Should Reyno return this year?

[I bleed Maroon]

The season is all but over, the rest of the team hasn't done well enough to keep us in the fight, looking closer to bottom 4 than playing finals...It probably makes more sense at this point to put him on ice for (hopefully) one more good year before retirement. What does it serve to risk further injury now?

 

[winslow_wong]

If we had won a couple of games the last month then yes Reynolds should play but after 6 straight and falling out of contention, there’s no point. He should be going all out on the strength and conditioning now. He’s had nothing but problems since dropping his playing weight.

 

[Battler]

May as well. It was a bicep tear so it's not like it has a high chance of being a recurring issue that could carry into next year like a hammy

 

[vertigo]

He'll want to play and the club won't stand in his way.

 

[Super Freak]

No. The season is over. We will not make the finals.

Will he? Yes.

 

[Skathen]

One more serious injury and he's retiring.... not worth the risk. Let this mob stew in their shit.

 

[Santa]

I think we'll need his experience in the grand final. So yes, he should play.

 

[Mustafur]

The season is all but over, the rest of the team hasn't done well enough to keep us in the fight, looking closer to bottom 4 than playing finals...It probably makes more sense at this point to put him on ice for (hopefully) one more good year before retirement. What does it serve to risk further injury now?

The season is not all but over, soo many teams in the top 8 especially at the bottom end play each other still and we will finally get a run with our troops back again soon, it's for sure on edge though but not over yet.

I think 12 wins and a decent F/A gets you in the finals this year, which means we need 5 wins including our bye, which means at the most we can still afford two more losses.

We have better F/A then the 5 teams ahead of us to 8th and if we do string some wins we could easily be top 5 for that too.

But the Newcastle game is crucial, I think the Melbourne game should be an easy win, they will almost certainly rest their entire team like last year as top 2 is basically guaranteed for them now.

 

[Renegade]

One more serious injury and he's retiring.... not worth the risk. Let this mob stew in their shit.

I'd argue the opposite. If he's going to permabreak lets just get it over with instead of having the same issue in 2025. Let the likes of Mam and Walsh take over and see how they fare long term.

 

[Mustafur]

One more serious injury and he's retiring.... not worth the risk. Let this mob stew in their shit.

Well yes because there wouldn't be much more time left on his contract and I don't see him playing past 25, his body isn't as robust like other Halves his age like Hunt and DCE.

 

[Super Freak]

As been mentioned, if Reyno coming back is going to break him for good, probably better to get it over with.

That way the likes of Madden, Rogers, Black or whoever else is the next halfback gets a full pre-season preparing.

 

[McHunt]

No. The season is over. We will not make the finals.

Will he? Yes.

The season is all but over, the rest of the team hasn't done well enough to keep us in the fight, looking closer to bottom 4 than playing finals...It probably makes more sense at this point to put him on ice for (hopefully) one more good year before retirement. What does it serve to risk further injury now?

The season isn't over. The Kevolution has one more game to "get a few things right."

 

[Old Mate]

Definitely, get him on the field as soon as he is able. If we manage the Dina’s then sweet. If he ***** his bicep again then it’s another three months and he’s got plenty of time till next season starts. Not that I’m saying to play him under done or anything.

 

[Skathen]

The season isn't over. The Kevolution has one more game to "get a few things right."

Given what we've seen this year, the chances of us winning 6/7 are almost zero, particularly when one of those is the Storm and we look nothing like what we did this time last year.

 

[Sproj]

Given what we've seen this year, the chances of us winning 6/7 are almost zero, particularly when one of those is the Storm and we look nothing like what we did this time last year.

Don't give up hope until there is no reason to be hopeful.

 

[Mustafur]

Given what we've seen this year, the chances of us winning 6/7 are almost zero, particularly when one of those is the Storm and we look nothing like what we did this time last year.

Storm will almost certainly rest their whole team for that since top 2 basically guaranteed.

 

[Johnny92]

Given what we've seen this year, the chances of us winning 6/7 are almost zero, particularly when one of those is the Storm and we look nothing like what we did this time last year.

6 of our loses this year we were terrible for most the game but we still probably win those with better possession and luck with Injures.
With basically everyone back finally and cleaning up areas which those players will help with there is every chance we can win 6 games to finish the year.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

6 of our loses this year we were terrible for most the game but we still probably win those with better possession and luck with Injures.
With basically everyone back finally and cleaning up areas which those players will help with there is every chance we can win 6 games to finish the year.

This is vexing. Who really wants to finish 7th or 8th? You're cannon fodder in the finals.