Dylan Shiel

[ace]

Just dug out a wooden spoon.
Will put it in the mail to Dylan Shiel.

Choose to join a bunch of dopey Shielas instead of St Kilda.

[ace]

Posted it twice by mistake and can't find how to delete the duplicate.

[Zed]

Posted it twice by mistake and can't find how to delete the duplicate.

might have been easier to have just mailed him a second spoon

[saynta]

Posted it twice by mistake and can't find how to delete the duplicate.

might have been easier to have just mailed him a second spoon

[rodgerfox]

Shiel is undeniably good at some things.

Hitting the goals is clearly not one of them. He missed badly today again when it mattered.

Some dudes, in fact most, never get better at that.

[saint64]

Something dodgy about the Bombers Shiel deal. Anyone have any inside info? Weren't we and the Kangas offering way over what the Bombers were?

[Harvey To Hayes]

Poor bugger first two games at his new club and already lost to his old mob plus the team he turned down the big dollars from early days but it must be hurting about now...

[Toy Saint]

Something dodgy about the Bombers Shiel deal. Anyone have any inside info? Weren't we and the Kangas offering way over what the Bombers were?

There was something dodgy about the Chris Judd deal at Carlton, suspect it may be something along those lines

[Goose is king]

Wasn’t Shiel an ambassador for the Grand Prix? Some well connected Essendon fan probably organised that

[SaintPav]

Not worth 2 first round draft picks IMO.

Glad we didn't have to pay that.

[stevie]

Who?

[Aussie Jonestown]

Everyone should not forget that if Simon Lethlean had his way Dylan Shiel would be a St.kilda player on 1.3 million dollars a year and pick 4 would have been given to Essendon.

I wanted the club to draft Max King and am very glad they did... however we have Dylan Shiel to thank for this.
Thankfully Shiel rejected the huge offer and St.kilda were then able to draft Max King.

[thejiggingsaint]

That miss on goal yesterday was a shocker (THANK GOODNESS!) I thought at the time that it showed a wee bit of arrogance on his part as he was (it seemed to my aging eyes) almost preparing for the high fives from grateful teammates. To be honest, I would have taken him, but will defer to those who feel otherwise.

[damienc]

Just dug out a wooden spoon.
Will put it in the mail to Dylan Shiel.

Choose to join a bunch of dopey Shielas instead of St Kilda.

Don't need him if Gresh keeps developing. That kid has AA written all over him. He and Billings and the man of Steele are making a huge difference in the midfield.

[thejiggingsaint]

Just dug out a wooden spoon.
Will put it in the mail to Dylan Shiel.

Choose to join a bunch of dopey Shielas instead of St Kilda.

Don't need him if Gresh keeps developing. That kid has AA written all over him. He and Billings and the man of Steele are making a huge difference in the midfield.

Spot-ON Colleague!

[bigred]

Methendon are playing him wrong.

Too much inside and he is a softy outsider that really looks to be on the same level as Billings. That is not a shot at Billings either.

But they have too many players of that type.

[satchmo]

Methendon are playing him wrong.

Too much inside and he is a softy outsider that really looks to be on the same level as Billings. That is not a shot at Billings either.

But they have too many players of that type.

the bombres usually play an umpire in the inside mid role. They will probably demand a Royal Commission into the umpiring, and demand that the AFL reverse the result.

[thejiggingsaint]

Methendon are playing him wrong.

Too much inside and he is a softy outsider that really looks to be on the same level as Billings. That is not a shot at Billings either.

But they have too many players of that type.

the bombres usually play an umpire in the inside mid role. They will probably demand a Royal Commission into the umpiring, and demand that the AFL reverse the result.

GOLD! didn't they get to promote a rookie when Goldspink (or a similar character) retired?

[Saints43]

Something dodgy about the Bombers Shiel deal. Anyone have any inside info? Weren't we and the Kangas offering way over what the Bombers were?

An Essendon admin told me that Shiel had better pay offers from clubs but that Ess were able to offer better off-field opportunities. DS was introduced to Andrew Welsh who has made a fortune from opportunities made available to him from interacting with the Essendonian (if I remember correctly) coterie group. Ess can make those introductions, but was careful to mention that it was introductions only.
The guy also said he got on well with Shiel, who mentioned him when he signed, so that probably helped as well.

I'm not sure what story St Kilda could tell potential high profile recruits with regard to possible income streams outside of football. There's a reason that players keep going to the same clubs.

[sunsaint]

all clubs do similar
I think there is a fair chance that Frawley had a little bit to do with Roo NDS and Montagna all working for Fox
footy connections are what they are - so it was interesting to read S43
Warning tho another poster got right royally Saintsationally reamed for writing similar about reasons Shiel didnt sign with the saints

[Saintmatt]

Methendon are playing him wrong.

Too much inside and he is a softy outsider that really looks to be on the same level as Billings. That is not a shot at Billings either.

But they have too many players of that type.

Correct. He’s actually the same type of player as Zach Merret. He’s precisely the type of player they don’t need. They actually need a Dunstan or better still, Jobe v.2012.

[kalsaint]

Something dodgy about the Bombers Shiel deal. Anyone have any inside info? Weren't we and the Kangas offering way over what the Bombers were?

Yep we did but he made it clear years ago, in a quick interview after a game we lost to GWS (just after they were most teams bunnies - in Scott Watters days), that he didn't like the potential at the Saints. I clearly remember his comment neared a derogatory tone. I said in the lead up to him leaving GWS he wouldn't be coming over to us.

Nothing sus about his preferences. Just his preference to be in a club with a big following.

[Scollop]

He's probably a really ambitious sort of guy who dreams of big accolades, big crowds and starring on the big stage

You don't hear AFL players saying that one of their goals in their career is to win the Silk-Miller medal

The Anzac Day medal on the other hand...