictions.

Anger was obvious when he referred to the idiots who had let s all down.

Agree with all your comments

 

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If partners , kids, grand parents, swimming teachers and nanny’s aren’t invited to Perth, then the Adelaide Oval will host the Toyota 2021 grand final. You can take that to the National  Australia Bank.

Can you imagine playing a home grand final against Port in Adelaide. FMD. 

If we win tomorrow we will play either Bulldogs or Brisbane. 

Here are the shorelines for Brisbane to finish 4th.