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I reckon he can bounce back and be a handy best-22 player for 2018. That injury interrupted his form, and he's lost minutes on-ball as a result. Down on confidence, now. Kid can't take a trick for a full pre-season to bulk up a bit, either.
 
I know most people will quickly say it's his pace and agility, but as far as i'm concerned the biggest knock on his game is his intent/intensity

He isn't desperate to win the footy. He cruises around. Kind of like the polar opposite to Yeo who wants to win any contest he's in, Sheed seemingly just shows no desperation or hunger whatsoever. I think it's a bit of a cop out to say he just looks that way because he's slow as well. Matt was glacial slow and yet at the contest he did EVERYTHING he could to get first hands on the pill, or at least wrap the ball carrier up in a tackle. You could visibly see Priddis give everything he had in each contest :heart:

Dom rarely tackles, and it's starting to look to me like he doesn't have the hunger. That is how i'd describe him this season.

Does he come accross to anyone like a leader? Or someone trying everything they can to win the game? Despite being the captain of the state U/18's.
 
Monocle said:
Just to add to my posts about Sheed I don’t dislike the Guy but there are certain aspects of his game that do concern me , and the concern I have actually highlights a trend in his work ethic and commitment.

1. Sheed doesn’t have a tank ( although he is getting better ) he can’t run out a full game of AFL.

2. He doesn’t have a right foot.

Now this may come across as me being a bit of a smart arse but nevertheless here goes.

Having coached Colts and under 16’s I will make a couple of generalisations that I believe are actually trueisms .

1. Any young kid can and must work on their non preferred side . In fact I used to incorporate it, in some way, into every junior training drills at EVERY training secession.
If you work at it , the non preferred skills definitely improve .... dedicacation to this sees players become dual sided .... some better than others admittedly but at the very least it’s a skill set that with continual practice improves .

2. Regardless of your playing ability you can always improve your tank..... no denying that it’s hard work and it’s gut busting. But it’s “doable”. If it’s not natural to you it’s f******* painful and it does test your commitment , that in itself is a lesson on its own.

I am actually gobsmacked that Sheed ( oh and he is far from alone on this ) has come so far in the system with out a right foot , his junior coaches need to be bollocked.

These two aspects of Sheeds game that he is deficient in , endurance and dual sidedness tell me that he is a lazy player and a lazy trainer .

He simply hasn’t put the hard yards in and he has now at the next level been found wanting.

He has been in the AFL system five years now and where he rates amounts his peers on these two areas that can be benchmarked.... simply put is sub par.

I also do not think he has be developed well in our system ..... but that’s another story and gripe in itself .
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Sorry monocle i disagree with you regarding his opposite boot and it pains me purely because you're one of my fav posters.

Sheed is quite good on his right but it comes down to confidence and i have noticed that a few of our players when in form tend to use their opposite. Yeo barely used his opposite in 2016 and now uses it like its his preferred. Duggan when he was in a rut rarely used it and now uses it when he needs to.


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Chris_6678 said:
Sheed just gets gifted games even when he doesn’t deserve it. Has shown enough to suggest he can make it but he coasts along to much these days. Drop him and play Ah chee.
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That’s party from not having enough viable mids in our squad - not Sheed’s fault. Bit more competition over the last few years would have helped his development.
 
To me Dom needs to needs to get serious about his football and his work ethic. I have mentioned before that he loves to take the game on with both tackler and trying to move through congestion. He looks stupid AF when it doesn't come off but i actually rekon his footy IQ is decent and when things come off its looks sexy af. He is somewhat strong but needs to work on his strength while also improviing his tank.

Im a massive fan but the Swans game was shocking. Simmo should hold him back at EP till he dominates for a few weeks.
 
avishka5 said:
Sorry monocle i disagree with you regarding his opposite boot and it pains me purely because you're one of my fav posters.

Sheed is quite good on his right but it comes down to confidence and i have noticed that a few of our players when in form tend to use their opposite. Yeo barely used his opposite in 2016 and now uses it like its his preferred. Duggan when he was in a rut rarely used it and now uses it when he needs to.


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Sheed can use his right when he is open and free wheeling ( if you cant even do that you shouldn't even make AFL ) , what he cant do is use it when he is in close with contested possession.

Now before any refute my opening comment by mentioning that Priddis was shit with both feet , remember that his saving grace was that by hands he was exceptional with both, had he not been his time in the AFL would have been much shorter, plus he was 10 times smarter as a footballer than Sheed.
Additionally Priddis has some of the very best eye - hand coordination test results that had been seen at the Combine ( Draft Camp as it was called then ), his psycho - motor scores were of the charts for a non indigenous player.

Vishy look at the way Shuey uses his left , and Yeo also.... its instinctive now because it has been developed with practice ..... they split the direction of play open by going with the opposite, when the opening falls in front of them... they pounce and move through the gap.

When there is a gaping hole to move through on his right , Dom try's left .... first.... then reverts to his right, its why he kicks so many out of bounds on the full.

Duggan ( is a great example of what Dom should be doing ), he has been in the system two years less than Dom and he has already worked out how to fain to his left and then divert to the better opening on his right and work his way through the traffic and exploit the corridor in front of him.

Its subtle Viska but it the difference between being reliably effective on the opposite foot in all circumstances, or just being able to drop the ball on foot when your wide open.
 
Monocle said:
Sheed can use his right when he is open and free wheeling ( if you cant even do that you shouldn't even make AFL ) , what he cant do is use it when he is in close with contested possession.

