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Better hope it isn't WA. McCowan has said he doesn't 'expect' many attendees from interstate. 'Expect' or 'allow' - yes I'm being cynical. He is capable of the dastardly when it comes to borders eg a flimsy reason to backdate 14 day quarantine for arrivals from eg Victoria. Any border clampdown will give him a lot more seats to sell to corporates and locals.

Seeing Eddie's hurt was distressing and heart breaking. He looked and sounded near breaking point. I was devastated to here our player was the much loved and lovable Kozzie. Can't imagine what the racism does to someone so young and in the infancy of being in the public eye and his career. I would think that senior indigenous players in May and his uncle Nev will get around him big time and pass on a few tips on how to deal with the ignorant.

I agree to some extent. I will cut the players a fair bit of slack 🙂 in that Eagles were kicking with the wind and we were probably trying to avoid injuries from restarting after a long cool down and many hours in planes/on tarmacs etc. But Goodwin felt the need to comment on it. And many could see where we fell short in the last 15 minutes. Umpires or no, there are many defensive things we can do to close down a game and defend a lead. I would like to be confident that we can do it in finals.

I noticed that. I wasn't been critical just drawing attention to Goodwin's comment as it hadn't come up in the discussion. Your comment and those of @DeeSpencerand @titan_uranus elaborate on my point that we didn't do enough to close down the game and that our end game strategies need work if we are to defend leads in the dying stages of games in finals.

Goodwin made an interesting comment in his press conf about learning to read 'game stages'. And that they didn't prepare the players as well as they had hoped in that lightening break. I'm thinking he is referring to our decision making or lack thereof when we had a 5-6 goal lead and just 15 min left and they nearly ran us down. Setting results aside for a minute, other such games this year were Adelaide: 16 pts up with 8 minutes to go and Hawks - a goal and a bit up with a few minutes left. We didn't close those games down by using up time, forcing stoppages etc etc. Umpiring decisions aside we lost and drew them. A bit of work to do in our end-game strategies. I'm sure we have them but we haven't always remembered to execute them as trained.

Not sure how people work out which coach voted for who. Beats me... Redden was very good but got only one vote from the coach that didn't give it to Nic Nat. Goodwin or Simpson voted for Redden? Can't for the life of me figure out the difference in view for the 4 vote: Jackson and Yeo. I thought Kelly was pretty good. We need to get the ball to Oliver next week so he can get a big lead on Bontempelli.

Yes, NN is looking heavy. He is managed in games: rests after 10 minutes. His impact is still very good. His ability to palm the ball into the hands of his midfielders was sublime - the ball just slides off his hand as if it is happening in slow motion. Usually results in a clean getaway by the midfielder. Wouldn't mind if LJ learns that skill.

He is one cool dude! Playing at 'home' in front of family for the first time, against his idol (NN) and put in a performance worthy of a 150 game player. Gave a great interview after the game. Cool as. Mature way beyond his years. On a side note. With WCE sliding, Freo in the middle of the pack and us at the top end, I can see him extending his contract soon which expires next year. He is getting great recognition and exposure; fave for RS and having a great time. Contract extension sooner rather than later I would say.

Top 4 locked in Lost interest in the rest!! What a dream if the final 4 order stayed as is (or Cats and Dogs swap spots). We would play first final vs Port who look the most vulnerable. Straight through to the Prelim... (Altho Lions could still make top 4 but happy to play them in first final. Also look vulnerable). Can we make a covid plea to stop the season now🙂

Your question that I answered was 'fear and demonising'. ATAGI vacillating on age groups, have played a part in the fear. Some of the culprits I listed spread the fear others did the demonising, some did both. I'm sure readers are over this to and fro, so I'm out.

No, I didn't say that at all. I said there have been many culprits and listed them.

