Part of rotations, as all midfielders are. He will play forward more, but he will slot in as part of the midfield rotations
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For the money heās on though you want him to be placed in the guts. Not a rotating player
He would still spend about 70% time mid
Iām not at all convinced Caldwell is in our best side.
On what weāve seen, heās only really a centre square player.
And heās behind Shiel, Parish, Merrett, McGrath etc etc as a centre square mid, most of whom add a lot more when theyāre in other positions.
So is it worth pushing a Langford/Perkins/Ham (who are good elsewhere, and 2nd tier mid rotations) out of the 22 to fit him in?
I think Caldwell and Shiel come in for Snelling and Ham.
But there are always injuries, we will pretty much never face this problem.
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Apples & oranges, thatād throw out the team balance a lot Imho.
Caught up on thread.
Dylan Shiel is best 22 and will not be traded. People thinking he is traded for a first rounder are delusional.
Dylan Shiel is one of the best centre clearance and stoppage clearance mids in the game. His breakaway pace and skill in congestion is his 1 wood. He is genuinely elite. Unfortunately he is somewhat of a 1 trick pony.
Shiel the outside midfielder is a myth, he is a poor kick and has always struggled when playing outside.
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Yeah maybe. Reckon Caldwell can rotate to half forward and press up to the contest/stoppage in the same manner as Snelling has been. Shiel pushes Merrett further to the wing of the contest/stoppage in place of Ham.
No question that Shiel has a place in the side but it canāt be at the expense of Parish. Not even after last nights game, but after the last few weeks, Parish deserves his new position.
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McGrath does not have break away speed.
100%
Why is everyone arguing over a problem that we donāt currently have. Shiel is 4 months away.
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Exactly. And the likelihood that we have every midfielder available at every time is remote
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Bulldogs seem to be going ok with Macrae, Bont, Smith, Libba, Treloar, Dunkley etc
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1st mid rotation
Draper
Stringer (rotating with Snelling)
Parish
Merrett
2nd mid rotation
2MP
Shiel
Caldwell
McGrath
Cox and Ham on the wings
Actually starts to look like a decent midfield for a change. Why would we want to trade Shiel out?
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Rotating for Snelling?
cmon man. none of that is true. none
heās got a place, but letās not be silly
Sorry Snelling starting up forward and rotating into the midfield post stoppage
Yeah, nah.
I donāt mind Snelling getting a run on ball now and then but he should not be first in line for that stringer rotation. Anyone from your second string rotation would go on ball before him
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I think its unlikely anyone will give us what we gave up for Shiel, or willing to pay a comparable salary. I guess he is a keeper for us, and we should make the best of a good player, who is currently playing below Blitzās expectations. Definitely best 22.