The club insists Bolt has to get to the level where he's impressed the coach enough to be offered a full-time deal...and only then will they contract negotiations start.

"He has to he has to get to a level where the coach is confident that he'll play regular football and once that that decision is reached then he'll be offered a playing contract." said Mielekamp.

"The first question will be around his his physical abilities and capabilities so our strength and conditioning department will we getting their hands on him first

"How many minutes will he have? What's he physically capable of? Until he's here training with with the experts, we won't really know that...

"We've heard that every time that he's been training, he's made dramatic improvements and that's why it's been structured this way so we will be looking for dramatic improvements.

"Getting him on the ground and getting him with the boots on will be the most telling."

 

He dismissed concerns about the impending Bolt circus becoming a worrying distraction for the rest of the squad as the media descends on Gosford and Tuggerah to follow Bolt's every move.

"We speak about distractions all the time, whether it's distractions in life or that, so for a professional athlete, it is about keeping focus on job ahead," he said.

"The one driving thing that has been through this whole thing has been his own personal passion, his own personal belief and personal desire.

"We've spoken to him about our club and what our beliefs are and we spoke to him about going down the local school and doing school appearances and those sort of things and he bought right into that which has been fantastic.

"It's been his own personal belief, desire and drive that's that's really kept us going."

The club insist because Bolt is still only trial, he will not have a player number when he arrives and they will not be producing any commemorative club shirts for him...yet.

"It's not about having a gimmick," said the club boss. "Time will tell as things grow and if he ends up getting a full playing contract – but we're not going to have a Bolt t-shirt out there tomorrow."