Welcome Welcome To Freo Shai Bolton!!!

[oldgoat]

Did anyone share this yet?

My favourite quality was always his dead set ankle-breaking ability haha.

FREAK!

This time next year we could have arguably the most powerful attack in the comp!

Treacy
Amiss
Bolton
Frederick
Jackson
Sturt
With support from
ODriscol
Young
Serong

Hyperbole?
No...
Dead Set!

 

[theGav56]

Dunno, kinda felt like Barra played some of his best footy at 36. Was just so silky smooth. Might have just been me marveling at a 36 year old playing like a 26 year old.

Either way, even if Shai has peaked, we still get peak Shai for at least 4-5 years before he starts to decline. I'm happy with that.

Yes. Being at your peak doesn't imply that you are about to decline. Bolton doesn't need to get any better.

 

[oldgoat]

Yes. Being at your peak doesn't imply that you are about to decline. Bolton doesn't need to get any better.

Good players... the peak is something you identify looking back at a plateau, should have a couple of years either side of peak that are near peak.
Mundys plateau was huge and sustained.
Shai is not going to drop off any time soon and a 5 year deal is an excellent punt for us.

 

[anchor man]

What the actual **** are you talking about, DQ 4ever?

We have won more than twice the amount of flags, four times as many Brownlow medals, have more Sandover medals, more Derby wins. Souths haven't produced a Rising Star, but the East Fremantle Breeding Ground of Champions has produced 4.

Apart from self-delusion, there isn't a single metric South Fremantle outperform East Fremantle in.

Not a one.

And I think you know that.

I am a massive Souths fan. Have been for over 70 years.I have a great dislike for the other mob from the dark side of Fremantle.
But one thing i have learnt over the years is, never ever under estimate them.Their record is undeniable.The number of great payers they have chruned out of the years is incredible.
My Old man used to say that all they had to do was walk outside, shake a tree and a champion would land on his feet.
Dislike them , yes, even much more than dislike, but have to respect their club .

 

[Quay Club]

yes i am very serious. Takes work and effort to change a style of play , i dont suggest he cant make that change. But it has been his style for the past few years. especially as Richmond forward line was not strong.

I watched a highlight reel of all his goals in 2024, great efforts . But many are from being the main target in the forward line. Some were great ground ball wins too. What we are after in the Forward line is someone with his PACE and Ground ball skills. Not someone flying for the same marks as Amiss and Treacy are going for. Just stay front and centre to gather those crumbs when ball brough to the ground.

I am sure he will be capable of performing. just takes a readjustment of his current habits.

AS you say, look what happend when TABS thought he was still the main focus and his crossing paths or filling same hole that amiss or Treacy would lead into.

Work for the coach to do and Boltons teammates and Bolton himself to do. Can all be accomplished.

So not sure why you got so upset at my post. was meant to be a postive post about a great player joining us. But might take a few games for him to learn that new role.

I take your point Raz and agree that our forwards coaches need to be working on a plan to best utilise the strengths of our existing forwards and incorporate the amazing skills of Bolton to it.

In some of those close games we lost last year the opposition started playing chaos ball and moving it fast and we didn't react quickly enough and played safe in our forward structure.

Shai brings that unpredictability and skill to turn defenders inside out.

This to me is what should be the focus in pre season to develop a style that is more adaptable to the situation and that is on the coaches to come up with a plan and the players understanding their role and when to change it up.

That sail sign they held up in the closing stages of quarters wasn't used enough in some of those games we lost.

I am sure there will be times when he will cut in on others but that is his style of play and one of his strengths.

I am looking forward to see more unpredictability and increased fire power he brings.

The other thing is how much time he will spend in our midfield.

He has that ability to turn it on in short bursts in the midfield which adds another string to our clearances.

In the words of Big Kev