#20 Ben Reid

Banksy · Post by **Banksy** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:09 pm

Big T wrote:Save Brown we will be full strength for first time in ages at prelim time (depending on Wellers)

What's up with wellers?

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:09 pm

Full strength in terms of personnel. But not as a side. We won't be at our best for the rest of this year. Not enough continuity. We'll just have to hope we reach a level good enough to win it. On today's performance, we're not quite there yet.

Banksy · Post by **Banksy** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:22 pm

AN_Inkling wrote:Full strength in terms of personnel. But not as a side. We won't be at our best for the rest of this year. Not enough continuity. We'll just have to hope we reach a level good enough to win it. On today's performance, we're not quite there yet.

Let's face it ....the cats & the hawks weren't that much better.

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:24 pm

MJ23 wrote:Larkin just said Reid was close to getting up and should be right for the prelim

Bucks said he would have played if the game were two days later. In other words, the usual spiel come finals time. The same was said of Presti in last year's prelim.

eddiesmith · Post by **eddiesmith** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:48 pm

Wont miss Reid now if we play Hawthorn, might need though if we end up with Sydney to take on his brother

But will definately be needed for the Pussies in the GF

MJ23 · Post by **MJ23** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:57 pm

AN_Inkling wrote:
MJ23 wrote:Larkin just said Reid was close to getting up and should be right for the prelim
Bucks said he would have played if the game were two days later. In other words, the usual spiel come finals time. The same was said of Presti in last year's prelim.

yeah, Larkins was in the rooms when he said it and he said Reid was walking around no problems. I know it dont mean much however he would be breaking a story if it was worse and he didnt seem to preoccupied with it

Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:09 pm

Defence was superb today but I was still very uncomfortable everytime they bombed it in. I've got no doubt we'll be much better with Reid back. I just hope he's right for the GF if we get through

Johnno75 · Post by **Johnno75** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:29 pm

On the 5th Qtr Ralph Malph says Collingwoodfc insists it is a groin but he thinks it's a 2-3cm tear in the hammy so 21 days and he will be touch and go for Preliminary. Anyone else heard this rumor?

Trezegol · Post by **Trezegol** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:42 pm

Johnno75 wrote:On the 5th Qtr Ralph Malph says Collingwoodfc insists it is a groin but he thinks it's a 2-3cm tear in the hammy so 21 days and he will be touch and go for Preliminary. Anyone else heard this rumor?

Seriously, how would a newspaper know the size of the tear? Did they sit in with the collingwood doctors? Assuming a player has a certain type of injury is one thing, but predicting the extent of the injury is just guess work.

Angry Anvil · Post by **Angry Anvil** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:19 pm

Does anyone know the training schedule for this week? I'm keen to see whether Reidy trains, and if he does, how freely he's moving.

I'd love to go into the prelim with our first best 22 side in God knows how long.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:38 pm

John Wren wrote:
stui magpie wrote:
stui magpie wrote:I've still got faith in Reid, I watched him on Saturday and i liked the way he moved in anticipation of play more than once.

Give him time.
Quite happy with my foresight here.
not one for grand statements, i think reid will be all-australian in the next few years.

this makes me happy.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:43 pm

themonk wrote:We gave Tarrant for Reid, they both will stop playing AFL footy within the next 1-2 years.

Thank god for Medhurst.

hindsight.

AN_Inkling · Post by **AN_Inkling** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:54 pm

John Wren wrote:
John Wren wrote:
stui magpie wrote:
stui magpie wrote:I've still got faith in Reid, I watched him on Saturday and i liked the way he moved in anticipation of play more than once.

Give him time.
Quite happy with my foresight here.
not one for grand statements, i think reid will be all-australian in the next few years.
this makes me happy.

Underestimating our players again. AA in the next few years? Try next year.

Post by **David** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:09 pm

melliot wrote:
mattdally wrote:Reid is a dud. Yeah he's 19, but if Freo offered Tarrant for Reid I'd swap him in a heart beat
I'm glad your not director of recruiting!!!!!!

Todays Age has Tarrant quoted to say 2010 to be his last year (I just read the headline). So you'd swap a potential 10 year player for a washed up forward, come back flanker with 1 and a bit years left in him. I'm a Tarrant fan (the CFC version), but now glad we did what we did in 2006.

pffft. Reid is almost equivilant to a first year draftee KPP. FFS, He's done more than Jack Watts in 2009.

Jezz, I'm gunna love bringing this thread back in two years time to see so many of you eat your words!!!!

How can so many experts be wrong about this kid. So many of the coaches at CFC think this kid will be good. So many commentators of VFL & AFL say they reckon this kid has got the stuff to make it.

Lol. Kind of ironic re: the Tarrant comments.

Mossi · Post by **Mossi** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:34 pm

jimbeam wrote:he can kick, very nice kick in actual fact, when he dominated juniors he was known for ripping down everything that came his way and pumping the ball long, the kid is a freak but is not AFL ready yet, we are slowly getting games into him to speed up his development, you do know he is 3 cm shorter than kruzer and a few days younger?? he just needs confidence, and lol at everyone writing him off in the thread.

mattdally wrote:the difference is that Kruezer looks good

frankiboy wrote:So does Anna Kournikova.

You were spot on Jimbean faith!!!!

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#20 Ben Reid