Shai Bolton [merged]

[one-eyed]

Bolton is averaging 22.1 disposals and 1.3 goals per match, which are elite statistical numbers.

Across the competition, he is ranked fifth for inside-50s, eighth for score involvements and 10th for goal assists.

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1411303/bolton-in-michael-roach-medal-contention

[one-eyed]

Mini said Bolton had just a rolled his ankle late in the game and it is nothing serious. So, Shai is okay.

[lamington]

With our recent luck with injuries that rolled ankle is actually a syndesmosis and fibula break and will require months off and surgery

[one-eyed]

Rohan Connolly on twitter:

"Really like Shai Bolton as a player, brilliant skills & great to watch, but I hope his burning of scoring chances with stupid snaps & just generally refusing to play the percentages is a priority with McQualter or whoever ends up coaching him. Really frustrating."

https://twitter.com/rohan_connolly/status/1695642465703956863

[Simonator]

Rohan Connolly on twitter:

"Really like Shai Bolton as a player, brilliant skills & great to watch, but I hope his burning of scoring chances with stupid snaps & just generally refusing to play the percentages is a priority with McQualter or whoever ends up coaching him. Really frustrating."

https://twitter.com/rohan_connolly/status/1695642465703956863

This. All the good he does is just wasted

[Diocletian]

Gamebreaking superstar but also a showboating clown. 

[WilliamPowell]

Gamebreaking superstar but also a showboating clown. 

Perfect description

Makes the impossible look easy and the easy look hard

[Knighter]

Was pathetic.  Learn to kick straight or pee him off back to WA.

[one-eyed]

The Negative: Frustrating Shai

Andrew Slevison
SEN
29 August 2023

Shai Bolton could be absolutely anything with his freakish ability and all the tricks required to be a superstar.

However, he just makes some errors unbecoming of a player of his ilk.

Yes, he is a star of the game who is a two-time premiership player and an All-Australian, but there are some things he needs to get better at.

One of those is having more care in front of goal. He could have kicked five or six on Sunday, but was a bit lackadaisical in his approach.

He’s still only 24 so he has plenty of time to iron out these kinks, but until he does, he needs to find a way to limit his glaring blues.

Source: SEN.

[one-eyed]

"For me, Shai Bolton could (eventually) be the best player in the competition. He's freakishly good."

- New Richmond assistant Jack Ziebell

https://twitter.com/SENSportsday/status/1713815835037647312

[lamington]

2 time premiership player who recently welcomed a little human into the world. My instincts is his cup is nearly full and he doesn’t have the same motivation to materialise the full extent of his talents

[one-eyed]

At a time when fitness levels haven’t peaked and skills can be scrappy, players with pure class stand out.

That was the case for Richmond’s Shai Bolton as his team took on the Demons in match simulation.

https://twitter.com/heraldsunsport/status/1759061727675883974

[one-eyed]

Bolton a clear BOG: only 13 CBAs, but 4 centre clearances, 4 goals

https://twitter.com/mattforrest29/status/1759065415064682718

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/aflcentral1/status/1759136656807149661

[Simonator]

Brownlow + 50 goals