I just can't walk past that comment. No it isn't ATAGI, altho they have had a part. The fear and demonising has many culprits: AZ was first demonised in Europe in January 2021 and beyond: "In January 2021, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for all age groups, but a number of EU countries initially refused to recommend its use for people over 65. France and Germany eventually revised their stance and approved the vaccine for 65-74 year olds at the beginning of March. They were again among 13 European countries who paused the AstraZeneca rollout again later in March, following reports that a small number of people developed blood clots after receiving the jab. On 7 April, the EMA said there was a "possible link" between the vaccine and the clots, although it is still recommended the jab for all age groups. Several EU countries, including France, Germany and the Netherlands now say only people over 55 or 60 should get the jab, while others like Denmark have suspended its use altogether. The headlines surrounding AstraZeneca led to a drop in confidence in the jab. In March, the polling company YouGov suggested that only a third of Germans and 23% of French respondents considered it safe". https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-52380823 The AZ 'risks' and lack of confidence in Europe was picked up by the Australian media and many so called 'expert' medically related people here, so AZ was demonised here long before the vaccine even arrived in Australia. All Australian governments and ATAGI were in sync until June, even tho ATAGi had back tracked on its age group advice several times. It was only when the danger Delta posed to under 50's and the risk profile changed, did state/federal/ATAGI positions diverge. ATAGI stuck to its guns. The federal government did exactly what you said they should do and sought alternative advice. Based on that they gave a different recommendation than ATAGI to younger age groups: get AZ as their was 6-9 months of UK evidence of AZ risks vs covid risk on younger age groups available. That was a decision by The National Cabinet (not only the PM, not only his Ministers) to giving alternative to ATAGI advice. National Cabinet is made up PM and Premiers etal. Of course that didn't stop the Qld CHO breaking ranks and reverting to the ATAGI position which only confused everyone further. To summarise some culprits for fear and demonising AZ: EMA (EU's equivalent to ATAGI) Germany, France, Netherlands etc Media in Europe and Australia Many medicos who cared to talk to the media ATAGI National Cabinet State CHO's

I was using them in the context of this part of your link: "Since 1990 the term "Third World" has been redefined in many evolving dictionaries in several languages to refer to countries considered to be underdeveloped economically and/or socially". Ditto 2nd world countries.

Not sure where they are staying. Ironically, I think they are training at Punt Rd but not entirely sure. Yeah, Hardwick losing his grip now they are losing, like he did last year when they were losing.

Anyone else notice that lockdown 5.0 didn't even end...

From The Age: "The Giants will request their season-defining home game against Richmond in round 22 be played at either Marvel Stadium or GMHBA Stadium rather than at the MCG". Hardwick has complained about going to both stadiums. Karma! Giants win this and they shut Richmond out of the finals. Hope it is GMHBA. Go Giants!!

Many thanks for the info. Very encouraging. It will be quite reassuring to know that if someone catches covid there is an effective treatment. A shame it can't happen faster especially for the 2nd and 3rd world countries.

Unfortunately, all governments and health authorities run the narrative around 'zero cases', % vaccination targets etc as if all will be dandy. No one seems to want to face up to the reality that we will have to live with it and their will be outbreaks. At some point all governments and health authorities need to wind back the fear that has been attached to an outbreak. Unfortunately, atm there seems to be little attention to shifting the public mindset (as you say educate) back to a new normal.

The initial lot were in March 21 when we couldn't get a supply for ourselves: australia-to-send-covid-vaccines-to-virus-hit-papua-new-guinea Yes, then and now it is AZ; pfizer isn't practical because it needs to be stored at -70c (AZ at -2 to -8c) and lack of electricity for its is an issue in those countries so it is more feasible but still challenging to distribute AZ. I think CSL is producing 'excess' so that it can go to our neighbours. I would be happy to give as much as we can. They need it.

Didn't they just win Olympic Bronze 🙂

Totally agree and encourage everyone to get vaccinated. I'm not so confident of us ever beating this. Even if we get to 90% at some point we need to open borders. Even with the best quarantine centres we know the virus gets out before and after quarantine. And our nearest neighbours: Indonesia, PNG and Fiji are in a world of hurt with covid. We need to help them and fortunately we are helping a little bit, altho some folks may not like us diverting our vaccines to them. It is essential we support them as a good neighbour and support ours and the regions long-term interests. Sadly, my view it can't be beaten until the whole region is safe from it so we will need to learn to live with it.

Scott didn't look to worried about the GWS loss and fair enough as they had more scoring shots but 8.17. However, their % took a hit and he has been watching it carefully. He may not have slept so well last night seeing what the Saints did to Sydney. Geelong play Saints next week. They can fall out of the top 4 if they lose the last two and Lions have three very good wins to bridge the % gap. Suddenly Geelong need to keep winning to get the double chance. Would much rather Lions in the top 4 than Cats. Barrack for Lions today to keep the heat on Scott and his team of snipers.

Lets bank a win vs Eagles tomorrow and secure top 4 for who knows what might happen: Adelaide beat us early this year with a smart game plan and they will regroup this week and be ready for us again. Then Geelong at Geelong; anything can happen there. Very, very keen to win tomorrow.

A friend and her family were in iso during lockdown 4 as their daughter was in the same class as the child who tested positive at the Nth Melb school. They said it was a bit easier knowing that the rest of us were in lockdown and not out having a good time. But they missed exercise as they live in a small apartment. Hope your iso also goes well. Agree, it doesn't help trying to find fault or blame. Its a time for all of us to hang in there together. Best wishes to you and your child.

Glad you could vent here. We may not always agree but will always support.