Watching The Eastern Ranges V Dandenong Stingrays Under 15 squads trial game today & got talking to a bloke connected to Eastern Ranges. I enquired about how many Ranges might get drafted this year & he said the only kid he can connect to a specific club @ present is The Demons are all over a kid named LIAM SHIELS. I never @ any stage mentioned I was a Demon supporter however my ears certainly pricked up.

My source states he is a very classy midfielder that has dominated all his career @ The Basin FC.

Does anyone know anymore about this kid because my source was adament this kid will be a Demon.

By the way the talent on show today was amazing, shame most of these kids are headed to GC17

Watching The Eastern Ranges V Dandenong Stingrays Under 15 squads trial game today & got talking to a bloke connected to Eastern Ranges. I enquired about how many Ranges might get drafted this year & he said the only kid he can connect to a specific club @ present is The Demons are all over a kid named LIAM SHIELS. I never @ any stage mentioned I was a Demon supporter however my ears certainly pricked up.

My source states he is a very classy midfielder that has dominated all his career @ The Basin FC.

Does anyone know anymore about this kid because my source was adament this kid will be a Demon.

By the way the talent on show today was amazing, shame most of these kids are headed to GC17

i dont think he is attending draft camp this year

Here's an article on your boy:

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/47250

Here's an article on your boy:

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/47250

Ahh.. begorahh!! With a name like Liam the big Irishman wil lbe al over him like a spilled Guiness !!

Is he old enough for this years draft ?

Surely too young, so if he is that good I hope he likes the gold coast.

Yep, I believe he is. His TAC stats for '08 below:

Date/Time Played For Opposition No Gls Bhd B KE KIE HE HIE HR Tks FF FA HO CM UCM

Sat 12/Apr

Eastern Ranges Northern Knights 2 1 1 3 8 5 6 1 5 2 2 3 - - 7

Sat 19/Apr

Eastern Ranges Gippsland Power 2 - - - 9 7 5 2 10 5 1 1 - - 1

Sat 3/May

Eastern Ranges Geelong Falcons 2 - - - 5 6 6 2 7 1 - 1 1 - 3

Sat 24/May

Eastern Ranges Dandenong Stingrays 2 1 - - 3 5 4 2 7 5 - - - 1 3

Sun 1/Jun

Eastern Ranges Calder Cannons 2 1 1 3 9 11 3 - 9 4 1 2 - - 4

Sat 12/Jul

Eastern Ranges Murray Bushrangers 2 1 - - 9 4 5 2 8 5 - 2 - - 1

Sat 19/Jul

Eastern Ranges Western Jets 2 1 1 6 8 4 3 2 6 6 1 - - 1 2

Sun 27/Jul

Eastern Ranges North Ballarat Rebels 2 2 - 4 3 7 3 1 6 7 2 - - 1 2

Sat 9/Aug

Eastern Ranges Gippsland Power 2 1 - - 9 4 3 1 8 6 5 1 - - 1

Sat 16/Aug

Eastern Ranges Geelong Falcons 2 4 2 1 14 4 2 1 3 13 5 1 - 1 4

Sat 23/Aug

Eastern Ranges Calder Cannons 2 - - - 4 3 3 1 5 4 1 1 - - 1

Sat 30/Aug

Eastern Ranges Murray Bushrangers 2 - 1 5 4 5 7 - 8 5 1 - - - 1

Sat 6/Sep

Eastern Ranges Northern Knights 2 - 4 - 7 11 7 1 9 6 - 1 1 - 7

Sun 14/Sep

Eastern Ranges Murray Bushrangers 2 3 - 5 10 3 5 4 7 12 2 5 - - 2

Is he old enough for this years draft ?

Article says he was 16 and that was last year, so he's presumably 17 now.

What's the cut-off these days?

Considering he was in the AIS intake and I haven't heard his name, perhaps he is too young.

He is eligible, and has some big raps from a couple of clubs, likely to go 35-45 apparently..

