Speculation Harley Reid [OOC 2026]

[Hamingja]

It would be kind of ironic if in the initial draft of the 3 year contract it ended up ****ing the Eagles here.

I think Geelong would struggle to get it done trade wise but the 3 year deal is absolutely perfect timing for Geelong's salary cap.

If they trade him this year he is still on his draftee contract for the first year elsewhere.

So if he is traded either year the hit to the cap doesn't happen until 2027.

Geelong will be clearing Dangerfield, Cam Guthrie, Blicavs, Duncan, Stanley, Kolodjashnij & Bews from our cap in that time. So effectively freeing up around $3 million in cap.

 

[RCAB]

One aspect of this is if Reid leaves a player has to work its way back. We are zero chance of meeting the salary floor unless we find 2 million dollars worth of player back.

Pay him 2 million

 

[RCAB]

He will head back into the middle, most likely this Friday. It was doing him no favours being tagged in the middle. Now we can chuck him in and send him down back to break it atleast. I think he is being tagged wherever he ends up so its not a WCE problem that way. He will just need to overcome it, much like Dusty did

If you watched him as a junior he would requarly go back and play off half-back. He also would drift forward and take contested marks.

Your coaching staff playing him off half back, isn't doing anything revolutionary with him.

IMO the West Coast Eagles professionalism as a club is sub-standard, from the administration, list management, recruitment and coaching...and now it's trickled to the players. If Reid is smart he'll leave, rather than take the $2 million.

 

[Purple Suit]

2 good draft years with a couple of priority picks thrown in and we should be heading back up the ladder but the one thing I will say about the current squad is they need to treat every contest as if their life depended on it, show an intensity level that the AFL demands and win the friggin ball from contest. Just those 2 things can be done with the current list without too much tweaking and they will improve out of sight.

The WC team just had the lowest contested possessions ever recorded. To turn it around they have to come back from the furtherest possible place.

 

[Chip Scab1]

If you watched him as a junior he would requarly go back and play off half-back. He also would drift forward and take contested marks.

Your coaching staff playing him off half back, isn't doing anything revolutionary with him.

IMO the West Coast Eagles professionalism as a club is sub-standard, from the administration, list management, recruitment and coaching...and now it's trickled to the players. If Reid is smart he'll leave, rather than take the $2 million.

The Big Birds are a great Club, incredibly well resourced with a terrific history.

Flying to 'Asia' every 2nd week is fair impost to overcome and they have done well since inception.

 

[Bagger72]

Good reason why we need a B division and lower salary caps for rebuilding clubs and make a national competition for State League clubs. WCE is totally uncompetitive.

 

[Westend]

Good reason why we need a B division and lower salary caps for rebuilding clubs and make a national competition for State League clubs. WCE is totally uncompetitive.

Ah yes a blues supporter

Next week you will be calling for your coach to be sacked ....

 

[THE_GUN]

Just Regarding the offer/s the eagles have made to Harley Reid
The media have made out like is a amazing offer and Harley really will be tempted but he would get similar offers from just about any team that has the salary cap space next year so i really see no incentive for him to even consider signing this year. They should have upped it to $2 mil a year for 5 years.

The eagles could easily pay out 70% of the total contract in year 1

 

[Rich01]

Minis got him going backwards.
Not good signs for him staying on.

 

[FrankGrimes]

I really hope we aren't going to spend 2m on him, would rather take 2 picks into the draft and try and keep improving.

 

[RCAB]

I really hope we aren't going to spend 2m on him, would rather take 2 picks into the draft and try and keep improving.

Surely if HR was a stock right now he'd be plummeting, rather than increasing in value?

 

[HirdyLannister]

I really hope we aren't going to spend 2m on him, would rather take 2 picks into the draft and try and keep improving.

I would send our two second round picks for Reid, it might be slightly overs but he is contracted.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

It's still going to be 3 firsts. People need to accept that just as much as Eagles fans need to accept we are 4 years away away from being a finals team

 

[RCAB]

It's still going to be 3 firsts. People need to accept that just as much as Eagles fans need to accept we are 4 years away away from being a finals team

Who's going to be able to offer three firsts?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Who's going to be able to offer three firsts?

Whoever wants him will figure it out basically

I think it’s Essendon he goes too anyway. If he wants to go he will be smart enough to pick a team who can achieve a trade

 

[RCAB]

Whoever wants him will figure it out basically

I think it’s Essendon he goes too anyway. If he wants to go he will be smart enough to pick a team who can achieve a trade

That's not what I asked you.

I asked who will be able to offer three first round picks. You're answer "the other team will work it out" is just a lazy response. If your list management sees it the same way as you, he'll be going for one first round pick, rather than two.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

That's not what I asked you.

I asked who will be able to offer three first round picks. You're answer "the other team will work it out" is just a lazy response. If your list management sees it the same way as you, he'll be going for one first round pick, rather than two.

Essendon play in the AFL last time I checked ?

 

[RCAB]

Essendon play in the AFL last time I checked ?

So are you saying the only team that can offer three first round picks this year is Essendon?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

So are you saying the only team that can offer three first round picks this year is Essendon?

Demons would be the other one. Once Petracca, Kozzie, Oliver are gone that’s a huge amount of assets plus money left over

Richmond is another but really do think the Reid market Is limited in 2025 to Essendon or Melbourne

 

[RCAB]

Demons would be the other one. Once Petracca, Kozzie, Oliver are gone that’s a huge amount of assets plus money left over

So apart from Essendon (which of course he just many not want to go there), Melbourne, possibly the worst team in the AFL other than Eagles. And he's going to leave the Eagles and go to them minus Pertacca and Pickett. Why would he do that?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

So apart from Essendon (which of course he just many not want to go there), Melbourne, possibly the worst team in the AFL other than Eagles. And he's going to leave the Eagles and go to them minus Pertacca and Pickett. Why would he do that?

To be in Melbourne at a team who can afford his salary. Hawks and Geelong would see him taking an insane paycut. Hawks can’t even afford James Worpel, never mind Harley’s 2 mill

 

[THE_GUN]

Demons would be the other one. Once Petracca, Kozzie, Oliver are gone that’s a huge amount of assets plus money left over

Richmond is another but really do think the Reid market Is limited in 2025 to Essendon or Melbourne

Reid will wait another year and ask for a trade next year to geelong

We all know how that will end

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Reid will wait another year and ask for a trade next year to geelong

We all know how that will end

I think with the AFL stepping in. It isn’t exactly the same as Bailey Smith here

 

[THE_GUN]

I think with the AFL stepping in. It isn’t exactly the same as Bailey Smith here

And when the AFL step in what are they going to do ?
Absolutely nothing

geelong will just say here is our 1st and F1 and AFL will say , Ok they are amking a fair offer maybe consider it eagles and Matty will just take it

 

[Shueygod]

Better than one is still laughable. Amiss & JVR have both kicked 4 & 3 times the goals that Williams has. Not 4 or 3 more goals, 4 & 3 times the amount.

Its like me saying Freo’s Simpson will be a better midfielder than Harley Reid and you’ll have to look him up first.

Currently playing better than both, in a far worse team.

How’s Simpson going?