AFL Player #31: Zach Reid - Hamstring - 4 to 6 weeks - 19/3

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 5, Happyskeret

 

[FlyingV]

Disappointed we can’t see him develop in the 2s

 

[eth-dog]

His reading of the play was really clear from the outset and his marking was pretty solid too. His kicking was a little bit off but he's not afraid of biting off the dangerous kick inboard.

Would like to see him play a few more games in the reserves to really get a body of work behind him before we see him in the seniors again.

 

[Yoda_]

Dodoro’s favourite of the three early selections. Absolutely enamoured with him as we all are


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[doug85]

Dodoro’s favourite of the three early selections. Absolutely enamoured with him as we all are


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What did he say?

 

[Zach Package]

What did he say?

Communicates with a series of winks and fist pumps

 

[Lore]

Was great in his first real game back (he did play a couple of scratchies in a Carlton jumper as well, but covid).

Zach Reid
Stats: 20 disposals, 11 marks, two tackles

“It was his first real game back after some time away with illness. It was pleasing to see him back playing, but he played really well. A little bit of a shaky start with his kicking in the first quarter, but he took 11 marks for the day across half-back. After quarter-time he set us up really well in our back half, and along with Marty Gleeson was a real catalyst for setting up our ball movement. He was great.”

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[Lore]

Zach Reid
Stats: 16 disposals, seven marks, two tackles

“It was really fun to watch him play on Ben Brown. Ben Brown is such a good player - he’s an experienced AFL player and it was a really good experience for Reid. I think he (Brown) probably kicked two or three on Reidy when he was on him - a little bit of that was his craft and a little bit of that was Casey’s ball movement, which was hard for him (Reid) to defend at times. Probably at times Zach didn't get a lot of help - sometimes our pressure on the ball wasn’t great so there were some easy entries and it was hard to defend, but I thought he committed himself really well to the role.”

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[fishardansin]

Laverde and Langford have less trade value than Hind. Best we could hope for is a team like North wanting some big bodies to protect their kids during a root and branch rebuild and perhaps go for a swap of third rounders for both of them. Hurts to say because I was on the Laverde band wagon early. I still think if he had have had a better run with injuries and the coaching staff had have put more midfield development into him he could have been a part time big bodied mid and medium forward. They also stuffed up Langford because I would have lived having a poor man's Gunston to operate alongside genuine excitement in Tippa and Stringer and a good KPF.

If we had some inside bull in the midfield Merrets offence would be amazing. If we can't get that this year I dont mind trading him for that inside mid and start searching for an outside replacement.

Is it ok to quote yourself to laugh at yourself? What an idiot!! lol

 

[Kyptastic]

Stress fracture in the back and out for the rest of the season. What a shame, was hoping he’d get some more AFL action in the last few rounds

 

[Petrify]

Rough. Would've got named this week I believe.

 

[ghostdog]

Is it ok to quote yourself to laugh at yourself? What an idiot!! lol

Yes.

 

[Dave]

Poop.

 

[TheGrizz]

Young, Essendon key position player with a back injury, what can go wrong!

 

[Chief Hopper]

Fingers crossed not another Gumbleton

 

[owen87]

Young, Essendon key position player with a back injury, what can go wrong!

Time for some beach hill sprints you think?

 

[Ati Tude]

Real shame for the kid. Was a big chance to play much of the rest of the season in the seniors and was really the main other piece we could try and develop further this year. But important to get him right nonetheless. Harry Jones has done well this year coming off no real footy last year.

 

[DapperDon]

Well......*

 

[Mercurial89]

Ridley had something similar didn't he?

 

[ILikeCheese]

Ridley had something similar didn't he?

Pretty sure he had a back fracture in the early years, hopefully Reid has a similar projection

 

[BrunoV]

Fingers crossed not another Gumbleton

God, how dramatic.

Ridley had the same problem in year 1 and I think it continued early in to year 2.

Every fast bowler on the planet has also experienced the same thing.

 

[Zach Package]

Harry Jones also missed basically his entire year 1 with a stressy.

Shame though, definitely a shame

 

[carnthedons]

Lanky tall kids putting themselves through significantly more load than ever before while trying to gain bulk have stress reactions? Not shocked in the slightest, rest up Zach, we need 2022 rising star as well

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

Shocking timing. Was bloody keen to see the boy play.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Every fast bowler on the planet has also experienced the same thing.

Similar body!

 

[fishardansin]

Yeah like a lot of people here first thing that popped in my mind was Gumby. Please no.