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CHANGES: Rd 09 vs West Coast

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On 5/8/2022 at 7:23 PM, Chook said:

Everything I hear is that Lever by his own admission didn't come back fit enough post 2021

Where'd you hear that mate?

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    2 hours ago, roy11 said:

    True, they managed to pick up another 5,000 today too. I'm sure the players will be cautious.

    There needs to be a COVID ladder to see which club has missed the most players through H&SP
     

    actually, roy wa today got over 17,000 cases, the highest in the country by some margin

    i'm sure the club must be aware and will take precautions......i certainly hope so

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    8 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    actually, roy wa today got over 17,000 cases, the highest in the country by some margin

    i'm sure the club must be aware and will take precautions......i certainly hope so

    Thankfully our players' parents didn't 20-30 years ago.

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    1 hour ago, old dee said:

    That will make them even more keen to get him.

    I'm sure they'd like Clarry and Kozzi too but good luck with any of it

    LJ seeing WC being unfit and ill disciplined should do wonders for us signing him on quickly

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    12 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    I'm sure they'd like Clarry and Kozzi too but good luck with any of it

    LJ seeing WC being unfit and ill disciplined should do wonders for us signing him on quickly

    anyway, he's a freo boy. born in freo, played for south freo sharks. freo boys don't like weagles

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    1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

    actually, roy wa today got over 17,000 cases, the highest in the country by some margin

    i'm sure the club must be aware and will take precautions......i certainly hope so

    Sorry ambiguous post, meant additional 5,000 on top of yesterdays number of 12,000 just phrased poorly. 

    At least the game next week isn't against a challenger if something does happen

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    We can't just go into the next 2 weeks thinking these are walk in the park games. Eagles and North are done for the year and have nothing to lose so they won't have an issue taking risks. Rest anyone who is injured but if a rest isn't necessary then leave it be. If We play hard and decimate in seemingly simpler games then get the 8 points and get a percentage boost as a buffer. Many say that the next best teams after us are a long way from us but really they aren't that far. Freo and Brisbane have only dropped 1 game and from recent matches have a handy percentage boost. We drop a game as it stands and we drop to 3rd - we can't be complacent. We play each game hard and don't back down

     

    In Goodwin's press conf this morning it sounded like no changes.

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