{"id":386801,"date":"2024-04-21T04:47:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T04:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=386801"},"modified":"2024-04-21T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T07:05:09","slug":"powerful-moment-harley-reid-sparked-eagles-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=386801","title":{"rendered":"Powerful moment Harley Reid sparked Eagles turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Brown has labelled 2023 No.1 draft pick Harley Reid<\/a> not only West Coast's saviour, but the entire state's new hope.<\/p>\n

Reid has played just six games, but single-handedly led the Eagles to a stunning 37-point win over cross-town rivals Fremantle<\/a> in the western derby on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The young star, who turned 19 before the round six match, collected 19 disposals and kicked three goals\ufeff in the win.<\/p>\n

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His game style and presence have already been \ufefflikened to that of Eagles and Blues legend Chris Judd, who led West Coast to the 2006 flag.<\/p>\n

"I don't think that since Chris Judd that somebody has had such an impact so early," Brown said on Nine's Sunday Footy Show.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Reid<\/p>\n

"We heard he was a once-in-a-generation player and we're seeing that in front of our eyes. They needed a leader to get behind.<\/p>\n

"Who would have thought that a young man coming in, in his first season, could be that for a whole state of football?"<\/p>\n

And Brown knows exactly where\ufeff it all began; back in round four, when the Eagles tested the Swans, but couldn't get over the line.<\/p>\n

Reid kicked his first career goal and collected 18 touches.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Reid<\/p>\n

"I reckon it started against Sydney, when he tugged his jumper kicking a goal … They said, 'We want to go with you'," Brown said.<\/p>\n

Kane Cornes\ufeff noted how impressive Reid had been at managing the pressure heaped on him since well before he was drafted.<\/p>\n

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That included almost non-stop media coverage in the year leading up to draft night, where he was taken with pick one.<\/p>\n

"He is special. The amount of media coverage he had before he even played a game, to be able to cope with that\ufeff and … the ability to really bring everyone along with him…" Cornes said.<\/p>\n

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"He's played six games. Can you imagine what he's going to be like when he's 24?"<\/p>\n

\ufeffReid's temmate Elliot Yeo also heaped praise on the young midfielder.<\/p>\n

"The kid's bigger than Ben Hur over here\ufeff. He's got a fair bit of swagger, that's for sure, and he backs it up which is great," Yeo told the Sunday Footy Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Reid<\/p>\n

"The energy he brings to the football club is huge and everyone feeds off that.<\/p>\n

"He's almost playing like a 100-150-game player\ufeff."<\/p>\n

The Eagles now sit 2-4 after six rounds, looking ahead to their match against the Gold Coast Suns.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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