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Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #45 –
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Pays to hang out on other forums

Barely got time to keep up with this one.

....and usually if there is anything cool like that, people post it. Its been years since someone has posted that on this site though.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #46 –
Go no interest in practice match results. Much depends on what the coach wants. Some ask players to go hard for 20 min, some a half, others a full game. Often coaches just want them to adapt to the physical pressure before round 1. We went hard for a half, looked good, then cruised, swapping things about. So, i'll see how round 1 goes. We are rapidly running out of tall forwards. Harry and  Charlie out and McGovern seeming not that fit. Thinking Levi and De Koning will be holding up the tall end of our forward line. The latter has been very good in the lead up games. Maybe Eddie will resume his role as our "tall", go to forward! Haha.

As for next Thursday's game, well, will we have a game? Wouldn't surprise me if we got delayed a month and played a 17 game season, everyone playing each other once, due to the virus. Might help us get some players fit. Fair chance though they might play in front of empty stadiums, although the players simply don't want that.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #47 –
Quote from: laj – on
Go no interest in practice match results. Much depends on what the coach wants. Some ask players to go hard for 20 min, some a half, others a full game. Often coaches just want them to adapt to the physical pressure before round 1. We went hard for a half, looked good, then cruised, swapping things about. So, i'll see how round 1 goes. We are rapidly running out of tall forwards. Harry and  Charlie out and McGovern seeming not that fit. Thinking Levi and De Koning will be holding up the tall end of our forward line. The latter has been very good in the lead up games. Maybe Eddie will resume his role as our "tall", go to forward! Haha.

As for next Thursday's game, well, will we have a game? Wouldn't surprise me if we got delayed a month and played a 17 game season, everyone playing each other once, due to the virus. Might help us get some players fit. Fair chance though they might play in front of empty stadiums, although the players simply don't want that.
Agree on the shorter season, Wonder if the AFL will fill the gap with for cash strapped clubs who will miss gate/merch revenue etc?

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #48 –
They should cancel the season and play an 18 team finals series if the virus goes away which it won't.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #49 –
Based on the Grand Prix decision today, there is no way the AFL can herd 90,000 spectators into close confines at the G. It just can't happen. There is no doubt that someone from that crowd, or the 300,000+ across the weekend will end up testing positive and then all hell will break loose, targeted at the AFL.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #50 –
Agree townsend...inevitable the season openers will be postponed. The duty of care aspect will simply outweigh the financial implications.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #51 –
They don't and have never stopped for Influenza, why is this different?

Were any events cancelled for SARS, H1N1, H1N5, Swine Flu, Bird Flu or any of the others? As far as I know there is still no immunization for most of these things and yet they ran Olympics in Bejing after SARS, hypocrisy or politics?

They don't even cancel professional sport in countries rife with Ebola, Hendra or terrorism!

Up in Brisbane Fruit-bats fly over the crowd nearly every night game, just a micro-droplet of Hendra virus kills. Fruit-bats probably fly over The MCG crowd as well!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #52 –
CMO just advised federal and state governments to ban all events with a gathering of more than 500 people, effective immediately. If Thursday night's game goes ahead, it will be in front of an empty stadium

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #54 –
The worst thing they can do is lock up all the nutters in a box with no entertainment, things won't end well!

Let the Feds ban crowds, and play the game in empty stadiums free of litigation, the nutters and everybody else can stay home in isolation and be entertained!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #55 –
Quote from: LP – on
They don't and have never stopped for Influenza, why is this different?

Were any events cancelled for SARS, H1N1, H1N5, Swine Flu, Bird Flu or any of the others? As far as I know there is still no immunization for most of these things and yet they ran Olympics in Bejing after SARS, hypocrisy or politics?

They don't even cancel professional sport in countries rife with Ebola, Hendra or terrorism!

Up in Brisbane Fruit-bats fly over the crowd nearly every night game, just a micro-droplet of Hendra virus kills. Fruit-bats probably fly over The MCG crowd as well!

Its the spread rate...1:4 compared to 1:1.3 for normal flu strains...thats why you have to ban public gatherings and any other decent size gatherings.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #56 –
Quote from: Jack Burton – on
CMO just advised federal and state governments to ban all events with a gathering of more than 500 people, effective immediately. If Thursday night's game goes ahead, it will be in front of an empty stadium
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Its the spread rate...1:4 compared to 1:1.3 for normal flu strains...thats why you have to ban public gatherings and any other decent size gatherings. IMHO even 100-500 is too generous.....

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #57 –
Quote from: WASurfer – on
Agree townsend...inevitable the season openers will be postponed. The duty of care aspect will simply outweigh the financial implications.

They've said no spectators at AFLW matches, from tomorrow - tonights is open for spectators.

So if they've done that for AFLW, no chance in hell AFL will go ahead without the same.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #58 –
On Ch.7 they said the AFL have decided to start the season on time. just they will be 90,000 people less than anticipated. We'll be playing in front of empty stadiums for a while i'd say.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #59 –
Quote from: laj – on
On Ch.7 they said the AFL have decided to start the season on time. just they will be 90,000 people less than anticipated. We'll be playing in front of empty stadiums for a while i'd say.

....unless they get advice suggesting otherwise in the next week.

They AFL have said there are a number of scenarios they can run with. Most of those will be factored in AFTER round 1 depending on how everything is going with corona and no doubt the AFL community as a whole.

They have already canvassed the players and said that a more compact season is possible.
They have stated there is 4 weeks available for rescheduled matches (mid season bye, finals bye and 2 weeks after the grand final before cricket takes over) which can be used to make up the games.
They may look at shortening games in order to get more games in a short space of time......without elaborating on that, to me it seemed like they may do an AFLW type length game, and do say 5 day breaks between them, so that you could get 4 weeks of game in 3 weeks of time kinda scenarios.

No matter what happens, statistically, this AFL season will be an anomaly for all time.