AFL Player #31: Zach Reid

[Lore]

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

 

[bombre-boy]

wow....lucky it was only hamsting awareness!

 

[TheGrizz]

4-6 weeks a decent whack for a such a minor incident.

Unfortunately i dont think any soft tissue injury from now on is a 'minor' incident for Zach.

 

[citizen-erased]

Unfortunately i dont think any soft tissue injury from now on is a 'minor' incident for Zach.

Scott said as much on 360
his history, for now, means we'll always take the most cautious approach.

Hopefully its part of the long road back but it keeps him in good stead.

 

[nipst@r]

Thought he looked good until he went off. Worth persisting with, quite a few players on list 23 older who show a lot less. Yes often injured but think no chance quite a few clubs wouldn't take another club wouldn't take a punt. More sure than Cox of making it.

 

[Call Me Cake]

4 weeks off at the minimum after having a first full preseason is still way better than 18 months off with no preseason. Positive signs.

 

[andleanback]

Unfortunately i dont think any soft tissue injury from now on is a 'minor' incident for Zach.

Yeh I more meant minor as in he felt some discomfort rather than actually pinging his hammy. We just to get games into him somehow, and hopefully the body gets used to the grind of afl

 

[ghostdog]

Righteo. Cotton wool mode activated. Maybe see you on April 25, Zach... or not.

 

[MiguelM]

I can't believe they didn't even ice it. Scans obviously revealed a minor tear.

 

[fairbump_playon]

4-6 weeks a decent whack for a such a minor incident.

... for such minor awareness you mean

 

[naraku]

Damn.
A full preseason AND practice matches and he is all good.

Half a game of AFL footy and he's gone. The issue is, Zach's body seems to even fail at VFL level.

Obviously he has the talent but will He/we ever see it?

 

[DERO]

RIP

 

[dank420_]

RIP

Recovery Is Perfect love the optimism mate

 

[ant555]

 

[Call Me Cake]

I concede. He looks good . Think he might make it.

Can't back out now

 

[ant555]

Can't back out now

I can always walk it back to my original comments. Body will not hold up

 

[fairbump_playon]

I’ll believe till the bitter, bitter end

 

[Happyskeret]

 

[ant555]

Well hopefully he can do a Laverde and after 6 seasons of breaking down twice a year he can get on the park.

 

[Yoda_]

Well hopefully he can do a Laverde and after 6 seasons of breaking down twice a year he can get on the park.

Hopefully in saying this its at the other end just to throw a spanner in the works

 

[Bunk Moreland]

So it was initially awareness (tbf that was just an in-game diagnosis) and then it became 4-6 weeks.

This week is 4 weeks… they’re now saying 3-4 more weeks, which will make it an eight week injury.

We’re not seeing much (if any) of Zach this season.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Sounds like it metastatised

 

[MiguelM]

Is it just me or are all our soft tissue injuries 30-50% longer duration than other clubs?

Time to look outside the square and get Ballet conditioning coach onboard. Those guys have indestructable hammys!

 

[ant555]

Is it just me or are all our soft tissue injuries 30-50% longer duration than other clubs?

Time to look outside the square and get Ballet conditioning coach onboard. Those guys have indestructable hammys!

They are. It seems to be we are now taking 2 or 3 weeks longer to bring them back compared to a few years ago.

 

[Vander18]

Is there another sport so plagued by soft tissue injuries as AFL?

Can’t think of one….and when they do happen they seem to be treated easily enough. How many soccer players have careers seriously impacted or even ended by persistent soft tissue problems? Feels like a lot less common than in AFL (haven’t researched it).

Assume the issue is the unique combo of power running, endurance running, huge playing field, 360 degree environment requiring rapid changes of direction/acceleration and kicking requirement.

If anyone ever cracks the code on how to seriously reduces instances they’ll get very rich!

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Is there another sport so plagued by soft tissue injuries as AFL?

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