AFL Rd 8 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

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And yet someone like Marchbank plays VFL today!

I'm not pro or anti Boyd, but if we pick players up they should be given a reasonable run free of injury to make their mark. Now if I recall Boyd was flying in his first couple of VFL games and got a major injury and was out for a chunk of last season, the game he got injured those of us who watch VFL regularly stated he should have been an AFL in after just a handful of VFL games. I'm not even sure a COVID season counts as a normal opportunity to develop players.

Players need a trick to feature in AFL, and Boyd has a boot on him that is significant given good form and a run of uninterrupted development. Whether he turns into a durable AFL option might come down to luck, just like Marchbank.

Voss says he likes what he sees about Boyd, he says the same about Marchbank, I've no reason as yet to distrust Voss in fact I back him in because Voss is filling me full of confidence win or lose as each week passes!

If Voss has a spot for Boyd then Boyd has a spot, plain and simple.

Well said, Spotted One. The Vossmeister said on arrival that every player, with him, had a blank slate. You cannot ask for any more than that. Same goes for Boyd. Like everyone, he's got 2022 to prove himself.

Like many, I've been disappointed with what Boyd has shown, until very recently. His last game in the VFL was a ripper. He has something going for him that is trumps in anyone's book, a terrific attitude and work ethic. Although he's delivered some howlers on field, he's also shown some encouraging glimpses. Owing to so many injuries, in some respects, he's been thrown in the deep end and not had the opportunity to develop confidence in the Magoos. Let's give the kid a chance.