Pre Game -Port v Blues R2 (Sat, March 30, 5.10pm)

[DJC]

If Polson's only getting a game because he's 'Bolton's Pet' then we need a new coach.
Surely there's more to it.

Do folk really think that any player would be selected because the coach likes them?

I would like to see Polson make more of his opportunities but that’s not the role assigned to him.  If you forget about largely inconsequential statistics and watch the pressure Polson applies to opposition defenders, his place in the 22 is a no brainer.  He would have been a much better option last week than the largely ineffectual Fasolo and Gibbons.

[ElwoodBlues1]

That's my thinking...and the match committee must believe that role is important enough for it to be a part of the 22 players selected.

Had 8 possies in the 1st JLT game with 4 Clangars/4 tackles DE 62%
Had 10 possies in the 2nd JLT game with 1 Clangar/1 tackle DE 60%

Polson's family must be the Match Committee.....

[DJC]

Had 8 possies in the 1st JLT game with 4 Clangars/4 tackles DE 62%
Had 10 possies in the 2nd JLT game with 1 Clangar/1 tackle DE 60%

Polson's family must be the Match Committee.....

Forget the stats EB and watch the pressure and perceived pressure that Polson applies to the opposition defenders.

[shawny]

Forget the stats EB and watch the pressure and perceived pressure that Polson applies to the opposition defenders.

Successful teams don’t play tiny forwards who’s one trick is running around applying perceived pressure. I mean come on guys - justifying this guy because of pressure alone is absolute rubbish talk. We are the bloody bottom team and this guy has no clue what to do when the ball rately lands in his lap and yet we should play him because of perceived pressure! Gee whizz that’s setting the bar right on the floor isn’t it.

Sorry but this rebuild is in the 4th year and my patience like many others is wearing very thin. We are coming off another spoon so I’m over being optimistic - these days I’m calling it as I see it and the decision to keep persisting with the type of player like Polson really makes me wonder if Bolton is the man we need at the stage we are at.

[Lods]

Successful teams don’t play tiny forwards who’s one trick is running around applying perceived pressure. I mean come on guys - justifying this guy because of pressure alone is absolute rubbish talk. We are the bloody bottom team and this guy has no clue what to do when the ball rately lands in his lap and yet we should play him because of perceived pressure! Gee whizz that’s setting the bar right on the floor isn’t it.

Sorry but this rebuild is in the 4th year and my patience like many others is wearing very thin. We are coming off another spoon so I’m over being optimistic - these days I’m calling it as I see it and the decision to keep persisting with the type of player like Polson really makes me wonder if Bolton is the man we need at the stage we are at.

That probably sums it up.

There are some of us who believe that Polson is in the side to play a role and that he does it well enough to be included.
Others of us question the wisdom of continually playing a bloke who doesn't seem up to it.

That leaves us with two possibilities
Either the Coach/ Match Committee have no clue in which case they need to go.
or
They're a bit smarter than us and see something we don't appreciate in having Polson in the 22 ahead of any other player

[laj]

Looked like played alright for a while last week. Then I saw  the tripe Richmond served up tonight. Suppose every week is different.

[madbluboy]

Successful teams don’t play tiny forwards who’s one trick is running around applying perceived pressure. I mean come on guys - justifying this guy because of pressure alone is absolute rubbish talk. We are the bloody bottom team and this guy has no clue what to do when the ball rately lands in his lap and yet we should play him because of perceived pressure! Gee whizz that’s setting the bar right on the floor isn’t it.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

You know how every team against us just sweep the ball out of defence all the way down the ground for easy goals? That's due to a lack of forward pressure.
Notice how we struggle to bring it out of the back line and our guys are always under the pump and just hacking it out of there? That's because the other team are pressuring us.

[flyboy77]

That leaves us with two possibilities
Either the Coach/ Match Committee have no clue in which case they need to go.
or
They're a bit smarter than us and see something we don't appreciate in having Polson in the 22 ahead of any other player

I'd lean to the former...coupled with the fact guys like Lang/Kennedy are injured....

[Baggers]

That probably sums it up.

There are some of us who believe that Polson is in the side to play a role and that he does it well enough to be included.
Others of us question the wisdom of continually playing a bloke who doesn't seem up to it.

That leaves us with two possibilities
Either the Coach/ Match Committee have no clue in which case they need to go.
or
They're a bit smarter than us and see something we don't appreciate in having Polson in the 22 ahead of any other player

I suspect it is no more complicated than 'quick over the grass' replaces another 'quick over the grass'. Problem with Polson is, what happens when he gets the aggott... Cuningham's disposal is generally very good and he's dangerous around goal.

[flyboy77]

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

You know how every team against us just sweep the ball out of defence all the way down the ground for easy goals? That's due to a lack of forward pressure.
Notice how we struggle to bring it out of the back line and our guys are always under the pump and just hacking it out of there? That's because the other team are pressuring us.

One small little bloke ain't going to change that equation MBB....

Bad bad turnovers cost up repeatedly...fix that we'll beat anyone on our day.