Ben Reid, to play or not to play (VFL finals)

Bob Sugar · Joined: 11 Feb 2010 Location: Benalla

Will be interesting to see which way the club goes with this one, is there anything to gain from playing him in the VFL finals? Sure it'd be nice to win the GF but do we really want one of our few A graders risking his body for something that doesn't mean much considering how injury prone he is?

Mugwump · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne

No, unless Dr Chris Bradshaw says it's the best rehab for the bits of him that went haywire. Love the VFL, but there are limits.

Woods Of Ypres · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Yugoslavia

he looked a bit sore after kicking for goal, doubt we would risk him.

BBHS · bbhs Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bellarine

Imagine he gets injured.............the outrage could power Holden centre
I would say don't play him personally VFL is still for development wins are a plus

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

Ummm....no.

Bob Sugar · Joined: 11 Feb 2010 Location: Benalla

I suppose we could argue that he shouldn't have played today as well, let's face it today's game meant less to me than the VFL game next week.

BBHS · bbhs Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bellarine

Yeah true was thinking that as well. Especially when he was grabbing his leg

Bob Sugar · Joined: 11 Feb 2010 Location: Benalla

BBHS · bbhs Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Location: Bellarine

Right a sneaky syringe to the thigh...bloody hooker

Dave The Man · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:29 pm

Doubt he plays in Semi. Hate to see him go down with bad Injury.

Play the Kids though

thompsoc · Joined: 21 Sep 2009

Keep playing him.
Can't put the bloke in cotton wool year after year
See if can string a number of games together.
Otherwise sell him to Johnston and Johnston
He has been put in more cotton wool than a cotton gin.

1eye · Joined: 13 Aug 2009

I'm sure there's a horse racing analogy where you don't run the prized horse in a 'shit' race- well you know what I mean.

MagpieBat · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:07 am

Play the man.

Let him lead this young group of kids and maybe salvage something from this year...

qldmagpie67 · Joined: 18 Dec 2008

This is a great question and both sides of the argument have merit
Personally I would play him. He hasn't played much football the past 2 seasons so getting continuity of playing week in week out I believe would be valuable
As long as he pulls up ok after yesterday
Any positive result for the club at AFL or VFL level is good
I would also play scharenberg to see how he stands up in big games
Let's try and salvage something from the season for the club

Pies4shaw · pies4shaw Joined: 08 Oct 2007

Look, if he goes down in the VFL, that'll give us an injury to operate on, at least.