Surely in this case the distinction is only in the eye of the beholder.
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Footy to Return
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Gee, the WA Premier is the only one not falling in line to support the recommencement of the biggest spectator sporting industry in the nation. Can’t help but think there’s a little bit of ego driving this stubborn stance. If I was a WCE or Freo fan, I’d be filthy. Just my opinion.
He’s making it a political issue. He wanted a hub in Perth so a heap of clubs would go there to give his state a boost and help kick start his economy. Now it’s been knocked on the head he’s cracked the *smile* and won’t budge on his quarantine policy no matter what.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
I saw Ross Lyon speaking about 2 weeks ago. He said he would have based his team in Melbourne to give them the best opportunity to play on the MCG they've ever had. Especially for the kids on the list.
West coast on the gold coast sounds like a recipe for disaster.
The Eagles Headquarters (Mineral Resources Park) has 2 ovals, one is the exact size of the MCG and the other is the same as Perth Stadium.
They won the flag in 2018, and beat the Pies, and the Hawks and lost by a kick to us at the MCG last year. With their new training centre, I donk think there too fussed about playing at the MCG, hence their preference to be based on the Gold Coast.
They won the flag in 2018, and beat the Pies, and the Hawks and lost by a kick to us at the MCG last year. With their new training centre, I donk think there too fussed about playing at the MCG, hence their preference to be based on the Gold Coast.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
We train on an oval the size of Marvel yet our form there is not as strong as at the G. It's one thing to train on an oval, and another to take on opponents at a venue with the same dimensions but with different wind patterns and climate conditions.
They must've thought it would be of some benefit, they had the oval purpose built to be the same size as the MCG.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
They could have built it to the dimensions of Kardinia Park, but only one club is stupid enough to do that.
South Australian government won't exempt Port and Crows from the 14 day quarantine or let them train as a group. A letter from the SA Health Officer to AFL noted amongst other things that "as a highly visible part of society it is also important that the AFL model the behaviours expected from the public in general. The risk of complacency within the wider community rises if it is seen that these measures have diminished in importance." ie. the Crows' Barossa Valley training breach has led us to decide to cancel football for everyone.
Competition of 16 sounds good to me, let's get it started.
Competition of 16 sounds good to me, let's get it started.
lets be serious, the SA Health Officer isn't wrong. footy is a full contact sport and we are just easing restrictions. This is probably unpopular, but i believe a June restart is too early. I reckon we need to wait another month to be certain there won’t be a second wave.
yeah, but, I seriously hate Port Adelaide.
But equally seriously it would make sense to have as fewer hubs as possible, and given the growth factor in Victoria is currently over 1.0 (Cedar Meats and Fawkner Maccas mostly), it may make sense to delay if we want to have games played in Victoria. But also, stuff Port Adelaide.
The hardest part to justify is green lighting a collison sport whilst telling people to stay 2m apart in every other workplace in the country.
Much as I want to see footy, it really makes no sense.
Golf is one thing. Footy is another altogether.
Too true, and second waves of pandemics are common, just go back to the Flu outbreak after WWI.
DS
Through this, I reckon Eddie has portrayed himself to be an even bigger flog that even i thought was possible. he's not a humble working class bloke from Broady anymore. he's been living in Toorak for long enough to lose track of what is happening in the real world.
I've been a big Eddie critic but through this I think it's obvious he's been doing what he needs to for the AFL as a whole, not just the Pies. Calling for a Pies Tigers opener is a good idea if they want to launch the restart with a massive game that will get everyone watching. With no crowd, financially it won't benefit anyone.
