Collingwood, the AFL and the Virus.

perthmagpie · Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Location: Yarrawonga

If I had to guess they will suspend the season with rounds 1-4 or more pushed back. That would leave the Granny around Oct 20 with the two byes removed. I am beginning to think they won't want no crowds. Clubs can't afford no gate revenue and membership refunds/credits. There will have to be practice matches in April behind closed gates. The AFLW is facing a huge problem.

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

and so it begins!!

or ends!

or the beginning of the end,
or hopefully the end of the begininngs,

bottle shops are open yeah?

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

SteveH67 · Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia

He is worried about his mate Peter Dutton

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

Both caught the virus from a French au pair.

Monco Matt · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:08 pm

Having to play games without the might of the magpie army behind them may have a significant negative impact on the success of our playing group, unfortunately for us clubs like North, St.K, Dogs, GCFC, GWS & Carlton will not notice any difference and will have an unfair advantage. Sad

Mr Miyagi · Joined: 14 Sep 2018

It'll be like playing at Subiaco, silence when we kick a goal. And I reckon the Aussies testing positive at the ski resort in Aspen must be Melbourne supporters.

makri · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Location: Clifton Hill

refund situation will be interesting. Ticketmaster tickets being refunded, no word on members though.

K · Joined: 09 Sep 2011

Clubs seek legal advice on membership obligations if coronavirus forces fans out

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/clubs-seek-legal-advice-on-membership-obligations-if-coronavirus-forces-fans-out-20200312-p549kz.html

masoncox · masoncox Joined: 31 Aug 2015

Things are looking really bad.
I have no doubt the season will be cancelled.
It is going to get really ugly with nation wide shut downs.
I wasn't worried until today.
But things are sp4inning out of control far quicker than i thought.

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:30 am

Hiss · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: Geelong

The biggest threat to the people are the people themselves.

Stay calm, don’t listen or read media. Love thy neighbour and be there for each other. Keep warm, hydrated and eat healthy. Try and go about your life without panic and anxiety. Stay loyal to our Club.

Have faith in your saviour and our lord.

And just try and chill out. We live in a great nation with wonderful natural beauty. And remember greed is our modern virus that has ruined so much. Let’s use corona to fight against selfishness and greed. This is our warning and opportunity.

Collingwood is our Club and no virus (Corona or Corporate) will destroy us.

Go Pies and bless you wonderful Collingwood family.

swoop42 · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:55 am

Fair to say this decision has sucked the life out of season 2020.

Not convinced it's even necessary at present given the extremely low instances of confirmed infection (199 cases/3 deaths) within a population of 25 million.

Health advice recommending anyone in a high risk group (elderly/preexisting health condition) to not attend could have sufficed while people with barely a sniffle or ones who have recently returned from overseas travel could have been encouraged to stay away.

Fair chance those who are overly paranoid or panicked about coronavirus would have stayed home anyway and crowd numbers would have been way down.