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binman. Why do we have a two-week quarantine period instituted almost all across the world if we assume anyone who tests negative is virus-free? I don't get it. Otherwise, we could just test people and let them go on with their lives.

I proposed this in the intraclub thread and then tried it myself and it's incredibly complex and insightful. Self-quote sorry: "I no longer care about injuries (in terms of our season rather than the personal impact on players) so would love to see the teams divided evenly and let them go at it on the MCG. Maybe for the sake of entertainment in lieu of no football (the remaining fixtures for today just rub salt into the wound) we can run some captains' pick modelling between Viney and Gawn?" I did a coin-toss and Gawn goes first. Gawn: Viney: Gawn: Viney: . . . . I have no clear idea how this competition could run for those interested. Maybe we could nominate two avatar captains who have the final say and the rest of us debate each selection before it's made? My initial instinct was to stack the mid-field and select the best players, but then KPPs come into the equation and who might work best with who. It's definitely a challenge. Let's assume everyone is injury-free. When does Max go for ruck shut-out? Who do you think Viney thinks is the best alongside him in the middle? At what point do you build your spine while sacrificing your engine? It somehow gives some insight to the questions the recruitment department have to face. Anyone interested in playing?

The health authorities have put in place a two-week quarantine period for a reason. There is an incubation period where there might not yet be evidence of the virus in the system. The protocol now for returning travelers seems to be to test on day two and day nine. They don't just let people loose if they test negative on day two. See what happened in NZ. I can't quite understand why they've come to the conclusion that McKenna tested negative on Wednesday so let's assume he picked it up in the past couple days and work from there. It completely conflicts with the notion of a two-week quarantine period.

I no longer care about injuries (in terms of our season rather than the personal impact on players) so would love to see the teams divided evenly and let them go at it on the MCG. Maybe for the sake of entertainment in lieu of no football (the remaining fixtures for today just rub salt into the wound) we can run some captains' pick modelling between Viney and Gawn?

Loving the dystopian imagery of this sentence.

My mistake. Was just going off the Barrett report on afl.com. where he wrote in pretty factual language on AFLHQ's stand-point. "Their round three match against Melbourne, fixtured for Sunday, will be postponed until later in the year . . . As worrying as the news was that Bomber Conor McKenna had tested positive to COVID-19 on Saturday morning, once his teammates had been officially cleared through tests, there was no consideration given to anything more disruptive than moving the Bombers-Demons game to next month or later."

Can you just clarify this Demonland? Would you be expected, or is it enforceable by law?

Can someone explain to me the rules in place in Victoria around self-isolation? If McKenna has trained with his Essendon teammates and then returned a positive test how is it possible they can play next week? Is the 14-day quarantine period for those who come into contact with a positive case not mandatory? I'm super-confused right now.

I'm still googling Daisy.

This season is far too compromised already. The fact that they announced a postponement to the season prior to our round one match was a minor grizzle. Whatever resolution they find for the latest development will create further intolerable inequities whatever they decide. That's on top of hubs and travel and the sacrifices already going on. I'm guessing AFLHQ will either split the points or award us the win. If it's the latter and continues over the next couple of rounds then Essendon have been effectively and unfairly erased from the shortened season through no real fault of their own. We'd be outraged if it happened to us. And what happens to the next team with the positive Covid result? It will become an absolute farce if teams are eliminated one by one due to misfortune. If it's the former - we split the points - then the integrity of the competition this year is finished already. Meanwhile, we're robbed of possible percentage points and match fitness. Imagine we were meant to be playing Gold Coast (old Gold Coast) and we didn't get a potential percentage boost while almost every other team gets one. The only solution is to somehow eliminate percentage this year. The season is over. They need to pivot immediately and come up with some revised competition that doesn't include the ordinary flag. I have no idea what that would look like. I do in fact have one idea but it's pretty radical and warped. Still working on it. Any suggestions from the brains trust on here?

Immediately after the game Gawn was on Twitter. The club's leadership and cultural issues persist.

We could end the round in the 8 with a percentage of 80%.

How many players and administrators are currently involved in the AFL - let's say roughly 1500 - all ostensibly following the same protocols? How many of those have traveled overseas over the past couple of months? I'm intrigued by this coincidence. Also, how many grew up in Europe? This virus still has so much to reveal. I suspect Conor could end up providing some clues.

Just to add to the fun, Andrews has hinted at the potential of locking down localised corona hot-spots as is being done in Germany and elsewhere abroad. One of the current hot-spots: Casey.

Cool. Let's run Brown and Weids as our two KPFs.

Career average is 0.96 actually.

I still reflect on a few misses I made in under-15s and have strange dreams about it. One was from a game when I was switched forward and kicked 12 goals but blotted my clean score-sheet with the easiest kick of the day 15-out straight in front. Two others were goal-square fluffs where I should have worked through it better. I remember these occasions vividly from 25 years ago and they still haunt me - although we won two of those matches. I can also recall at least six other misses from that season.

Thanks for the link Fifty-5. I liken Gawn and Grundy to the AFL's version of Federer-Nadal. Gawn is the best tap-ruckman I've ever seen and by a long margin. Grundy is a fantastic as a new prototype. And they're both above average in what each other excels at. With Jackson we may soon have one of each.

I'm out. Thanks for wasting the 15 minutes I spent on a constructive response. Erased now.

What Petracca did on the weekend marks out an AFL 'superstar' - demonstrating the physicality, determination and touch to observably bust through a scrum, collect the ball and accelerate out the other side of a pack. What Oliver did on the weekend and every other weekend is to negotiate congestion and open space through deft touch. It's less noticeable, and often I'm left completely astounded by something he does that I only barely caught. They don't show replays of those things.

I don't know if this is allowed. Was my personal perception at the time with absolutely no evidence to back it up whatsoever. Lived in West Lakes, had Footy Park membership, went to almost every Crows' game in their first eight years. Roo was on the juice.

Nae.

Is a detour the same as a derail? I'm curious. Brayshaw slags Adelaide, Roo slags everyone in response. Would the peeps on here prefer our board or management behaved more in that way or not? Serious question.

But as a combination they might be. Wagner are not in Fyfe's league.