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Goodwin, Jackson, Pickett, Sparrow, Petty & Neal-Bullen All Out with COVID

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2 hours ago, CYB said:

Not the worst idea....if they can actually get out of bed that is... Lots of data coming out that even professional athletes that have little to no symptoms are still impacted in lung health for upto a month. Dr Peter Larkin mentioned this on the radio earlier in the week. 

That could become a bit of a concern considering how much our game plan revolves around running and how taxing it can be over 4 quarters..

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    ANB is only behind Petracca for score involvements for us.... this one hurts big time he's not easily replaceable

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    9 hours ago, layzie said:

    That could become a bit of a concern considering how much our game plan revolves around running and how taxing it can be over 4 quarters..

    typical humans , looking for the worst scenario.

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    • Whispering_Jack changed the title to Goodwin, Jackson, Pickett, Sparrow, Petty & Neal-Bullen All Out with COVID
    1 minute ago, sisso said:

    This is odd if ANB trained today must have got symptoms later in the day

    Or no symptoms, positive rat or close contact…

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    2 minutes ago, sisso said:

    This is odd if ANB trained today must have got symptoms later in the day

    Or some players and staff with symptoms have been doing multiple RATs per day (which is sensible)

    Can definitely test negative of a morning with slight symptoms and positive in the afternoon with barely any change in severity

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    1 minute ago, buck_nekkid said:

    Or no symptoms, positive rat or close contact…

    Yeah you’d assume he did a RAT before training though unless they are doing 2 a day…

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    8 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

    typical humans , looking for the worst scenario.

    Maybe but it's also called being practical DD.

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    I wasn't worried before. But now I am nervous.

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    Can someone explain to me when are they gonna get rid of all these H&S stuff? Surely with player triple or even 4th jabbed and most of them already caught the disease it's just around the corner.

    I worry multiple games missed, like the flu this disease can present again throughout the year.

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    30 minutes ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    ANB is only behind Petracca for score involvements for us.... this one hurts big time he's not easily replaceable

    ANB would also be the club house leader in “holding the ball against” decisions.

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    1 minute ago, KingDingAling said:

    I don’t really see the point 

    You see you need 22 players to play in a game of football. And a sub of course. 4 of them will begin on what is called the ‘interchange’ or ‘bench’ as it is known in some parts.

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    I'll be spewing if Oliver's consecutive games streak gets torpedoed by this bloody virus in the coming days/weeks.

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    3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    ANB would also be the club house leader in “holding the ball against” decisions.

    1st for tackles.
    1st for goal assists.
    5th for frees against (behind Gawn, Pickett, Oliver and Joel Smith - and equal with Lever).

    Baffles me people still try to put ANB down.

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