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[Raydan]

Coaching, Bolton does some things well others not so, be he has succeeded at every other level he's coached at, and is starting from a long way back. So like the players I'm willing to support my club and the decisions they have made as we don't know if they will work yet.

Match selection - So who would you have chosen from the players available last week that would have made a difference, maybe Graham or Lamb who have been tried and found wanting many times. Or should have we rushed Lang in? Maybe our saviour lies in Kerr, de Koning or Schumacher or let's pick a rookie for their first game to really tip the scales in our favour. : Match committee had no where to turn due to the players missing.

I would have chosen a smaller team to play vs the Bulldogs who are lightning quick and go easy on talls for one thing.....Cunningham was a prime example of a player
who was suited to play a defensive role, he has pace and can play a variety of positions, it was a no brainer IMO.
Like when he picked Polson to play when we lost a tall, Polson having zero form and contributed nothing two weeks in row,
Your super coach picked 2 x busted players who were not fit and in Kennedys case couldnt even walk quickly much less run...thats not even dumb that desperation and stupidity...
Would have played Macreadie and Shaw...the latter has 100 games experience and could have played on Bontempelli who we just allowed to run around all day on his own,
whats his next trick let Matt Crouch get 40 plus possies next week by letting him run around free too...or maybe he might match OShea up on Eddie and let him kick half a dozen and tell us it was all about synergy and thats not what we stand for. I guess playing Cripps for 100 mins on the ball might cover those bases.....

What I wont stand for is a coaching team who cant get the basics right much less anything too complicated.......

Which of these smaller players who are lightning quick would have you included? Cunningham was omitted for not being defensive when playing HB, Garlett omitted for not playing well. You say you would have played MacReadie and who would you get rid of for him? Rowe, Jones, Plowman or Marchbank?

Shaw could not get a game last season at Gold Coast and was delisted, but he's the answer on Bontempelli?

It's fine to sit back after a crap game and say I would have done this or that, and looking at your suggestions I doubt if they would have helped.

I never said Bolton is a super coach, but thanks for taking the conversation that way : But again while they may have had more 10 gamers in their side have a look at their important players,

Suckling 147, Wallis 109, Bontempelli 91, Dalhaus 143, Hunter 89, Wood 131, Macrea 105, McLean 44, Daniel 59, Johannisen 90, Jong 56. That 11 out of their 22 who were their prime ball movers all at or approaching that 60-80 game mark. When your teams quality players are in this zone then you have a really good foundation.

You can't coach experience and our kids coming through have talent they just need the games under their belt.