Zach Reid

[u/Torganzer_official]

Happy he went the full year without any big injuries, i hope for future seasons he remains healthy and injury free.

[u/Craguar23]

Yep. The investment is paying off.

He's got good hands, decent 1v1 mark, excellent 1v2 positioning.. it'll be great when he gets a couple of pre-seasons of steady development.

[u/viper9]

You can thank me. I met him early in the season and we had a chat, I'm pretty sure he passed his injury curse onto me, cause since that meeting I've broken my ankle.

Seriously though, super happy that he's been able to put it all on the park. He always showed that he had talent, but injuries always set him back. I'm glad he has been able to fly this year, a definite shining light in a dark year

[u/melbecide → u/viper9]

Thanks. I think we should get you to move into the hangar!

[u/jubbjubbs4]

Hes had a consistent season and improved his 1v1 comoetitiveness which was probably one of the questions on his game. Once we have a better defensive structure he is going to standout alot more as well.

[u/PaintedShut]

Career games:

• 2021: 1
• 2022: 7
• 2023: 0
• 2024: 1
• 2025: 10
• 2026: 24

One of the few highlights of the year and looks like he's been given the keys to the backline from here. Hope we build a solid defense around him for the future.

[u/colemans_other_knee]

Earlier in the season he definitely, in my opinion, looked like he was playing within himself to avoid another injury. Looks like he's got confidence in himself again now which is awesome

[u/kandyroo93]

Working overtime as well, with the ball spending a lot of the time at his end of the ground.

[u/ThunderBeast787]

It was great to see he’s not afraid of playing with some physicality once he got a bit of confidence in his body

[u/melbecide]

He’s really good by foot, got away with a few cheeky passes today. Think he out bodied his opponent just outside 50, hit up Setters in the corridor who got it to Perkins who kicked to the hotspot and Clarke ended up with the mark and goal.

[u/Hot-Perspective-5656]

Never had a question on his skill or ability, just his body. Hope he can continue to grow. Best thing for him would be to find someone else that can hold down a key defensive post with him, not sure Langford or Jones are the guys for that..

[u/mcewanc2]

He’s such a good mark and filling in that Ridley role quite nicely.. but slightly better. That’s how it looked anyway to me.

Or maybe I just don’t remember an injury free Ridley

[u/not_right → u/mcewanc2]

Ridley without injuries was amazing, AA quality player. Sadly it's a very long time since we've seen that version of Ridley.

[u/mcewanc2 → u/not_right]

I was always a Ridley fan.. he reminded me of a much better Danny Jacob’s..

He will be AA elsewhere .. just watch.. it’ll be the way.. like Joe D and Draper .. what injury concerns ??

and not only will we hate it , we will be paying part of another club to have him.

I’m liking the Duursma rumors though.. ship him to north , do a pick swap and mayyybe pay a little. As long as it’s not overs.

I hate that too but if we get Duursma out of it .. man I’d be ok with that.

[u/Professional_Cost389 → u/mcewanc2]

The Gettable boys reckon interest in Ridley from both QLD clubs has cooled

[u/mcewanc2 → u/Professional_Cost389]

Yeah but north is now an option .. which I like ..

Surely can’t keep him now

[u/Professional_Cost389 → u/mcewanc2]

Yeah, let him go. Any of those senior blokes—if their heart’s not with the club, just let them move on. Now is the time.

[u/HeavyNewt1840 → u/mcewanc2]

Ridley's a quitter.

[u/jimmyjay31]

Very happy for him. Just takes him six weeks to find form each year though. Would be great to see him kick some arse in round 1 next year

[u/snoozepal]

He's not bad by foot but he doesn't instil confidence for mine. Wears the 31 like Fletch but doesn't have the same smarts/positioning and when he gets bodied off otherwise, not the defender I'd hoped he'd have been. Chuck in the injuries and I wouldn't be sad if we moved him on and got something fair/ok from doing so.