Djokovic

[jirskyr]

We can all just agree he got special treatment because he's a famous tennis player, and then move on. I'm not too cut about it - famous people get preferential allowances all the time, it's just one of the perks of being a famous person. I would love for everything to be egalitarian all the time, but that's not how the world really works.

And nobody should be surprised to find out that Djokovic is a twat, because he's been like that for a long time.

Malcolm Knox wrote a good article in the SMH the other day, about how Djokovic's supreme self-confidence and mental toughness is both what makes him an all-time great tennis player, but also why he exists in his own off-kilter unreality, surrounded by disciples and sycophants.

So he's a bit up himself.
A bit like Cam Smith perhaps.

Well, sounds a bit like every successful sports star. Remember Roger Federer back around the time we won our premiership during his winning speech mentioned me and I over a 10 times.

Their all mostly like that. What's new?

Federer is not and has never been up himself.

I disagree. Listen to some of his early interviews.

But he has certainly managed to cultivate and project an angelic persona of himself especially after initial success.

But look, that's how these guys get their edge.

Lucky I was bought up not to idolize anybody, just enjoy the sport and contest and ignore the character .

Maybe our definition of up himself is very different. When I think of that term I think of a twerp like Kyrigos


Not wrong there.
Kyrigos.

Imagine having a coffee with him. Shocking.

On the subject of tennis flogs, how much of a pelican is Tomic? He even makes Kyrigos look good.

Top shelf pelican. And people used to not like Lleyton Hewitt - Hewitt is about 100x more solid and respectable than basically any decent male tennis player Australia has produced since, though there's still hope for young Kokkinakis and de Minaur.

 

[Newtown]

Renata Voracova, the Czech doubles player deported from Australia on account of similar conditions to the Novak Djokovic saga, says she will pursue compensation from Tennis Australia.

Voracova was ordered out of Australia after her visa was cancelled by border officials on account of her medical exception being reviewed.

She was initially granted entry into Australia, and was already competing in a warmup tournament in Melbourne under the same provisions for a medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination as the men's world No.1.

 

[dazza65]

We can probably blame Scott Morrison for incorrectly filling out Djokovic's entry card and lying on his declaration.

There’s a few on here who would, as well as the holocaust and JFK if they could

 

[Newtown]

Australian government prepares case to DEPORT Novak Djokovic
Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia 4 hrs ago
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High gas prices could last two years, warns Centrica; Whitbread sees soaring…
Barty's Open rivals hit top gear in Sydney

The Australian Federal Government is tonight still preparing paperwork to try and boot Novak Djokovic out of the country, with sources warning letting him stay would set a 'dangerous precedent'.

It is understood the government is willing to receive harsh backlash internationally over the issue in order to maintain its 'tough on Covid' border stance.

 

[trentrunciman]

Australian government prepares case to DEPORT Novak Djokovic
Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia 4 hrs ago
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139
High gas prices could last two years, warns Centrica; Whitbread sees soaring…
Barty's Open rivals hit top gear in Sydney

The Australian Federal Government is tonight still preparing paperwork to try and boot Novak Djokovic out of the country, with sources warning letting him stay would set a 'dangerous precedent'.

It is understood the government is willing to receive harsh backlash internationally over the issue in order to maintain its 'tough on Covid' border stance.

Especially considering it’s an election year they’ll want to ensure they have good PR on this

 

[hammertime]

What would have happened if the bloke was a normal traveler?
He would have been booted out easily by now.

The Govt just needs to apply the same rules.

 

[FinestTigers]

The problems associated with omicron have been travelling at the speed of light,
The emergence of omicron was believe or not only a few weeks ago, and since then the attitude of our govt. towards this variant of concern (VOC) has been like what i would call similar to an Arsonists, it would be like a naive immature child lighting a match and throwing it in to the bush just to see what would happen.

And we can all see now what has happened, a crisis of shortage of food and workers.

But Unbelievably amongst this major crisis our Scomo is still able to spend and dedicate a lot of time to deal with a matter that concerns a tennis player?

Now, i'm certain that if Djokovic was not Djokovic but was one of Scomo's favourite footy players then none of us would have heard so much of this nonsense.

Besides Djokovic winning his case, Scomo knows that if we were to count all of the dec forms which have the wrong boxes ticked, they would be in the thousands and millions.

Scomo wasting precious time, the judge has said Djokovic is not a problem, the judge says we have a food and workers crisis.

