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

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1 hour ago, Mr Steve said:

Jackson was a little off on Sunday Night, hopefully he wasn't already infected. 

Probably can't determine that 7 days from when discovered. 

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    1 hour ago, deejammin' said:

    Of our best 22 candidates I can’t see Trac (please god no!), B Brown (unlikely, just had it), Jackson, Bowey (Demonland I can’t see him which photo?), Petty, JJ, Sparrow, Kozzie, Spargo, Brayshaw, Tomlinson. 
     

    I hope it’s our VFL boys (no offence guys), worrying if Bedford has it as it looks like he was there…

    EDIT: while I was writing Jackson was confirmed.

    Is B Brown having had Covid confirmed? I know he missed a week (which became three weeks for other reasons) for "Health and Safety Protocol" reasons, but that doesn't necessarily mean he had Covid. He may have been living with someone who had.

    And I know (or at least hope) we all think this, but let's hope anyone who has Covid gets better quickly with no lingering symptoms. That's much more important than whether we win or not on Saturday.

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    16 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Betting suspended on the game.

    This is serious !!

    Bet365 has the market open currently Wadda and we’ve drifted alarmingly from $1.17 to $1.22

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    37 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

    l thought petracca lived with kosi and another (maybe Jackson), although can't recall where that's from 

    Bedford I think 

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    54 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    I dont pay my membership for these punks to be out mixing with the general public. FFS there is a consecutive premiership to be won

    Please tell me you’re kidding 

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    Went to the game on Sunday night, I  was invited in to a club function and got a dose of covid there, there were a couple of coaches there and Robbo was the MC (?) so maybe that's where it came from. Watching the game I was seated next to one of the club Directors and he may have inadvertently contributed to the outbreak. I woke up in the middle of the night last night, with the sore throat, headache and runny nose, no big deal if that's all it is.

    I had a "close talker" having a chat to me and wouldn't be surprised if he spread it to a few there.

    As a matter of interest Lyndon Dunne was sitting in front of me and he was stirring the pot when a few Tigers fans were leaving, giving them the wave goodbye, they bit and were having a go back but Dunney just kept right on waving. There's no doubt where his allegiance lies.

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    1 minute ago, Dante said:

    Went to the game on Sunday night, I  was invited in to a club function and got a dose of covid there, there were a couple of coaches there and Robbo was the MC (?) so maybe that's where it came from. Watching the game I was seated next to one of the club Directors and he may have inadvertently contributed to the outbreak. I woke up in the middle of the night last night, with the sore throat, headache and runny nose, no big deal if that's all it is.

    I had a "close talker" having a chat to me and wouldn't be surprised if he spread it to a few there.

    As a matter of interest Lyndon Dunne was sitting in front of me and he was stirring the pot when a few Tigers fans were leaving, giving them the wave goodbye, they bit and were having a go back but Dunney just kept right on waving. There's no doubt where his allegiance lies.

    It can come on pretty slowly. Might pay to go get tested so you know for sure.

    Stay well.

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    Please not be bowey.

    So LJ is one.

    I wonder if the boys will miss Goody's calmness on the boundary.

    Dam it, I'm all for players living there life but imagine if this happens in finals or gf week

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    Hibberd is right to play but it is his first week back. I doubt he'll come straight into the seniors. Surely he needs to get some match fitness in the VFL first

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    1 minute ago, dees189227 said:

    Please not be bowey.

    So LJ is one.

    I wonder if the boys will miss Goody's calmness on the boundary.

    Dam it, I'm all for players living there life but imagine if this happens in finals or gf week

    I dare say most teams would be willing to go into some type of isolation period for the finals

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    From a positive perspective how demoralised will the rest of the competition be if we get up this week without our coach and another three of our better players. 

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    8 minutes ago, Demon4Life said:

    Hibberd is right to play but it is his first week back. I doubt he'll come straight into the seniors. Surely he needs to get some match fitness in the VFL first

    Yze said playing Casey this week

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    8 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    It can come on pretty slowly. Might pay to go get tested so you know for sure.

    Stay well.

    Thanks for your thoughts.

    I had a test this morning and I'm waiting for the results, but I had dinner with one of my sons last night and he's off to Hawaii this afternoon so I got  couple of RATs and did two both showed positive. I've told him and he's not feeling great about it.

    So far I've had worse colds that this and certainly "Man Flue" is far worse.

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    Just now, dees189227 said:

    Well the positive thing is all the caretaker coaches have won this season who have filled in

    That's the spirit!

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    Forced changes:

    Viney in for Sparrow.

    Tmac in for Jackson.

    Bedford in for Pickett.

    Unforced change:

    Lever in for Smith.

    Edited by Lord Travis

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    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Just tried to load up on the Hawks but Sportsbet gave pulled the game. 

    You’re not joking. I’ve been trying to back Hawthorn and the game’s not even listed. (TAB)

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    You would think that there’d be others as well by Saturday. 

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    Just now, bing181 said:

    You would think that there’d be others as well by Saturday. 

    Not necessarily. 
     

    Viney and Lever tested positive last week and they were the only 2 to miss 

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