2018 Rd 2: Post Game Prattle: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[Thryleon]

It's not down to SOS.
We are missing an entire cohort of 100 game players, players like Isaac Smith taken the pick after Watson, Talia taken the pick after Lucas, and just about everyone taken after Bootsma.
Our second and third rounders in those years were also wipe outs, so we are sadly lacking in experienced players who have been at the club 6 or 8 years who can form the nucleus of a successful team while also covering our woeful lack of depth.
It can't be fixed in two or three years, as supporters we need to suck it up and cut Bolton some slack.

Bolton can have some slack but if he tries to be too cute with team selection again he won't be getting cut slack for much longer.

The idea to drop Silvagni and move Casboult into the ruck without bringing in another tall forward sounds stupid enough yet this was the "plan".

Weitering has yet to prove his worth as a key forward,  and polson has yet to prove he can compete as a player at this level at all.

You could argue the same about Cunningham but he's shown enough to get a game.