AFL Player 31: Zach Reid

[Lore]

 

[Milanista28]

 

[DERO]

Didn't they say he had one hammy shorter than the other? Think from a Reid interview earlier in the season

FFS. We should have measured them before we drafted him.

 

[Mercurial89]

They spend as much as they can already.
We have about a dozen S&C coaches, we send the players overseas to specialist rehab clinics and we are by far the most conservative club with injury management in the league.

Not sure what else can be done.

Change of philosophy

Didn't they say he had one hammy shorter than the other? Think from a Reid interview earlier in the season

Smaller and weaker, not shorter and not unheard of.

 

[jannissary]

beyond parody.

 

[doug85]

Drafting 6’8 kids that weigh 70 kgs, are still growing, trying to pack 20kg+ of muscle onto them in a couple of years while simultaneously building them to AFL fitness levels.

Fair enough.

But he’s shown he was definitely worth the top 10 pick investment. Maybe we made some developmental mistakes, but he can definitely play.

I’m shattered because he was becoming my favourite player.

 

[thepokey]

But is there a happy ending?

If Essendon are involved? Absolutely not

 

[bommer16]

Sigh.

 

[Zach Package]

Seems it’s a full cotton wool job with surgical intervention to stop recurrence, doesn’t seem like this one is at all serious but they don’t want it to happen again.

Right call

 

[ant555]

Most tall kids are skinny when drafted. And every club would have done the same. I’m sure the Bulldogs did with Darcy and Melbourne did with Jackson too.

Jackson was actually 10kg heavier than Reid when he was drafted.
Darcy certainly was skinny. 75kg. Now listed at 97kg. Darcey had a pretty light first couple of years and has had some injury issues including a foot stress fracture and a lung issue.

 

[nipst@r]

Have the surgery.

Surgery ain't always the best option. I thought surgery is more last resort/no other option or a quick fix to return quicker. Not sure of hamstrings though.

 

[nipst@r]

Dr. Google of hamstrings surgery for chronic injury isn't any comfort.

Laverde might get another year with hayes/reid both missing close to 12 months of footy.

 

[Maxabillions]

Dr. Google of hamstrings surgery for chronic injury isn't any comfort.

Laverde might get another year with hayes/reid both missing close to 12 months of footy.

Are we sure Laverde isn’t sprinkling concrete on the Tulla ovals?

 

[IHurley]

Who's the next permanently injured player we can give a multi-decade contract to?

 

[Old Campaigner]

Bring Alex Johnson

Alex Johnson

Age

33

Ht

194cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

111.5

2star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

8.2

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

out of retirement to plug the holes in the backline

 

[brutus76]

Needs the Max Rooke German calf blood treatment or whatever they do in the Black Forest lab there

 

[ant555]

Surgery ain't always the best option. I thought surgery is more last resort/no other option or a quick fix to return quicker. Not sure of hamstrings though.

It is when the tendon is involved.

 

[DonsRule]

From a physiotherapist

 

[Runk]

 

[Call Me Cake]

I was always on board the Zeid train even before he showed his abilities this year but re-signing him while injured instead of waiting to do it when he was back on the park was a low IQ move by the club. Just needless.

 

[Happyskeret]

From a physiotherapist

So is this severe hamstring tightness?

 

[dank420_]

So is this severe hamstring tightness?

I think it's T-junction injury - involving the connective tissue between the two lateral hamstring muscles. These can be tricky, with poor blood supply and higher recurrence risk + both muscles have different nerve supply awareness.

 

[Old Campaigner]

So is this severe hamstring tightness?

Possibly just a T-junction injury - involving the connective tissue between the two lateral hamstring muscles. These can be tricky, with poor blood supply and higher recurrence risk + both muscles have different nerve supply sprain

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I was always on board the Zeid train even before he showed his abilities this year but re-signing him while injured instead of waiting to do it when he was back on the park was a low IQ move by the club. Just needless.

not exactly needless for the player. It must be a pretty tough time already and I can't imagine we'd give up on him yet

 

[jmoo wan]

i knew it was the T-junction, even when it was the hamstrings, i knew it was the T-junction

 

[EnolaGay]

So is this severe hamstring tightness?

The presentation suggests a possible T-junction injury involving the common aponeurosis between the biceps femoris and semitendinosus muscles. These injuries are notoriously difficult to manage due to the region’s relatively poor vascularity, increased risk of re-injury, and the differing innervation of the involved muscles—namely, the tibial division of the sciatic nerve for the semitendinosus and the common peroneal division for the biceps femoris