Mega Thread Coronavirus & the AFL - Stage 4 Restrictions in Place in Vic - Part 3

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. (Thread part 1 - cont in part 2, link in thread)

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - season postponed. Part 2 * CONTINUED ABUSE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED *

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Mega Thread - Coronavirus & the AFL - Stage 4 Restrictions in Place in Vic - Part 4

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[balmainforever]

Richmond v West Coast - Qld government wont let the filthy infected Vics in:

Victorian clubs on the move as AFL fixture options evaporate

The AFL is preparing to dispatch Victorian teams around the country for extended periods to overcome mounting border control issues as its options for completing the 2020 season rapidly contract.

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Wrong, they’re letting the storm stay up there.

 

[JackOutback]

Forgive me. but like alot of Australiams, im very angry to be dragged down by 1 governments failures at the moment as we are all being punished for it

So your suggestion would be to listen to someone whose response has been objectively worse and who lies habitually?

 

[Billy ray]

send 2 Vic teams to SA, 2 to WA, 2 to Qld, 2 to NSW and 2 to Tassie at end of this week. And start 14 day quarantine. Restart season on 17 July teams can then fly between perth, adelaide, sydney, hobart/launny and brisbane and continue the season thereafter

 

[FreoRicci]

So Gold Coast still have to go to Geelong? Think they should put in a review/appeal for that.

 

[EssendonNick]

I think it is at that stage in Victoria. We need to stop footy in Victoria and come up with a real hub model.
6 in WA, 6 in SA and 6 in NSW, something like that.
Either push the grand final out, or we do have the shorter quarters, play some catch-up with some mid-week games.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

So Gold Coast still have to go to Geelong? Think they should put in a review/appeal for that.

And then return home to quarantine for 14 days? Is that correct or am I looking at it wrong?
No way this season will survive like this, just **** it all off from Victoria and if players don’t want to play the season then sit it out.

 

[faible]

And then return home to quarantine for 14 days? Is that correct or am I looking at it wrong?
No way this season will survive like this, just fu** it all off from Victoria and if players don’t want t to play the season then sit it out.

Yep, since this block of fixturing was done the landscape has changed. Think with crowds being allowed in a few states, and generally the uncertainty regarding travel allowances for AFL teams flying to / from VIC, that we need to have the next block of games held interstate (or VIC teams playing here amongst one another whilst the SA / QLD / WA / NSW teams transit and play between themselves).

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

No just Victoria, "Eastern States". They use it as constant rhetoric in the media and politics as to why everything is not perfect in WA those Eastern States are to blame. Standard faux nationalism that unites the WA people against a common imagined enemy.

Creds - used to live in WA, many family still do.

Yeh, Victoria sure is proving us wrong on this count right now

 

[The 747]

Yeh, Victoria sure is proving us wrong on this count right now

Are you happy about it are you?

 

[Forward Press]

75 cases of which only 1 is confirmed to be a returned overseas traveller is mightily concerning no matter your perspective on this.

On a more selfish note postponing the WC vs Richmond game might be the break we need to get the season back on track.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Are you happy about it are you?

Of course not, but you are picking the wrong time to be high and mighty is all

 

[The 747]

Of course not, but you are picking the wrong time to be high and mighty is all

Your opinion is your right to have, I was just explaining how the WA v the rest messaging dynamic works in WA.

 

[bonddm]

So Gold Coast still have to go to Geelong? Think they should put in a review/appeal for that.

Nearly all Victorian cases are in Melbourne. Geelong has had 1 case in about 2 months. If Gold Coast are flying into Avalon, they’ll not have to go anywhere near Melbourne.

 

[Waca Jr]

Dealying the inevitable here. Season won't go the journey. Gil is deluded if he thinks other states won't follow Qld's lead

 

[SaintsSeptember]

So your suggestion would be to listen to someone whose response has been objectively worse and who lies habitually?

You guys fighting over who has the best politicians is a bit like arguing about who has the cutest rats in your pantry.

 

[faible]

Nearly all Victorian cases are in Melbourne. Geelong has had 1 case in about 2 months. If Gold Coast are flying into Avalon, they’ll not have to go anywhere near Melbourne.

Depends whether they segregate Geelong from Melbourne, they haven't done so previously. And does Virgin have authority to land at Avalon (if Avalon are even accepting flights at the moment)?

 

[EssendonNick]

Would another option for Vic clubs rather than head interstate be to have hubs in Country Victoria in places which are relatively unaffected by COVID in places like Bendigo or Ballarat?

 

[bonddm]

Nearly all Victorian cases are in Melbourne. Geelong has had 1 case in about 2 months. If Gold Coast are flying into Avalon, they’ll not have to go anywhere near Melbourne.

Depends whether they segregate Geelong from Melbourne, they haven't done so previously. And does Virgin have authority to land at Avalon (if Avalon are even accepting flights at the moment)?

Yeah, fair point. I’m in Torquay and it feels like it’s as busy as the height of summer the past few days, with I’d assume many of the holidaymakers being from Melbourne.

Must admit I don’t know the answer to your questions regarding Avalon, but I don’t think it’s totally shut down currently.

 

[FreoRicci]

Would another option for Vic clubs rather than head interstate be to have hubs in Country Victoria in places which are relatively unaffected by COVID in places like Bendigo or Ballarat?

It won’t be in the entire state of Victoria. AFL plays that straw, season is done. You’d think the other states will consider that option when coming back from country Victoria ? Don’t think so.

 

[FreoRicci]

Nearly all Victorian cases are in Melbourne. Geelong has had 1 case in about 2 months. If Gold Coast are flying into Avalon, they’ll not have to go anywhere near Melbourne.

Doesn’t take into account anything. Community transmission is occurring, and Geelong players are mostly based around Melbourne CBD as well.

 

[JackOutback]

You guys fighting over who has the best politicians is a bit like arguing about who has the cutest rats in your pantry.

The good thing about Trump is everyone else gets to win that competition now.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Depends whether they segregate Geelong from Melbourne, they haven't done so previously. And does Virgin have authority to land at Avalon (if Avalon are even accepting flights at the moment)?

Owned by Lindsay Fox, pay him, they'll accept.

 

[faible]

Owned by Lindsay Fox, pay him, they'll accept.

VA's money is no good.

 

[Randomizor]

Would another option for Vic clubs rather than head interstate be to have hubs in Country Victoria in places which are relatively unaffected by COVID in places like Bendigo or Ballarat?

Maybe, but I’m not sure it makes a large difference. It just takes one affected person travelling to those areas and you can have an outbreak there. And depending on what happens within that time, Victoria’s numbers could grow such that they find themselves completely locked out of the other states (like what happened with Richmond today). Obviously a major risk.

Why not just reduce the risk and go play in front of crowds somewhere? It makes the most sense from a safety and economic aspect.

 

[bonddm]

Doesn’t take into account anything. Community transmission is occurring, and Geelong players are mostly based around Melbourne CBD as well.

Have you been to Melbourne lately?
Somehow I doubt that most Geelong players would base themselves in Melbourne, then have to negotiate the traffic between Melbourne and Geelong up to 7 days a week.