Shai Bolton [merged]

[Owl]

didn't leave any impression on me that I recall. 

[big tone]

Shai Bolton at RFC training:




MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: New draftee Shai Bolton of the Tigers in action during the Richmond Tigers training session at Punt Road Oval in Melbourne, Australia on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media)
http://www.aflphotos.com.au/galleries/results/?q=collection:AFL%202016%20Training%20-%20Richmond%20281116&image_id=480221

That's one skinny kid. FMD

[Penelope]

yep.
the skinny little sword namer that dances around you and makes you wish you had a handful of rocks to throw at his back as he runs away from you with the ball

[Hard Roar Tiger]

yep.
the skinny little sword namer that dances around you and makes you wish you had a handful of rocks to throw at his back as he runs away from you with the ball

  sounds like you have had some experience Al
His highlights didn't fill me with confidence in the quality of his kicking or decision making but he's quick and backs himself.

[Penelope]

most people who have played footy would have experienced having one of those whippy little stuffs leave you flat footed.

you wanted to dump them into the dirt but you could never lay a hand on them

[Sticky Fingers]

He looks happy enough

[Yeahright]

most people who have played footy would have experienced having one of those whippy little stuffs leave you flat footed.

you wanted to dump them into the dirt but you could never lay a hand on them

Not me, who the stuff defends? Send everyone forward and attack attack attack!

[WA Tiger]

5 years in the backline for Shai, just for the experts, learn the defensive side he must......apparently, great running off half back, all the clichés. He will never be allowed to cross the 50. That should suit the backline fanatics.

[Owl]

speaking of sword namers

[FlashGordon]

most people who have played footy would have experienced having one of those whippy little stuffs leave you flat footed.

you wanted to dump them into the dirt but you could never lay a hand on them

yeah they were around in the suburban leagues and juniors too.  Not to fussed about his weight, Jeff Garlett MKII if he can stack on a couple of KGs of muscle.

[the claw]

lol at this pick not the kid himself.who knows he may go alright.

The only decent pick we have and we use it on a runt with enough weaknesses to be concerned about.
We could have picked up this type with much later picks or rookie picks./

14 smalls on the list we just used pick 15 on Rioli the yr before. Lloyd had a good yr and kicked 35 goals and we had another two genuine sml fwds  plus Edwards on the list sml fwd imo was no priority  and what do we do we take this kid with our only decent nd pick and we actually get a kid who shows just as much as this bloke with our only rookie pick. and fools try to defend it.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

lol at this pick not the kid himself.who knows he may go alright.

The only decent pick we have and we use it on a runt with enough weaknesses to be concerned about.
We could have picked up this type with much later picks or rookie picks./

14 smalls on the list we just used pick 15 on Rioli the yr before. Lloyd had a good yr and kicked 35 goals and we had another two genuine sml fwds  plus Edwards on the list sml fwd imo was no priority  and what do we do we take this kid with our only decent nd pick and we actually get a kid who shows just as much as this bloke with our only rookie pick. and fools try to defend it.

Who would you have picked at pick 29 claw?
We can then revisit this thread in 4 years and compare the two players progress.....

[Penelope]

5 years in the backline for Shai, just for the experts, learn the defensive side he must......apparently, great running off half back, all the clichés. He will never be allowed to cross the 50. That should suit the backline fanatics.

The knuckle dragging irony is,the only person that actually says this is you.

as an aside, what would you name your sword, if you were allowed near sharp objects?

[the claw]

lol at this pick not the kid himself.who knows he may go alright.

The only decent pick we have and we use it on a runt with enough weaknesses to be concerned about.
We could have picked up this type with much later picks or rookie picks./

14 smalls on the list we just used pick 15 on Rioli the yr before. Lloyd had a good yr and kicked 35 goals and we had another two genuine sml fwds  plus Edwards on the list sml fwd imo was no priority  and what do we do we take this kid with our only decent nd pick and we actually get a kid who shows just as much as this bloke with our only rookie pick. and fools try to defend it.

Who would you have picked at pick 29 claw?
We can then revisit this thread in 4 years and compare the two players progress.....

Harrison MaCreadie Gws acadamy player he went later in the draft at pick 47.There was two other KPDS  still there at this pick as well who went just after 29 who  i  would have gladly taken.
If your going to revisit then im going to say we should have had more late picks at least three how hard would it ave been to get say another pick in the 50s and two in the 6os.  and more rookie picks as well.Luke Ryan went very late oh for just one lousy pick in the 60s egh.

 i would have taken  Lachlan Filipovic ruckman reckon he will be a beauty. Jake Barrott tough inside player who just cant get a game at gws.   simple fact is there  was plenty i would have been keen to see us give a game to with very late nd and rookie picks if only we had  had the balls to cut a bit deeper as should have been done

The player i most wanted in this draft was Will Brodie ironically he was still there at pick 6.

[Willy]

Let's face it, Claw would pee and moan irrespective of who we pick up.