2024 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem

[Demonland 73,140]

The luckless Salem suffered a hamstring injury against the Lions early in the season and, after missing a number of games, he was never at his best. He was also inconvenienced by minor niggles later in the season. This was a blow for the club that sorely needed him to fill gaps in the midfield at times as well as to do his best work in defence.

Date of Birth: 15 July 1995
Height: 184cm

Games MFC 2024: 17
Career Total: 176

Goals MFC 2024: 1
Career Total: 26

Brownlow Medal Votes: 1

[Demon Disciple 12,274]

Body is letting him down. Needs to get back to full fitness to remain a weapon, though those days may have sadly passed.

Played one hell of a 2021 and GF though. Was one of the many players to step up and help us win #13

[Cranky Franky 2,091]

Unlucky not to be AA in past years.

Don't know if he will ever get back to his best.

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,510]

Has always struggled after injuries.  Whether it’s psychological, physical fitness or related to his health issues, I don’t believe he’s ever returned from an injury layoff and played as well or better than he did before it.

He's had some good years and his ‘21, including Grand Final, was exceptional, but at 29yo, the clock is ticking!

Fingers crossed he can get some more luck next year!

 

[Hawny for Gawny 461]

Feels like last role of the dice. Needs an uninterrupted preseason to see if he can regain form. After that idk, I love Salem as a player but the past couple of years haven't been his best.

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

A perfect example of a player that should be used on a rotational basis.

His body will not make it through a 27 game season

[whatwhat say what 22,947]

hasn't been the same since hurting his knee in rd 1, 2022

we need him to play a key role in our side as he is, quite frankly, a key playmaker

if he's not able to maintain fitness for a full season i have concerns over who will take his role - as seen in the 2021 season, we're a helluva lot better team with salem at his best

[Demon Jack 6,930]

He still has his moments but seems to have lost a fair bit of confidence and his body. The penetration in his usual 'laser like' kicking has also been lacking over the last couple of years.

Hoping for a TMac like renaissance next year as he there's still plenty he can provide as we continue to blood the next generation.

[DeeZone 10,107]

Christian Salem as mentioned when fit and healthy helps form that critical core of players that make us a very good team, players who are hard to replace. Let’s hope that Christian can string a couple of vintage Salem years together for us as we fight back to relevance.

Edited November 8 by DeeZone
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