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« Reply #15960 on: January 6, 2022, 10:20:32 am »
Nadal on Djokovic.

"The world has been suffering enough. Get vaccinated."

"If he wanted, he would be playing here in Australia without problems. He makes his own decision. Everyone is free to take their own decisions, but then there are some consequences, no?"
Well said Nadal.

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« Reply #15961 on: January 6, 2022, 10:44:01 am »
You would hope so but I doubt it. Most tournaments will bend over backwards to get Djokovic in to play. His anti vax views have been well known for over a year and until now has not really affected him playing.


I doubt he will get into France but he will be absolutely fine for Wimbledon, we pretty much take anyone now, and as an "elite" sportsman no doubt he will be exempt of any isolation requirements as the red list has now gone
However if something serious happens to them I will eat my own cock.


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« Reply #15962 on: January 6, 2022, 10:48:11 am »

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« Reply #15963 on: January 6, 2022, 11:13:26 am »
Well said Nadal.

Succinct and straight to the point. Get vaccinated, he would be in the practice court by now.

Apparently his missus was also spreading anti-vaccination messages through social media.

If he somehow managed to get into the tournament, expect some very hostile environment every time he steps out of the hotel. Australians are friendly but they hate being disrespected.

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« Reply #15964 on: January 6, 2022, 11:14:42 am »
I love the name Novaxx  ;D

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« Reply #15965 on: January 6, 2022, 11:17:42 am »
Well said Nadal.

Particularly liked this line:

"That's what the people who understand this say, and I am no-one to create a different opinion."

Someone with the humility to recognise that he doesn't know better than experts in the field and trusts their judgement.

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« Reply #15966 on: January 6, 2022, 11:25:34 am »
I love the name Novaxx  ;D
;D Yep, he should always be referred to as Novaxx Djocovid from now on.

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« Reply #15967 on: January 6, 2022, 11:30:43 am »
;D Yep, he should always be referred to as Novaxx Djocovid from now on.

With NoVisa.
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« Reply #15968 on: January 6, 2022, 11:34:08 am »
Particularly liked this line:

"That's what the people who understand this say, and I am no-one to create a different opinion."

Someone with the humility to recognise that he doesn't know better than experts in the field and trusts their judgement.
Nadal is a sheep, and it sounds like you are too. I get my medical research from Dr Rickie Lambert.

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« Reply #15969 on: January 6, 2022, 11:37:42 am »
Case has now been adjourned to Monday.

Assume his Team are all vaccinated if he’s the only one in the Gov Hotel.

Stranger things have happened so wouldn’t shock me if some lobbying going on right now with the government gets him in, the messed up way the world works, but seen as the Aussies don’t suffer stuff like this gladly I’d not bet on it one bit.

My guess is he’ll scream and shout then be sent packing.

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« Reply #15970 on: January 6, 2022, 11:40:59 am »
Can’t they just deal with him the old fashioned way?

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« Reply #15971 on: January 6, 2022, 11:44:11 am »
Can’t they just deal with him the old fashioned way?



If this isn't a bootable offence, then what is?

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« Reply #15972 on: January 6, 2022, 11:50:53 am »
Stranger things have happened so wouldn’t shock me if some lobbying going on right now with the government gets him in, the messed up way the world works, but seen as the Aussies don’t suffer stuff like this gladly I’d not bet on it one bit.

My guess is he’ll scream and shout then be sent packing.

If he's playing the 'previously had Covid' exemption then he's got little chance.

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In relation to your specific questions, I can confirm that people who contracted COVID-19
within the past six months and seck to enter Australia from overseas, and have not received
two doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)-approved or TGA-recognised
vaccine (or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine), are not considered
fully vaccinated.


Letter from Greg Hunt (Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care) to Craig Tiley (CEO Tennis Australia)



I reckon Tennis Australia have ballsed this up and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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« Reply #15973 on: January 6, 2022, 11:52:31 am »
If this isn't a bootable offence, then what is?
Novak is a funny name isn't it? I'd have called him Chazzwazzer.
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« Reply #15974 on: January 6, 2022, 11:58:34 am »
Guy is alternative medicine & history supporter. Fuck him and his kind. Australians should protest if he is allowed in their country after all they’ve been through and put up with.

