04-13-2022, 04:20 AM
I've been quite vocal on Boyd (i'm quite vocal on a lot of things :-[ ), but i generally tend to defend the players more than most on here do.
Even to the point where he was drafted. I saw his highlights and questioned his need, but he did have elite kicking (well highlights don't show the misses do they) so i was prepared to give him a go.
However, starting from the pre-season games where he stunk it up and look well out of his depth, to the couple games he's played for us now, better, still sub-standard IMO, i am still left wondering if we have anyone on our list currently who is less inspiring and less deserving than Boyd.
IMO he has every other footballer on our list above him in the pecking order and nothing i've seen from him suggests otherwise.
I've said it, and a few others have said it too, but WHAT does he bring to the team? Shifter Sheahan says in order to be drafted you must be elite in something, preferably more than 1 thing. WHAT is his 1 thing? Should be kicking, but that is very much suspect under pressure, so is it really a strength?
OK, so he can get to contests....its a start. He loses his feet too easily, gets outbodied too easily and doesn't really win them. So does it really matter if he can get to contests if the end result is basically the same as if he never got there?
As a mature age recruit, he should be more advanced than what he is. He might be a ripping bloke, but i don't want him playing 1's.
Send him back to the VFL and let him knock down the door there before bringing him back.
By comparison, someone like Williamson (who i'm not a huge fan of) has the ability to get to contests too. Has a body big enough, and a mindset wild enough, to impact those contests. His ability to run and carry is both a positive (he adds run from defense) and a negative (he runs into trouble). So willo offers more in a similar role, despite having plenty of downsides.
You could similar about Cottrel. Hard, a running beast.
I'm not sure what Boyd offers over these other blokes, but we are clearly not seeing it yet.
Even to the point where he was drafted. I saw his highlights and questioned his need, but he did have elite kicking (well highlights don't show the misses do they) so i was prepared to give him a go.
However, starting from the pre-season games where he stunk it up and look well out of his depth, to the couple games he's played for us now, better, still sub-standard IMO, i am still left wondering if we have anyone on our list currently who is less inspiring and less deserving than Boyd.
IMO he has every other footballer on our list above him in the pecking order and nothing i've seen from him suggests otherwise.
I've said it, and a few others have said it too, but WHAT does he bring to the team? Shifter Sheahan says in order to be drafted you must be elite in something, preferably more than 1 thing. WHAT is his 1 thing? Should be kicking, but that is very much suspect under pressure, so is it really a strength?
OK, so he can get to contests....its a start. He loses his feet too easily, gets outbodied too easily and doesn't really win them. So does it really matter if he can get to contests if the end result is basically the same as if he never got there?
As a mature age recruit, he should be more advanced than what he is. He might be a ripping bloke, but i don't want him playing 1's.
Send him back to the VFL and let him knock down the door there before bringing him back.
By comparison, someone like Williamson (who i'm not a huge fan of) has the ability to get to contests too. Has a body big enough, and a mindset wild enough, to impact those contests. His ability to run and carry is both a positive (he adds run from defense) and a negative (he runs into trouble). So willo offers more in a similar role, despite having plenty of downsides.
You could similar about Cottrel. Hard, a running beast.
I'm not sure what Boyd offers over these other blokes, but we are clearly not seeing it yet.