AFL Player # 9: Dylan Shiel - Sticking around for 2025 18/10

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 35, eth-dog

 

[Happyskeret]

Shiel be right?

 

[Old Campaigner]

Slight abdominal strain .So what drug does that equal

He's definitely a nose beers kinda guy

 

[ghostdog]

Slight abdominal strain .So what drug does that equal

Came in to write "slight abdominal strain"

 

[DERO]

Slight abdominal strain?

 

[jmoo wan]

Slight abdominal strain?

hopefully just gas

 

[DERO]

hopefully just gas

In the reserves learning how to push harder when it is his turn to go

 

[BomberFan355]

Heard some of his interview on Friday night after the VFL game, said he felt good, just needs to get match fitness back. Where would he fit in?

 

[Blind Turn]

Heard some of his interview on Friday night after the VFL game, said he felt good, just needs to get match fitness back. Where would he fit in?

Forward pocket with bursts on the ball. Make him an accountable forward who runs down defenders. Have him contesting stoppages in forward 50 and getting an occasional bonus goal. That’s the gap that needs filling until we find our next Tippa. Otherwise I don’t see a spot for him. At his best he’s in our midfield mix but for team progression he has to now be a gap filler.

 

[PressureCooker]

Does his role look different now with the rise of Durham and Caldwell? A fortnight ago you could say he didn't have a spot in the middle, and possibly even in the best 23. Might be wishful thinking but at his best he could compliment the current midfield mix nicely. Whether he can get back to his best is another question.

Going back to his GWS days (if I recall correctly) he didn't need to be in inside mid and he was a much more dangerous player on the burst and on the outside. Good problem to have nonetheless.

 

[andleanback]

Where does he play when he comes back in? Maybe some wing time? Or half forward? Doubt he’s getting in the mid rotation kicking any of those boys out

 

[HirdyLannister]

Where does he play when he comes back in? Maybe some wing time? Or half forward? Doubt he’s getting in the mid rotation kicking any of those boys out

VFL

 

[MiguelM]

Didn't look like someone wanting to impress. Lots of jogging.

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

Barring additional injuries, I'm not sure who comes out of our 23 to make room for him. Especially when we already need to find room for Setters, Perkins, Reid, and eventually Rids over the next month or so.

 

[quotemokc]

Does he have the mindset to be our permanent sub?

I would prefer his skillset to Hind as long as the willingness to go hard as fresh legs is there.

Still should have traded him.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Does he have the mindset to be our permanent sub?

I would prefer his skillset to Hind as long as the willingness to go hard as fresh legs is there.

Still should have traded him.

Need a taker.

St. Kilda didn’t want him in the end.

 

[Bombers36]

I thought Shiel was fairly dominant in the 1st half & his stats back that up - 20 possessions doesn't lie...
He should come in for Hind or Tsatas for Anzac day...

 

[yodellinhank]

Hopefully they don't play him as the sub, like they did with Tsatas

 

[FlyingV]

No half cooked Shiel please. Had 20 to half time and finished with 24. Haven’t watched the game, maybe he got rested, but we have seen previously that when Shiel is not 100% physically he is a liability around the ground. Would rather stay with the current mix and give Shiel some more conditioning time

 

[ant555]

No half cooked Shiel please. Had 20 to half time and finished with 24. Haven’t watched the game, maybe he got rested, but we have seen previously that when Shiel is not 100% physically he is a liability around the ground. Would rather stay with the current mix and give Shiel some more conditioning time

Played mainly forward and a lot less time on the ground in the second half.
He is close based on his first half form but IMO he should play one more VFL . Full midfield time .

 

[Zach Package]

Is anyone concerned he only kicked it 4 times out of his 24 touches.

We don’t really need him as a grunt player anymore, we definitely do need him to be able to get on the fly and kick it with some penetration though

 

[FlyingV]

Is anyone concerned he only kicked it 4 times out of his 24 touches.

We don’t really need him as a grunt player anymore, we definitely do need him to be able to get on the fly and kick it with some penetration though

Agree. I’m concerned about what Shiel can provide once is athleticism declines…

 

[ant555]

Is anyone concerned he only kicked it 4 times out of his 24 touches.

We don’t really need him as a grunt player anymore, we definitely do need him to be able to get on the fly and kick it with some penetration though

Was just the role they had him playing on the day.

 

[Howard Moon]

Got a feeling he might be content taking a nice paycheck to waddle around the 2s

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Sub is only proper option. Don’t think he’d help in the middle much anymore. Yeah maybe forward but don’t think his pressure would be that much better than Menzie or Davey and he’s kicking’s not reliable enough.

 

[Blind Turn]

Got a feeling he might be content taking a nice paycheck to waddle around the 2s

Liking the Avatar Howie