20. Tim Boyle

[philhawk]

According to the My Man Thread (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291068), it looks like KingRich will be the 'go to' man for all things Tim Boyle related!

Take it away, KingRich!

[philhawk]

Just a note, but i'm now on the bandwagon after his brilliant performance today against Melbourne (Round 2, 2007 for historical purposes ;)).

[delirious1]

what a turn-around, like most hawks supporters i was suprised that he wasnt de-listed, but im very glad now, obviously the hawthorn football club know more then us modest bigfooty posters :thumbsu:
Provides another target, will draw another defender, think hes found himself a spot in the 22

[Roughie]

Im in the bandwagon, and shackled down, no coming off here

[rumblah]

Im in the bandwagon, and shackled down, no coming off here

yeh ill jump on.

[Cheeseman]

Toot toot! :D

[hawkaz1]

I predicted Tim to be our most improved player this year so I'm also on the bandwagon. :)

[GNCLongJack]

He looks comfortable now, almost assertive, and the encouragement from his fellow players is fantastic. Another genuine avenue to goal, sharing the heat with Dicko and Willo, whilst Buddy and co. can stream in and shoot on the run, eg. Crawf and Young against Melb.

[hawkstars]

Isn't he great providing another tall option up forward. He is great!!!

[Smoking Gun]

wait till he gets 40 - 50 games below his belt then all hell will break loose
tim boyle is star emerging without the recognition

[OneEyedHawk]

Had I got in early enough, Boyler would've been my preferred 'my man' choice.
Have been a big fan from day one, was a little worried about his workrate but thought he was the best contested mark we've had at Hawthorn since Dutchy in his peak.

[Bennycoff]

26 goals from 12 matches, sensational to see Timmy showing everyone his potential after a horrible run with injuries.

[RustyHawk]

Announced today (07.08.07) that Tim Boyle has signed on with the Hawks for another 2 seasons, until the end of 2009 AFL season.

Boyle is having a wonderful season, currently the Hawks 2nd top goal kicker after Lance (Buddy) Franklin and this despite having 4 weeks off with hamstring injury.

[RustyHawk]

Boiler suffered a major hamstring tear which sidelined him for 4 weeks in the later half of the season. (Round 13, 2007 against Collingwood)

When he returned (Round 18, 2007) his form never regained the pre injury status and ended up being rather ineffective especially during the finals series.

[RustyHawk]

Hawks flooded with bids for Boyle Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Greg Denham | October 08, 2007
TIM BOYLE, one of Hawthorn's most improved players this year, has attracted the interest of at least six rival clubs and could be traded by the end of the week.

The AFL's official player-exchange period starts today, with all clubs meeting at Melbourne's Telstra Dome, and concludes at 2pm on Friday.

Hawthorn strategy and list manager Chris Pelchen revealed that a surprising number of clubs had made inquiries about Boyle, who is contracted for next season.

It is believed the Hawks, whose first pick in the national draft is No12, are looking to improve their first-round pecking order. They are also in the market for a key defender, and are prepared to consider all offers.

While the 23-year-old kicked 32 goals this year from 20 games, his form tapered off towards the end of the season after missing a month with a torn hamstring.

Boyle kicked only four goals in his final seven games, including one from two finals appearances.

His best performance was in Hawthorn's round-10, 34- point win against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, where he booted five goals.

Boyle could be sacrificed despite the retirement of fellow goal-kicker Ben Dixon as the Hawks have a number of other forward options, including the return from a knee injury of Mark Williams and the emergence of key-forward Mitch Thorp, who made his senior debut this year.

Boyle played only five senior games before this season, but was restricted by a broken leg in the 2004 pre-season.

The Kangaroos are also prepared to trade key-position player Leigh Brown. But, like Melbourne's exit strategy for 2005 best-and-fairest winner Travis Johnstone, they have had no takers.

Brown, a former Fremantle player who came to Arden Street at the end of 2002 in a multi-club deal in which Byron Pickett was traded to Port Adelaide, played 22 games this year.

