Diamond_Jim

not sure that AFL exactly ranks as a national priority

Bill Shorten calling for the immediate cancellation of all mass gatherings and closure of schools. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/coronavirus-australia-labor-calls-for-mass-events-to-be-cancelled-and-schools-closed

and halve the points please !!?

India effectively closed its borders today. If CV takes off in a land of 1.3 billion with less than adequate health care it will be a disaster. Have not read much in the news about how African countries are coping. There are indeed worse things than running out of toilet paper.

Let's trial it at VFL level for two seasons. 16 a side with two interchange. Has the added advantage of reducing the cost of the VFL team. The 6-6-6 rule was ill thought through and had no impact because it wasn't fully trialled.

Swans rated 1 by CD and 3.by FF ... enough said

14 day Perth forecast showing a high of 33 degrees for our game. Not ideal to say the least.

Bad management to include four injury prone (spec) players on your list... KK, Bennell, Smith AVB. Sure you can make a case for each but the cumulative risk was irresponsible. There's no hindsight here. The injury histories were plain for everyone to see. If one of the four becomes a real contributor we will be lucky.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/09/efl-clubs-fear-for-future-if-coronavirus-forces-behind-closed-doors-games Interesting Guardian article on the possible financial impact upon English soccer clubs of playing behind closed doors "Consideration of postponing matches or ordering them to be played spectator free is understood to be balancing concern that gatherings indoors to watch sport on television in pubs could be more hazardous for the spread of the virus than crowds outdoors. There are also concerns on safety and policing grounds if fans were to gather in large numbers outside closed stadiums while matches are being played."

Smith, AVB, KK.... starting to sound familiar

MFC is not a good value proposition as a member. We rarely perform and have a history of just going through the motions. Harsh but true. Generational change is facing the club as the supporters of the sixties move on (or under). Sustained success is the only remedy and the odds of that in a controlled comp are low. Our saviour will be population growth but there will be bumps such as lower TV rights along the way.

Interesting to consider that after delisting JKH, Stretch and Maynard our midfield depth is quite thin.

great football weather for all our practice matches and our first round is Sunday afternoon in WA in the heat .... typical MFC luck

I'd play Weid in Perth. More out of hope than anything else but we will need luck to win there anyway and perhaps he will be the beneficiary of that luck. Also I don't' want to see Gawn flattened by a run in the WA heat as our real chance is against GWS the following week. Jackson has already shown that he is a great pickup but quite rightly he needs to be managed. Like many I have watched Weid for years now and increasingly there seems a chance he may not make it. It's all before him but with Brown and Jackson not to mention Preuss he could struggle

Solid result.... The big positives... Tomlinson and Langdon plus the backline Midfield... solid Forwards... Fritsch and Melksham ... yes but the rest ??????

Hawks at relatively full strength (injuries aside) Strange... a couple of years ago players were rested/rotated you name it during this part of the season. Seems to be a change in approach these days.

Agree Hardtack about the numbers. Was on another forum where an epidemiologist made the following valid point: ( he was talking about Italy) everyone should keep in mind that the number isn't increasing because the virus is spreading fast. The number is increasing because more people are being tested and THE DISEASE WAS ALREADY PRESENT in the population. Expect countries like the US who only test persons with symptoms to have an explosion in numbers. Thousands have it already, but since their symptoms aren't bad, they just let it slide. The only way to confirm the disease is spreading fast is to have good random sample testing of people over a period of time. That's not what's happening...

Agree Vietnam banned Italians from their short term visa exemption yesterday. How it will impact their fist GP due in April is interesting

there's something a little strange about the absence of entry restrictions on Italians with the upcoming GP This almost sounds Donaldish Still in Australia for now, the Guardian’s Katherine Murphy has asked Scott Morrison to elaborate on the travel travel ban regarding South Korea. Part of the reason, Morrison responded, was the number of travellers arriving in Australia from South Korea. “The volume of travellers coming out of the Republic of Korea was more than five times what it is out of Italy,” he said. It “may well be possible within a matter of days or weeks to be able to ensure that we can deal with that,” he said, but for now the travel ban was “the way to go”.

Ernest.... we have never done that post 64 even in the years we made the GF. Perhaps this year might be different (especially as they have moved your old mate the Generalissimo out of his resting place)

needs to be some serious thought given to salary cap relief plus AFL level financial compensation. This is a league issue that should quite properly be borne by the whole of the league. To do otherwise invites inconsistency.

Most of the 22 pick themselves but here are a few of interest. Weid v Mitch Brown (should be Weid but he needs to pull up the proverbial socks) ANB v Spargo... who knows AVB v??? (remains to be seen if form will continue.Before the sustained run of injuries his form in 2017or whenever he played regularly last was up and down) Petty... is there a spot for him Jones...will he keep his spot

Sounds like a few MFC games I have been to

Weid deserves at least a half game up forward to see if he can justify selection for round 1. The game in the ruck against the Crows was good exercise but was not great for his selection chances. If Brown could relief ruck then Weid would be in trouble.

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