Sam Reid

[LostDoggy]

Re: Sam Reid

If Ward ends up going at the end of the year Reid will become an important piece of the midfield puzzle.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Sam Reid

...the nature of the game against Carlton was that not many of our forwards had many disposals. Hooper, Dahlhaus, Reid, Gia, Grant and Hall all didn't have a lot of it.
I don't think picking out Reid is very fair.
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agree,also the guy plays a game or two a year , gets injured (usually from putting his body on the line) ... I mean , how are we even supposed to figure out how best to use him until
He gets a decent run at it . Tom Williams came good I think Reid could too . I would keep him over the likes of moles any day . I know this sounds romantic but there I's something very ' bulldog' about him .

[stefoid]

Re: Sam Reid

Eade loves players who try their guts out and dont die wondering. He'll be given more time.

[ledge]

Re: Sam Reid

Eade loves players who try their guts out and dont die wondering. He'll be given more time.

As we all do, who wants a half arsed tryer in the side?
We saw with the young ones on the weekend it can make a hell of a difference.
We all know its only injury that keeps him out, if he gets 5 games in a row he will be right.

[Mofra]

Re: Sam Reid

As we all do, who wants a half arsed tryer in the side?

Sydney traded for one

[Sedat]

Re: Sam Reid

Am I way off or was he actually a defensive forward on Scotland in the first quarter before Scotland was moved up the field? If so, that's a massive win for use as he is our Gilbee circa 09 (with Yarren being our Harbrow).

Finally got around to seeing a replay of the match last night and I thought Reid did a decent job in the defensive forward role. Did plenty of good bullocking work off the ball (clearing a path in heavy traffic on a couple of notable occasions) and made it tough for the likes of Scotland to provide Carlton with any quality rebound drive. Would like to see him get more of the ball but a forward line consisting of Reid, Dahlhaus and (to a lesser extent) Hooper certainly adds a hard working and defensieve dimension to try and keep it in there as opposed to the Akermanis, Johnson, Hahn, Higgins forward line in 2010. Just his body size adds a hard bady up there to let the rebounders know and expect to receive physical contact.

[Mantis]

Re: Sam Reid

Finally got around to seeing a replay of the match last night and I thought Reid did a decent job in the defensive forward role. Did plenty of good bullocking work off the ball (clearing a path in heavy traffic on a couple of notable occasions) and made it tough for the likes of Scotland to provide Carlton with any quality rebound drive. Would like to see him get more of the ball but a forward line consisting of Reid, Dahlhaus and (to a lesser extent) Hooper certainly adds a hard working and defensieve dimension to try and keep it in there as opposed to the Akermanis, Johnson, Hahn, Higgins forward line in 2010. Just his body size adds a hard bady up there to let the rebounders know and expect to receive physical contact.

Agree with that Sedat.

Sam certainly adds a bit of the bash & crash factor that Hahn offered in his prime and with the benefit of the replay I also thought he did a reasonable job in what well might have been his first run in this role.

If his calf pulls up ok I wouldn't see him having another run around to belt the hell out of Firrito who makes a habit of throwing his weight around against smaller opponents and may try and rough up Dahlhaus & Hooper.

[Mofra]

Re: Sam Reid

Left field question - if we do snare Bate from the Demons (we are apparently interested) does that significantly hurt Reid's chances of getting more gametime in 2012?

[Bornadog]

Re: Sam Reid

Left field question - if we do snare Bate from the Demons (we are apparently interested) does that significantly hurt Reid's chances of getting more gametime in 2012?

I thought Bate was a lot taller (192cm) and is more likely to take a Hall type of role?

[AndrewP6]

Re: Sam Reid

I thought Bate was a lot taller (192cm) and is more likely to take a Hall type of role?

Bate is anywhere from 192cm to 196, depending on who you ask .
196 I think.

[Bornadog]

Re: Sam Reid

Bate is anywhere from 192cm to 196, depending on who you ask .
196 I think.

Really? Where did you get that from?

[always right]

Re: Sam Reid

According to the Melbourne website he is 192cm....same as Jarryd Grant.

[Bornadog]

Re: Sam Reid

According to the Melbourne website he is 192cm....same as Jarryd Grant.

I think Andrew is thinking of Barlow.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Sam Reid

I think Andrew is thinking of Barlow.

Oh crap... Ok people just forget my "contribution" ever happened! Oh well, their last names both begin with B!

[Mantis]

Re: Sam Reid

Left field question - if we do snare Bate from the Demons (we are apparently interested) does that significantly hurt Reid's chances of getting more gametime in 2012?

If we chase Bate I give up. His only decent game in the last 3 years was on Everitt.