Wrecker46

I got a few good facepalms from @Lord Nev today because I can only presume he / she doesn't have the competency to counter an argument.

This from our gov health website. No mention of the vaccine stopping the transmission https://www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/approved-vaccines/how-they-work How the vaccines work These vaccines will protect you from getting severely ill or dying if you get COVID-19. The vaccines train your immune system to recognise and clear out the virus, before it makes you seriously ill. Your body's immune system builds this protection over time. You are best protected 7 to 14 days after your second dose. Your booster dose helps restore and extend this protection. The virus that causes COVID-19 (called SARS-CoV-2) has spikes of protein on each viral particle. These spike proteins allow the virus to attach to cells and cause disease. The vaccines help the body to: recognise these spike proteins as a threat fight the coronavirus that has these proteins.

I don't get the logic. I'm double vaxxed and have had covid. All the data suggests that if you are double vaxxed you are much less likely to get severe symptoms, go to hospital or ICU. I had mild symptoms and that is more than likely due to the vax and also the Omni strain. As far as I can determine the vax doesn't stop the spread. So it makes no difference to the person next to you if you are vaxxed or not. The responsibility is on the person themselves to get the vax done and they shouldn't worry about people around them. The only reason I can see for mandates is to keep hospitalisation rates down and have as many beds available for those who need them.

My mail is he would have played or at least been sub if May wasn't going into the GF with a grade 6 hammy issue. We couldn't go in with two suspect hammy's even if Smith's was graded much better at the time.

Isn't it refreshing that we have a midfielder rated as the best player in the league and he isn't even the best one at Melbourne.

I just saw the highlights on the news. Clarry kicks a replica of his bang bang bang goal. He kicked exactly the same goal in the last round against Geelong as well. It's becoming a trade mark. If he continues this trend I don't think it will be just Melbourne supporters saying he is the best midfielder they have ever seen.

Rivers was a lock in our premiership year. I can't see how he wouldn't be next year.

Don't forget to add in Bowey for rising star to juice up the odds

Oliver tied for our b&f with Max a couple of years back.with 2 dislocated shoulders. A finger wont bother him.

Oliver fixes up Bont in our serge to our first premiership in 57 years. Not only does he negate him when it counted most he also dominated himself at the same time. Lots of posters say nobody surpasses Flower. We will find out in the next few years and my hunch is Oliver will. When we drafted that fat redhead kld way too early in the draft there is not a single poster on Demonland who could have imagined we would be trying to compare him to Flower a few years later.

I don't know. The dees only lost to the bottom sides and belted the suitcase out of the top ones.

Half the team live at Brayshaws parents house. He is going nowhere.

I would be very surprised if Hunt left. His uncle played for Melbourne and Hunt has his locker. He is Melbourne through and through.

Agree to disagree except for the going around in circles which we would and I agree. Have a good weekend as well. Go Dees 2022.

If only Col had the buy in of Oliver and Petracca. He obviously didn't have the same support as they do. RIP Col

I don't think the colour of your skin should be a nuance. It won't surprise you but I also don't agree with identify politics. What if my skin is one colour but I identify as having another colour? Can you identify as a skin colour you are not born with or only gender? In my opinion nobody should use offensive language regardless of the skin colour.

I completely agree with their choice to do that and encourage it, if they feel strongly about it. People should be entitled to their own opinion. What I don't agree with is a gang up culture of trying to de-platform someone for their opinion. Make no mistake they are trying to de-platform him. The other part to this story is Joe Rogan's historic use of the N word which I completely condemn and would agree more with him being banned from Spotify for being racist. I also believe that everybody should be treated equally under the law and regardless of colour of skin the same words should be punishable under the same sentence.

Bump I still haven't stopped. Bang Bang Bang.

Tingay. I think he payed with Todd but he would probably do an even better 1 - 2 combination with Jack. Opposition wouldn't want to get the footy knowing one of them is going to crunch them.

They both made it clear they would not continue with Spotify if they didn't cancel Joe Rogan. Classic cancel culture behahiour

To be up front I have never listened to Joe Rogan but I have never watched some of our draftees play either and it doesn't stop me having an opinion on them... I dislike cancel culture and those trying to have somebody cancelled. I am more likely to listen to and take notice of Joe Rogan now because of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell's stance. Otherwise, he would not have been on my radar.

I wouldn't be surprised if they go with Smith. Have heard that he was very close to being sub in the GF incase May's hamstring went but Smith was coming back from a hammy as well so it was too much of risk. Having said that Tommo wasn't available so I guess we will see round 1.

Base data is important but you would hope the Dees have their own sophisticated data they use for analysis. I have a mate who is a professional punter and he uses all the publicly available information but has some of his own inputs that are not publicly available which gives him an edge.

Can't believe Bowey isn't elite. 7 games, 7 wins, rising star nomination and a premiership. That's elite.

Gus trained without a helmet and Gawny was posting pics yesterday with Goody at the Sorrento Pub. It's pretty clear what the players think about Goody.