But the 25-year-old was not selected for the Roos' last two finals matches, against Hawthorn and Port Adelaide, after a six-possession effort in the first week of the finals against Geelong.

Brown has played 172 senior games and is contracted to the Kangaroos for 2008.

St Kilda is this week expected to show interest in Geelong's out-of-contract premiership ruckman Steven King.

Meanwhile, former Fremantle captain Peter Bell has chosen to honour his contract with the Dockers and play his final season in 2008.

Bell and his family will relocate to Geraldton, 500km north of Perth, where he has business interests, and will combine these interests with his training and playing commitments next season.

[RustyHawk]

Hawks likely to sit out trade week
4:30 PM Thu 11 October, 2007 | Back

By Matt Burgan

Exclusive to AFL BigPond Network

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HAWTHORN is unlikely to play a part in the remainder of trade week, with club list manager Chris Pelchen saying on Thursday afternoon no deals were imminent.

"It's unlikely that we'll complete any trades this year," Pelchen told afl.com.au.

"Almost all of the enquiries have been about our players recruited in the last three years and we're certainly reluctant to release any of those at this stage."

On Wednesday Pelchen said the Hawks had been approached about “probably 15 players, ranging from Jarryd Roughead to Grant Birchall", with Tim Boyle generating most interest.

The Hawks have traded for draft selections in trade week in recent seasons.

The club had shown interest in Richmond midfielder Danny Meyer, but Pelchen said there were “no further developments” on talks with the Tigers.

Please note, no trades are official prior to paperwork being accepted by the AFL and formally recognised after 2pm, Friday October 9, 2007.

[Rexcellent]

Boyle a front man of surprising note

MOST footballers dream of playing in front of 100,000 eager fans at the MCG on Grand Final day.

Hawks forward Tim Boyle shares that dream, the only difference is, he’d prefer to be brandishing his guitar, rather than a Sherrin.

The 23-year-old, a self professed “veteran” considering the Hawks’ young playing list, is a keen musician who writes and records his own material, leaving him in no doubt as to which type of performance he’d prefer to make at the 'G'.

“Definitely music. No doubt at all, absolutely no doubt,” Boyle said.

His sound is a mixture between blues, roots and old school pop and he cites Ben Harper and Harry Manx as his main influences. However he insists that his football experiences never provide song writing material.

“I think I’ve cordoned off the sections of my brain, I don’t allow them to cross over too much,” he said.

“It’s just part of my life and the way that I view things just comes back out through the music… my songs aren’t political or issue based. They’re more interpretations of things that are happening in every day life. Sometimes relationships, it’s usually emotive stuff.”

Boyle admits that combining a successful football career and his passion for music isn’t an easy task.

“That’s what I’ve struggled with for a few years. I’ve had to balance the two different areas of my life.

"But probably in the last 12 months, I’ve really felt that I had to sacrifice some of the other things I was doing and just my general state of mind to really focus a lot more on training and trying to get the best out of myself.
I’ve found that has had a fair impact on my game.

"The difference in your state of mind between going to a football club for training and going home to write music is pretty significant.

"So I go through periods where I don’t write too much at all. Other times I’m writing all the time. So hopefully when I’m finished with the football stuff, I can get more serious into music.”

Boyle talks about his music with such passion that it has to be asked if he ever wonders whether he should have been a musician rather than a footballer.

“Yeah, all the time. But I don’t have all these people milling around telling me how good I am and convincing me to leave [football] though.

"I suppose it’s just a dream. But I definitely think it’s something that I will do if I live beyond 30. When I get sacked or retire,” he laughs.

Boyle’s conflicting interests in music and sport aren’t the only struggle he has had to endure.

Having been hampered by injury for the majority of his playing career, he believes he’s still trying to alter his teammates’ opinion of him.

“It’s something I’m still trying to change, peoples' perception about how I’m involved in the game.

