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No 100th celebration for Bolton
10:57:04 AM Thu 20 May, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal/exclusive to afl.com.au
When Sydney?s Jude Bolton runs onto the SCG on Sunday afternoon against Hawthorn, he will be lining up for his 100th game.
But instead of focusing on the personal milestone, the 25-year-old hopes the match will end a rough patch. The Swans have lost their last four to slump to 3-5 and out of the eight, while Bolton looks to end a run of ordinary form of his own.
?I am pretty proud of the achievement but it?s just another one and we are more worried about getting another win on the board,? Bolton said prior to Wednesday?s training session.
In 2003 Bolton was named Sydney?s Most Improved Player, but those memories have been quickly eroded.
?(My form has) definitely slipped back quite a lot actually and I have been sitting down with the coaching group working out where I can improve and get back to where I was last year.?
Sydney?s leading ball-winner last year - and third in the best-and-fairest - hopes to increase his possessions, work rate, pressure skills believing his confidence will then return.
?When you realise you are not getting kicks sometimes you can get quite anxious and sometimes I get quite frustrated at myself but at that time I just take a step back and try to think through the game and work from there.?
Coach Paul Roos has tried to work with several of his players who are struggling with their current form and has the confidence they will turn it around.
"Eventually you hope the players works it out themselves," Roos said.
"You can give them only so much help, it's almost times like this the coach feels a bit helpless because you know the reasons you are losing but at some stage it's up to the players to resurrect their form and I think Jude is a classic example.
"He is a very honest kid and that is where you have to have faith in the players that they are pretty honest and Jude's assessment is pretty much spot on so I am confident he can work himself out of it but at some point the coaches really can't help you.
"I suppose the point we are at now the players really need to take responsibility. I think we know why we are losing, that is one thing but rectifying it is another thing."
10:57:04 AM Thu 20 May, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal/exclusive to afl.com.au
When Sydney?s Jude Bolton runs onto the SCG on Sunday afternoon against Hawthorn, he will be lining up for his 100th game.
But instead of focusing on the personal milestone, the 25-year-old hopes the match will end a rough patch. The Swans have lost their last four to slump to 3-5 and out of the eight, while Bolton looks to end a run of ordinary form of his own.
?I am pretty proud of the achievement but it?s just another one and we are more worried about getting another win on the board,? Bolton said prior to Wednesday?s training session.
In 2003 Bolton was named Sydney?s Most Improved Player, but those memories have been quickly eroded.
?(My form has) definitely slipped back quite a lot actually and I have been sitting down with the coaching group working out where I can improve and get back to where I was last year.?
Sydney?s leading ball-winner last year - and third in the best-and-fairest - hopes to increase his possessions, work rate, pressure skills believing his confidence will then return.
?When you realise you are not getting kicks sometimes you can get quite anxious and sometimes I get quite frustrated at myself but at that time I just take a step back and try to think through the game and work from there.?
Coach Paul Roos has tried to work with several of his players who are struggling with their current form and has the confidence they will turn it around.
"Eventually you hope the players works it out themselves," Roos said.
"You can give them only so much help, it's almost times like this the coach feels a bit helpless because you know the reasons you are losing but at some stage it's up to the players to resurrect their form and I think Jude is a classic example.
"He is a very honest kid and that is where you have to have faith in the players that they are pretty honest and Jude's assessment is pretty much spot on so I am confident he can work himself out of it but at some point the coaches really can't help you.
"I suppose the point we are at now the players really need to take responsibility. I think we know why we are losing, that is one thing but rectifying it is another thing."