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Sydney Morning Herald
4 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Getting a read on Harley: What the Eagles ace can learn from a Hawks legend
There was a period of play where Reid seemed central to everything happening on the ground, good and bad. He was the one Eagles player with physical presence and creativity, but also the one giving away free kicks and flapping his arms at umpires, opponents and teammates in despair or complaint. It was not a new thing – his year has been marked by as many free kicks and remonstrations as moments of brilliance. Why? He is 20. He looks like a man, and plays with the skill, power and talent that draws comparisons to Patty Dangerfield. The difference is he is still a kid, while Dangerfield has three kids. Reid has the temperament of a world-weary uni student who is technically an adult but still gets their parents to do their washing and explain insurance to them. Again, he is 20. 'I don't know if every game Harley Reid spends this much time talking to the umpires and the opposition and crowd, but it must be distracting,' Mark Ricciuto said in commentary with an evident degree of restraint. 'He has got bucket loads of talent, but he is spending so much time worrying about other things other than communicating with his own players, or focusing on what he should be doing, or how can he help his teammates. He can't do everything. 'He is not fit enough to be a gun mid yet. He is going to work on that over the next couple of years, but he should just channel a bit more effort into the football side of things. I love watching him, I am not trying to be too negative, but he is just channelling too much energy into the wrong spots at the moment.' It was the game where a trend became a problem. Reid has given away more free kicks (52) than any other player this year. There were six given away in Sunday night's game alone. In the same round, fellow No.1 draft pick Matt Rowell – a smaller man but also another precocious teenager who arrived in the game physically ready to play – drew seven free kicks and gave away five. He is a less animated figure on the ground than Reid. Reid has been fined numerous times this year – including for the bird – and on Sunday should have been suspended for tripping Travis Boak with a kick to both shins. Yet, somehow he drew just another fine. Fortunately, he is already quite well paid. 'He clearly crossed the line too many times tonight,' his coach Andrew McQualter said after the game, most likely with the trip in mind. 'I've had that chat with Harley already. He knows it, and he's going to play up to that line every single week, and that's where we want him... we want it to be a dance with the line that he doesn't step over.' Some, such as Kane Cornes – a strong defender of Horne-Francis – criticised Reid for being too selfish in the way he plays and giving away free kicks. Being criticised by Cornes does not put Reid in a small club in the AFL, but while Cornes' critique was more strongly worded, the sentiment was similar to Ricciuto's in saying the Eagles youngster should focus more on just playing. This week on the TV show Cornes shares with Luke Hodge and Dale Thomas, the former Hawthorn and Collingwood premiership players stepped to Reid's defence. Hodge is possibly the best-credentialed person to talk about Reid. He was Reid before Reid – a No.1 draft pick with the body and ability to play immediately, he took time to work the bigger AFL world out. 'He is 20!' Hodge pleaded.
The Age
4 hours ago
- The Age
Getting a read on Harley: What the Eagles ace can learn from a Hawks legend
There was a period of play where Reid seemed central to everything happening on the ground, good and bad. He was the one Eagles player with physical presence and creativity, but also the one giving away free kicks and flapping his arms at umpires, opponents and teammates in despair or complaint. It was not a new thing – his year has been marked by as many free kicks and remonstrations as moments of brilliance. Why? He is 20. He looks like a man, and plays with the skill, power and talent that draws comparisons to Patty Dangerfield. The difference is he is still a kid, while Dangerfield has three kids. Reid has the temperament of a world-weary uni student who is technically an adult but still gets their parents to do their washing and explain insurance to them. Again, he is 20. 'I don't know if every game Harley Reid spends this much time talking to the umpires and the opposition and crowd, but it must be distracting,' Mark Ricciuto said in commentary with an evident degree of restraint. 'He has got bucket loads of talent, but he is spending so much time worrying about other things other than communicating with his own players, or focusing on what he should be doing, or how can he help his teammates. He can't do everything. 'He is not fit enough to be a gun mid yet. He is going to work on that over the next couple of years, but he should just channel a bit more effort into the football side of things. I love watching him, I am not trying to be too negative, but he is just channelling too much energy into the wrong spots at the moment.' It was the game where a trend became a problem. Reid has given away more free kicks (52) than any other player this year. There were six given away in Sunday night's game alone. In the same round, fellow No.1 draft pick Matt Rowell – a smaller man but also another precocious teenager who arrived in the game physically ready to play – drew seven free kicks and gave away five. He is a less animated figure on the ground than Reid. Reid has been fined numerous times this year – including for the bird – and on Sunday should have been suspended for tripping Travis Boak with a kick to both shins. Yet, somehow he drew just another fine. Fortunately, he is already quite well paid. 'He clearly crossed the line too many times tonight,' his coach Andrew McQualter said after the game, most likely with the trip in mind. 'I've had that chat with Harley already. He knows it, and he's going to play up to that line every single week, and that's where we want him... we want it to be a dance with the line that he doesn't step over.' Some, such as Kane Cornes – a strong defender of Horne-Francis – criticised Reid for being too selfish in the way he plays and giving away free kicks. Being criticised by Cornes does not put Reid in a small club in the AFL, but while Cornes' critique was more strongly worded, the sentiment was similar to Ricciuto's in saying the Eagles youngster should focus more on just playing. This week on the TV show Cornes shares with Luke Hodge and Dale Thomas, the former Hawthorn and Collingwood premiership players stepped to Reid's defence. Hodge is possibly the best-credentialed person to talk about Reid. He was Reid before Reid – a No.1 draft pick with the body and ability to play immediately, he took time to work the bigger AFL world out. 'He is 20!' Hodge pleaded.
