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Not if you're being tested, and tested on multiple occasions. And it's disingenuous to suggest "we don't know". We do know, which is what all these protocols for isolation etc. etc. are based on.

Understatement.

Given the reliability of these tests, the chances of 5 false negatives on the same person are as good as zero. Re a false positive, he's been tested a second time, and that's positive as well.

Incubation period + testing. Do your homework.

He did NOT pick it up in Ireland.

It's not only Australians who have the right to live/work in Australia.

Actually, there have been no new cases linked to the march. As Andrews said, apart from known clusters and a couple of arrivals from overseas, it's all family gatherings.

Not really. "The median incubation period was estimated to be 5.1 days (95% CI, 4.5 to 5.8 days), and 97.5% of those who develop symptoms will do so within 11.5 days (CI, 8.2 to 15.6 days) of infection. These estimates imply that, under conservative assumptions, 101 out of every 10 000 cases (99th percentile, 482) will develop symptoms after 14 days of active monitoring or quarantine." https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-0504

On the surface, yes - but those changes could only be at the expense of Jackson, and the selectors have already shown that if they select someone for their first game they'll back them for at least a couple of games, no matter what.

And ...

The setup before this as the ball came in was fine. It's just that Smith and Lever made the wrong decision. Though moreso Smith, you feel that Lever coming in across May/McKay would have easily cleared the ball, it's something he's good at. But with Smith crashing in from the left, Lever didn't get to the ball, which under Smith's momentum spilled right.

Interesting here - where both Lever and Smith should have stayed down. They left their men (Smith/Betts, Lever/Lang) to jump for a mark that May had covered ... with predictable results. McKay was the only Carlton player who flew, Lang and Betts stayed down to walk in an easy goal. (Jetta was upfield on Gibbons.) Going to be a long season, ironing out these kinds of mistakes and developing the kind of understanding that's needed to avoid them takes time.

What part of "Carlton started playing better and we started playing worse" is so difficult for people to grasp? Nothing to do with Goodwin and the coaches. Except the first quarter, when the players did what they were supposed to. (Though Carlton are a much better side than people are giving them credit for, and on paper at least, a better side than us.)

Confirmation bias 101.

Inexperience and immaturity. Running hot/cold, inability to sustain a high-level performance, lack of consistency ... all the classic signs, and not just in footy either.

Oh yes. And you can add Watts and Hogan to that list as well.

Was more to it than that.

Actually, Jetta did play on Betts, (also Murphy). Have a nice day.

You're not actually. It's all about accurate kicking. And decision-making. And the biggest area where it's an issue is in the midfield, with predictable results in the forward line.

Contradictory statements. The cattle are absolutely the problem here.

Re changes, Weideman for Jackson is a no-brainer I would have thought, though playing Brown against his old club would make sense. Pickett in perhaps (though will the club be looking to add to his penalty?), for one of Jones, Hunt, ANB. I don't think they'll be changing too much in the backline, they need continuity. Jetta out maybe, but that's a tall one and depends on matchups, though Essendon have some nippy forwards.

They've explained why. See the Troy Chaplin interview. With his relative youth and injury history, they feel that there are less demands on his body in the backline. Also that his versatility (play on tall/small) and athleticism are more damaging down back where he can play as an attacking defender. But heh, it's just a whole football department full of experienced professionals making these decisions, what would they know?

Let's see if the players can work out that "connection" which has been lacking for 25 straight games now.

I'm not singling them out per se, and having them out there was a positive. Except when it wasn't. I guess all I'm saying is that as supporters we overlook mistakes depending on who's making them - but the cost is the same regardless. And there is a cost.

Messiah complex. When the players perform like stars for a quarter then take their foot off the gas once the pressure comes on, that's nothing to do with the coach. If you want to judge Goodwin, judge him on the first quarter - when everyone on-field was doing what they were supposed to do.