AFL Player #31: Zach Reid

[Lore]

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

 

[FlyingV]

Good to know they are not desperate to rush him back. Needs a good 5 or 6 VFL games before they consider him.

Was going to say, he needs to show some sort of form at VFL level before he’s considered. Hopefully gets a good run at it now with a clearly defined role.

 

[Lore]

Played a quarter of the VFL and was then benched, hasn't been seen since. Commentators don't know why but are speculating that it was due to Ridley being concussed.

Timing wise, Ridley came off the ground around 2.04pm (that's when the club tweeted it) and was subbed off at 2.10pm (again, based on the club tweet).

VFL game started at 2.05 and quarter time was at about 2.30, which means about 25 minutes after Ridley came off the field, Reid was benched – or just enough time to properly confirm a concussion with the 20 minute rule and rule Ridley out for next week.

 

[TheWeapon]

If he is match fit for AFL he might get thrown in early now with both Laverde and Ridley both injured, can't have Redman and BZT as our KPDs

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

7 disposals and 3 marks in first qtr…get him in

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Played a quarter of the VFL and was then benched, hasn't been seen since. Commentators don't know why but are speculating that it was due to Ridley being concussed.

Timing wise, Ridley came off the ground around 2.04pm (that's when the club tweeted it) and was subbed off at 2.10pm (again, based on the club tweet).

VFL game started at 2.05 and quarter time was at about 2.30, which means about 25 minutes after Ridley came off the field, Reid was benched – or just enough time to properly confirm a concussion with the 20 minute rule and rule Ridley out for next week.

Hopefully it's just preparation for next week and not a regression with his back.

 

[Lore]

If he is match fit for AFL he might get thrown in early now with both Laverde and Ridley now injured, can't have Redman and BZT as our KPDs

He was fit enough to be the emergency this week so should be okay.

I think the VFL game this week was more about form

 

[boncer34]

Someone said his hamstring was iffy?

 

[ghostdog]

Good to know they are not desperate to rush him back. Needs a good 5 or 6 VFL games before they consider him.

Would you settle for 1.25?

 

[ant555]

Would you settle for 1.25?

No.
Have nothing official but as Boncer mentioned there has been comment he had an injury. Can not confirm.

 

[BrunoV]

He didn't play this week because he wasn't ready. It is hard to see how another quarter makes him ready.

This is why I think Brad needs to reign it in during the press conferences. He's creating a rod for his own back and this is not a club that manages to get everyone pulling in the same direction with any ease.

Reid is not 'ready' as defined by the ultra conservative manntra being preached. No amount of BS/neurolinguistic programming at a press conference will change that.

I've got to say, I hope we are going down the BS route because the alternative is not great. Obviously they are not going to let him play unless he is medically sound but medically sound was not the standard for Reid, as was made abundantly clear.

 

[FlyingV]

If we benched him because we want him to play next week it flies in the face of the “we want to prepare our players to be in the team for ten years” mantra. Let him build up in the VFL.

 

[scottmclaren]

To be fair — compared to Baldwin and Montgomery, Reid is probably the most ready for a matchup on Daniher or Hipwood.

Petty pedants can argue otherwise but they would be wrong

 

[NAB777]

Injured.

 

[jmoo wan]

He didn't play this week because he wasn't ready. It is hard to see how another quarter makes him ready.

This is why I think Brad needs to reign it in during the press conferences. He's creating a rod for his own back and this is not a club that manages to get everyone pulling in the same direction with any ease.

Reid is not 'ready' as defined by the ultra conservative manntra being preached. No amount of BS/neurolinguistic programming at a press conference will change that.

I've got to say, I hope we are going down the BS route because the alternative is not great. Obviously they are not going to let him play unless he is medically sound but medically sound was not the standard for Reid, as was made abundantly clear.

this post is funny because BS could stand for Brad Scott or Bull Shit

 

[DapperDon]

Injured.

Confirmed?

 

[NAB777]

Confirmed?

Hammy or Thigh, by the sound of it.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Confirmed?

 

[TheFrenchCut]

 

[jannissary]

can't catch a break

 

[Old Campaigner]

can't catch a break

he caught a broken hamstring by the sound of it

 

[DallasCrane316]

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Does not look good.

 

[horj89]

Hopefully it’s not too serious but you just know it’s going to be 8+ weeks. Unfortunately his body doesn’t seem quite up to it.

 

[naraku]

Wow, his body can't stand up to VFL level for a month.

Thing's are not looking good for Zach/us.

Under done with covid, Glandular fever(or similar), and various injuries.

Hoping this hammy is a very minor issue.

 

[BomberTime]

Getting real bad now.

Don’t think Cox and Reid’s bodies will afford them an AFL career.