West Australian
5 hours ago
- West Australian
Ryan Daniels: Hayden Young is made for finals and returns to Fremantle Dockers' line-up at perfect time
A rusted on, beanie wearing, Freo die-hard, stumbles home from the Sail and Anchor, fresh from a night arguing if Anthony Morabito or Josh Simpson was the greater 'what if' Docker. He stops to water the Norfolk Pines of the esplanade, and spots something shiny in the bushes. A lamp — faded and antiquey — with a faint purple hue. He gives it a rub and out pops a genie, offering just one wish. He tries fixing the past. A new set of knees for Mora, straight kicking in the 2013 grand final and safer hands for Tom Sheridan. Alas, history cannot be rewritten. This particular genie is more of an in-season list manager type of genie — a blue, cartooned David Walls, if you will. What would our lubricated wharfie add to this team? It was obvious. A big bodied, elite-kicking midfielder — a left-footer ideally — who can go inside our out, depending on need and matchups. One you can be flexible with. Could they play forward and hit the scoreboard? Could they swing down back if needed? Hard, skilful, a little different to what you already have, maybe with long, luscious locks that could be cast in a Pantene Pro-V commercial. Wish, granted. Hayden Young ticks every box. Young's hamstring surgery and subsequent recovery is done. He'll return tomorrow against the Pies, likely on managed minutes, but still, he's back. The other eight finals contenders would kill for a looming inclusion such as Young's. A few do have one: Hawthorn have Will Day in the wings, the Pies have Jordan De Goey and GWS Sam Taylor. The calibre of player who can swing a final. Young's absence this season has been somewhat ignored by many. Don't forget this guy was last season's big improver, third in the Doig Medal and an All-Australian squad member. Young has the ability to be Freo's version of Jordan Dawson, given seasoning. His presence could not arrive at a better time. The Dockers face Collingwood at the MCG and as heavy underdogs, it's become somewhat of a free hit at the premiership favourites. Beat the Pies and, forget finals, the Dockers would be looking an outside chance for top four, or at worst a firm shot at hosting a home elimination final in week one. Lose, and no one should bat an eyelid. Either way, the noise can't become overpowering. Forget Flagmantle, grand statements, outside noise — the Dockers don't need to be anything in particular this next six weeks. They don't always need to be the next big thing, or a rabble, overachieving or underachieving. Every loss doesn't need to bring a spotlight on the coach, and every win come with declarations of inevitable shiny cups. They just need to be. We saw a stat this week emerge; Fremantle are an AFL-leading 5-2 against the league's top nine teams. The losses came against the Cats in round one and the Pies in round nine. The Crows and Hawks are both 3-5 against the AFL's best, while the Western Bulldogs were 1-7 before this weekend. Against the bottom nine teams, Freo are 6-4 (two of those losses came against the 10th placed Sydney), while Collingwood, the Bulldogs and Crows are an astonishing 9-0. The Hawks are 8-1. Translation: the Dockers are well equipped to take on the AFL's best teams, while the Crows, Hawks and Dogs are feasting on the carcasses of the weak. The Pies don't count, they're good at everything. Fremantle have had two disgraceful performances this season; that round one embarrassment against the Cats in Geelong, and the 'Marvel Massacre' — a round eight shellacking from the Saints — which was an abomination and possibly an aberration. Their other four losses are by a combined 38 points. We're about to see one of the all-time races to for finals spots. Thanks to a horde of rebuilding teams piling up losses, and a mid-table mess of mediocrity stumbling home, the AFL's better half are piling up the victories. The team which finishes ninth this year will likely be one of the unluckiest in footy history. We've never seen a team miss the eight with 14 wins. That's in play in 2025. In fact, in the 30 years of the top eight system, no team has missed with 13 wins and only five times has 12 wins not been enough. One of those were the Dockers last season. The next six weekends will be a wild roller-coaster for a bunch of supporters, of a bunch of clubs. Freo are no different to the others. Having Hayden Young along for the ride, will mean the Dockers add a wildcard wish, a weapon unfired in 2025 and it might just be enough to get them to September.
