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Eagles coach defends resting rookie sensation Harley Reid despite derby heroics
Eagles coach defends resting rookie sensation despite derby heroics
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The West blanked their back page saying no Harley no back page. REALLY?
I think that was worse than plastering his picture there. Just “icky”
I think that was worse than plastering his picture there. Just “icky”
Not as bad as this shit.
Add a few comments from a few idiots off X and you have yourself a story!!!
Don’t think I’d ever visited the WCE board until Harley. Who doesn’t love Harley and I have bought deep into Harley mania. I genuinely wish the Hawks had tanked for him and naysayers be damned. Has anyone discussed any comparison to Michael Voss yet? Voss was a bull and I don’t think anyone has ever extracted the ball from the breakdown (excuse rugby terminology) better than Voss. He laid on the most ferocious tackles & shirtfronts and had the most prodigious handballs and kicks. I see Harley in this same mould and better yet, Harley can fly!
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i can’t really think of many bar cripps but is me or are most of the big bodied that are +193cm not really physical beast as such. To me it’s all the guys around 190cm or under the ones that the most physical in the way they go about it. I remember a couple comments of people saying Harley might not be big enough to be classified as a big bodied mid for the modern game but they way he goes about now tells me he’d easily be able to play the same way as his career progresses.
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Reid is similar height(sub 190cm) to Petracca, Oliver, Yeo, and DeGoey
I wonder how many of those so called fans have been a constant over the last couple of horror years??
Remember Harley signed with Nike before he was even drafted.
We've been informed by people who know him back home that he loves the attention and is enjoying it in WA.
He's an extrovert who enjoys the limelight and seems pretty laid back.
Thats not to say he wont get annoyed at some point or have a bad experience with the media. But that will follow him wherever he plays.
The break is fine. Going back home I initially thought was OTT and somewhat unfair on other players. However the hype and media attention has been ridiculous and never seen before. Hopefully he has headed home with a contract extension offer to run through with his uncle and parents. That would make alot of sense.
Visits home are pretty common for our draftees I reckon. I can think of a number of occasions we took along a young draftee as a non playing emergency so that they can head home for the weekend. Reid is never going to have that opportunity so this is his chance.
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If you look at the Facebook comments on that post, it actually has 99% of people saying they have no problem with it. news.com.au just hates the AFL because they are a Sydney publication, so the only time they publish anything about the AFL is to shit on it.
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This is true. A few years ago I responded to a survey they did bagging out their AFL coverage, especially when they have 3 or 4 rugby stories a day. They responded, justifying their stance by saying they were Sydney based. Arseho1es.
Nike? I’m sure he’s signed with Puma. Doubt he’d have both.Remember Harley signed with Nike before he was even drafted.
We've been informed by people who know him back home that he loves the attention and is enjoying it in WA.
He's an extrovert who enjoys the limelight and seems pretty laid back.
Thats not to say he wont get annoyed at some point or have a bad experience with the media. But that will follow him wherever he plays.
The break is fine. Going back home I initially thought was OTT and somewhat unfair on other players. However the hype and media attention has been ridiculous and never seen before. Hopefully he has headed home with a contract extension offer to run through with his uncle and parents. That would make alot of sense.
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Yes I’ve noticed this too mate. They go on about tugby league like it’s the greatest thing ever when only two states in Australia actually care about it, and then shit on AFL any chance they get. It’s a trash website anyway.
Funny thing is he isn’t even the only Reid (ok Ethan’s is a different spelling) rested from the game today due to being a young player and workload.
It’s the right move (as frustrating as it is to not get to see him playing).
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I can picture Harley and his mates watching today's game at the Tongala local all just shaking their heads saying "you'd better get your ass back over there mate, they need you!" and him just facepalming.
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Great username to post correlation there
A bit of a shame. Halfway through the last qtr and you’d think Reid for Chester may have resulted in a win
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Would've been great to see, but we would've been risking giving him almost a full game in case someone got injured early.
Meh, after the results of the past couple of years, I've Become So Numb that In The End, It Doesn't Even Matter.
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Should still poll Brownlow votes for this game.
I hate to say it, the media might be somewhat right. Thought that we'd prove today that we can play without harley and barrass but we were clearly missing something in the midfield and when the ball repeatedly entered their f50 barrass' presence was sorely missed.
We were also missing his energy, the way he goes around the field giving it to the oppo and the energy he brings around the boys.
We were also missing his energy, the way he goes around the field giving it to the oppo and the energy he brings around the boys.
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