Are all alternative medicines bad?

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« Reply #15975 on: January 6, 2022, 12:00:09 pm »
If he's playing the 'previously had Covid' exemption then he's got little chance.


Letter from Greg Hunt (Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care) to Craig Tiley (CEO Tennis Australia)

I reckon Tennis Australia have ballsed this up and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

I rarely use this word except for Jordan Pickford but Craig Tiley is a scum for trying to deflect blame. He has allowed his personal interest to mislead Australian public. There has to be an inquiry into his selfish and potentially criminal behaviour.

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« Reply #15976 on: January 6, 2022, 12:03:26 pm »
Reckon he leaves tomorrow myself
No, jazz. You fear jazz. You fear the lack of rules, the lack of boundaries. Oh look, it's a fence. But, no, it's soft.

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« Reply #15977 on: January 6, 2022, 12:05:25 pm »
I rarely use this word except for Jordan Pickford but Craig Tiley is a scum for trying to deflect blame. He has allowed his personal interest to mislead Australian public. There has to be an inquiry into his selfish and potentially criminal behaviour.

He'll be gone as a result of this. When a government minister writes to you 6 weeks ago clearly detailing what's the rules regarding anyone entering Australia and your organisation holds open the door for a 9-times champion then you've got to go.
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« Reply #15978 on: January 6, 2022, 12:07:21 pm »
If this isn't a bootable offence, then what is?

Hang on, you can get deported from Australia?

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« Reply #15979 on: January 6, 2022, 12:08:44 pm »
Probably not but we will never know if he could have bullshitted his way in.

He may well have been denied anyway but if he turns up out the blue, letters from Tennis Australia and the state, which they would call to verify, some bla bla about special circumstances for him he may have had a decent chance of blagging his way in before anything kicked off.

Instead he decided to tell the world ‘hey fuckers, Australia have bowed down to my demands and greatness, I’ll be flying in unvaccinated tomorrow’ I mean what the fuck did he think was going to happen after that.
He absolutely thought he'd get in because he's Djokovic. These guys are so used to everyone bending over backwards to them.
I’ve plenty links to the clubs playing and backroom staff as many on here know thank you very much. Fair enough, I admire your optimism. But you’re absolute ostriches if you think this squad, even with 2 or 3 new, “cut price” players with potential get us anywhere close

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« Reply #15980 on: January 6, 2022, 12:10:51 pm »
Hang on, you can get deported from Australia?

We've actually become experts at it with 200+ years experience.
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« Reply #15981 on: January 6, 2022, 12:42:26 pm »
Succinct and straight to the point. Get vaccinated, he would be in the practice court by now.


Yep completely his own doing. IF he had legitimate reasons not to have vaccine it wouldn't have gotten this far?

I just hope the Aussies stand firm on their initial rhetoric about not allowing unvaccinated players in.

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« Reply #15982 on: January 6, 2022, 12:46:51 pm »
Are all alternative medicines bad?

You know what they call alternative medicine that actually works?

Medicine.
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« Reply #15983 on: January 6, 2022, 12:52:22 pm »
Can’t they just deal with him the old fashioned way?


;D classic episode.

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« Reply #15984 on: January 6, 2022, 01:22:09 pm »
You know what they call alternative medicine that actually works?

Medicine.

Ahh right.

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« Reply #15985 on: January 6, 2022, 02:14:28 pm »
I read somewhere that he has Celiac's disease and therefore that's why he doesn't want to get vaccinated.

I don't know if it's true or not but I suspect he's just an anti-vaxer as most Eastern Europeans are and just doesn't want to get vaccinated. Good on Australia.

