Our favorite son Barney airs his accolades on Craig Bolton ...
A little bit other topic but I cant help thinking what a great man one of our most favorite sons, Leigh Matthews, is for AFL.
Up here on ABC Radio yesterday morning Lethal heaped praise on Sydney's new co-captaincy
appointee, Craig Bolton.
I used to attend most Brisbane home games (purely as an interest, as my heart is and always will be with the Hawks) and can remember well, match after match, a young Craig warming the splinters, despite his excellent work when getting the odd spasmodic run, only to be dragged even after some great efforts. I would shake my head in wonderment asking myself: why isn't this kid getting a break and be given more opportunities for regular selection in the starting 22?
Sydney's talent scouts didn't miss what I was seeing and after two what must have been frustrating seasons for a young Bolton at Brisbane he was on his way to Sydney.
On hearing the news on Wednesday, Leigh said he was pleased for Craig. He explained that it had been a case of a good player not being able to break into a good side which the Lions were very much so at that time.
So, it is no surprise that Craig, a quiet achiever, has gone onto be a premiership player at and captain Sydney.
To my mind Bolton is of similar ilk to our Birch, he just steadily and efficiently goes about solid work, sometimes brilliant, on the backline - much of which doesn't seem to come to notice of so called football expert commentators.
Good luck, Craig Bolton - except against we Hawks, of course.