Shai Bolton [merged]

[one-eyed]

Shai now equal top for goals out of all the midfielders in the comp.


https://www.afl.com.au/stats/leaders?category=Scoring&seasonId=52&roundId=-1&roundNumber=0&sortColumn=goals&sortDirection=descending&positions=Midfielder&teams=All&benchmarking=true&dataType=benchmarkedTotals&playerOneId=null&playerTwoId=null


Bolton's game today by the way:

23 disposals (14k, 9h, 8c, 16u, 60.9% eff.)
4 marks
2 tackles
2 clearances (1 centre clearance)
6 inside 50s
577 metres gained
2 intercepts
9 score involvements
2 goal assists
1 goal
2 behinds
81% time on ground.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Has been building consistency the last few weeks

[Tigeritis™©®]

B. O. G.

[Andyy]

B. O. G.

Clear top player.

Lots of other great contributors tonight. Our midfield effing crushed it and Nank slaughtered the million dollar man Jackpoo.

Cotchin was sensational.
Martin, Prestia, Vlastuin, Short, Taranto.

Young sucked, sorry mate don't think all hope is lost but it's been ordinary since the first month.

[Tiger Khosh]

Love watching him play 

[The Machine]

What a player he is

[Diocletian]

Still has another level in him too....

[Siberian]

Next captain?

[one-eyed]

McQualter paid tribute to star midfielder Shai Bolton, who played the entire final quarter and finished with 33 disposals, 11 inside 50s, and the final goal of the game in a match-winning performance. 

"It was a great game by Shai. Most times he comes to Western Australia he has a pretty good game," he said.

"We tried to get him to the bench, but he didn't come to the bench at all in that last quarter … in hindsight, it was good decision for him to stay on."

Source: AFL website.

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Bolton played a blinder, particularly with a 14-disposal final quarter. He finished with 33 disposals, 16 contested possessions, 11 inside 50s, six clearances and the match-winning goal.

“He took over the game in the second half,” Mooney said.

Source: Foxsports.

[WilliamPowell]

Next captain?

I would think not and hope for Shai's sake hope not.

Some players you just let play, don't burden them with captaincy, just let them be

Shai is that type of player.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Shai needs to find that level a little bit more consistently to help our climb up and the ladder. Won us the game with that last qtr.

[Tiger Khosh]

Think he’s getting more midfield time under mcqualter which I think is a good move. He’s obviously a very dangerous forward and should spend time there too but as a mid he provides a dynamic point of difference to our other traditional mid types in TT, Hopper, Prestia, Cotch, etc.

[one-eyed]

"There's only a handful of players in the league...that if they get goal side, you're stuffed." - The AFL360 panel are full of praise for Shai Bolton's recent form.

Click pic/link to watch:

https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1668925912447094785


Bolton is rated top 3 in the AFL since round 8 (last six weeks).

3rd for score involvements.
3rd for metres gained (had 925m against Freo).
5th most coaches votes.
Averaging 27 disposals, 5 clearances and 1.5 goals per game over the past six weeks.

[MintOnLamb]

I think the numbers are not in his favour atm but would love to see him win the Brownlow

[one-eyed]

Shai Bolton is also back to his best under stand-in coach Andrew McQualter.

Over the past month Bolton is the seventh-highest-rated player in the competition, according to Champion Data after another three goals, 10 contested possessions and seven clearances in the win over St Kilda.

He can be electric, Bolton, and re-signed on a bumper five-year contract extension last year.

And after a quiet-ish start to the season he is firing under McQualter as the Tigers try and bash down the finals door on the run home.

Source: HeraldSun.