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[All is Wells]

The current situation has put such a dampener on my excitement for the year ahead. Been waiting eagerly for footy to start for the best part of 6 months only for all of this to happen right before it begins. It's becoming increasingly difficult to get excited for the season ahead. Seems inevitable that it will be cancelled all together for a period of time. Whether than be two weeks, two months or the whole season, its too hard to tell at this stage. I hope the first round goes ahead fully but its hard to see a situation where the afl continues if a player gets infected. Having a few weeks of wiggle room has me slightly optimistic a full 23 weeks could still happen, but the logistics of re-scheduling would be a nightmare. The realistic option would appear to be cancelling rounds all together.

From a Supercoach perspective its quite the unknown. All you can hope for it full rounds to be played rather than rounds being cancelled halfway through. If this isnt the case then luck will play a huge part which im not a massive fan of. If a large chunk of rounds were to be cancelled atleast all coaches would be in the same position. Theres a possibility all our players go into rd 11 being the same price they are now if the first few months get cancelled. How do we adjust then? Teams certainly wont be completed by rd 23? Do the organisers of supercoach allow us to use 3 trades a week to compensate for the rounds lost? Do we pick more midpricers from the start for greater points on the ground early? Do we even plan for byes if theres a chance they get scraped to fit in an extra week of games if they need to? Its too hard to say anything for certain at this point.

Hindsight would be a wonderful thing right about now to see what the season ahead has in store for us. I just hope we can get some early rounds in, albeit with no crowds. Obviously best case the season goes ahead as scheduled with crowds being able to return in the near future but at this stage im just hoping we see some footy at all, and its not a 12 month off season. Good luck to all this year and lets try stay excited about the season ahead.

 

[Ricky Bobby]

Hmmm... Bit of a flat feel around here it’s fair to say ?

 

[Bones]

Yes me too.....and feeling a bit sheepish about it too. My wife’s sister is on chemo recovering from bowel cancer - was doing really well but this has taken a lot out of her as she iys very vulnerable. My daughter is starting a therapy which will affect her immune system - will also be vulnerable. Puts it all into perspective but I’m still disappointed as I was so looking forward to SC this year as I reckon it was going to be a doozy.

 

[Ricky Bobby]

Yes me too.....and feeling a bit sheepish about it too. My wife’s sister is on chemo recovering from bowel cancer - was doing really well but this has taken a lot out of her as she iys very vulnerable. My daughter is starting a therapy which will affect her immune system - will also be vulnerable. Puts it all into perspective but I’m still disappointed as I was so looking forward to SC this year as I reckon it was going to be a doozy.

Good luck to you and your family members. I hope everything goes well.

 

[Connoisseur]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1238543854061658114

 

[Lost In The Sky]

From the AFL Site today... Massive Implications for SC if this was to happen...

In other developments on Saturday, it emerged that:

- The AFL was prepared to cram up to six rounds of football into four weeks beyond round one, as a potential measure to stockpile some of the required 198 premiership games before the near-inevitability of the competition being shutdown indefinitely when the Coronavirus outbreaks peaks in Australia;

 

[Herbie66]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28894733/kane-richardson-quarantined-reporting-sort-throat

This sort of thing probably happens even if the season goes ahead....

Richardson's Test came back negative , but now the Black Caps have put Lockie Ferguson in isolation.

 

[Nathan]

From the AFL Site today... Massive Implications for SC if this was to happen...

In other developments on Saturday, it emerged that:

- The AFL was prepared to cram up to six rounds of football into four weeks beyond round one, as a potential measure to stockpile some of the required 198 premiership games before the near-inevitability of the competition being shutdown indefinitely when the Coronavirus outbreaks peaks in Australia;

I would enjoy this. First 6 rounds in fast forward.

 

[Lost In The Sky]

I would enjoy this. First 6 rounds in fast forward.

Would be good if you knew the fixture beforehand, and could get 2 games from some premo's in the one week. But also means the likelihood of Rookies not playing every game.

Will be a SC nightmare if it happens.

 

[Ironhawk]

Six games in 4 weeks looks like it will be a disaster. Can't see players being happy with that. They complain about back to back 6 day breaks already, let alone 5 5-day breaks in a row.

 

[Ricky Bobby]

Six games in 4 weeks looks like it will be a disaster. Can't see players being happy with that. They complain about back to back 6 day breaks already, let alone 5 5-day breaks in a row.

The EPL rests players all the time don’t they, due to the busy schedule? I could see a similar thing happening with a compressed fixture.

 

[Herbie66]

The EPL rests players all the time don’t they, due to the busy schedule? I could see a similar thing happening with a compressed fixture.

If you have billions like Manchester City you can and do.

Possibly a few of the other clubs as well , but suspect the majority are pretty much running the 11 + 6/7 starting on the bench most games.

Liverpool surprisingly don't rotate much.

Outside of the "Big 6" a lot of the clubs don't have the resources and struggle if they don't field best XI , especially those fighting off relegation.

The money alone between Premier League v the next level down is immense.

Remember years ago Abramovich wanted Chevchenko , manager didn't want him , $ 80 million sitting on the bench most games.

 

[Herbie66]

Article on AFL.com.au suggesting the Melbourne teams may remove their players from the VFL to restrict contact outside of their more controlled environments

 

[gutsroy]

The mooted Corona mini-draft of up to 15 players would potentially give teams flexibility to field sides in a compressed schedule.
Still can’t see it happening, personally, the whole approach seems well-intentioned but a bit optimistic / almost naive.
There are bigger things than footy, ultimately.

 

[Herbie66]

The mooted Corona mini-draft of up to 15 players would potentially give teams flexibility to field sides in a compressed schedule.
Still can’t see it happening, personally, the whole approach seems well-intentioned but a bit optimistic / almost naive.
There are bigger things than footy, ultimately.

Suspect once someone involved in a club , either player , coach , official etc catches it in the next 1-2 weeks that will be it , shut the season down for a minimum 30 days.

Just a matter of time I am afraid , be lucky to get 2 rounds played.

Comments from another side from medical people suggesting spectators may not be allowed back until July/August

 

[ScoringFreely]

Just play with face masks the big wimps

 

[Ironhawk]

NZ has introduced mandatory 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the country. That will likely be the end of the Rugby Union for now, not sure on the impact for NZ Warriors in Rugby League. If that stops the NRL, can't see AFL going ahead.

I quite like what NZ have done, Australia should do the same. Won't happen, but makes sense.

This is why the cricket between Aus/NZ was cancelled, the Kiwis have to get home before these quarantine laws are enforced.

 

[ScoringFreely]

From tomorrow there will be no visas for any country to enter Vietnam for one month.

 

[BIGB0Y]

From tomorrow there will be no visas for any country to enter Vietnam for one month.

Where did you read that. My brother just went there on Friday.

 

[Dustman]

Wish people would stop mentioning Corona,just got ”My Corona” out of my head, now it’s “COVID-19” to the tune of Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners.? ?