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

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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

Top 5 (on averages) here are....

1.  Tracc 8.7

2.  Clarry 7.5

3.  ANB (equal third with Dunstan but of course Dunstan's isn't an average) 7.0

4.  Your nickname sake BB 6.3  ; and

5.  Fritta with 5.5

Harmes is just behind Fritta on 5.3

If Dunstan fires up with a similar output to last week i reckon we are well covered here

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    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.

    It betrays one’s knowledge of football.

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    If Nibbler was training today then I expect there'll be more outs tomorrow unfortunately..

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    Interesting that Melksham was brought in from outside the four emergencies announced yesterday.

    I wonder if one of the four emergencies got it as well as ANB, and Melksham was brought in.

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    If Nibbler was training today then I expect there'll be more outs tomorrow unfortunately..

    So atm more than a third of the flag team out. Wow, a win tomorrow would be special.

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    13 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    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.

    Good stats, but his skill execution and overall performance has dipped this year after a stellar 2021.

    At this rate we’re going to have players play tomorrow and then test positive early next week and miss St Kilda.

    I’ll be super impressed if we can win the next two.

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

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    1 minute ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    Perhaps stop doing RATs until postgame from now??

    That risks next week against St Kilda… odd few weeks coming up I think

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    6 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    ANB hurts most I reckon

    That run is hard to replace and has been critical to our game plan

    And the hitting targets when getting on the end is immense

    Wondering if we would have been better fared bringing in Baker to cover ANB's role instead of Melk??  Although Melk is probably better at that kick coming inside .... oh well.

    Edited by Demon Dynasty

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    5 minutes ago, deelusions from afar said:

    From memory Melksham played the Hawthorn game early last year and was looking very dangerous

    He and Langdon kicked 3 in the earlier Hawthorn game last year.

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    Just now, drysdale demon said:

    Practical by who, just panic stations by some fans.

    Whatever you say boomer! 

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    With petty and anb , there likely to miss stjilda game too , not enough time ,

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    2 minutes ago, Satan said:

    With petty and anb , there likely to miss stjilda game too , not enough time ,

    Unless they have a light does of it.

    Technically both are permitted to play.

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    33 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    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.

    What difference does it make? He has COVID after he most likely developed symptoms this arvo.

    What is becoming increasingly clearer though is that RATs and daily testing using RATs are pointless. The club could have easily avoided an outbreak had the AFL employed PCR testing as the preferred method of testing. 
    understand it’s a bit more logistically challenging, and more expensive but in our case would have probably avoided this mess. 

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    25 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Good stats, but his skill execution and overall performance has dipped this year after a stellar 2021.

    At this rate we’re going to have players play tomorrow and then test positive early next week and miss St Kilda.

    I’ll be super impressed if we can win the next two.

    He's had one fumbly game where his pressure and running was still elite.

    Just provided stats to you to show he's having a big impact this year.

    Seems you're just biased.

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    Sad but true, the more the odds are stacking against us, the more comfortable I feel. 57 years of underdog status is hard to shake. 
    Go Dees. 
    😂

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    Day after Queens bday. Someone in the team needs to host a COVID party and bolster immunity for the remainder of the season. 
     

    There is a 10 day break. 

    Edited by CYB

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    15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

     

    Makes you wonder if any other VIC clubs are going to cop it in the neck like we have.

    Apparently Collingwood’s entire squad (or most of it) had it in the off season. Wonder if they’ll cop a second round of it? 

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