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Harley has a swagger and attitude, perhaps from always being the best player on ground through his juniors. I personally don't like it but I'm biased as hell.If he does end up leaving, it'll be simply because he wants to be closer to home. Nothing more than that.
Harley has a swagger and attitude, perhaps from always being the best player on ground through his juniors. I personally don't like it but I'm biased as hell.
He's a winner, always has been. I'm sure his junior teams were pretty successful and now he's playing for a losing club which looks to be in that position for the next few years at least. It will be interesting to see how he copes with that.
I wonder if at their draft interview they asked him whether he would go for the favourite or the underdogs in a random scenario.
He already lives with his best mate(Jason Gilbee, works for the club and plays WAFL Eagles) and is also close mates with Long and Chesser from back home. Long used to pick him up and drive him to training/games back when Long was in his draft year, going from what Long said in interviews around draft time.Might be wise to get him a stablemate.. Gold Coast were blessed with Rowell and Anderson.
I had a quick look through previous number ones and no-one has displayed the arrogance that Reid has. (Again don't get me wrong, the arrogance helps his game) I just think that he might be predisposed to having contempt for losers/losing.
I don't think the extra money would be a factor. He will get handsomely paid regardless.
Everything anyone writes here is pure speculationYou're probably right. Everything I've written here is pure speculation.
I think there is a likelihood West Coast could be a bottom 5 side in the next 4 years. At some stage, a player wants to chase glory and success . Premiership success is a big motivator in my opinion.Jay Clark and Ralph have both said he's apparently happy to extend his contract into a 4th year already but no rush obviously.
I'm sure all Vic clubs will make some kind of play but this fixation over his contract is weird, when to my knowledge, none of the other draftees with a 3-year contract from last year have extended yet either.
Im going to add Andrew Gaff, who has had a pretty decorated career. If you play 278 games as a Victorian for a WA based side, you can call him one of the 'higher profile players'. (even though he has struggled last 3 seasons).It's relevant if the only 'high profile' VIC player you have ever had in 35 years was Judd and he left.
You certainly can't claim awesome retention if there's virtually no evidence of it, because there's not a massive sample of it.
I'd probably classify Shuey there, he certainly had some interest here and there over the journey, but nothing like rabid interest, probably because of a fair few injuries.
Looking into it, it's actually bizarre how few quality Victorian players WCE have had since their inception.
The only way this happens is by a heap of players leaving. If things play their course we wont be that low for that long, even north was able to keep their senior players(the ones remaining) long enough to get things turning the other way, im counting Mckay in this too btw, he stayed long enough.I think there is a likelihood West Coast could be a bottom 5 side in the next 4 years. At some stage, a player wants to chase glory and success . Premiership success is a big motivator in my opinion.
I think there is a likelihood West Coast could be a bottom 5 side in the next 4 years. At some stage, a player wants to chase glory and success . Premiership success is a big motivator in my opinion.
Im going to add Andrew Gaff, who has had a pretty decorated career. If you play 278 games as a Victorian for a WA based side, you can call him one of the 'higher profile players'. (even though he has struggled last 3 seasons).
Michael Braun (recruited from Vic Country), another one from regional Victoria that stayed put.
David Wirrpanda
4 Victorian players that have played 200+ Games all at West Coast. And that has been over a record since their inception of 1987. So its an incredibly rare breed. Harley Reid will be a 200+ game player, so if you look it at that from that perspective you probably say it would be a once in a decade sort of player. If you had said to any West Coast fan, if he played say 100 games at West Coast, you would probably have taken that prior the draft? Chris Judd ended up playing 134 games for West Coast. If I stand to be corrected, Braun , Gaff and Wirrpanda, especially the last 2 were highly sort after by Victorian teams at their end of their careers but they stayed put.
5th of the Victorian cohort is Adam Selwood, who played 187 games. 6th all time and still on the list is Liam Duggan on 175 * games. Duggan probably of the 6 players mentioned who have played more games as Victorian Eagles, won't end up his career as highly decorated as players mentioned above mainly due to his W/L record. Im not sure if Duggan would have got any sweeter or better deals if any Vic team came chasing on his door either. His been a serviceable player.
I'll take your word for it.Dermott Brereton talked about it on one of the footy shows around the time of the draft. A fair bit was made about it due to Smith going around clubs with a medical cert, stating he 'couldn't go interstate.
Similar stuff was spoken about it on the panel shows when Perkins was drafted also.
No I can't find clips on Youtube about it from 2018/20 respectively.
I'll take your word for it.
But I certainly don't remember anyone calling Smith or Perkins "brave"
Rare....I know West Coast have been really supportive of managing Reid and allowing him extra time in Victoria etc. But home eventually rings home for alot of players. You look at players like David Mundy , a rare case of a Victorian, settling in WA for his lifetime.
I see West Coast , if they dont have major success in the next 3-5 years, I think the decision may be a bit more easier for Harley Reid. Would West Coast begrudge him if he left the Eagles in a better state than when he arrived? Im talking about possibly making the Finals , when he leaves them. Also maybe winning an Eagles Best and Fairest. I honestly dont they would.
And Reid from an article I read, does strike me as a very much a home boy.
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I dont think any Victorian team would phase him.
We can only hope you're not the smartest person in your familyYour best ever player left because he was sick of the drug culture of West coast and the players involved
We can only hope you're not the smartest person in your family![]()
Yep, that's why Judd continued to hang out with Kerr and have him as a close friend after he moved to Vic.That's a fact
You might want to check the history of the West Coast drug culture
Yep, that's why Judd continued to hang out with Kerr and have him as a close friend after he moved to Vic.
Must've been so sick of it he continued to hang out with one of the main blokes caught up in it.
Yeah, didn't think you understand the irony, the hypocrites traitThat's a fact
You might want to check the history of the West Coast drug culture
Yeah, didn't think you understand the irony, the hypocrites trait![]()
It went straight over your head...let it go.Cool story bro
Facts are facts. I hope you enjoy trying to make a point online
That's a fact
You might want to check the history of the West Coast drug culture