I doff my cap to you for watching the whole game. I tuned into the last quarter and that was terrible enough. I completely agree with your conclusion - both sides are going nowhere this year.
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Silvagni. Tackled and hurt his shoulder. I think Ralph was saying a possible shoulder reconstruction.
I’d rather avoid looking at Patton.
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You never like to hear of players getting injured
Except when they play for Fark Carlton
Take 2 - considering I thought he was still with Melbourne 
He’s built from tissue.
Meanwhile Zack gets crunched in the ribs, goes down, but gets up and plays on. Bruised but not broken, shaken but not stirred.
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Carlton doctor is blaming Essendon
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How many weeks for Merrett?
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Just while I think of it, Fark carlton.
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Haha just a slip of the mind. Must have been distracted by MAFS.
On another note, where on earth are Carlton getting their money from?
They have plenty of spuds they could cut to free up cash
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It seems Adam Saad’s brother has taken inspiration from him lol. Similar levels of flakiness!!
EDFL 2021: Westmeadows looking to gain Muhammad Saad from Airport West
AFL Victoria is likely to settle the impasse between the Division 1 sides after three clearance requests were denied in recent days.
Muhammad Saad is looking to play for Westmeadows. Picture: Getty Images
Essendon District Football League Division 1 rivals Airport West and Westmeadows are locked in a battle for the signature of former VFL player Muhammad Saad.
The brother of Carlton dasher Adam had joined the Eagles as its marquee recruit for 2021 from Premier Division outfit Avondale Heights.
Saad’s bid to link with the Tigers has been blocked by Airport West, with clearance requests denied on March 31, April 1 and April 12.
Saad’s cousin Zak was set to take the field for the Eagles this year but has since been given the green light to depart, while another cousin in Omar plays for the Tigers.
Omar Saad in action for Westmeadows. Picture: Aaron Cook
Westmeadows president Grant Smith said he understood Airport West’s position, with the matter likely to be settled by AFL Victoria after both clubs failed to break the impasse.
“He’s made it pretty clear to us that he doesn’t really have that strong a connection at Airport West and he’d prefer to come down and play at Westmeadows,” Smith said.
“We submitted a request for appeal to go to AFL Vic to see if we can sort it out.
“We’re just waiting on the response now from (EDFL chief executive) Ian (Kyte) and his ops team to let us know when that will take place.
“But I understand completely Airport West’s view on this. It would be like us being asked to release Robbie Castello. We’re not going to do that without a fight. I wouldn’t expect Airport West to do anything different.
“At the end of the day, we look at the player and what he wants to do and where he wants to play, and at the moment he’s indicating that he’d like to play with us.
“We’ll do whatever we can to secure that and if it doesn’t go our way, he’s just going to have to play where he’s been told to play.”
Saad, who came through Calder Cannons, made six appearances for Coburg’s VFL team in 2019 while Macleod was his feeder club.
He was training with re-formed state league outfit Northern Bullants but was not named in its squad released last week.
The utility last represented West Coburg in the EDFL and was a key addition for Airport West, which had lost the likes of Tyson Young, Koolyn Briggs, George Nabbout, Damandeep Aujla, Anthony Daw, Chris Lawton and Jayden Ranno since the end of the 2019 campaign.
Smith said Saad had not missed a training session in the past “three or four weeks” and added the Tigers were keen for him to be available as soon as possible.
He said Saad’s experience would be important for Westmeadows’ senior group alongside skipper Castello.
“The plan we put in place a few years to build up our 16s, 18s and come up from that pathway is really starting to pay off for us,” Smith said.
“The main thing we’re trying to push, which these guys help with, is that Premier Division footy is a six or seven-day commitment.
“It’s not turn up Tuesday, Thursday and play Saturday.
“Guys like Mo and Robbie and a few of the other guys, they’ve brought that sort of culture to the club.”
Westmeadows was outgunned by flag favourite East Keilor in Round 1, losing by 63 points, and will face Rupertswood away from home this weekend.
I don’t wish to tarnish the entire family but does the meaning of the name Saad in Lebanese or wider Arabian origins loosely translate to serpent?
Hopefully it means they’ve given up on Merrett.
brown paper bags
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exporting protein enriched blue drink to north korea?
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Over on their bluemour thread, they’re still pretty certain Carlton are going hard after Merrett (as are Collingwood).
But also saying that Essendon are going hard after McKay again.
Maybe they think a certain big bodied midfielder is going home at the end of the year?
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