AFL Player 31: Zach Reid - Minor hamstring strain may require preventative surgery - 4/7

[Lore]

 

[faible]

Just thought the comparison to Silvagni, a father son, was a bit of a stretch.

For example other clubs wanted Silvagni, Hird was a projected spud.

The great man himself bid on Jack, truly the one that got away right eth-dog ?

 

[Lore]

I don't think they had F/S allowances, but isn't the old quote from Sheedy something like 'you always draft the grandkid of the guy who the stand is named after'

Hirdy's grandfather was a 100 game player, one-time treasurer and club president, who the grandstand was named after, but Jim's dad only played a couple of games. The father-son rule goes back to the 1950s so his dad would've qualified as a father/son if he'd been any good, but there's no evidence the club recruited him through that mechanism (would've been zoned). Our Hirdy obviously didn't qualify, was drafted the ordinary way.

 

[Lore]

Hird was a projected spud.

ha. that explains a lot

 

[ant555]

Just thought the comparison to Silvagni, a father son, was a bit of a stretch.

For example other clubs wanted Silvagni, Hird was a projected spud.

Hird was small and played mostly in Canberra. A lot of clubs did not see him until he played in the Canberra rep side against the VFL. He also missed a lot of footy due to a hip injury and a few other injury issues. He could play. He was simply 70kg wringing wet. The club was going to delist him after one year so I guess you could say some projected him as a spud but he went late in the draft because he was small and did not have a lot of exposure. We knew about him because of his dad and grandfather. The draft was like that then as well. There where a lot of young blokes that only a few clubs where following. I would agree the Silvagni comparison is a bit apples and oranges.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Wasn't the story that he was going to go undrafted but someone told the list manager they might as well pick him and give him a year because of his grandfather?

 

[Ati Tude]

We were once the club that picked James Hird at 72 and traded Todd Ridley for Mathew Lloyd. Fml

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We also “gave up” Delaney with Ridley for Lloyd. I vaguely recall Freeo had to trade rights to juniors (as Lloyd still was) to bring in experienced players. Not sure they could have kept him.

 

[andleanback]

Archer is already injured, guess it’s just in the genetics

 

[Lore]

Archer is already injured, guess it’s just in the genetics

Tall human genetics it seems, given it's not limited to the Reid family.

 

[doug85]

Plus the draft when we did get the number 1 there was no real standout pick.

And then our first round picks between 06-08 had their careers either ruined or at the very least limited by injury.

 

[EnolaGay]

Fev kicked 4 on Darcy. Fev had a bet with Darcy before the game that he’d kick 8.

Unlike Fev to have a bet

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[yodellinhank]

Unlike Fev to have a bet

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and lose

 

[doug85]

and lose

 

[Call Me Cake]

Cheeky one hander

 

[yodellinhank]

Cheeky one hander

Looks like Martin aggressively put that one out of bounds.

 

[ant555]

Looks like Martin aggressively put that one out of bounds.

Has to live up to the lofty standards of our previous aggressive ball users

 

[bombre-boy]

Great forward line entry there with reid marking basically uncontested.

 

[Happyskeret]

The red side must have been Essington?

 

[citizen-erased]

Great forward line entry there with reid marking basically uncontested.

What this club has done to us all I don't believe it will truly ever appreciate

 

[faible]

Cheeky one hander

Reid will be a real marking presence if he can stay on the park, has good reach for his height and seems to have the ever important 'strong hands'.

 

[Lore]

Whose the midge behind him haha

 

[Milanista28]

It's clearly Gresham, duh.

 

[faible]

Whose the midge behind him haha

Setterfield

 

[Runk]

I'm not sure about you lot but I'm getting a little excited

 

[TheUnicorn]

I'm not sure about you lot but I'm getting a little excited

Have u learnt nothing over the past 20 years?

 

[ant555]

I could be walking back a few statements at this rate