Universal Love Ben Reid Retires
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Always a premiership hero. Thanks Reidy.
Congratulations on your career Ben,and all the best for your retirement.If not for injuries you could have been one of the superstars of the competition,but sadly it wasn’t meant to be.Still,you’re a premiership Collingwood player,and no one can take that away from you.
- Nov 26, 2013
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If you'd taken the time to actually watch the video you would have noted that Reidy has had a setback and that's why he's pulling the pin now as he'd just be taking up a spot on the plane at this point.
Noblest of intentions from a bloke who's done everything he can to get in the field maligned by someone who couldn't be bothered watching a few minutes of video before going off half cocked.
Reflects real well on you old mate. Real well indeed.
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Was a massive fan, watching him in 2010 grow from skinny kid with a terrible set shot into a stud premiership CHB over the course of 20 odd weeks.
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yeh i thought that they were all going over and i didnt know about the injury. I was wondering whether it was worth the effort.... which made me raise my eyebrows.. making assumptions on too little info
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Had a Great Career but you always think how good he been without the Injuries
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Thank God its finally over
Good played could of been a great
About 3 years too many
Good played could of been a great
About 3 years too many
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Legend Reidy! Congratulations on your great career champ.
Farewell Reidy. Thanks for everything you gave us. I'm glad you finally stopped punishing yourself for contuining to play on. Even though you won a premiership and all-australian, you deserved so much more. You failed as a forward, get wrecked by injuries, come back and re-invented yourself into the best key defender in the comp by 2011, got wrecked by injuries again, came back and re-invented yourself again as a fairly good key forward at the time we needed it (imo at least), only to get wrecked by injuries yet again and still managed to get back for a few games. In fact, surprisingly, he actually managed at least a couple of games every season he's been on the list, which is extroadinary for someone who's had as many injuries as he's had. Anyway, hope you can finally be happy in retirement, and all the best.
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Reidy had the talent to be a really good, if not great player and was a really good player but as we all know injuries fkd him over and for a long time , that is the biggest travesty as we missed out on seeing virtually a whole career of seeing how good he could be
Always gave it his all
Retires as a premiership hero, legend of the club
Always gave it his all
Retires as a premiership hero, legend of the club
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Remember his horrible set shot stutter, painful. He was one of my favourites, always backed (hoped) him to get his body right but never really did.
if I walked away with one game, I’d be OK, this guy won the ultimate team accolade and an individual spot in the AA team.
it must have been heartbreaking each time it went wrong but he kept making the effort. Enjoy retirement and best of it for life after.
That was once.
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Always injured
First of many to come
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I was as frustrated as everyone knowing how much of a difference Reid would have made if he could stay injury free (flag in 11 at the least)
It does not reflect well on us if we can't speak of a player with some grace even when they are retiring.
They do not choose to get injured, yet we flick that at them like an insult.
Thanks Ben for your contribution. Premiership player and AA. If only the rest of us could hang our hats on a fraction of those sporting achievements.
Dont throw us all the the same basket.
I am not responsible for the disrespectful and thoughtless things others might say.
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Thanks Ben - flag and AA - great clubman - you should be proud - enjoy your retirement
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I'm well aware mate and sorry you got that impression from me.
No probs...........I disagree that it refects badly on ''us''.
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Meh
They come they go
your point?
