Dave Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 What's the feeling in Australia regarding this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 33 minutes ago, nudge said: They canceled the visa of a Czech tennis player who had been in the country for weeks already and even played a match in a practice tournament, and detained her unlike Djokovic, she doesn't have the resources to fight the Australian government though, so just agreed to leave. That’s an important point (don’t know her whole story, though). He’s got the resources and high profile. Basically the Novax Jokervic thing is seemingly a fuck up from government officials at the airport. It’s just a bizarre situation. I highly doubt he actually had covid a couple of weeks ago. Wouldn’t put it past him or his country to falsify this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 35 minutes ago, The Palace Fan said: What's the feeling in Australia regarding this? Hard to say. If you go on social media you have the anti vaxxers being happy (small minority but the loudest voice). I haven’t watched any “commercial” news tonight. Very busy putting babies to bed and changing shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Popular Post RandoEFC+ Posted January 10, 2022 Subscriber Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 Might upset a few people but I'm praying for him to be kicked out to be honest. The anti-vax crowd are dangerous enough without being allowed to feel that their kicking, screaming, protesting and general losing of their minds over this case has been vindicated. I would have had some sympathy for Djokovic if this whole thing was a mix-up with his papers and the evidence suggested that he genuinely tested positive in the past six months to get an exemption. However, the claim is that he tested positive on 16th December, yet there is evidence of him at an awards' event on the 17th and a photoshoot with L'Equipe on the 18th. So either he was parading around carrying on with his normal life against the rules having tested positive, or the positive test on the 16th is simply an outright lie. Morally speaking, either of these should be sufficient to send him packing, but I understand that using evidence of him wandering around with Covid in Serbia, France, Monaco or wherever probably can't easily be used in a court case in Australia. There's a lot of narrative about him being 'locked up' which seems to be garnering him increasing sympathy from the global media. I'm sorry but the way refugees and asylum seekers are treated in some countries, they'd give an arm and a leg to be getting the treatment Djokovic is getting down there. Competing in the Australian Open isn't a basic human right either. He's been a silly man not getting the vaccine in the first place and it looks like he's gone on to be genuinely a pretty big dickhead either lying about having Covid to get what he wants or knocking about with other people while he knew he was infected. If he goes on to be allowed into the country and compete in the tournament, which he'll likely also win, what message does that send out to the rest of the world about following the rules? I don't like him but he's a role model to many. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2022 I love Andy Murray. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I'm really upset about it to be honest. I think on a world level it could have devastating affects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted January 10, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said: I'm really upset about it to be honest. I think on a world level it could have devastating affects What kind of "devastating effects" could it potentially have on a world level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 His parents comparing the way hes been treated to that of the crucifiction of Jesus Christ is quite telling of where his ego developed. 1 hour ago, nudge said: What kind of "devastating effects" could it potentially have on a world level? I've learned never to underestimate the British public when it comes to using an incident over the other side of the world to push there own narratives and agendas before seemingly ignoring far better incidents in the future. An extreme example would be the protests in the UK after the death of George Floyd in America. You'd expect that same energy when the Dalian Atkinson inquest ruled he was killed after a Police Officer kicked him hard enough in the head on more than one occasion to leave a boot indent but to my knowledge there wasn't anything near the level of protest we had seen befire. There appears to be very much a 'strike whilst the irons hot' approach over here as opposed to advancing agendas through logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, nudge said: What kind of "devastating effects" could it potentially have on a world level? I think whenever somebody who refuses to vaccinate gets any kind of victory it encourages anti vaxers and they become more influential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 10, 2022 Fucking hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toinho Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 hours ago, LFCMike said: So he can’t read numbers now? I am hoping we send him home. He’s a lemon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 hours ago, LFCMike said: The blokes a melt. All those titles and he’ll be forever remembered for this. Fantastic stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted January 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 12, 2022 He's apologised now and called it 'misguided' to go to events on the 17th and 18th after testing positive on the 16th. "Misguided". Cunt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted January 12, 2022 Administrator Share Posted January 12, 2022 28 minutes ago, RondónEFC said: He's apologised now and called it 'misguided' to go to events on the 17th and 18th after testing positive on the 16th. "Misguided". Cunt. Quite. Irresponsible and stupid are the words he's looking for. Only sorry he got caught out, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, RondónEFC said: He's apologised now and called it 'misguided' to go to events on the 17th and 18th after testing positive on the 16th. "Misguided". Cunt. Basically “I took a PCR and still thought fuck it, I’m doing interviews and public engagements because I’m bullet proof”. Cunt indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 12, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 12, 2022 What I find most disturbing is, is how his Serbian fans are obsessed with him. He could kill puppies with his bare hands on live Televion, and they'd still defend him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted January 13, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 13, 2022 All Kecmanovic aren't we? The draw is a nice one for Djokovic. Tommy Paul might be a mild danger in R2 but the seeded players he could face in R3/4 are Sonego, who I genuinely haven't heard of, Monfils, who won't be able to concentrate for five sets because he's mental, and Garin who is an average, solid top 20 player who buffs his ranking by pounding the minor clay court tournaments throughout the year. Berretini in the QFs could be a threat. Norris won a Masters 1000 at the back end of last year but I wouldn't back him to really trouble Djokovic. Then it's over to Zverev or Nadal in the semi-finals. As for Andy Murray, who has made the semi-finals of the warm-up event in Sydney this week after losing to Facundo Bagnis in the first round of his first event of the season, he faces Basilashvili in the first round who is seeded, so a good player, but one of the ones who Murray went through in his Sydney progress this week. 2022 will be make or break in terms of seeing whether he can get his ranking back into at least the top 50-100 to stop needing wildcards for big events, and perhaps become somewhat relevant on the tour again. If it doesn't happen this year, it isn't going to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 days later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I saw a conspiracy theory that the only reason Djoko’s is getting denied is because he heavily criticised and has been campaigning against Rio Tinto in Serbia, and Rio Tinto is one of the backers of the LNP. No evidence but it is one of those things that probably is true to some degree. Rio Tinto so love raping the earth @Devil-Dick Willie @Toinho @Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 14, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2022 He waited until it's 5pm on Friday in Australia, and courts are closed until Monday. He basically made the decision and then noped out into the weekend. What a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Tommy said: He waited until it's 5pm on Friday in Australia, and courts are closed until Monday. He basically made the decision and then noped out into the weekend. What a man. Good thing you don’t vote in Australia because you’ve bouhgt into the story. Alex Hawke is typical liberal party scum https://www.openaustralia.org.au/mp/alex_hawke/mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy Posted January 14, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Spike said: Good thing you don’t vote in Australia because you’ve bouhgt into the story. Alex Hawke is typical liberal party scum https://www.openaustralia.org.au/mp/alex_hawke/mitchell He made the decision like a coward, just before heading into the weekend and no instant repercussions. It's kind of relatable. Doesn't mean I'd vote for him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tommy said: He made the decision like a coward, just before heading into the weekend and no instant repercussions. It's kind of relatable. Doesn't mean I'd vote for him. Wouldn’t make a difference a hundred of him in the staff to replace him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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