02-29-2024, 09:14 AM
(02-29-2024, 08:50 AM)Lods link Wrote:I suspect the times when Boyd has been 'overwhelmed' co-incided with times the total defence was being overwhelmed.
The instances that i'm talking about were more 1 on 1's out on the wing, or in a pack, not last line of defence type stuff.
Like loose ball that he is getting too first. Fumbles at the pressure coming at him. Or throws it on the boot too quickly (quicker than he needed too) and kicks it out on the full or picks out the opposition 20m in the clear. Shirking contact. Passive play.
Just not up to AFL standard pressure and pace.
If he has learned to cope with that at, now, age 25. Brilliant. But as a 23yo, he hadn't managed it yet, and most people don't get the chance to 'learn' that type of stuff at that age. Look at Lochie O'Brien. We gave up on him at the age Boyd was when he started with us.
Boyd is very much a late late bloomer. Has he bloomed enough? We'll see.