 

[twentyforty]

This case reminds me of the Pistol and Boo case. Where’s Barnaby? Hehehe.

 

[TieDye]

This case reminds me of the Pistol and Boo case. Where’s Barnaby? Hehehe.

*tips hat* Sir

I guess he’s getting booted, not surprised either, just very disappointed.

 

[Tigerwould]

Elsewhere, Spanish media is reporting that the country’s Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked police and immigration authorities to investigate Djokovic’s travel there.
On his arrival document into Australia, the star said he had been in no other countries in the 14 days before flying to Melbourne from Spain, via Dubai, and landing on January 5.
To comply with that statement, he would have had to have been in Spain by December 22.

But social media posts and news articles from late December show him apparently in Belgrade, where he was filmed playing tennis in the street.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has said he has no information about whether Djokovic visited Spain before travelling to Australia.
“I have no record of this presence of Djokovic,” he said on Wednesday.
Since September 2021, Serbian citizens have been required to present a vaccine certificate or a special exemption to enter Spanish territory. Spanish authorities say they received no such request from Djokovic.

 

[Tigerwould]

Australian government prepares case to DEPORT Novak Djokovic
Levi Parsons For Daily Mail Australia 4 hrs ago
|

139
High gas prices could last two years, warns Centrica; Whitbread sees soaring…
Barty's Open rivals hit top gear in Sydney

The Australian Federal Government is tonight still preparing paperwork to try and boot Novak Djokovic out of the country, with sources warning letting him stay would set a 'dangerous precedent'.

It is understood the government is willing to receive harsh backlash internationally over the issue in order to maintain its 'tough on Covid' border stance.

Especially considering it’s an election year they’ll want to ensure they have good PR on this

Not a fan of the way the Aust Govt handled this at all. But if he is deported then good. Djokovic knowingly spread covid to children and adults after testing positive, lied on his travel declaration about being in spain, and was never on a valid exemption in the first place. That it's taken this long is shocking. He also broke serbian law and should face prosecution. If a less famous player acted like this they'd be suspended from the tour, Djokovic fans can never complain about 'the establishment' ever again, their guy has had more special treatment in the past month than any player.

 

[tig_prmz]

I think the fact he declared wrong is almost irrelevant. You can't deport someone for that.

The fact is simple: he isn't vaccinated and in order for vaccinated people to enter the country- they need to have a medical exemption. He has a medical exemption so he should stay right? But as far as I know, even if you have a medical exemption, he should be in mandated hotel quarantine?

 

[BZN]

The problems associated with omicron have been travelling at the speed of light,
The emergence of omicron was believe or not only a few weeks ago, and since then the attitude of our govt. towards this variant of concern (VOC) has been like what i would call similar to an Arsonists, it would be like a naive immature child lighting a match and throwing it in to the bush just to see what would happen.

And we can all see now what has happened, a crisis of shortage of food and workers.

But Unbelievably amongst this major crisis our Scomo is still able to spend and dedicate a lot of time to deal with a matter that concerns a tennis player?

Now, i'm certain that if Djokovic was not Djokovic but was one of Scomo's favourite footy players then none of us would have heard so much of this nonsense.

Besides Djokovic winning his case, Scomo knows that if we were to count all of the dec forms which have the wrong boxes ticked, they would be in the thousands and millions.

Scomo wasting precious time, the judge has said Djokovic is not a problem, the judge says we have a food and workers crisis.

Another great post @FinestTigers
Novax apparently knowingly did the wrong thing by 'supposedly' allowing one of his managers to fill out his exemption form.
Yeh righto...what a lot of bull imo.
If the dummy cant take responsibility for filling out the 'important' paperwork and then blaming his manager for the incorrect/untruthful information, that should be enough to have him booted out of Oz.
If someone gets stopped with a bag full of drugs trying to get into Oz and they try the... I didnt pack my bag so I know nothing about the drugs story...sorry but you are in big trouble.
It's called personal responsibility and he has shown us he is a liar and a 'dill brain' imo.

 

[BZN]

This case reminds me of the Pistol and Boo case. Where’s Barnaby? Hehehe.

Barnaby with the tomato head.

 

[tig_prmz]

The problems associated with omicron have been travelling at the speed of light,
The emergence of omicron was believe or not only a few weeks ago, and since then the attitude of our govt. towards this variant of concern (VOC) has been like what i would call similar to an Arsonists, it would be like a naive immature child lighting a match and throwing it in to the bush just to see what would happen.

