chookrat

Like many things this seems simple enough but if there were a person with Covid that attended the footy the authorities have to contact and interview everyone that may have had contact with the individual which could be hundreds of people, and then of those hundreds of people contact their close contacts, which is on average around 20 close contacts per person, so thousands of people within a very short timeframe. Given the speed required it is understandable that the State Government want this data in a form that directly interfaces with their contact tracing platform without having to rely on a third party and then interview people to see if they onsold tickets and if the people they sold them to attended.

I can understand what Danger's lawyers are trying to do with arguing the head clash was secondary to the bump action, and therefore incidental, but this flies in the face of the argument that if you elect to bump then you accept the consequence of the bump. The troubling part is the AFL have a track record of including such a nuanced approach that over complicates things and results in preverse outcomes the next time there is a similar incident. While the AFL seems to relish in the theatre of such outcomes and the discussion it creates, we are talking about concussion and the importance of taking it very seriously.

WTF, this is a circus. Surely the grading severe impact is determined based on the standard that is applied, not a definition provided by Siri.

Dangers lawyer arguing Dangerfield's lawyer is highlighting that there are only three previous cases where players (all lesser players) have been charged with making severe impact to an opponent. 1. Jeremy Cameron on Harris Andrews. Cameron made contact to Andrews' head with his elbow. 2. Alex Neale-Bullen on Will Hamill. A dangerous tackle that left Hamill with concussion. 3. Ben Long on Sean Darcy. A head-high bump in which Long collects Darcy high while the Docker has his head over the ball. . He is questioning whether Dangerfield's incident fits in the same category, given he is a Brownlow medalist and 8 time All Australian.

For clarity ANB received a 3 week penalty for careless, high contact, severe impact, but a week was added due to our failed appeal. That was for a sling tackle where the player was able to jog off the ground assisted and sat out the match with concussion. The Danger incident required Kelly to be stretchered from the ground as he was out cold before he hit the ground and also suffered a broken nose. If it is downgraded to high impact then it makes a mockery of ANB's suspension and sets a standard that would require a Mortal Kombat style fatality move to grade any incidents as severe impact. It will definitely be at least 3 weeks, and possibly 4.

Yes!

In fairness the crowd bears some responsibility for creating the atmosphere. I was at the game and would have liked for at least 35k Melbourne supporters to be there, but can also appreciate the reluctance for people to go to the footy given our experience with Covid-19 over the past 12 months. Personally, I respect people not wanting to go to the footy during a pandemic, whether for health reasons or belief that we shouldn't be assembling in crowds, but get a little annoyed when people don't want to attend round 1 because they don't think we will play well.

I was there with 2 of my kids and got some goosebumps just before the first bounce. It was so good to go to he footy again. Will be interesting to see if attendances are down across the league.

So after reading 10 pages of discussion I am no closer to understanding whether anyone is attending and can provide any insight into our plans re facilities, membership, and coaches views on the list and our prospects for the year.

I had the same thing Picket. By 5.45 all of the GA tickets were gone. I'm at two kinds with this, on one hand I'm annoyed that I have to pay around $75 for a couple of tickets, but on the other hand appreciate that MCG capacity is limited to 50%, it's round one, we haven't had footy in Melbourne for more than 18 months, and that our club league isn't awash with cash but either are alot of our supporters. I would hope that the cost does not make it unaffordable for our members and it would be good if the club is able to facilitate access to round one to those who couldn't otherwise afford to go.

FFS, they called to asked if he could come in and he was interstate so they told him over the phone. It would have been much weirder if Dimma said I'll come to you, which Chocco would have figured out what was happening before Dimma got there. I don't know what else Dimma could have done.

I don't have any issue with this. Such decisions to let go of coaching staff are difficult to make, but after missing finals were seen as necessary. According to the article Dimma asked him to come in but Chocco was interstate to attend a funeral so he told him the news over the phone. I don't know what else the club could have done. The Tigers are vindicated in making the changes because they won the flag the following year. I can also understand that as a human with a love and passion for the game and his players, Chocco would have been upset.

Sue, I'd prefer if he said something other than words. Maybe punch a wall or something to convey anger in a manner that doesn't involve words.

I don't know who Mark Maclure is (if that is even his real name) but it's obvious he is a Muppet. Angus Brayshaw was dropped early in 2018 for not doing what was expected and went on to poll third in the Brownlow and be a key factor in our 14 win home and away season and 2 finals wins. For mine, while club culture has been the problem in previous years for the past few years it has been about the maturity of our team and I think we will see our best and most consistent football this season. I appreciate that Stan Maclure needs to write something but the season hasn't even started yet.

Fantastic news!!

I'm going to miss the really small screen.

Great - looking forward to seeing how Ben Brown, Weird, and Pickett work together in our forward line. Dees ?

Were talking about the club that delisted 3 of its best players on the eve of its finals berth.

FFS, this has Misson's mitts all over it.

I reckon they will just close off the top section. It doesn't make much sense to spread everyone around only to have to have the upper level food, bar and toilets open and staffed.

Not sure about that chook, I reckon under Burgess we tend to report longer term injuries as 4-5 week proposition, it comes across a bit more precise.

I like the mandatory 12 day break as players shouldn't be concussed often enough for this to present an impost on the team. The idea of the bye between the prelim and grand final also makes alot of sense in minimising the impact of a concussion before the most important game. I'm in no way an expert and have now experience whatsoever with concussion or injury at junior level, but would think it extremely unlikely for an under 12 to suffer concussion and the benefit of them learning correct technique and to protect themselves from a young age to be a net benefit. To lift the age is a bit like arguing kids shouldn't learn to swim at a young age due to the risk of drowning.

Lord Nev, this information was reported months ago. Someone might be able to confirm but from memory it was discussed in the members forum.

They managed to liquidate Jayden Hunt's car which he had left parked at the G, which also resulted in the sale of a case of chocolate Big M's.

Get Beau on the basis that a player cannot kick 5 goals against you if he's on the same team.