Official Match Day Thread: Roosters V Bulldogs

[milanja]

Cos we only get 5 day turnaround they get 8.

Can’t please everyone, we come off a 11 day turnaround for tmrw match, we should be nicely rested regardless.

[bondi.boy]

So we now play the Eels on a 4 day turnaround when they have 7 days rest.

Seems legit.

This is absolutely shaping up as a Claytons Comp.

It's been such ever since the first and original comp was suspended, everything changed and the points kept.
They should've just resumed the old comp and played it thru to November. Cancelled SOO.
They should've foreseen Covid problems.
Whilever everyone was working from home and schools were online and kids at home, the curve was flattened.
Now schools open, and bang, it all turns to mush again.
Teachers are supposed to be practising strict social distancing from kids in the classroom and other teachers in the staff rooms.
Could've caught it anywhere...mall, anywhere proper social distancing is not being strictly observed.
Here comes the second wave...as predicted.

[bondi.boy]

looks too suspect/risky to me to be playing this game at all this round.
kids could have it...incubation period.
tolman could have it...incubation period.
Game should be postponed til august.

Also, can all the bro-hugging be stopped, especially of players from other teams.
No more of that all the players sitting around in a circle hugging each other in solidarity with anyone or anything.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

It's been such ever since the first and original comp was suspended, everything changed and the points kept.
They should've just resumed the old comp and played it thru to November. Cancelled SOO.
They should've foreseen Covid problems.
Whilever everyone was working from home and schools were online and kids at home, the curve was flattened.
Now schools open, and bang, it all turns to mush again.
Teachers are supposed to be practising strict social distancing from kids in the classroom and other teachers in the staff rooms.
Could've caught it anywhere...mall, anywhere proper social distancing is not being strictly observed.
Here comes the second wave...as predicted.

Im not sure we even had a first wave, lest worrying about a second.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

To many follow on effects for playing the game tomorrow. Just give Easts the 2 points today and be done with it.

[milanja]

looks too suspect/risky to me to be playing this game at all this round.
kids could have it...incubation period.
tolman could have it...incubation period.
Game should be postponed til august.

Also, can all the bro-hugging be stopped, especially of players from other teams.
No more of that all the players sitting around in a circle hugging each other in solidarity with anyone or anything.

What is “bro”hugging?

[Tommy Smith]

Can’t please everyone, we come off a 11 day turnaround for tmrw match, we should be nicely rested regardless.

I thought we played Friday.

It's still a clear advantage to the Eels.

I expect Cords to be rested now tomorrow to be fresh for Parra.

[milanja]

I thought we played Friday.

It's still a clear advantage to the Eels.

I expect Cords to be rested now tomorrow to be fresh for Parra.

I would rather bank the two points hopefully with all our players tmrw, and Robbo can rest players against the eels as he sees necessary, would be funny to rest keary,teddy,Boyd,jwh,Radley against the eels, and give them some false confidence if they beat the back2back champions.

[Spirit of 66]

I don't understand this at all. Even if Tolman's test comes back negative, isn't there an incubation period for this virus? Isn't that why people returning from overseas are put in quarantine for 2 weeks?

[The Lip]

I don't understand this at all. Even if Tolman's test comes back negative, isn't there an incubation period for this virus? Isn't that why people returning from overseas are put in quarantine for 2 weeks?

Yeah that’s what I thought - doesn’t solve anything - he could test neg today and positive in the next two weeks - incubation two weeks.

[Bahrain Rooster]

Now we’ll have a 4 day turnaround for the Eels game. Interesting.

[bondi.boy]

What is “bro”hugging?

That stuff the players do in the dressing room before the game...and after the game with the opposition in normal times.

[The Lip]

What I also don’t understand at all is this bullshit fake “bubble” the players are apparently in. So benji kisses a reporter on the cheek he has to sit out. But every player with kids jas their kids going to school with 500-1000 other kids five days a week and that player goes home and kisses and cuddles them everyday not knowing what they have done at school with those 500-1000 other kids. There is zero bubble it’s all a sham.

[easts4eva]

I don't understand this at all. Even if Tolman's test comes back negative, isn't there an incubation period for this virus? Isn't that why people returning from overseas are put in quarantine for 2 weeks?

So long as he's symptom free and returns a negative swab he's free to play.
The 2 weeks iso period only applys to people who display flu symptoms e.g cough, sore throat.

[The Lip]

So long as he's symptom free and returns a negative swab he's free to play.
The 2 weeks iso period only applys to people who display flu symptoms e.g cough, sore throat.

Yeah but can’t he have it and a test not show it until he has had it for 2 weeks?