2 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Injury report said available 

Some here say it was confirmed they were positive,  I only heard HS Protocols which at the time was for household contacts in Vic but notnsure AFL standards 

i think also the definition of a close contact is now less stringent 

Club operates re AFL ‘health and Safety’ protocols, not one state’s rules.  Assume these still have close contact iso provisions to meet the toughest standard (WA).  Don’t know if people are testing positive or just ‘close contacts’ under their rules?

 

Did people notice the players greeting and touching fans after the match on ANZAC eve?  Wonder if this was the source of infection?

6 hours ago, Jontee said:

I wonder if Yze will coach from the boundary

If he does, that will clearly give Mitchell the edge! Never worked for Goody.

16 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

[censored] me, the thread title stating "Covid19 claims" is a bit intense...

Relax. It’s just a bit past Easter. They’ll all rise again.

Unfortunate for those affected but hawks on a 5 day break and starting to show signs of fatigue because of Mitchell’s gung ho game plan. We’ll win regardless 

 

We will still win imo as we have other players who can come in and play their role within the structure. 

Go Dees. 

6 hours ago, Jontee said:

I wonder if Yze will coach from the boundary

Yze said today he would coach from the box. Choco may be the man in the boundary role this week rather up the front than back

Not sure how bad the covid cases are but MFCSS has sure claimed a few.

 

22 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Not sure you can automatically assume Lever and Viney will be back if they tested positive and were/are sick.

Not sure about Lever but Viney is so tough he is currently running through brick walls and apparently gave Covid-19 a bad case of the Viney-22.

Covid is out indefinitely

Viney for Sparrow, Bedford/Melksham for Pickett. Dogga out sure hurts, as he gives Max a massive chop out.

Hopefully no more out, but yesterday it was Goodwin, today is another 3, tomorrow? The whole round needs to be delayed so we can get our players back 😋

Saw this in an article on news.com

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/when-and-where-you-can-get-the-flu-vaccine-and-can-you-get-it-with-a-covid-booster/news-story/7b56a09e34b88c9afd7000af50db9f45

Looks like our emblem in the back ground. Wonder where this was  

38 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

Did people notice the players greeting and touching fans after the match on ANZAC eve?  Wonder if this was the source of infection?

Idk about last week, but post-match vs. GWS Maxy walked around the boundary touching as many hands as poss. And I know coz my hand was one of ‘em. 😁

And I only had to elbow about 10 kids’ heads outta my way on the path to Maxy’s hand. 🙃

Edited April 27, 20223 yr by WalkingCivilWar

9 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

And I know coz my hand was one of ‘em. 😁

And I only had to elbow about 10 kids’ heads outta my way on the path to Maxy’s hand. 🙃

So it was you WCW. Dammit 

This article says Lever and Viney will play: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1112980/melbourne-trio-ruled-out-of-hawks-clash

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

This article says Lever and Viney will play: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1112980/melbourne-trio-ruled-out-of-hawks-clash

That's what Yze said in the presser today ...

56 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Injury report said available 

Some here say it was confirmed they were positive,  I only heard HS Protocols which at the time was for household contacts in Vic but notnsure AFL standards 

Yze said in his presser today they were positive 

All teams are going to be hit with COVID at one time or another especially as we head into Winter. If we only have 3 out (there's still a few more days for others to turn) then we will have got off pretty lightly.

There is a doco about the black death on the history channel tonite.

@dazzledavey36 get ready for a Milkshake attack!

 

Edited April 27, 20223 yr by binman

Shows the importance of banking early wins and nailing close games.

Given how we handled the last two years in the hub and 2021 I feel we have been very mature about rolling with the punches and just getting the job done

OK   lose three,  gain two back. Only really down one senior player. Just allows the FD to have flexibility in selection.

 

it is a pity but it is also a pity I did not win lotto last weekend.    We have the depth.

Can we send Dogga to cough in the Hawks change rooms

We should still have more than enough quality to win this one, the Hawks are not at full strength either 

It is what it is people. As long as it's just these 3 and no more pop up I'm confident we can cover them. Dogga was average last week and a game off will get him ripe for Saints. Kozzie didn't do that much but we will miss his one percenters. Sparrow been playing well but Viney covers him.

Lever, Viney and a small to come in. Weid to assist in ruck. Simple and enough to give the Hawks a hiding.