Some positive news from a poster on BF re Bolts and current culture.
‘For what it's worth I spoke to the father of a player yesterday who could not of spoken more highly of the club. The whole club approach from Bolts is outstanding and the families of the players all love him for it, a vastly different approach to what Malthouse did. He essentially said that a few of the older blokes bodies are stuffed and that they just shouldn't be playing but the club is completely limited in who they pick. Group of players are incredibly tight and know the direction they're heading but understand it will take time. Was very refreshing to hear and he finished by saying that the media don't report on this stuff because it doesn't sell papers’.

Good to hear. Next two years will tell the tale.

I agree with Braithy. of those 32, how many have been premiership coaches? I genuinely don't know the answer despite my earlier post, but suspect the number is 0.

If that's true then we've taken a massive gamble.

Consider the following;
No coach who's never played at the highest level has ever won a flag.
We've employed a non-playing coach to do what very few coaches have done at all, let alone be successful at, which is to oversee the complete rebuild of our entire list. GWS and GC have yet to play in a GF let alone win one and they had access to all the talent plus 'free agents' from the entire league and they STILL haven't achieved success.

People say 'injuries haven't helped' and 'yeah, but we lost Gibbs which we didn't expect' - Here's the thing....when you're completely pulling a list apart, you need to allow for every single disaster that can feasibly happen, and that includes stars wanting out and injuries to key players.

After 3 drafts we should have a better list, not THE worst list.

Everything we've heard from "inside sources" has talked about the great environment and the player's absolute commitment and loyalty to Bolton.



But yeah, let's just sakc him. They'll love that.

I judge on-field not from bits people tell us. Proof of the pudding is in the eating. We are poor in every aspect. After watching this year I'm not sure he's cut out to be a senior coach.

2 wins from 27 games. 10 goals losses to shit side. We are a rabble out there, game plan poor, players with no idea. That's coaching. But hey, let's have more of the same.

We have won 7 games, 6 games as well as leading in 7 games in the last qtr, now a near winless season when we should have been pushing 8-9 wins under normal circumstances with a decent injury run. So if we get a good run with injuries next year we should win 11 games given it's the 4th year. Actually that should be an expectancy by 4 years. No chance under Bolton. It's sack him for get more of the same.

Seems we're both capable of cherry picking things to suit our argument.

I'll leave it to the opposition coach to sum it up.

“Pretty hard to perform when you don’t have continuity”

“As long as they stick together they're on the right track”

"Too many in the football just judge on the win/loss column, and that's tough on them"

haha ... typical shit response from the jet. likes to potshot, but hates to put his lollies on the line.





Sooooo. last season we win 6, and were leading in another 7 games in the final quarter. could have easily won 10 games, yeah? next season with a full, healthy list, why not push for 8th, 9th? after all, 11 wins gets you in the final 8.

i mean if you're all so convinced bolton is the coach for us and he's just been dealt a crap hand with injuries, why not push for 11 wins?

2005 - Clarkson - 1st year - 5 wins - yeahnah

I'm just wondering whether Clarkson might be trying to help out his longtime buddy. Just a thought.

2005 - Clarkson - 1st year - 5 wins - yeahnah

2005 - Clarkson - 1st year - 5 wins - yeahnah

"What people need to give some consideration to is not the win-loss column but the number of players who have been exposed to having to play when they've had so many senior guys out injured. That's made it really hard going. They've been crippled by injury and they were again today."

"Too many in the football world judge it just on wins and losses, and that's tough on them."

Alastair Clarkson

I wonder how many injuries they had to their senior players and what was their age demographic in 2005?

Clarkson: "Too many in the football just judge on the win/loss column, and that's tough on them"


Or perhaps he just has a better understanding of what's going on than a bunch of people on an internet messageboard?

"What people need to give some consideration to is not the win-loss column but the number of players who have been exposed to having to play when they've had so many senior guys out injured. That's made it really hard going. They've been crippled by injury and they were again today."

"Too many in the football world judge it just on wins and losses, and that's tough on them."

Alastair Clarkson

I wonder how many injuries they had to their senior players and what was their age demographic in 2005?