AFL Player # 9: Dylan Shiel

[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.