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The top 10 draft pick has played just nine games in his first four AFL seasons after a long list of injury problems.

Reid pulled up sore after Wednesday’s training session in the wet. A scan revealed a small issue, but further investigations have suggested there could be a more serious problem.

It’s the third season in a row the Bombers have been significantly hampered by consistent injuries.

“We do a lot of work and investigation into what’s happening, as all clubs do on a regular basis, and we do that as an ongoing matter of process. The risk for me personally, is that we get distracted from the task at hand, which is 12:30 at Marvel [against Gold Coast] this Saturday, so we’ll just stay locked into that,” coach Brad Scott said on Wednesday.

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“That’s the thing about the headlines [of] injury crisis and all these things, I guarantee it’s not a crisis to those players who are on the fringe of selection. It’s an opportunity to put their name up in lights and get the opportunity that they’ve been working so hard for, that’s the silver lining for us.

“We’d love to have better availability, but we’ve had players emerge that wouldn’t have had their opportunity so far this year, so that’s exciting for our fans, and even if we did make seven changes this week, Angus Clarke wasn’t going out regardless. I couldn’t have said that seven weeks ago.”