And we can all see now what has happened, a crisis of shortage of food and workers.

But Unbelievably amongst this major crisis our Scomo is still able to spend and dedicate a lot of time to deal with a matter that concerns a tennis player?

Now, i'm certain that if Djokovic was not Djokovic but was one of Scomo's favourite footy players then none of us would have heard so much of this nonsense.

Besides Djokovic winning his case, Scomo knows that if we were to count all of the dec forms which have the wrong boxes ticked, they would be in the thousands and millions.

Scomo wasting precious time, the judge has said Djokovic is not a problem, the judge says we have a food and workers crisis.

Another great post @FinestTigers
Novax apparently knowingly did the wrong thing by 'supposedly' allowing one of his managers to fill out his exemption form.
Yeh righto...what a lot of bull imo.
If the dummy cant take responsibility for filling out the 'important' paperwork and then blaming his manager for the incorrect/untruthful information, that should be enough to have him booted out of Oz.
If someone gets stopped with a bag full of drugs trying to get into Oz and they try the... I didnt pack my bag so I know nothing about the drugs story...sorry but you are in big trouble.
It's called personal responsibility and he has shown us he is a liar and a 'dill brain' imo.

Correct me if I'm wrong but He wasn't gaining any benefit by not declaring that he went to Spain or wherever. Bringing drugs into a country and not declaring that you went to a country (which as far as I'm aware has no restrictions) are not comparable at all.

 

[innsaneink]

The problems associated with omicron have been travelling at the speed of light,
The emergence of omicron was believe or not only a few weeks ago, and since then the attitude of our govt. towards this variant of concern (VOC) has been like what i would call similar to an Arsonists, it would be like a naive immature child lighting a match and throwing it in to the bush just to see what would happen.

And we can all see now what has happened, a crisis of shortage of food and workers.

But Unbelievably amongst this major crisis our Scomo is still able to spend and dedicate a lot of time to deal with a matter that concerns a tennis player?

Now, i'm certain that if Djokovic was not Djokovic but was one of Scomo's favourite footy players then none of us would have heard so much of this nonsense.

Besides Djokovic winning his case, Scomo knows that if we were to count all of the dec forms which have the wrong boxes ticked, they would be in the thousands and millions.

Scomo wasting precious time, the judge has said Djokovic is not a problem, the judge says we have a food and workers crisis.

Another great post @FinestTigers
Novax apparently knowingly did the wrong thing by 'supposedly' allowing one of his managers to fill out his exemption form.
Yeh righto...what a lot of bull imo.
If the dummy cant take responsibility for filling out the 'important' paperwork and then blaming his manager for the incorrect/untruthful information, that should be enough to have him booted out of Oz.
If someone gets stopped with a bag full of drugs trying to get into Oz and they try the... I didnt pack my bag so I know nothing about the drugs story...sorry but you are in big trouble.
It's called personal responsibility and he has shown us he is a liar and a 'dill brain' imo.

Correct me if I'm wrong but He wasn't gaining any benefit by not declaring that he went to Spain or wherever. Bringing drugs into a country and not declaring that you went to a country (which as far as I'm aware has no restrictions) are not comparable at all.

There is deception involved in both scenarios

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Decision to come late tomorrow so that any appeal can’t be processed until after he misses his first round match so there is no point in him sticking around anyway.

 

[hank37w]

Correct me if I’m wrong but He wasn’t gaining any benefit by not declaring that he went to Spain or wherever.

Perhaps he did not want to draw attention to the fact that he had been in Spain because questions are now being asked by Spanish Authorities whether he entered Spain legally.

The longer this goes on the more questions are being asked.

As far as the Magistrate or Judge who stated something along the lines of, "What else does this man have to do?"

Well I would say that telling the truth would be a really good start.

From where I sit it would appear that this Judge had made up his mind about the matter before it even got into the court room.

Just seems to me like another case of a non elected official being totally out of touch with community standards and expectations.

 

[Tiger5150]

Decision to come late tomorrow so that any appeal can’t be processed until after he misses his first round match so there is no point in him sticking around anyway.

Or he gets an injunction, which will mean the final decision might come after he is finished at the Open anyway.

 

[hank37w]

That is the most likely outcome I am afraid.