Putting the doubters in thier place im proud of Dyl the last few weeks
Cmon Nino, you were one of them.
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Probably our most maligned player.
And one of our best.
Watching him play, I can see that he is actually a superb team player. He brings team mates in all the time, sharing possession with them for the benefit of the team.
Itâs interesting that Shiel plays best when Darcy Parish is out.
I know the Parish clique will be annoyed by this, but itâs as if Parish wonât give Shiel any space â as if Parish has a monomaniacal need to maximise his own possession numbers every game, and will not, or doesnât know how to, share the ball around.
They simply shouldnât be in a CC at the same time.
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Thatâs just sillyâŚwatch him and Merrett togetherâŚhe shares the ball plentyâŚalso check his handball statsâŚevery handball is to another team mateâŚheâs the extractor that gets it out to the outside mids.
The only knock on this is Shielâs ageâŚregardless, Geelong will come for Parish, thatâs a lock and I think EFC need to retain Parish, as he has unique âextractorâ skills that Merrett & Sheil donât have IMO
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like !!
I said youâd be annoyedâŚ
No, you said âThe Parish Cliqueâ will be annoyed.
Iâm not in such a cliqueâŚI like both Parish and Shiel and donât get the animosity towards Shiel (except that it wouldnât be Blitz if people werenât ragging on one player or another)
Given parishâs handball to kick ratioâŚnah he is a distributor and who he distributes to is more around âthe setupâ. Sheil was having a lean trot and the wake up call gave him a bit of a jolt, and his own self image thingy did the rest. It helps that Sheil is now the go to man ATM.
I agree that no more than 2 of McGrath, Sheil, Parish or Merrett should be on the ball at the same time together⌠we need the right mix and we have plenty of options. So we need whoever is managing the rotations to get the mix rightâŚone of the more important game day player management tasks IMO
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Allowing for the fact that both teams would drastically overrate their own player how crazy would a Grundy for Shiel swap be? Wouldnât it make both lists better?
Grundy ? No thanks. Iâd rather keep Shiel.
Hope Dylan can continue this current form, as heâs legitimately playing at a super high level. Good on him for responding the way he has.
In his last 5 games:
25 disposals (11 contested)
8 clearances
6 tackles
0.5 goals and
1 goal assist (7 score involvements)
This is why we got him to the club
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Dunno if hamstring or knee related but early in the season looked like he had a bad back to me - seemed to barely be able to touch his knees on the run let alone pick up a ground ball. Some of his release handballs are exquisite - I said this a week ago I think, but the weekend had a couple more that were chefâs kiss. Reportedly very professional so either way - if heâs traded them fine given his age, but Iâd be happy for him to keep going.
Thatâs one thing we need at present.
Tiwi Highlander: There can not be too many players of that type.
Sounds like Sir Humphrey
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Has actually consistently been a better centre bounce clearance mid that Darce, but Darce is better mopping up loose ball around the ground. Darce never shared the ball with Shiel as much as he did with Zach, mainly, I think because Zach is the best user in the team.
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SetupâŚ.Zac setup for the backwards handball, Sheil ???âŚ.so maybe its the âsetupâ not being helpful to Sheilâs game
If Geelong come for Parish they would need to cough up similar trade they asked for Kelly
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