Now before any refute my opening comment by mentioning that Priddis was shit with both feet , remember that his saving grace was that by hands he was exceptional with both, had he not been his time in the AFL would have been much shorter, plus he was 10 times smarter as a footballer than Sheed.
Additionally Priddis has some of the very best eye - hand coordination test results that had been seen at the Combine ( Draft Camp as it was called then ), his psycho - motor scores were of the charts for a non indigenous player.

Vishy look at the way Shuey uses his left , and Yeo also.... its instinctive now because it has been developed with practice ..... they split the direction of play open by going with the opposite, when the opening falls in front of them... they pounce and move through the gap.

When there is a gaping hole to move through on his right , Dom try's left .... first.... then reverts to his right, its why he kicks so many out of bounds on the full.

Duggan ( is a great example of what Dom should be doing ), he has been in the system two years less than Dom and he has already worked out how to fain to his left and then divert to the better opening on his right and work his way through the traffic and exploit the corridor in front of him.

Its subtle Viska but it the difference between being reliably effective on the opposite foot in all circumstances, or just being able to drop the ball on foot when your wide open.
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Apologies. I kinda did misread your post. To me it seemed like you rated his kicking as good as Gaffs on his right.

Still think you're way too harsh on Dom regarding his kicking on his opposite. Blokes like Shuey and Yeo (long kicking) are two of the best kicks on their opposite and Duggan came on to the scene as an elite ball user on both sides of his body.

There's so many players(including elite's of the comp) That refuse use their opposite and will get on to their preferred or use their opposite as a bail out kick and do it in hope. Sheed is a neat kick on his opposite and does execute them well under pressure. That kick against Hawks above he was under pressure but he did have enough time to sell some candy and get on to his left.

You make a couple good comments regarding Yeo and Practicing kicking. Yeo wasn't a natural left footer 18 months ago, its only in the last year of so that he has become confident in using his left and over that period he's been using it more and more, till it became so natural to him.
Dom has a good technique on his right and when he does use it, he gets it to his intended target in an effective manner and it tells us that he's practiced that craft over the years. The key is confidence and being able to use it on game day on a regular basis. First step is for him to Work into some form and play good footy for a consistent form and then I rekon he'd be using his right or a regular basis. Might not be as natural as boot and Shuey but those two arguably the two best kicks on their opposite in the comp.
 
Biggie said:
Dom will improve.

He told me so.
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Ironically only two of our mids this season have been consistently good this year and thats Yeo and Gaff.
Redden started poorly but got better
Sheed started well and then dropped of.
Shuey was ok without killing it but got injured
Masten has decent
Hutchings has been servicable at times.

Imagine if everyone one of those lads could ply good footy for period of time this season.
 

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You can't remember the calls for him to be dropped earlier in the year?
He averaged 16 touches in the first 5 games.

Yeah he's dropped off a bit but he's still doing well. Thought his swans game was very good.
Jiggyman said:
Agree with the rest, but I'd have Redden as clear 3rd. Dropped off a little since that purple patch earlier on, but he'll look a million bucks when those around him get going again.
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PintSzedSlasher said:
Disagree, he was quite good against the Saints. Had a shocker on Friday though. Will be interesting to see if he survives this week, but wouldn't surprise me if Hutchings comes in for him as there are jobs he can do.
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I recall that he started well against the Saints but was largely ineffectual for the last 3 quarters (aside from a little bit of the 3rd). Admittedly, I haven't rewatched the match, so perhaps he played better than I remember. But i think if you get dropped and are a late reprieve through injury you need to do better then he did to retain your spot for the following week. Maybe the MC decided they needed his bigger body at the contest against the Swans. I could understand that choice if he wasn't completely out of form. A run in the 2s will do him a world of good and I expect he will be back in the side sooner rather than later.

That said, a combination of injury, other poor players on Friday and a short turn around for those who played in the WAFL may mean that he gets another chance against the Dons. Which would be a shame because easy opposition at home won't help the situation.
 
I suspect Sheed will go down as a regret for us given he was taken as a first rounder. I agree with Dark Sharks and Monocle in that he lacks intensity, he does not have the AFL required stamina and he is too predictable on his left. Dom has to want to change because these things are all fixable. Will he make it? To be fair, he ready has but his current ceiling looks like a B grader at best (and he is not yet good enough to be called a B Grader).

Elliot Yeo had a problem with his tank. He also had weaknesses on his left. He has worked damn hard on both and look at him now. Funny when a player acknowledges and addresses his weaknesses, he suddenly looks smarter and his football IQ appears much higher. Dom Sheed has the starting of being a great footballer but unless he changes, his basic flaws will hold him back.

If we want a great Dom in the future, I recommend sending him back to EP for an indefinite period - to play as a right sided player and have him undertake additional running to build his tank. Lack of needing to travel and play AFL should allow him the additional time. Also line him up to play against the most intense opposition player so that he can see what it looks like. This may mean he is not available for senior selection until next year. I would rather take the pain now than to have someone who is almost there but not warranting a first round draft pick. We will not miss the current Dom, but I would like to try to get an elite Dom that delivers what we need and not the pitiful strain of a player that presented on Friday against Sydney.
 

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Sheed will come good eventually.
He just needs time to mature and for the penny to drop.

I imagine him to be a Josh Kennedy (syd) type eventually so i think the future is bright but needs a rocket and a lot of hard work.

At this stage he is behind Hutchings, Redden and Ah Chee in my view so he will have to work damn hard to get his spot back

Good for East Perth
 
Kwality said:
Clearly the sponsor you elude to has no pull, who was that.

We would be sronger if Sheed were in the 22 IMHO.
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You watch your tone.

Sheed will be in for Nic tomorrow, amassing 28 3 goals and a **** you
 

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