Pick 29: Shai Bolton

[tigerman]

Hopefully the brotherhood Shai has with the other indigenous boys will be enough for him to accept a fair offer from the club.
A two year deal and by then Jack R, Shed and Rance will be close to done, Shai with good form will be entitled to a good payday then.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Um think you will find we tried to...he only wanted to sign for a year.

Pretty sure he didn't get the offers he was hoping for from elsewhere.

Two weeks in a row, and this time against serious opposition. No longer the last picked in the 22.

 

[Tiger44]

Surely a Rising Star nomination this week. Unless Brad Johnson decided to go to the movies or something!

 

[tigerman]

Surely a Rising Star nomination this week. Unless Brad Johnson decided to go to the movies or something!

I'll be filthy if they give it to Hill for his 3 goals on debut.

 

[Feeling Tigerish]

Is going to be hard to keep I think. Looks a real talent though. What would he get in a trade?

 

[eZyT]

I'll be filthy if they give it to Hill for his 3 goals on debut.

so will Jayden Short

 

[tigerman]

so will Jayden Short

 

[btoz_01]

Out- Moore, Menadue, Butler, Soldo, Townsend, Weller, Grigg
Surely that's enough space in the salary cap to give $hai a good 2 year deal

 

[tigers80]

Unless there is a curve ball.
He will continue to wear the 29 next and onward.

 

[thegdog]

Unless there is a curve ball.
He will continue to wear the 29 next and onward.

Shades of Peter Matera. Potential AA

 

[craig]

He is exciting is the lad once he fully gets the speed of the game he will go uup another gear.

Still making some bad decisions at times but he needs to stay in hes starting to show what Dusty raved about.

At this rate we might have to jettison another player off the list to fit his pay rise in the cap.

I happily trade out a Markov or Menadue or even both of them to keep Shai

 

[thegdog]

He is exciting is the lad once he fully gets the speed of the game he will go uup another gear.

Still making some bad decisions at times but he needs to stay in hes starting to show what Dusty raved about.

At this rate we might have to jettison another player off the list to fit his pay rise in the cap.

Noticed him and Dusty waxed a lot today. Reckon Dusty knows they are on same wavelength

 

[Feeling Tigerish]

76% DE from 29 touches. Has class, skill and speed to burn. Will be interesting to see how he goes the rest of the year.

 

[year of the tiger]

76% DE from 29 touches. Has class, skill and speed to burn. Will be interesting to see how he goes the rest of the year.

I can’t wait to see what he can do in his first final.

 

[thomas the tiger]

I would be keeping him at all costs.

 

[Smoking Aces]

Our version of Brad Hill.

 

[French Tiger]

Very impressive last couple of weeks , has added some outside run & flair to our midfield !

 

[caesar]

Love and respect your passion but ............please don’t compare him to Sydney Stack in talent. Not in the same suburb. Sydney has a vital skill that Shan doesn’t at the moment. And that’s getting the ball at AFL level. If Sydney played on Shai, I reckon he’d nearly go statless. And a myth is being perpetuated on here by a few that he’s a beautiful kick. I’ve seen no such thing. His ball drop starts at his nose which allows too much variation before hitting his foot. Major flaw that needs to be corrected. Sydney kicks bullets on both sides of his body from 50m and throws in a few torps for a laugh.
What you are rightly arguing is that he has seems to possess unexposed talent and great potential however our club may not value this as much as others because players like Stack and Ross turn up and make immediate impact. Bolton has not and should not be overpriced by our club because his manager is a commercial pr$ck. Both parties have fulfilled their commitment to each other so far but Shai has to establish himself as a regular before anyone can argue he’s worth $400k per year. That would be stage one. Stage two is the next level that some of the others you mention sit at which is great players on a consistent basis. There’s a further level of champion status that I cannot foresee for Shai but happy to be proven wrong. Think everyone agrees that Sydney is heading in the right direction for that one so what would you pay him per year?

I am not getting into a Stack & Shai debate, (love them both), but I think they could happily live in the same suburb

 

[Bernie]

I am not getting into a Stack & Shai debate, (love them both), but I think they could happily live in the same suburb

That would be ideal.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Be very interested in his GPS numbers yesterday, seemed to be covering a lot of ground.