Especially if his spelling and grammar is 
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Hence Aussie slangs efficiency.
GDAY!
OW YA GOIN?
He speaks well. Iām confident heās on top of it
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Garantey everyones gettin all weirdo about langauge is fourtee or Olda.
Engrish is the moist non-intuituon langage in the world, get overit.
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Iāve always maintained that learning other languages helps you better understand your own. The way they teach languages here, at least in my experience is terrible. It was only when I relearnt Italian at uni properly, and in a much shorter space of time, that I realised this. If I had the time and money to hardly work, Iād be learning another language.
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His gonna be awesome.
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Yep, good.
Good chance to be picked for round 1.
Definitely Best 25 at least.
Is he our best midfielder though???
Heās getting Stringerās number?
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Made famous by Geoff Parker, Ian Anderson and Michael Still.
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So he was playing for Essendon when Jethro Tull werenāt touring?
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Port Fairy taxi driver and ex-publican and Vietnam veteran.
Dylan Shiel hates misused words.
Newsreaders of the world take note - to decimate actually means to reduce by one tenth, not to totally destroy. The Romans used to decimate a legion to punish them for cowardice by counting along the lines -
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, dead,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, dead,
1, 2, 3, 4ā¦etc.
I imagine there was a lot of hurried counting & shuffling for position.
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Fixed for the Blitz Empire.
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I played underage footy and cricket with him. He was quite a talent at both, especially cricketā¦
His younger brother (Cameron) was an even better cricketer at that level. Was surprised he never kicked onā¦
So, what sort of player does Essendon have in Shiel? Apparently, 2018 wasnāt as good as seasons ā16 and ā17 with him playing more of an outside role. Anyway, Iāve looked at his stats and a few of his games ā¦
This year Shiel played 23 games for a total of 596 possessions. He accumulated 25 or more possessions in 12 games and 5 of those were more than 30 (he had 30 or more x6 in 2017 and 7 in2016).
So Shiel is not a big, big possession winner like Merrett who is a monster in this area of the game topping 30 or more (even broke the 40 mark this year) x8 and thatās despite the overall year not being his best. For reference, Merrett hit the 30+ mark x12 in both ā16 and ā17.
This year Shiel got to a lot of contests but was mostly waiting for the ball to spill out before dishing off a quick disposal. Sometimes heād play the role of a winger in soccer where heād stay out wide to receive the ball. He was certainly able to get his own ball too. Team mates also looked for him to deliver the ball (immaculately) to leading forwards. Didnāt tackle a lot though. For a leftie he has an impressive right foot (accuracy / distance).
I see a lot of similarities between Shiel and Merrett. Iād rate Merrett the overall better player based on his numbers, ball use and tackle numbers. Will be interesting to see how Shiel is used in 2019 and whether he can take his game to another level like Smith did this year or Mitchell of the Hawks when he came from Sydney?
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Very well written with only minor grammatical blemishes which I would feel churlish in pointing out. We will win finals next year if we keep this up.
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Really? Iād rather be snowboarding, or at the beach, or travelling overseasā¦
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