I sure hope he does better than he did with our defence last year.
Silvagni & Sexton at their best would have struggled with our side last year. Coaching had little to do with it IMO
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I sure hope he does better than he did with our defence last year.
Of course I'm giving Bolton a chance, but not afraid of discussing possibilities.
It's certainly a discussion I could have at a bar or with friends, so why not here?
Do you think it would be a cart before the horse situation at the CFC?
Do you think the discussion would be off the table at board level? Of course not, or at least it really shouldn't be.
Most supporters don't wish to be thinking about, nor discussing what-ifs, but the club would have to. I'm interested in the club.
There is a difference between "discussing possibilities" and stating that Bolton will be gone this year and with no basis for the comment. That was the issue
The three years he's been coaching we've had a lot of list changes, would love the club to give him a few years with a settled list.Of course I'm giving Bolton a chance, but not afraid of discussing possibilities.
It's certainly a discussion I could have at a bar or with friends, so why not here?
Bolton is entering his fourth year at the club now and no matter which way you look at things, the heat will be on. It's always on but expectations will now have clocked up and Bolton has largely been given as much material to work with as any coach in the system....along with an advisor.
I just can't see how it's set in stone that Bolton will be at the club post 2019, regardless of the year the club has.
Has the board publicly stated this and if so........
I know the club is all over it Harks and we will not tolerate another 2018.
We are however giving Bolton every chance to succeed. We have done everything in our powers to support him and will continue too. Even the most biased supporters could surely not argue this point.
No excuses.
Exactly. It's a fair bet to say that no-one in the AFL would have done any better under these circumstances. And if thats the case whats the problem? Roos couldnt in a similar case at Melbourne, but he did the groundwork then left on his terms.The three years he's been coaching we've had a lot of list changes, would love the club to give him a few years with a settled list.
The three years he's been coaching we've had a lot of list changes, would love the club to give him a few years with a settled list.
That really is the hard question. We can imagine that Hawthorn Geelong Richmond and Collingwood all asked that same question. Then tossed it aside and moved on fast up the ladder. They would all have been justified to sack the coach at the time. The thing is all of them had young sides about to fire but hadnt quite got there yet.My point in all this is that Bolton now has so many tools at his disposal.
He has the players he wanted or at least as many as were possibly attainable. He has what is considered to be the best fitness person in the league and in short a time will come that if things aren't working out so well, the first question that would have to come up; Is Bolton the problem?
You can't blame the other coaches, who Bolton had a large hand in attaining and retaining.
You can't criticise the Recruitment, nor List Management teams.
You can't blame the new CEO nor the Head of Football.
You surely can't blame the board now and if you have to blame the players....well, you're blaming the coach by default then, anyway.
All that seems somewhat clear to me but there's nothing to worry about....Soapy.....tell me there's nothing to worry about.
The signs were there 2 years ago when they missed the finals. A friendly fixture & a massive season from Mitchell helped them back up the ladder in 2018, but it will be interesting to see how they go in 2019 with a less favorable fixture & no Mitchell.Champion players make coaches.
We’ll assess in 3 or 4 years time how Clarkson goes with his ageing list...not saying he’s not a good coach but the team he has now doesn’t have the young Hodge ,Roughead ,Mitchell etc and it won’t benefit from comprised drafts keeping other teams down.
They won’t be making the 8 and I’m pretty confident we’ll finish above themThe signs were there 2 years ago when they missed the finals. A friendly fixture & a massive season from Mitchell helped them back up the ladder in 2018, but it will be interesting to see how they go in 2019 with a less favorable fixture & no Mitchell.
Hopefully Adelaide as well.I’m confident we will be ahead of GCS, St Kilda, Freo & maybe Brisbane and/or Hawks.
Can't see Western Bulldogs being flash. Super thin in ruck. Dahlhaus, Adams, Roughead and Campbell gone. Just English, Boyd, Trengove and Sweet as ruck options. Some good youngsters, Bont, Hunter, Macrae and a couple of others give them some hope around the ground, but very thin in places.I’m confident we will be ahead of GCS, St Kilda, Freo & maybe Brisbane and/or Hawks.
No exp KP Players either. Naughton is the only decent KP defensive player and he’s about to enter his second year. There quick game plan and running ability puts them in enough games at Etihad. Once we get our running to their level we won’t get past them due to their experience in the midfield. But we should smash them once it’s sorted out.Can't see Western Bulldogs being flash. Super thin in ruck. Dahlhaus, Adams, Roughead and Campbell gone. Just English, Boyd, Trengove and Sweet as ruck options. Some good youngsters, Bont, Hunter, Macrae and a couple of others give them some hope around the ground, but very thin in places.
No exp KP Players either. Naughton is the only decent KP defensive player and he’s about to enter his second year. There quick game plan and running ability puts them in enough games at Etihad. Once we get our running to their level we won’t get past them due to their experience in the midfield. But we should smash them once it’s sorted out.
Who better to eat crow, should this eventuate?Hopefully Adelaide as well.
Are we actually THAT tall? Harry is tall, but Charlie is 194 and McGov is 191. It's our mobility combined with moderate height that will make us a threat if Teague has a good system.I like the analysis and reasoning - but I kinda think with a fair share of teh football - Carlton might just end up having too much height and too much factor X for their shorter heights in defence - I'm pretty excited about our forward line this year - quietly confident that they are going to make our midfield look pretty good as long as thye get a fair share of the ball...
Are we actually THAT tall? Harry is tall, but Charlie is 194 and McGov is 191. It's our mobility combined with moderate height that will make us a threat if Teague has a good system.