"I don’t think people dislike you necessarily but you’re there to get the best out of yourself and for the team so if you’re not at your best then it stops other people from being at their best.

"I’ve had to prioritise a little bit. I don’t think I really said that to myself, but subconsciously my priority was definitely to get the best out of myself last year.

"Straight away I could feel the difference it was having on myself and the people around me, in terms of the way they were viewing me.

"The nature of the game is that it requires your full attention and, if you don’t give it, it spits you out fairly quickly.”

Boyle played the first 13 games last year, averaging over two goals a match, before a hamstring injury struck. It was the latest in a long line of injury woes which started with a broken leg in 2004.

“That hurt a bit more than the other ones [injuries] last year, because I’d put a lot of effort into getting myself into that position. My form was good and I was on a roll and then I had to miss a month.

"It’s very frustrating but that’s part of sport. That’s why you enjoy the good times, because it’s such a hard game."

But Boyle believes he has benefited from his misfortune.

“I’m always able to learn from these things. I learned that the game wasn’t going to change to suit me, I had to change myself to suit the game if I wanted to play it. Including my approach to training, my approach to my preparation and how I was viewing myself.”

This time around, he is fully fit going into pre-season and believes he’s with a group of players who gel well.

“It’s a good group of guys. I’ve been at the club for five years and this is the best that I’ve seen it I think. Guys are just willing to accept each other for their differences.”

Being part of a goal-scoring setup boasting the emerging star status of “Buddy” Franklin, Boyle says the other forwards are happy to reap the benefits of his increasing profile.

“Obviously he [Buddy] is going to be a star, no matter what happens. He can kick five or six goals on any given day when the leash is off.

"There’s definitely an aura around him when he gets the ball because he’s a very talented player.

"Hopefully we’re able to harness it a little bit and make sure that everyone’s sharing the load and the success too.

"I think we did that pretty well for most of the year in that forward line and I think that helped the team a lot.”

The young list at Hawthorn went close to achieving their premiership goal a little earlier than expected in 2007, and with fans hungry for more success, Boyle said you can’t put a time frame on dreams.

“We really felt that on our day [this year] we could have played in a Grand Final. Who’s to say that we couldn’t have?

"There’s no point waiting for these things to happen… you can have a goal to win a premiership because obviously that’s what everyone’s playing for but you can only really prepare for it and when it comes, it comes.”

http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?t...8&newsId=53123 (http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=208&newsId=53123)

[Big Ronnie]

Selection 29 for hawks1523 is Tim Boyle.

I can not for the life of me think of anything to say?

BR:thumbsu:

[Hawk Dork]

whats up with his injury?

[Mervyn Beasley]

whats up with his injury?
He's almost the forgotten man!
Was it a corked hip or something? Whatever the case recovery is slow.

[Hawk Dork]

Spud said he should be ready next week maybe 1 more
Hip problem wouldnt expand
7 to 8 weeks for a hip problem
bones heal in 6
muscles 4 ish

[#6 Mark Williams]

We could of really gone with another tall against the Bulldogs.

[RustyHawk]

05.06.08

Tim Boyle has been named in the seniors for the Round 11 clash against Essendon at the same venue he last played in Round 3 against North. Im sure Tim is hoping the Telstra Dome does not see another "Buddy" crash on top of him.

This will be his first game back in any form since Rd 3.

[noosa hawk mad]

