Shiel the real deal??

[Bully]

Am I crazy going GAJ > Shiel and not Sloane? Please tell me I'm not :)

There's a number of coaches picking up Shiel/Bont, it's something I've strongly considered myself.

[elephants]

I can't see Richmond being the front runners for him. St. Kilda, Carlton and now Essendon and Collingwood probably have a lot more space in the salary cap than the Tigers.

Cap space isn't a problem, there's a good reason we haven't chased a Goddard or Dal Santo, that's because we have been eyeing off Shiel for 2 years. The contract being offered is a very generous and lengthy one, it won't be easy to match.

Could a huge deal for Shiel force out Rance though? :/

[Bully]

I can't see Richmond being the front runners for him. St. Kilda, Carlton and now Essendon and Collingwood probably have a lot more space in the salary cap than the Tigers.

Cap space isn't a problem, there's a good reason we haven't chased a Goddard or Dal Santo, that's because we have been eyeing off Shiel for 2 years. The contract being offered is a very generous and lengthy one, it won't be easy to match.

Could a huge deal for Shiel force out Rance though? :/

Don't think so, Rance will be on around 700k if he stays, no guarantees he will. If he leaves accommodating Shiel will be easy, either way it's no issue because we've front loaded most of our A-grade contracts. 

[AaronKirk]

I can't see Richmond being the front runners for him. St. Kilda, Carlton and now Essendon and Collingwood probably have a lot more space in the salary cap than the Tigers.

Cap space isn't a problem, there's a good reason we haven't chased a Goddard or Dal Santo, that's because we have been eyeing off Shiel for 2 years. The contract being offered is a very generous and lengthy one, it won't be easy to match.

Could a huge deal for Shiel force out Rance though? :/

Don't think so, Rance will be on around 700k if he stays, no guarantees he will. If he leaves accommodating Shiel will be easy, either way it's no issue because we've front loaded most of our A-grade contracts.

Apart from Rance (who may retire based on the story on the Footy Show last night) you only have 4 A-Graders being JRoo, Cotch, Dusty and Lids.

There is good mail going around that he is going to Hawthorn anyway. Hawthorn have multiple players in their second tier who would be in the best 18 who will leave the club and a couple that may retire. They have the space to launch a bid for another gun. Watch this space.

[Fid]

Maybe this thread should be titled "Shiel the trade deal"   ;)

[Jroo]

I love Shiel, he's one of my boys.

The thing that worries me is that there's sooo many flowering GWS mids that IDK if he will get enough of the ball at times and they'll use him in different positions. Conigs was used as the sub in rd1  :o

Also, he's coming to the Tiges  :P we've been after him for a while

[JBs-Hawks]

I can't see Richmond being the front runners for him. St. Kilda, Carlton and now Essendon and Collingwood probably have a lot more space in the salary cap than the Tigers.

Cap space isn't a problem, there's a good reason we haven't chased a Goddard or Dal Santo, that's because we have been eyeing off Shiel for 2 years. The contract being offered is a very generous and lengthy one, it won't be easy to match.

Could a huge deal for Shiel force out Rance though? :/

Don't think so, Rance will be on around 700k if he stays, no guarantees he will. If he leaves accommodating Shiel will be easy, either way it's no issue because we've front loaded most of our A-grade contracts.

Apart from Rance (who may retire based on the story on the Footy Show last night) you only have 4 A-Graders being JRoo, Cotch, Dusty and Lids.

There is good mail going around that he is going to Hawthorn anyway. Hawthorn have multiple players in their second tier who would be in the best 18 who will leave the club and a couple that may retire. They have the space to launch a bid for another gun. Watch this space.

I will laugh soo hard if Rance retires to go backpacking  ;D ;D

[Southstorm]

Yeah, I traded Shiel in.

[Holz]

Am I crazy going GAJ > Shiel and not Sloane? Please tell me I'm not :)

extremely.

[ronl]

Get off his what? ???

[Blues Blues Blues]

Get off his what? ???

Haha, I laughed when I saw that too. I see it has since been deleted  ;D

[elephants]

See what? :P

[GoLions]

See what? :P

[jeesh]

So 4 out of 5 games now Shiel has tonned up. Is only 20k more than his starting price. Was thinking of grabbing Gray this week for Salem but if Heeney isn't named this week how long do you sit on him? GWS have the Hawks this week and without Lewis and Hodge out there Sammy Mitchell isn't gonna have much support in the guts and Shiel could chalk up another solid ton. Then they have the whipping boys in Carlton the week after which could spell another solid ton. I think I may have talked myself into it

[brudski]

Im really tempted to pick him up. Last year i doubted ward and didnt pick him up and regretted it. Really looking at him