We rolled the dice at selection and it didn't work. I don't mind the coaches trying different strategies, in fact, I'd encourage it but you have to be able to adapt if it's not working.
At the game it was obvious we were going in with a short forward line with Charlie, an out of form Weitering and a bunch of midgets. Our plan appeared to be running the ball, linking with handball and hitting up the leads. The trouble is Gold Coast didn't play along with our plan and their pressure at the contests and the dominance of Witts saw us continually under pressure.
We needed to change it up at quarter time and we did Jack Shit. We kept banging our heads against wall kicking the ball inside 50,only to see it coming back out with interest.

After an uneventful and unproductive first half, it was well overdue to change up the structure and push some size inside forward 50. Jones was the perfect candidate yet the same shit continued.
Consider the circumstances. At half time we've had 37 inside 50s to 23. Yet we've had 9 shots to 13. Weitering was offering nothing and Charlie was being swamped whenever we went forward of centre. Not only were getting no value from our forward line. The ball was coming out at pace giving our defenders little hope. Compounding the problem, we had to abandon the loose defender because Gold Coast pushed their spare to the stoppages so they started to dominate there as well.
With our team selection, Dew and his coaches were able to dictate the game and our coaches were chasing their arses all day.
The selection of Polson was bizzare. Last week in the VFL he had 8 possessions, 2 inside 50s and 2 clearances. Not exactly banging the door down.

We were adventurous at selection but our strategic rigidity during the game was costly. The very few times Casboult was able to drift forward, he attracted the tall defenders and Charlie and the other forwards were finally afforded some room.
At half time Dale Amos was interviewed. He said our set ups were working well. WTF is that? We had 37 inside 50s to 23 yet we were 28 points to 55! What part of the forward set up was working well? It was a @#$%&! up by the coaches and they didn't have the capacity to fix it.
We needed a ruckman. Phillips, TDK, whoever. Charlies not ready to be the main banana against top shelf defenders and nor he should be expected to. We still need Casboult to do the heavy lifting. Charlies time will come but he's not physically ready yet.

So in the end we've had more ball, 17 more inside 50s and we've lost by 34 points.
Does it really sound like our set ups were working well?
I love Bolts and I think his coaching crew are excellent but they had a pig today. I dont mind the strategy but I didn't appreciate the lack of imagination once the ball was bounced. We went in too 1 dimensional and when it started to hurt us (which was always a possibility) the coaches needed to step up. They didnt.

We rolled the dice at selection and it didn't work. I don't mind the coaches trying different strategies, in fact, I'd encourage it but you have to be able to adapt if it's not working.
At the game it was obvious we were going in with a short forward line with Charlie, an out of form Weitering and a bunch of midgets. Our plan appeared to be running the ball, linking with handball and hitting up the leads. The trouble is Gold Coast didn't play along with our plan and their pressure at the contests and the dominance of Witts saw us continually under pressure.
We needed to change it up at quarter time and we did Jack Shit. We kept banging our heads against wall kicking the ball inside 50,only to see it coming back out with interest.

After an uneventful and unproductive first half, it was well overdue to change up the structure and push some size inside forward 50. Jones was the perfect candidate yet the same shit continued.
Consider the circumstances. At half time we've had 37 inside 50s to 23. Yet we've had 9 shots to 13. Weitering was offering nothing and Charlie was being swamped whenever we went forward of centre. Not only were getting no value from our forward line. The ball was coming out at pace giving our defenders little hope. Compounding the problem, we had to abandon the loose defender because Gold Coast pushed their spare to the stoppages so they started to dominate there as well.
With our team selection, Dew and his coaches were able to dictate the game and our coaches were chasing their arses all day.
The selection of Polson was bizzare. Last week in the VFL he had 8 possessions, 2 inside 50s and 2 clearances. Not exactly banging the door down.

