05-07-2022, 10:04 AM
(05-07-2022, 05:48 AM)LP link Wrote:Fans do not appreciate the step up it takes from VFL to AFL, the fans carry on about how much tougher and harder AFL is, but it isn't really. If you replaced all 750 odd AFL players with the next 750 down you would barely notice a difference in play after a week or two of coaching.And you are 'pro-boyd' based on VFL form and then write this?
The big difference, and this is the thing fans do not get, is the crowd.
There is no talking to team-mates, directing traffic, calling for the footy, etc., etc., as in 95% of cases nobody can hear shizen out on The G or on Docklands. It takes lots of games for players to get acclimatised to playing footy with what is effectively their head in a bucket. It's weird, all the noise in the world, and not a thing you can hear from any more than an arms length away or so!
Some players just fit right into it, I presume they are types who don't listen to team-mates anyway, others take a while!
His weapon IS his kicking....and he has been extremely average by foot in the AFL, thus his '1 thing' is a thing no more. Thus, not worthy of an extended run.
He panics too much under pressure (or perceived pressure) and the step up to AFL level is just too much for him.
We cut blokes like Gibbons for a bloke like Boyd.
limited strings, but steady output
vs
one string that has broken with barely any output at all.
Look at what Dow is producing in the 2's....and he can't get a gig.
Boyd can.
Now slightly different roles, but considering both would be coming in off the bench, its much of a muchness. Play the better player!
Boyd is playing on a wing
Dow would play in the guts.
Move walsh from the guts to the wing, so dow can play in the guts and overall the team is better with Dow in it vs Boyd....even if Boyd plays more of a position of need.