AFL Player #31: Zach Reid - We’ve got something here… 27/3

[Lore]

 

[naraku]

Just keep him in the side.

 

[Skipper_]

He obviously needs some time but oh boy.

Luckily McKay was just as bad so he will escape some of the blame.

 

[div12ressie]

what sort of injuries did he have early on? doesn't have much muscle on him

 

[jannissary]

could be far worse, i think he did a lot right

 

[Hamster12]

Surely this isn’t what we’ve all been waiting for


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[Yoda_]

I doubt he is not going to reach the early potential he was promising but the carry on is more than a little premature..

that was game number 11 ffs

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Put Matthew Scarlett in our defence on his 11th game and he'd look about the same.

He did some good things, but yeah got towelled up. But we need to persist.

 

[crackers65]

Four years in the system, he looks like he’s been on the same lettuce diet as Jones and Cox. Rag dolled all game.

 

[FlyingV]

Looks slow. Not sure he has the mongrel in him. I’m concerned.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Have to give him some time with all the footy he has missed but have to admit he has looked much further off the pace in these two games then I expected. Reasonably big worry.

 

[P Money]

Cant' sugar coat it - he was absolutely terrible. Just have to temper expectations as he's essentially a first year player. But boy oh boy was he bad.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Not great but I think we've just got to keep getting games into him. We'll know by seasons end if he'll make it or if the 2020 draft was a total waste of picks

 

[doug85]

He didn’t get caught with the ball a bunch of times this week. So there’s that

 

[andleanback]

Four years in the system, he looks like he’s been on the same lettuce diet as Jones and Cox. Rag dolled all game.

Mmm go and look at what he was when he was drafted, he’s way bigger. Also hard to put on bulk size to your frame when you’re always in rehab

 

[Lore]

what sort of injuries did he have early on? doesn't have much muscle on him

The kissing disease followed by some back stress fractures as I recall.

 

[maskmcgee]

Also hard to put on bulk size to your frame when you’re always in rehab

On 3AW Rory Sloane told how Thilthorpe was always injured and in rehab he'd basically been locked in the gym pumping iron for 4 years and has the body of a 26 year old at 22.

 

[Call Me Cake]

His goal for this year was to get through games. If someone told you he'd play two senior games in a row last year you might've called them crazy.

Now that was shifted to "we need him at his prime". Again an example of expectations shifting due to agitation. That's been the story of us as a club for so long (and not a surprise as to how reactionary we've been). I feel more jaded by our supporters than the club.

 

[Vander18]

Fogarty was a bizarre match of or him - not that tall, built low to ground and super powerful.

Reid should have gone Thilthorpe, Mackay to Walker and Redman to Fogarty.

 

[Blind Turn]

Fogarty was a bizarre match of or him - not that tall, built low to ground and super powerful.

Reid should have gone Thilthorpe, Mackay to Walker and Redman to Fogarty.

Absolutely. Reid’s big issue (aside from lack of continuity), is that he’s easily moved out of position by clever, strong bodywork. What is Fogarty best at? Clever, strong bodywork. Maybe the coaches are exposing him to his weaknesses and playing the long game with him.

 

[Howard Moon]

If he's anything he will be the zone off guy, what Ridley was before he went off the boil

 

[yodellinhank]

If he's anything he will be the zone off guy, what Ridley was before he went off the boil

They all will

 

[Bombers36]

He's showing good signs but I wouldn't be against playing him in the reserves for a while hes a step of the pace of senior footy right now

 

[Call Me Cake]

He's showing good signs but I wouldn't be against playing him in the reserves for a while hes a step of the pace of senior footy right now

It's too late for that now as he needs to get senior games into him. He's earmarked for the KPD cog in the list long-term and we just gotta persist. Anyone going into this season using their brain going into this season knew he was going to be raw and have down moments as he's effectively an honorary draftee.

 

[ant555]

Playing at the same level he did in the VFL last year before he got injured again. Average.
Big ask for him to step into AFL level given his history and limited games.
Like Tsatas he just needs a run of games and if he is still struggling a run in the VFL.
Jury is still out.

 

[B4dg3r]

He’s less concerning than a lot of the other kids. His issue (besides injury prone) is super obvious. Bulk up and he’ll be a monster. I thought his reaction time was better than last week. Unfortunately he was reacting straight into a don’t argue or bump. Dude was rag dolled.