Past #14: Liam Shiels - 255HFC gms/33NM gms - 97goals - 3x HFC flags - moving into NM list mgmt post '24

[Devil Fish]

Honestly, I’ve barely noticed Shiels this season. Not sure if that’s a good, or a bad thing???

 

[The Nostradamus]

Thanks for your service but time to go into recruiting

 

[davefromjerra]

Should be mentoring the kids in the twos. Games gone past him at AFL level.

 

[prodigalson]

Should have let him play vs the hawks as a farewell game and to retire then and there.

Has a lot to offer as a mentor to our young side but as a player his ageing body is not up to the speed of the game.

 

[Northwards]

As the sub I thought he was abit of a calming influence earlier in the year. Was keen for him to play full games but now is the first time I’ve had it smack me in the face that it might’ve just been one year too many.

Been a fantastic player for a long time, has plenty to offer at lower level and as a on field type coach. Props to him for putting his body through it again too.

 

[Devil Fish]

Thought Shiels was awful today. Poor decisions. Poor skills by foot.
I blew a gasket when he marked the ball on his own 70m from goal running toward goal. Instead of charging forward, he props, goes behind the mark. Takes 15 seconds to make up his mind and then goes short to a contest resulting in a throw-in. WTF was that????
His 2024 has not been good at all.

 

[Nylex]

At the end of this year, he has helped us out for 2 years when we needed some experienced heads on the field. Glad he has come over to help out.
You would think he will transition to an off field role next year if he wishes

 

[Shermanator]

Highly underrated in the Hawks dynasty.

Tough as teak and wish he was 24 years old playing for us now.

Love his leadership and lockdown ability when we need someone nullified.

 

[King Corey]

Highly underrated in the Hawks dynasty.

Tough as teak and wish he was 24 years old playing for us now.

Love his leadership and lockdown ability when we need someone nullified.

He's an absolute Shinboner.

Team first to the extreme.

 

[Kciza]

Was a centre bounce where he attacked the ball ferociously, won it, paddled it backwards to LDU I think and we went forward and scored. The act pretty much won us the game

 

[Shermanator]

Was a centre bounce where he attacked the ball ferociously, won it, paddled it backwards to LDU I think and we went forward and scored. The act pretty much won us the game

Spot on.

It was huge.

 

[King Corey]

He plays a lot like Anthony Stevens

Anthony Stevens

Age

53

Ht

178cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

15.7

5star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

No current season stats available

D

25.2

5star

K

17.8

5star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

now I think about it.

 

[Harris 10]

Highly underrated in the Hawks dynasty.

Tough as teak and wish he was 24 years old playing for us now.

Love his leadership and lockdown ability when we need someone nullified.

Actually, a 24 year old Shiels is exactly the type of player we need.

 

[amaz199]

How good was that volley in the third? Smart player and tough as nails.

 

[leighlee13]

Watching the game again ATM. Shiels does so much off the ball that I didn't notice while engrossed in the game yesterday. He plays his role whilst directing the players about where to be. Such a smart footballer. I can see why Clarkson loves him so much.

PS Was the one that got the ball to LDU in the clearance that resulted in the important Curtis goal in the last 2 min. Just brilliant.

 

[Themanbun]

Watching the game again ATM. Shiels does so much off the ball that I didn't notice while engrossed in the game yesterday. He plays his role whilst directing the players about where to be. Such a smart footballer. I can see why Clarkson loves him so much.

Shiels and Jy around the stoppage help us set up so much better

 

[ferball]

Watching the game again ATM. Shiels does so much off the ball that I didn't notice while engrossed in the game yesterday. He plays his role whilst directing the players about where to be. Such a smart footballer. I can see why Clarkson loves him so much.

PS Was the one that got the ball to LDU in the clearance that resulted in the important Curtis goal in the last 2 min. Just brilliant.

Yeah. I'm starting to think another year of that won't hurt.

 

[leighlee13]

Yeah. I'm starting to think another year of that won't hurt.

I was just googling how old he was as I was thinking exactly the same thing. To think this guy could be retired but has chosen to help us is just amazing to me especially given where we are at.

 

[showusyacunningt]

Was a mad man at the last couple of centre bounces.

 

[muttley45]

All the talk about bringing in experienced senior mid's for leadership, don't forget to look in your own backyard, Shiels, has more premiership's in his pocket than a few of the players whose names have been thrown around lately, and still doing his bit on field too.

 

[justroyal]

That last bounce. The desperation.
He didn’t do that for his own accolades. Why would he? Bottom team, very senior guy come back to help and he left everything out there before feeding it under his legs. All the desperation was for the boys

 

[cybercrab]

Yeah. I'm starting to think another year of that won't hurt.

Would be nice if he was the last player from the 2008 draft. Only Sidebottom, Jones, Stanley and Walters remain now, plus Breust and Keefe who were picked up in the rookie draft

 

[Nylex]

A real under-stated leader in every sense.. the boys would love him.
He knew to keep the ball moving our way, and to lock it down when we regained the lead.
Continually put his body on the line to ensure this happened last night

 

[Roosurgence]

Can’t see him going on next year.

But the best thing is that we know this bloke is at the club anyway and will be guiding these young blokes through the journey.

It must be hard coming from success to a team gettting beaten up each week, but the guy hasn’t complained once and has rolled up his sleeves and tried to help out and develop our young players.

That takes real selflessness to put yourself in that situation when you could retire and not put yourself through the grind.

 

[TheKanga]

His mature head and experience was very important yesterday.