Interesting.

The dees certainly have the picks in place to lock him up. Would be interesting to see if this comes to fruition. At least one thing gives me some peace, he is a Victorian lad. Based on those stats, I would be pretty pleased to see this kid develop in red and blue! We will see what happens. Cheers for the tip oldman rivers!

Article says he was 16 and that was last year, so he's presumably 17 now.

What's the cut-off these days?

Considering he was in the AIS intake and I haven't heard his name, perhaps he is too young.

Under the current draft age eligibility, he can be drafted, but the rules change after this draft. Theoretically, under next years rules, he would be ineligible for this draft.

We should be hoping that somehow Steve may slips through and doesn't get pickd up by gold coast- we will finish last next year i think..so what would be the pick we get??

We should be hoping that somehow Steve may slips through and doesn't get pickd up by gold coast- we will finish last next year i think..so what would be the pick we get??

1 or if we lose enough games 1 + 2 (a real possibility). GC don't pillage the top 15 picks till 2010 draft. I think we'll have a decent play at one of May/Scully/Butcher.

I think they have dibs on Qld youngsters in 09, but not sure about that.

forgot about that- what picks do gold coast have in 2009 draft? cos may would be eligible to go i think so massive boost if club could get him- guarentee you he will be better than buddy. good guy as well, seen all his games for grammar this year live. bloody freak. in yr 10 atm. played for NT in under 16's carnival

forgot about that- what picks do gold coast have in 2009 draft? cos may would be eligible to go i think so massive boost if club could get him- guarentee you he will be better than buddy. good guy as well, seen all his games for grammar this year live. bloody freak. in yr 10 atm. played for NT in under 16's carnival

GC17 has NO picks in the 2009 draft!!!!!!!!!!!

ripper

sorry, i thought i heard aka say last night on the footy show in regard to scotty west playing again..his chances are slim because this (2008) was the alst draft clubs had all the picks

my bad

He is eligible, and has some big raps from a couple of clubs, likely to go 35-45 apparently..

Pick 35 could come in handy..........

Surely too young, so if he is that good I hope he likes the gold coast.

Scrapes in this year by 2 days!! He's actually exactly 1 year younger to the day then Tom McNamara who was the youngest player drafted last year by any team.

Pretty impressed with Shiels, had a pretty decent Champs and has been good in the TAC. Finds a lot of the ball and has a big tank, he's got reasonable pace but far from express. Good size, especially seeing as he's more then a year younger then some of the others he's playing against.

He should be on our radar, but not before our 3rd round pick where i'd be more then happy to take him, there will be better options available with pick 17 & 19.

forgot about that- what picks do gold coast have in 2009 draft? cos may would be eligible to go i think so massive boost if club could get him- guarentee you he will be better than buddy. good guy as well, seen all his games for grammar this year live. bloody freak. in yr 10 atm. played for NT in under 16's carnival

Who will be better than Buddy?

I think they have dibs on Qld youngsters in 09

I believe you're right. Top five, or something like that.

forgot about that- what picks do gold coast have in 2009 draft? ........

No draft picks per se...that joy comes in 2010!! Next year they can "warehouse" half a dozen (or so ) Qld kids

Too short

good cos i wasn't sure if we could get any picks next year

so we'll probably have some decent ones again. we can win 5 games and finish last and get picks 1 and 2. nice

We can win 5 games and finish last and get picks 1 and 2. nice

Really? I thought you had to win less than 5 in two consecutive years, not a total of 8 or less counted over two years.

no ur right chook. bailey's babies is just highlighting his stupidity

No draft picks per se...that joy comes in 2010!! Next year they can "warehouse" half a dozen (or so ) Qld kids

Nah that's not quite right. This year they got to warehouse QLD/NT kids. Next year they can sign any ineligible kid, regardless of state, but the kids have to agree, meaning they'd by-pass the 2010 draft. So basically any kid next year who is born 1992 can sign with GC if they choose.