Yelling is a Shaw thing

HEATH Shaw’s communication style creates headlines but good luck trying to conquer the Adelaide Oval cauldron without one, especially in an AFL final.

That is the message from Greater Western Sydney’s Adam Tomlinson, one of many defenders who Shaw will be barking orders at on Thursday.

The noise generated by a sold-out crowd at arguably the AFL’s most intimidating venue will make it an even more immense challenge. Backline general Shaw is forthright in everything he does and says.

After the siren in Round 19, when GWS beat Fremantle, he had heated words with teammate Aidan Corr.

“It might look like he’s giving us a bake,” Tomlinson said.

“People from the outside think he’s carrying on but (it’s) just the easiest and most direct way for him to instruct us.”