Opinion Dom Sheed

[Dylan82]

Unfortunately for Dom, he has a habit of turning into water when the contests start getting fierce.

Which is very unfortunate, as he does have a lot of talent and can be very damaging when he is confident.

Consider the following chart; Sheed's contested possession numbers drop off far more rapidly in higher pressure matches than either Shuey or Yeo:

Total Contested Possessions in match versus Total Match Intensity Index - Sheed, Yeo & Shuey.

Note above chart incorporates the following:

- matches impacted by injury are excluded
- matches where Yeo played primarily in defence excluded
​

Total Intensity Index calculated from algorithm combining figures for inside and outside stoppage pressure, incorporating total disposals, contested possessions, clearances and tackles. A higher total is indicative of a more contested, high pressure match.
For example the 2016 Grand Final has a score of 14.57; whereas our Round 2 match against the Bulldogs scores 8.27.​

Sheed won't become the player we hope he can be until he learns to cope with the hard stuff too. I would say that is a major reason behind the coaching staff giving him another stint at East Perth.

 

[FKASC]

Unfortunately for Dom, he has a habit of turning into water when the contests start getting fierce.

Which is very unfortunate, as he does have a lot of talent and can be very damaging when he is confident.

Consider the following chart; Sheed's contested possession numbers drop off far more rapidly in higher pressure matches than either Shuey or Yeo:
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Total Contested Possessions in match versus Total Match Intensity Index - Sheed, Yeo & Shuey.

Note above chart incorporates the following:

- matches impacted by injury are excluded
- matches where Yeo played primarily in defence excluded
​

Total Intensity Index calculated from algorithm combining figures for inside and outside stoppage pressure, incorporating total disposals, contested possessions, clearances and tackles. A higher total is indicative of a more contested, high pressure match.
For example the 2016 Grand Final has a score of 14.57; whereas our Round 2 match against the Bulldogs scores 8.27.​

Sheed won't become the player we hope he can be until he learns to cope with the hard stuff too. I would say that is a major reason behind the coaching staff giving him another stint at East Perth.

Yep, IMO this is his only real problem. This whole one-sidedness kicking discussion is a bit of a moot point.

He just doesn’t yet will himself to go harder at the ball or the opposition when the rest of the game goes up a gear.

Agree that he leans into contact. I feel like he thinks he can concede being tackled every time and then hope he can pry his arms out rather than actively trying to evade or bounce off. Unfortunately he’s not the hulk and the umps are increasingly likely to call HTB rather than ball it up. I think mostly this is due to a lack of intensity/mongrel, and I reckon it started after he injured his collarbone - now plays a bit of a bruise free style.

Needs to realise he’s going to have to scrap all day if he’s at the coalface and more actively fight off tackles so he’s not wrapped up so quickly. Or get his arms up immediately and do the sideways flick/throw that most other teams have adopted (he used to be good at this).

It’s definitely just between the ears and I’m still confident the switch will be flicked one day. Thankfully I can’t see Anus having the same issue from what I can see early.

Good job on inventing a new metric btw!

 

[RookiePick]

Unfortunately for Dom, he has a habit of turning into water when the contests start getting fierce.

Which is very unfortunate, as he does have a lot of talent and can be very damaging when he is confident.

Consider the following chart; Sheed's contested possession numbers drop off far more rapidly in higher pressure matches than either Shuey or Yeo:
View attachment 526184

Total Contested Possessions in match versus Total Match Intensity Index - Sheed, Yeo & Shuey.

Note above chart incorporates the following:

- matches impacted by injury are excluded
- matches where Yeo played primarily in defence excluded
​

Total Intensity Index calculated from algorithm combining figures for inside and outside stoppage pressure, incorporating total disposals, contested possessions, clearances and tackles. A higher total is indicative of a more contested, high pressure match.
For example the 2016 Grand Final has a score of 14.57; whereas our Round 2 match against the Bulldogs scores 8.27.​

Sheed won't become the player we hope he can be until he learns to cope with the hard stuff too. I would say that is a major reason behind the coaching staff giving him another stint at East Perth.

 

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