Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield admits the uncertainty around a return to action has made training a difficult proposition.
With no games until June at the earliest, Dangerfield like most in society is taking a cautious approach.
“It’s impossible to (train) with too many people,” Dangerfield told Channel 7 news.
“We can train with one other and that is it. I’ve been abiding by those rules as all the Cats players have. It makes it hard to get any football session underway, but you just have to do the best you can in this situation.
“It will be a building phase for most of us. We’ve spent four months in the preseason getting ready to go and now we are in a holding pattern. The balance is (hard). We don’t know how long it’s going to be.
“We have to manage (training away from each other) and when we are allowed to train together, we aren’t sure of the appropriate time to resume games. You wouldn’t want to begin game straight away and have a heap of injuries.”
Dangerfield has confidence in the authorities in determining when is the right time to get back to the game he loves.
“I think every player understand where COVID-19 is at and we hope the curve goes down so we can return to normality as a society,” he said.
“The AFL and the players will take the message from the government authorities as to when it’s safe to play and when it’s the right time.”
Dangerfield was marking his 30th birthday on Sunday, and enjoyed a low key celebration.
“It’s as quiet as it can be with two kids,” he laughed."
“It’s very different. We had the Coles special - the mud cake. You can’t do better than that."
