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When Sam Weideman came into the side against West Coast they played 5 games all up together finishing in the preliminary final. In those 5 games they averaged 19 goals between them. Weideman and McDonald will be fine. They like everyone else in our team are just going through a rut. I am backing them in to fins that kind of form in the 2nd half or next year when they have both completed full pre seasons.

Mathieson?

Aaaanyways.... I fully expect other to fall on their sword soon enough. This cannot be just on Bolton himself. Still amazed SOS has escaped the heat. People complain about our president being quite behind the scenes, but after watching the press conference the other week i sure as hell glad we dont have their president Mark LoGiudice running our ship. He's been through 3 sacked coaches, and still delusional to the point where he feels like hes doing a fine job and it was all on the coach. His stubbornness to take any form of responsibility is quite pathetic. Go on Carlton bigfootg and you will see the supporters share the same concern.

How does Kyle Dunkley look on the track?

Dont know why, but have this funny feeling we'll roll the pies this weekend Salem, Hore, May, Lever are MASSIVE ins for us.

He was doing some coaching on the weekend with Casey also which is a great effort.

Another year goes by where Garry Lyon is once again shafted.

Dayne Beams officially ruled out with hip injury.

Who???

Actually keen to see these video's now...

Think you missed the sarcasm meter there Old..

Dawes was a Todd Viney/Mark Neeld special

Taylor wasn't even around when the Dawes trade happaned.

I have bolded these players as guys who last played in the preliminary final. Forget 2018, but out of that list 12/26 players drafted in those years were a game off playing in the grand final. Thats already a huge tick. You also said your top scout is paid to find diamond in the rough type players. Harmes, Hunt, Vandenberg, Joel Smith, Tim Smith, Josh Wagner, Mitch Hannan, Oskar Baker and Marty Hore. All those names have already made significant impact or have shown that they have bright futures ahead of them. All taken late in the draft or rookie listed. You could say that besides Vandenberg Josh Wagner and Tim Smith (28 already) most of those players could go on to play 100 to 150 games for Melbourne. That's another significant tick in my eyes. Taylor is doing a fine job.

Would be currently winning pur best and fairest amd deservedly too.

Well obviously.. because he kept Oliver to 2 handballs in the 3rd quarter and 11 for the 2nd half.

I honestly feel for Bolton, and from reports he had a good relationship with the players. Unfortunately when it came to game day performance they just could not translate that into a winning performance. Bolton will get snapped up next year. Interestingly Cameron Bruce was one of his assistant coaches this year and was rated extremely highly by Clarkson. Wonder what happens to him also.

The jungle drums are beating of the prospect that Bolton might get the chop. While i have always felt that Bolton was the right man for the job coming from the Hawthorn environment, i am bewildered that the blow torch is not on their list manager SOS. Right now they would be laughing with pick 1 in their pockets sewn up, but traded it during the draft period to adelaide who currently have pick 1 now. Over the years SOS hes brought in VFL standard players to fill in list position. The names of Jarrod Pickett, Rhys Palmer, Alex Fasolo, Cam O' Shea, liam Sumner, Aaron Mullett, Andrew Phillips, Tom Bugg, Matt Shaw, Daniel Gorringe, Sam Kerridge, Billy Smedts, Kristian Jacksh, Hugh Goddard and Matt Kennedy are just some of the names that he has stockpiled with and that have been unsuccessful. With those names that he has bought in surely he has to come under the microscope?

There was definitely some real glimpses of his talent that he showed during the finals on display saturday night thatsfor sure. I also thought that he lookee bigger aroundthe upper body which probably means he's been doing extra weight sessions to combat the bigger gorilla defenders.

Exactly right, Said a page back that with our season officially over i would now switch into development mode and just play Weideman for the rest of the year. Just get games into him. If he plays for the rest of the year that will take him into 2020 with 38 games meaning he will hit that 50 game mark next year. I think next year Weid will go up a level and become a permanent 22 in our side.

In fairness to Oliver Pyke put a hard tag on him after half time. He's coming into new territory this year with the tags and something he will just have to be accustomed too. This is where i expect someone like Brayshaw to really grab the game by the throat and display some of that explosive performance we saw the back end of last year.

Careful Jnr.. apparently if you are too you harsh on Oscar you will have to 'lawyer' up for personal abuse.. ?‍♂️

Was our training facilities an issue when we were 1 game off a Grand Final last year?

But RBR he hasn't adjusted to our zone even when we started it from the Paul Ross transition to Goodwin. Its only the past 2 years that the coaching staff have realised this and gone after May, Lever and even Hore to an extent because of their ability to zone off and intercept well. I look at someone like Marty Hore who has adjusted seamlessly like a 100 game veteran with his intercept marking and zoning off to give others a chop out. He is s beauty and have loved watching his development ever since he came back into the Sydney game after an ordinary VFL game.

Hasn't this been the theme of topics on demonland this year? There are enough threads on our poor kicking for goal and also our connection between mid and forward. Its our year in a nutshell. In regards to the poster blaming Oscar for the loss then yes i agres with you that we shouldn't be blaming an individual on last night. I dont believe in individuals costing teams games. Its what goes on in that 120 minutes from a whole team perspective. Again.. this is not what this thread is about ?‍♂️