Pre game postulations: AFL 2020 Rd 5: Carlton vs St. Kilda

[Lods]

QLD are not allowing their teams to play a Victorian side anywhere  without quarantining for 14 days afterwards lol.

Pretty difficult to keep going at this rate.

[LP]

QLD are not allowing their teams to play a Victorian side anywhere  without quarantining for 14 days afterwards lol.

It's an interesting position to take, is this genuinely related to COVID-19 security or it is about the politics and financial reward of hosting a sporting hub?

The optimist thinks one, the pessimist thinks the other!

The murkiness is the financial windfall that comes with an NRL or AFL style hub!

The alarm bells ring when you get situations analogous to "Albury is bad but Paramatta good!" :o

[kruddler]

It's an interesting position to take, is this genuinely related to COVID-19 security or it is about the politics and financial reward of hosting a sporting hub?

The optimist thinks one, the pessimist thinks the other!

The murkiness is the financial windfall that comes with an NRL or AFL style hub!

The alarm bells ring when you get situations analogous to "Albury is bad but Paramatta good!" :o

Easy fix. Send the QLD clubs to a different hub outside victoria. Send the Vic clubs there as well.

QLD wants to play hardball, thats fine, but we will not let it benefit their clubs.

[LP]

Easy fix. Send the QLD clubs to a different hub outside victoria. Send the Vic clubs there as well.

QLD wants to play hardball, thats fine, but we will not let it benefit their clubs.

It's not just Qld acting this way.

Plus if the AFLPA sticks to the 4 week hub limit/rule, it means you have to add two months to the season as they will quarantine a home for two weeks after every fourth round.

Further, the political word is the case detection rates remains a closely linked function of testing, is it that other states are testing less so therefore reporting lower figures than reality? That is the assertion being made behind the scenes, less tests means less positive or false positives!

Vic is considering making testing compulsory, not just if you are unwell, but if you want to access services like a doctor or hospital for unrelated issues. That will further spike the detection rates, as the tests are geared for false positives in preference to reporting false negatives. What has happened to Conor McKenna is happening to dozens of people at this moment, they are positive until they get successive negatives.

I don't have a problem with what Andrews has done, at least he isn't treating the elderly and vulnerable as collateral damage to getting the economy back on track, which is the game being played by some States at the moment! That position won't save them, the hospital beds will still fill up eventually and people will notice it happening.

Sooner or later this is going to impact the remainder of the season.

[flyboy77]

Just watched a clip on the CFC page - all the 2s' goals - hard to think we didn't win in a canter given how easy many of the goals were but we appeared to move the ball quickly and sensibly towards our goals!

Goals:

Honey
TDK (boomer)
Kennedy 3 (I think)
Fish 2  (appeared to be ready but limited footage)
Owies
Moore 2
Stocker 2
Ben S

[pew2]

we need to match there runners ,our coaches have to watch how coll,stop there run.

[Blue Moon]

Bit hard to get a handle on St.Kilda. Collapsed against an undermanned North Melbourne, cleaned up Footscray, got cleaned up by Collingwood and then cleaned up Richmond. I think Clarko and Hawthorn have worked out Richmond and Ratten used the key again last match. Ratten has always been a good game day coach so Teague will need to be on his game. In last years draft they gave up 1st & 2nd round draft picks, Newnes, Steven, Bruce & Acres for Butler, Howard, Ryder, Hill, Jones & Abbott. Basically last year's draft was an admittance that their rebuild from the Riewoldt and free kicks from the AFL era has been a failure. They have traded to become competitive. Hill & Jones will give them outside run and class, while King & Clark are pretty good players. When they are on top they appear to be able to kick goals, first half against North, game against Footscray & Richmond, but when they are losing they struggle to kick goals, 2nd half against North and against Collingwood. I think this means that if we keep it tight we should be able to restrict their scoring ability. Last week St.Kilda took their opportunities against Richmond while I don't think we have fully taken our opportunities against any of our opponents this season. O'Brien, Fisher & Kennedy are all pushing for selection, and maybe De Konning, and McKay would be handy to bring in. Silvagni, Philps and Newnes are possible outs. I think if we are competitive from the start and trust our skills, we should be too good for them, however StKilda, along with North, is a side we haven't played up to our abilities against for quite a while.

[LP]

Tough one this week, if Ryder is back they have two serious ruck options, we do not need Levi tied up trying to pick up the pieces if Pittonet struggles like he did against Gawn. If Ryder plays this is Pittonet's toughest test so far.

Aints and Dawks both had efficient disposal days out. When the Ferals lost the footy all the kings horses and men running up and down the field like lunatics couldn't get it back again with any reliability, and the tricks that paid off in the past with A-Grade bounces are going the wrong way, even when they did get the footy back they would miss the target!

[townsendcalling]

We are now the Main Event on Thursday Night Football!!!

Short turnaround might be interesting in terms of selection. 

[rocky]

Anyone know why we've been switched from the MCG to Marvel?