Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
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Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
No, seriously:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/e ... 7024786887
Essendon and four other clubs, including Collingwood.
Silly me, I would have thought the honourable thing would be to allow the Saints to redraft him with competition.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/e ... 7024786887
Essendon and four other clubs, including Collingwood.
Silly me, I would have thought the honourable thing would be to allow the Saints to redraft him with competition.
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O my interesting might come down to the $ and contract. Suns also interested we might not stand a chance depending on the offers. The dopers would really like him. They're missing a small forward. Are the dopers locked out of this years drafts.
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Good for Ahmed. If his agent can get a bidding war going then he might end up ahead from this unfortunate event. Personally I don't care if we get him or not but it would be good for him to get back to the top level.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
Posted I was told about the Bummers wanting to draft him almost a month ago. Good thing is that he is almost a certainty to get drafted, think it would be nice if we had first choice.
Just about guarantee the AFL will come up with some formulae to allow any future suspended players to get delisted then automatically picked up by their club. As usual the Saints get the raw end of the stick, then there will be policy change.
Essendon anyone?
Anyway best of luck to Saad, either way.
Just about guarantee the AFL will come up with some formulae to allow any future suspended players to get delisted then automatically picked up by their club. As usual the Saints get the raw end of the stick, then there will be policy change.
Essendon anyone?
Anyway best of luck to Saad, either way.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
Agree. He was a bit silly but hopefully the training under Jackaboochie will help.bergholt wrote:Good for Ahmed. If his agent can get a bidding war going then he might end up ahead from this unfortunate event. Personally I don't care if we get him or not but it would be good for him to get back to the top level.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
The dopers through their legal squealing last year and Dimwit's caving in have been gifted pick 19, but have no 1st and 2nd round pick.ShanghaiSaint wrote:O my interesting might come down to the $ and contract. Suns also interested we might not stand a chance depending on the offers. The dopers would really like him. They're missing a small forward. Are the dopers locked out of this years drafts.
Totally makes sense aint it?
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
When you posted that earlier, I thought you were joking.supersaints wrote:Posted I was told about the Bummers wanting to draft him almost a month ago. Good thing is that he is almost a certainty to get drafted, think it would be nice if we had first choice
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
I can see their PR Spin now :-
'The Only Essendon Player with a Positive Drug Test'
They'll probably appoint Justin Charles to some minor caching position as well.
'The Only Essendon Player with a Positive Drug Test'
They'll probably appoint Justin Charles to some minor caching position as well.
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LOL!Mr Magic wrote:I can see their PR Spin now :-
'The Only Essendon Player with a Positive Drug Test'
They'll probably appoint Justin Charles to some minor caching position as well.
Good call, MM.
I'd still like to keep our very own home grown infractor away from the Infractibles.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
If we want him & Ahmed wants to come to us… I can't see any club being able to get him.
We could just easily get him to go only into the pres-season draft… no-one would keep a spot on their list free in case we didn't take him there.
We could just easily get him to go only into the pres-season draft… no-one would keep a spot on their list free in case we didn't take him there.
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If we sign him: GREAT! If we don't ? Life goes on. Good luck to the guy, whichever way the cookie crumbles!
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
I concurthejiggingsaint wrote:If we sign him: GREAT! If we don't ? Life goes on. Good luck to the guy, whichever way the cookie crumbles!
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
That's fine. Turn our focus towards Mitch Clark, seems only fair if we get beaten to the punch with Saad then we can play the same game with Clark.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
essendon are creeps...we all know that....probably a sting to make us give a higher pick to secure him or release seb to them
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
Put aside his banning and delisting and look at Ahmed the footballer, what does he offer our list.
If my memory serves me correctly he was probably in the same mould as TDL and Milera.
Both those players probably won't be on the list in 4 weeks time so I'm wondering why the club would redraft him if they look at him purely on his football ability.
Surely they won't draft him out of obligation, surely it will come down to how they rated him before his banning and whether they could see any upside/improvement coming from him, he's missed a lot of footy.
It's also a question of if there is a void on the list that he can fill and the answer to that is probably not because of other players that slot into his role like Eli.
If my memory serves me correctly he was probably in the same mould as TDL and Milera.
Both those players probably won't be on the list in 4 weeks time so I'm wondering why the club would redraft him if they look at him purely on his football ability.
Surely they won't draft him out of obligation, surely it will come down to how they rated him before his banning and whether they could see any upside/improvement coming from him, he's missed a lot of footy.
It's also a question of if there is a void on the list that he can fill and the answer to that is probably not because of other players that slot into his role like Eli.
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i agree with you...if someone else really wants him...they are welcome to him afaic....Cairnsman wrote:Put aside his banning and delisting and look at Ahmed the footballer, what does he offer our list.
If my memory serves me correctly he was probably in the same mould as TDL and Milera.
Both those players probably won't be on the list in 4 weeks time so I'm wondering why the club would redraft him if they look at him purely on his football ability.
Surely they won't draft him out of obligation, surely it will come down to how they rated him before his banning and whether they could see any upside/improvement coming from him, he's missed a lot of footy.
It's also a question of if there is a void on the list that he can fill and the answer to that is probably not because of other players that slot into his role like Eli.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
It was our choice to de-list him, we could have kept him on the list while he served his suspension.saintly wrote:no its not. nothing we can do about it.paddy wrote:our own fault...
So, Our Fault if he decides life will be better at the bombers.... He may even go to someone else because we didn't keep him on, i wouldn't blame him...
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
Had a very average second season... I like him but wasnt too sold on him
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He'll go with whoever calls his name out at the Draft. Could be us; could be someone else. Could be no one. He won't get to pick and choose.paddy wrote: It was our choice to de-list him, we could have kept him on the list while he served his suspension.
So, Our Fault if he decides life will be better at the bombers.... He may even go to someone else because we didn't keep him on, i wouldn't blame him...
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
I rate Saad but not enough to warrant a selection in the national draft IMO. If there is hardly any talent in the rookie or PSD drafts then a definite yes but as I said I don't want to waste valuable draft picks on a 25 year old forward pocket.
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Re: Essendon pursuing Ahmed Saad
I can understand us perhaps rookie listing him out of a sense of loyalty or whatever, if that was his only way of getting back into the system. But it would have to be at a pick that we value him at.Saints94 wrote:I rate Saad but not enough to warrant a selection in the national draft IMO. If there is hardly any talent in the rookie or PSD drafts then a definite yes but as I said I don't want to waste valuable draft picks on a 25 year old forward pocket.
And that may well be our last pick in the Rookie Draft for example.
And if another club is prepared to give him a go and gets in before the Saints get to that pick, then I reckon our club would simply wish him all the best and we all move on.