Shai Bolton [merged]

[WilliamPowell]

Shai Bolton

A career-best season translated into finals. Had the goal of the finals series all but sewn up before the ARC showed it clipped the post. Plenty of the footy for him and he used it well.

Rating: 7

Source: Foxsports

Stunk it up for 3 quarters and put in a good last quarter so how did the journalist come up with 7?

^^^^
This

Throw giving away 2 x 50 metre penalties that resulted in goals and no way he was a 7

[Tigeritis™©®]

1 tackle and only a handful of pressure acts isn’t acceptable for finals footy. I would’ve gave him a 3 rating for an incredibly poor performance.

[mightytiges]

This year Bolts has played his best and most damaging footy on the inside winning his own clearances from stoppages & bursting out into space. Not as an outside receiver. Bringing back Sheds & Prestia seems to have pushed him outside more.

[lamington]

^^^100%

I think Edwards should go half back or outside and leave Bolton in the middle

[Rampsation]

Yep. Shedda can do some good work off half back.

[Diocletian]

Bolton & Pickett should both be on ball, Edwards at half back & Short forward of the ball...

[one-eyed]

Craig McRae mentioned Bolton being squeezed out of the midfield:

“Shai Bolton and these guys all of a sudden get squeezed out of the midfield, we have got some real talent and decisions to make at match committee because of how much quality we have in there at the minute.”

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/822957/coaches-corner-qualifying-final

[one-eyed]

Shai Bolton is on the verge of stardom

If this season has been the making of Bolton, then this semi-final's first half was one of its finest moments. The electric Tigers wingman was everywhere, kicking three goals in a dazzling performance before the main break. Bolton's first two goals were brilliant – the first after shimmying his opponent on the 50m line and getting a favourable bounce, and the second smartly flicking the ball to himself before trickling it through from the outside of his boot. Bolton played in last year's premiership for Richmond but has been one of the biggest improvers in the competition this year. At just 21, stardom awaits.

Source: AFL website

[one-eyed]

Shai Bolton

Bolton isn’t far away from AFL star status, given his fine form in season 2020. A real highlight came in the first quarter when he wove around Hunter Clark, sold the dummy, before slotting a great goal from 50 metres out. Just minutes later he snapped another and ended with a third before half-time. Speaking on Fox Footy, Dermott Brereton suggested Bolton is going to be “an absolute star. If they turned a disco on, he‘d be a really good dancer. He’s got some moves on him ... I’d pay a bit for Shai Bolton to get him over.”

Rating: 9

Source: Foxsports

[Rampsation]

Bolton & Pickett should both be on ball, Edwards at half back & Short forward of the ball...

Picketts can go play on the ball at freo.

[MintOnLamb]

Shai Bolton

Bolton isn’t far away from AFL star status, given his fine form in season 2020. A real highlight came in the first quarter when he wove around Hunter Clark, sold the dummy, before slotting a great goal from 50 metres out. Just minutes later he snapped another and ended with a third before half-time. Speaking on Fox Footy, Dermott Brereton suggested Bolton is going to be “an absolute star. If they turned a disco on, he‘d be a really good dancer. He’s got some moves on him ... I’d pay a bit for Shai Bolton to get him over.”

Rating: 9

Source: Foxsports

And amazingly didn’t get in the under 22 team?

[Francois Jackson]

Great game and made up for last week

[Rampsation]

Bolton is a star. I want to see him sign a 4 or 5 year deal.

[Diocletian]

Bolton & Pickett should both be on ball, Edwards at half back & Short forward of the ball...

Picketts can go play on the ball at freo.

Yeah but what about Pickett?

[one-eyed]

HEROES of the weekend

ESPN
12 October 2020

Shai Bolton:

A week is a long time in footy - just ask Richmond's Shai Bolton.

During the Tigers' qualifying final loss to Brisbane, he was sloppy and undisciplined as the Lions won straight through to a prelim.

But against the Saints on Friday night, he was electric and showcased an array of skills that make him one of the league's most exciting talents.

With the game there to be won -- the Saints certainly put up a brave fight, with poor kicking for goal proving costly -- his two first-term goals were jaw-dropping. The first came from 50m on a tight angle after some fancy footwork gave him just enough time and space to evade an opponent and launch towards goal. The second was brilliant in a different way, with Bolton tapping the ball to himself under immense pressure from five (yes, five!) opponents about 30m from goal, before a blink-and-you'll-miss-it gather and kick with the outside of the boot which found the target.

He may have only notched 11 touches overall, but his three majors and creativity with the ball was pivotal as Richmond won through to their fourth consecutive preliminary final.

Still just 21, he looms as a major wildcard as Richmond strive to win their third flag in four seasons.

https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/30087603/afl-2020-heroes-villains-semifinals-worst-finals-performance-century