Hawthorn set to lance Tim Boyle







Greg Denham | September 11, 2008

HAWTHORN has Tim Boyle on standby for a return in the preliminary final or grand final, but his future at the club appears limited.
The only way the injury-prone tall forward could force his way back this month for his first senior game since round 13 would be if the Hawks sustain an injury to their Buddy Franklin-led forward structure.
But despite being contracted for another year, Boyle could find himself at another club in 2009 in search of more opportunities to play on a regular basis.
Boyle played 20 games last year and kicked 32 goals, but he has managed only six games this season due to a spate of injuries and team balance.
He has recovered from his most recent problem, a back injury, and after four straight games in the VFL, Boyle has been retained by coach Alastair Clarkson in the Hawks' finals squad.
After some interest in Boyle during trade week last season, Hawthorn is expecting to field more serious inquiries next month.
His current status is as a back-up forward, but the Hawks remain open-minded about his future.
Also on standby for an inclusion in the finals is ruckman Simon Taylor, who finds himself out of Hawthorn's best 22 because of the rapid improvement of young ruckman Brent Renouf.
After 18 senior games this season, Taylor is playing in the VFL reserves to keep up his match conditioning.
Hawthorn will soon step up interest in out-of-contract Fremantle utility David Mundy, who is contemplating a return home to Victoria after three years on the Dockers' list.
Mundy, one of three Fremantle players to play all 22 games this season, deferred contract talks with the Dockers until the end of the season, and the Hawks have him in their sights to fill a role in defence next year.
After shedding nine players this year, the Dockers yesterday lost a player they wanted to retain when giant ruckman Robert Warnock requested to be traded to continue his career in Victoria.
The out-of-contract Warnock and his manager Colin Young told Fremantle the 21-year-old wanted to relocate for family reasons.
Warnock, who is yet to officially nominate his club of choice, is believed to want to join Carlton despite being sought by Melbourne, where his brother Matthew plays, and Richmond.
The Blues, who have promised Warnock more game time then he was getting at Fremantle as a support ruckman under Aaron Sandilands, yesterday said they were confident of arranging a suitable trade for Warnock.
Carlton will start its negotiations by offering a second-round national draft selection.
Warnock made his decision on the same day the AFL cleared the Demons of any wrongdoing by entertaining Warnock last month in Melbourne while Fremantle had yet to finish its season. AFL general manager of football operations Adrian Anderson yesterday said no action would be taken against the Demons, who had been asked for an explanation, as there was no evidence of a breach of the player rules.
The probe included input from investigations manager Ken Wood.
Although not unexpected, Warnock said his decision to return home after 21 AFL games was a difficult one.
"I have enjoyed my time at the club and with the playing group and coaches immensely, so it is a very tough decision to leave," Warnock said.
"I believe that Fremantle is on the right track and has a bright future, but this is simply a personal decision to head home to be closer to my family in Melbourne.
"My management will be working proactively with the club to secure the best possible result for Fremantle."
The player-exchange period starts on October 6.
Despite being contracted until the end of 2009, Essendon speedster Andrew Lovett could be leaving Windy Hill to seek a fresh start.
Lovett was suspended twice this season by the Bombers for breaching team rules, and a mutual separation appears likely.
In four years at Essendon, Lovett played 66 games, but he was restricted by injuries in 2006 and last year.

[noosa hawk mad]

Bulldogs keen on Boyle
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23211,00.html (http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24452974-23211,00.html)

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Bulldogs keen for Boyle
By Sam Lienert
October 06, 2008
THE Western Bulldogs have expressed interest in Hawthorn forward Tim Boyle as they seek to add size to their attack.

The 'Dogs, whose lack of a quality big forward was their one major deficiency as they placed third this season, said there were several tall targets they would inquire about as the AFL trade period begins.

"We'll obviously be asking some questions of some clubs today, but whether anything comes of it only time will tell,'' Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade said.

"With all tall players we'll ask some questions, so (Boyle) will probably be one we'll ask a question of.''

With the club boasting numerous tall attacking options struggling to break into the side behind stars Lance Franklin and Jarryd Roughead, Pelchen said there were several clubs keen to prise one of them away.

"Certainly from clubs we've met with during the course of the last week they've raised certain players' names, including our forwards, so we'll take them all on board,'' he said.

Boyle, 24 and 194cm, has played 31 games for the Hawks over four seasons, including 20 in 2007.

But he managed just six this year and none after round 13, indicating he will struggle to play regular senior football at Hawthorn in the future