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Oh well Yarran wont be there Rd 1 or round 2,3,4,5......... Just reported he is having minor foot surgery.

One of 2 things here. Either they didn't get the medical checks they should have or he's as brittle as a biscuit.

Either way early days i know, but still not the start they would have wanted trading an early pick for.

Here's one from left field; as I understand it Clem Smith has been working on his endurance over the off season and has made significant stride (a lot fitter), could Smith be trialed as a tagger who can push forward?

Specifically could he run with a Cotchin or Delidio? Smith's defence and ability to hurt in the tackle could really disrupt the Tigers running game. Given they've lost Conca and have reduced rotations can this be a weapon in our favour?

Thoughts?

Oh well Yarran wont be there Rd 1 or round 2,3,4,5......... Just reported he is having minor foot surgery.

One of 2 things here. Either they didn't get the medical checks they should have or he's as brittle as a biscuit.

Either way early days i know, but still not the start they would have wanted trading an early pick for.

Dangerous players to put the inexperienced Smith on....Deledio will probably play forward and is a capable goal kicker these days........both would be too big for Smith to handle.
I'd rather Ed Curnow take Cotchin...

Deledio, Cotchin and Martin are very dangerous when played forward and we need to get our match ups right and not have undersized players on them...

Smith is probably better suited being out of the forward pocket where he can create some turnovers and forward pressure...

I agree. Smith would get lost very quickly, and it is asking too much of him to do much with the ball if he did get hands on it. The best result would be for Clem Smith to spend most of the season playing in the reserves, with a block of 3 or 4 games in the seniors due to injury. He isn't ready for league level football yet, and apart from the odd exception, we shouldn't expect first and second year players to be playing regular league football. That's the depth the club is striving to build.

I would rather keep him as a creative type player and not train him to be a negative type. Just sayin...

I think there are already clear signs that Bolton is expanding the skills base faster and further than the previous coaches, for that reason I think you will find the younger blokes get intermittent games and be asked to work on stuff back at VFL level. I thought it was pretty obvious how poorly trained some of our guys were when sent to unfamiliar positions, they had no idea what they were supposed to be doing. I'll bet Bolton is changing that to everyone should know what everybody else does, even if they are no good at it they should still know what to do!

Well I don't want Gibbs 'floating' around like a pansy so he can go have the spotlight shining o him and match up against a Cotchin or the like. He needs to be challenged in a MAJOR way!