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« Reply #15986 on: January 6, 2022, 02:29:40 pm »
Nadal is a sheep, and it sounds like you are too. I get my medical research from Dr Rickie Lambert.
Aussies like this.  :-X
I’ve plenty links to the clubs playing and backroom staff as many on here know thank you very much. Fair enough, I admire your optimism. But you’re absolute ostriches if you think this squad, even with 2 or 3 new, “cut price” players with potential get us anywhere close

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« Reply #15987 on: January 6, 2022, 02:34:06 pm »
I don't know if it's true or not but I suspect he's just an anti-vaxer as most Eastern Europeans are ...
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« Reply #15988 on: January 6, 2022, 02:36:46 pm »
Hold your fucking horses!

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« Reply #15989 on: January 6, 2022, 03:06:25 pm »
;D classic episode.

I’m just disappointed no one made the link before I did! There really is a Simpsons episode for every event!
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« Reply #15990 on: January 6, 2022, 04:53:10 pm »
You know what they call alternative medicine that actually works?

Medicine.

Very good
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« Reply #15991 on: January 6, 2022, 05:01:06 pm »
I’m just disappointed no one made the link before I did! There really is a Simpsons episode for every event!
To be fair I'd completely forgotten about that episode ;D

Simpsons at it's best then.

As for Novak I saw his mum being interviewed this afternoon. Made me even happier he hasn't been given visa yet ;D

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« Reply #15992 on: January 6, 2022, 05:24:30 pm »
He'll be gone as a result of this. When a government minister writes to you 6 weeks ago clearly detailing what's the rules regarding anyone entering Australia and your organisation holds open the door for a 9-times champion then you've got to go.

Craig Tiley has not tweeted in the last 2 days. Quite unlike him to stop blowing his own trumpet.

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« Reply #15993 on: January 6, 2022, 05:32:12 pm »
Nadal is a sheep, and it sounds like you are too. I get my medical research from Dr Rickie Lambert.

Get my info from Matt Le Tissier BSc

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« Reply #15994 on: January 6, 2022, 05:32:41 pm »
To be fair I'd completely forgotten about that episode ;D

Simpsons at it's best then.

As for Novak I saw his mum being interviewed this afternoon. Made me even happier he hasn't been given visa yet ;D

I was pissed a few days ago when I saw the first report that he was allowed to travel on an exemption and thought this is going to blow up.
I think we need to nail the top sports people that are still not vaccinated - this is why I cannot understand why the Premier league is not doing the same - start publishing the %vaccinated at each Premier league club so we know who could be spreading COVID on match days.

NBA - Irving played this week for the first time - https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/588069-nba-superstar-kyrie-irving-set-for-season-debut   while NY has not  changed rules for top athletes  - So Novaxx will miss US Open this year and hopefully also the French open - unless he gets vaccinated.

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« Reply #15995 on: January 6, 2022, 05:33:39 pm »
If Djokovic is booted Nadal will never have a better opportunity to get a long overdue 2nd Australian Open. About time he joined Djokovic from this era in terms of winning them all at least twice.

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« Reply #15996 on: January 6, 2022, 05:39:04 pm »
Surely they are not going to let him in now, since this has become a political/legal thing. Anything other than him either getting vaccinated will be seen as 'weakness', so I think he will get deported.

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« Reply #15997 on: January 6, 2022, 05:46:35 pm »
Surely they are not going to let him in now, since this has become a political/legal thing. Anything other than him either getting vaccinated will be seen as 'weakness', so I think he will get deported.

He won’t get vaccinated and hasn’t got time to have both.
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« Reply #15998 on: January 6, 2022, 05:49:46 pm »
Has he called for the trainer yet?
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« Reply #15999 on: January 6, 2022, 05:52:13 pm »
He won’t get vaccinated and hasn’t got time to have both.

he has a problem as does he stay unvacinated and not play in the majors this season.

This tournament has gone for him - they will not allow him in, not matter what his medical exception is - this is too big for Aussie politics.

while he will also miss French and US tournaments.
 Wimbledon is anyone's call.

Hopefully the Tennis associations all get behind this.

While I think if Nadal wins the Aussie open he will have to get a vaccination  for this summer's tournaments. Interesting to see how it develops.

For Aussie government & Aussie Tennis and their CEO what a ShIt show. dumb@sses will lose their jobs. it will probably be the best watched Aussie open for years