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Pick 29: Shai Bolton
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Not that many others are CTT , however I hated Bolton been mentioned in the same breath as Martin .
Not saying I agree , however I can understand opposition supporters saying his the most overrated player in the league , anyway let’s get some gun cubs with the picks we receive for him , enjoy the cap space with some front ended contracts ( not sure for who
) and move on
Yeah well said he is in the top echelon for sml and medium forwards.
If there is an AA category for fwd/mid then he is probably at the top of the tree.
We talk Shane Edwards up mainly because of his sublime hands and vision. He got AA as a Fwd/Mid.
Shai is something Edwards wasn't. A proficient goal kicker.
For the amount of midfield time he does get, his numbers are very good. Like you say he is just about the only mid we have who injects pace.
His midfield numbers are just as good as Edwards if not better.
33 goals this year with a game to go, if he had kicked the sitters he missed it would probably be closer to 45 than 33.
He will romp the goalkicking award in. He nearly won it last year, missed out by one goal to jack and the year before he was second to Lynchy with 43 goals.
None of our small medium fwds come close to him. He will be sorely missed. Huge loss is correct.
Dont want to lose both Bolton and Rioli. Unfortunately i think we have to be serious about trading one out.
Personally my views on Half Backs is they are easier to find and it is a much easier position to play.
Our small medium forward crop are lets say okay barely. We cannot replace Bolton but we do have options galore to try across hb.
People say he only plays when it suits him. I say he has quite games because the opposition put a lot of work into him.
As a forward why are we not affording him the same sort of lattitude that we afford others.
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The way I see it, this year he's been getting himself into more trouble than not. Instead of instinctly moving the ball on, he appears to my eyes, look at
doing the impossible. That to me says, he may not be doing the team things. I say get what we can for him, and move on.
One gets the feeling this will go down to the deadline last day of trade period.
Oh mate, I agree entirely. It’s a reflection not everything is rosy. One of one who is yet to play his best footy.
But it was coming. The drums told us.
Would we consider a player swap? I’d be happy for trade to include Treacy. You’ve got to sacrifice quality to get quality, but I doubt not too many players would want to come to us at the moment.
Robbo reckons Bolton's not worth 2 1st rounders.
Are they serious??
If we get any resistance from Bell, tell him to F off.
Are they serious??
If we get any resistance from Bell, tell him to F off.
His kick to Lynch in the goal square was a thing of pure beauty
Hopefully they get a deal done, he’s been upfront and honest with the club and given us plenty of time to prepare.
He’s given us great service and helped us win back to back Premierships.
Thank you Shai and all the best.
He’s given us great service and helped us win back to back Premierships.
Thank you Shai and all the best.
Are you serious?
Finals against St Kilda & Brisbane immediately spring to mind.
Grand Final in 2020.
Shai has absolutely delivered on the big stage.
He certainly has, this year unfortunately has been great for him. We can forget easily how good he was & still shows glimpses of this
2020 he was great
In that year he played midfield for weeks when we had injuries and titch was back in Melbourne and was awesome
