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Hi goodwindees. I don't think we've spoken on the forum before. Were you given any indication as to when during the season this discussion took place ? I guess I'm just trying to pinpoint whether how the team were travelling at the time could have had anything to do with his enquiry ?

These three boys should probably make the most of the open bar at the B&F tonight.

It was just last week that Goodie said in a presser that we have to become more ruthless as a club. The outcome of this might be the earliest indication of that happening.

Collingwood fans remind me of England fans. I'm friends with quite a few as individuals and it sometimes makes me think, geez, maybe I shouldn't be so negative about their team, they're really nice people. Then I see them as a collective unit at a game and know exactly why I should trust my instincts.

So Collingwood are heading to Perth. Should we have a whip round for a get well soon card to Josh Kennedy and Jeremy McGovern ?

Not sure Jaded but that might be the current starting point for a second breach by a club. I'm sure all of the facts will come out soon enough so we won't be in the dark for long.

Two conflicting stories on this so far. Best to let things play out and let calmer heads prevail I think.

Pity Freo couldn't have been this useless when we played them.

Given his time again I'm sure he'd turn the other cheek.

I don't see the dogs letting this one slip unfortunately. If they do make it I'll probably cheer them on as my adopted team during the finals.

There was a small enclave of red & blue deep in doggies territory cheering the boys on too Eddie. I'm no fan of the guy but to be honest he's not that far off the mark with his quips about our inner east fan base and silvertail reputation. When not on jobkeeper I work in Armadale and every second car parked on the street there has the little demon jumper sticker on the back window or number plate. They can't all belong to servants and au pairs.

This reminds me of a similar story that had a happy ending OX. In 2005 on the last day of the season Celtic just had to win at Motherwell to win the title. We (Rangers) were also playing away against Hibernian in the capital. Celtic were a goal up with just a few minutes to go and we were also a goal up in Edinburgh. Enter stage left a certain Scott McDonald. He not only scored an equaliser but also the winner, deep into injury time. The day is known as Helicopter Sunday as the chopper that was on it's way with the SPL trophy down to Lanarkshire had to change course mid flight and head east to Edinburgh instead. What makes the day so perfect is that Scott McDonald is an Australian international footballer and he son of a Celtic daft scottish dad that emigrated here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0-r4b6myvM

I woke up with a sinking feeling today. I feel like we'll still win but it won't be pretty and the dogs will get the job done tomorrow. I've since had my first strong coffee of the day and don't feel quite so bad.

A friend of mine has a youtube channel called Schuey's BBQ if you're interested Josh. He was the brains behind a show called Dippers BBQ Wars that aired on channel 7 for one season. I've added a link below. Enjoy your 2 days off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdb9JREn6dQ&t=61s

Giants looking more like a misfiring trabi than a ferrari right now.

I hope we utterly [censored] up Melbourne’s season. We're way ahead of you boys. I almost feel sorry for them if they make it, they’re 12 months ahead of us. On the road to obscurity ? I welcome the chance for Melbourne to kick Collingwood out of the 8. Eh ? You’d have to consider who he is playing on. Kosi ? Maybe Melky. I’d say yes. They know Melky plays for us now ?

Not a great start but as long as the Giants can kick the next 11 goals we should be fine ??‍♂️

Fair point '56. I just thought he worked so well with the Weid prior to his injury and is a good chop out for Max who still looks to be playing a little sore. Brown is a bit too beige for mine.

No Jacko. If we need to gain 50+ points on the Saints we better be hoping GWS make up the lions share of them as I can't see us doing it tbh.

Brutal. I thought Dom Tyson might've been on that list but I think he is still under contract and could be on half decent coin. How many will that be once you add required players that might want out ?

Hi DJ. Yeah, I think you might be right about that. I read somewhere that it's the other states that have closed their borders to Victoria and not us closing ours. With individual states having the whip hand we have to get our numbers down to a consistently low level for them to be opened to us again. I work in the travel industry and never understood why at the outset it wasn't made a requirement of travel by the federal government that all people boarding flights into Australia must be tested for covid and spend 14 days in hotel quarantine on arrival or be refused boarding at the point of departure. Every country has official entry requirements that all airlines must adhere to. I've dealt with plenty of people over the years that have been refused boarding because they have no proof of onward travel to a neighbouring country, don't have enough funds to cover the length of time they want to spend in a country without illegally working, don't have proof of the mandatory inoculations for a particular country etc. All airlines know that if they let that person fly and they are refused entry on arrival then the airline is fined around $10k and has to fly the person back again at their own expense. Therefore they take this very seriously. As all cases effectively originated overseas we'd have no virus carriers in the population and no need to contact trace anyone. I know that everything has to be seen through a political prism these days and making this happen would have seemed both expensive and overbearing on the public at the time and perhaps out of step with what other nations were doing but boy does it sound like great idea in hindsight.

Hi DD. I think people are also underestimating the length of time it will take to get the majority of not just Australia but the world in general inoculated against the virus. Your point about when we might see capacity crowds at the G may not be far off the mark but I hope you're wrong.

You make some good points there Pates. Whilst some of my own views take more of a socialist line (free health care & child care, public transport and utility companies to be publicly owned, no taxpayers monies to be given to private schools and religions to be taxes like any other business) I think there still needs to be a lot of scope for people to be creative and industrious as this is what makes many of us tick. From a football perspective it's a tough one to answer. The AFL own all of the club licences but the 18 clubs are the AFL. All with an equal stake in the game in a competition that's only as strong as it's weakest link. In the modern day only Hawthorn has been able to attain regular success in a competition designed to bring the best performing clubs back to the pack and give the poorer performers a leg up. Supporters can also be fickle and a year or two of poor on field performances can see fairweather supporters drop off quickly. Geelong being the exception where it's been mooted they earn $1 million per home game and have a local supporter base that far exceeds the capacity of the stadium. As for your double up point, yeah I'd happily accept meeting those five teams a second time. This year is really an outlier with the season having been turned on it's head so I wouldn't mind if the ladder placings were ignored for just this one time.

Thanks DD. You've saved me an email. So the discount for 2021 relates to standard members that have paid for the GF guarantee to be added to their season ticket ? It makes me wonder how many supporters collectively make up those four coterie groups. Not quite enough to fill our entire GF ticket allocation it seems.

Eddie McGuire made a good point (first time for everything) at the outset of all this when he said that we should just replicate what was supposed to be the original 22 game season for this year again in 2021. That way all the teams that were due to host marquee games can do so with fans (hopefully) in attendance. Yes it means we fly to Perth again for Round 1 but if the flip side is getting to host Richmond and Collingwood in our blockbusters then I think it's a price worth paying. I'll also get to reuse my Jetstar tickets to HBA for the final game of the season.