We were adventurous at selection but our strategic rigidity during the game was costly. The very few times Casboult was able to drift forward, he attracted the tall defenders and Charlie and the other forwards were finally afforded some room.
At half time Dale Amos was interviewed. He said our set ups were working well. WTF is that? We had 37 inside 50s to 23 yet we were 28 points to 55! What part of the forward set up was working well? It was a @#$%&! up by the coaches and they didn't have the capacity to fix it.
We needed a ruckman. Phillips, TDK, whoever. Charlies not ready to be the main banana against top shelf defenders and nor he should be expected to. We still need Casboult to do the heavy lifting. Charlies time will come but he's not physically ready yet.

So in the end we've had more ball, 17 more inside 50s and we've lost by 34 points.
Does it really sound like our set ups were working well?
I love Bolts and I think his coaching crew are excellent but they had a pig today. I dont mind the strategy but I didn't appreciate the lack of imagination once the ball was bounced. We went in too 1 dimensional and when it started to hurt us (which was always a possibility) the coaches needed to step up. They didnt.

But BV it is not about Wins or Losses this is not how we are going to assess improvement.
Small shoots , baby steps , we wont get to high or low.

This is the culture we have in the club.
It is ok to lose as long as we all learn from that.
But guess what we never learn.
It is the same tripe week in week out year in year out.
There is a foul stench coming from the club and it has been there for years.
The players accept losing.
The coaches think that they have things right and accept losing.
The administration says we are not measured by wins
Supporters think we will lose and are talking about trades and draft picks before the seasons starts. They excuse the losses and say we are developing. But we never develop.
It all sits there and unfolds before your eyes and nothing is ever done about it

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But BV it is not about Wins or Losses this is not how we are going to assess improvement.
Small shoots , baby steps , we wont get to high or low.

This is the culture we have in the club.
It is ok to lose as long as we all learn from that.
But guess what we never learn.
It is the same tripe week in week out year in year out.
There is a foul stench coming from the club and it has been there for years.
The players accept losing.
The coaches think that they have things right and accept losing.
The administration says we are not measured by wins
Supporters think we will lose and are talking about trades and draft picks before the seasons starts. They excuse the losses and say we are developing. But we never develop.
It all sits there and unfolds before your eyes and nothing is ever done about it

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But BV it is not about Wins or Losses this is not how we are going to assess improvement.
Small shoots , baby steps , we wont get to high or low.

This is the culture we have in the club.
It is ok to lose as long as we all learn from that.
But guess what we never learn.
It is the same tripe week in week out year in year out.
There is a foul stench coming from the club and it has been there for years.
The players accept losing.
The coaches think that they have things right and accept losing.
The administration says we are not measured by wins
Supporters think we will lose and are talking about trades and draft picks before the seasons starts. They excuse the losses and say we are developing. But we never develop.
It all sits there and unfolds before your eyes and nothing is ever done about it

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He could always stand down if he's not happy.

Wouldn't worry me if he did.

I am livid with how bad we were today. But you are ignoring the current message from the club and harking back to last year.

Bolton: The coaches and players are pretty frustrated with today.
Bolton: We had 67 inside-50s, but just made way too many mistakes.
Bolton: Fumbles and errors really hurt us.
Bolton: We need to build time together with this group so they can click.
Bolton: Our players can fix this, and they will. There were some uncharacteristic mistakes made today.
Bolton: We're really positive that Kreuzer will be able to play next week.
Bolton: I'm hopeful Kennedy will also be OK for next week.
Bolton: O'Shea has a real crack and always gives effort.

Nothing Bolts said tonight says it's not about Wins or Losses, Small shoots , baby steps , we wont get to high or low.

The message is frustrated, too many mistakes, fumbles and errors hurt us.

The litmus test of any team is to look at their bottom 4

We could rattle off 15 today.

Being there today, you just got the feeling that they all had no collective idea. Hopefully this is our one barry crocker, like the Port game last year.

I am really worried about Weitering

Too light, too small, couldn't stick a tackle, not quick enough....not going to blame him for his handling errors and lack of poise in only his 2nd game

Was playing as if he has relationship problems.