Tom Boyd

[captain cotch 9]

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Anyone else notice that Taylor dropped a f-bomb?

 

[Dogsman16]

Anyone else notice that Taylor dropped a f-bomb?

Yeah it's the best commentary I have ever heard. So good. BT is a legend and I will fight anyone who doesn't agree with me

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

"How much did that Boyd contract cost?"

"Million bucks a year"

"Just paid for itself"

He got payed a huge amount for it this year, something like 1.7 Million, the next year will be less and be somewhere like 1.5 then the remainder of the years in his contract will be something like 750 grand, payed most at the font because we needed to each the 95% of the cap. most on here hear this and either don't get it or just are to stupid to want to understand

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

A lot of credit for Boyd's form has to go to Beveridge who eased the pressure on him by using him mainly as a ruckman and utility.

That's not to say Tom doesn't deserve credit for his resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity.

Wrong wrong, it was to build up his tank and better his awareness for when he becomes the big full time forward.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

You seem like a fun guy.

That's one word to describe it...

 

[captain cotch 9]

Yeah it's the best commentary I have ever heard. So good. BT is a legend and I will fight anyone who doesn't agree with me

Morris's takle hasnt got enough air time IMO.
If buddy kicks that ball, it goes inside their 50 and potentially score.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

I still rate Hogan as the better prospect (among a few others) but one thing Boyd has that Hogan doesn't is that penetration on his kick. He's a legit threat from 60m, Hogan struggles to kick 45m.

Big forwards take time, he's a stud.

Have said since we landed him that although they will be different types of forwards, Boyd has more ceiling, we Dogs people laughed at the other supporters that laughed at him and called him spud, potato etc.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

In a nut shell, people on here can reply on here now with, oh its easy to gloat about him now in hindsight, but you were told and told about him how it takes time sometimes with some big boys to find their feet, and he is in the ruck 50/50 to get himself better with endurance and awareness and more confidence. And it was explained to all many times that the last 3 years on his contract will be roughly $750 thousand not a million witch looks like a bargain if his scope improves to his potential and that looks a real possibility.

So the knobs that called him a spud and a over payed footballer, potato and all the other words used, and you all know who you are, and a quick trip at the start of this and other threads will tell who you are, can now say to your self's, my football knowledge is appalling.

 

[Boristown]

What would he be worth on the open market now, after a huge finals series and a dominant, top 3 on ground Grand Final win?

 

[Supahodge]

8 marks.

6 contested!

 

[Scotland]

What would he be worth on the open market now, after a huge finals series and a dominant, top 3 on ground Grand Final win?

Not $7m over 7 years. The Dogs overpaid and he's a dud. Etc.

In reality he would've been offered $6-800k over at least 5 years at the end of last year.

 

[BoydOHboyd]

Not $7m over 7 years. The Dogs overpaid and he's a dud. Etc.

In reality he would've been offered $6-800k over at least 5 years at the end of last year.

That doesn't answer the question, its not the end of last year.

 

[Scotland]

That doesn't answer the question, its not the end of last year.

Around the same, except he's now on a long term contract for more money so it's a bit meaningless.

 

[hoianbulldog]

Dogs recruited Boyd for one reason and one reason only. To help us win our first premiership in 60 plus years. He has done that and is showing real progress while still being very young for a big man.

This guy will be the player Tippett was supposed to be and more.

After this finals series anyone who think we made a blew recruiting him is just nuts. Give or take a few hundred grand it was a great deal for us and I was one who was critical at the time.

 

[Scotland]

The Dogs recruited Boyd because they could. They'd been fed a shit sandwich by GWS and decided to get ahead of the pack by signing Boyd a year early. Everyone knows clubs were lining up to get him at the end of 2015, so the Dogs made the best of a bad situation and made sure he wouldn't be available then. It was a gamble and his 2016 GF might be a flash in the pan but they've won a flag and have a highly sought after 21 year old key forward to go with an already impressive young list.

 

[Pugz89]

Averaged out across the reported deal, he was overpaid in those years?

Funnily enough, he was still on his draft contract in 2015, so was paid the same amount as any other #1 pick in their second year. Seriously, if you're gonna harp on about something, at least get your facts straight!

 

[IllBeTheJudge]

All arguments for / against Tom Boyd and his output versus contract dollars are moot now imo, the Bulldogs have the premiership. Even if he didn't have the cracking game he did, so what? The Bulldogs have the premiership, and not much else matters.

The fact he did play so well and possibly have a breakout game (can only be viewed in hindsight I feel) is icing on the cake.

Well done to him, well done Bulldogs.

 

[Demons Advocate]

Good stuff Boyd!! Played a ripper, there was a period in the 3rd or last where he couldn't stop marking the ball and was single handedly repelling the Swans rebound.

You'd think that he will go on with it now but even if he doesn't, as the above poster said, the Bulldogs have won the flag. They can hardly be criticised of a dud signing, because that signing was part of their premiership (maybe more?)

 

[Pugz89]

I still rate Hogan as the better prospect (among a few others) but one thing Boyd has that Hogan doesn't is that penetration on his kick. He's a legit threat from 60m, Hogan struggles to kick 45m.

Big forwards take time, he's a stud.

Boyd also has the ability to play ruck, something Jesse hasn't done much, if at all.

 

[Scotland]

Hogan strikes me as a bit more agile, a bit like Jack Riewoldt. Boyd is more powerful, like Hawkins or Jonathan Brown.

 

[AM]

Wrong wrong, it was to build up his tank and better his awareness for when he becomes the big full time forward.

Really! That's why you are about to sign Travis Cloke as your "big full time forward" for the next two years.

You are wrong, wrong. The primary reason for the move was to release the pressure on him as the key forward and in so doing build his confidence. Building his tank and the need for a mobile ruckman were other considerations.

 

[Bald]

Really! That's why you are about to sign Travis Cloke as your "big full time forward" for the next two years.

You are wrong, wrong. The primary reason for the move was to release the pressure on him as the key forward and in so doing build his confidence. Building his tank and the need for a mobile ruckman were other considerations.

Err, we are offering Collingwood a pick in the 70s for Cloke.

We are getting Cloke for depth and he knows it, not as a 'big full time forward'.

He was placed in the ruck as a means to increase his capacity to play out a game as he wasn't effectively achieving this in the forward line due to a magnitude of reasons.

 

[Sedat!]

Really! That's why you are about to sign Travis Cloke as your "big full time forward" for the next two years.

You are wrong, wrong. The primary reason for the move was to release the pressure on him as the key forward and in so doing build his confidence. Building his tank and the need for a mobile ruckman were other considerations.

Bevo demands flexibility from all of his players - it is a trait that comes straight from the Hawthorn playbook. It had nothing to do with releasing the pressure on him as he pretty much started playing stints in the ruck in pre-season 2015 as a 19yo.

Clearly Bevo doesn't rate one-dimensional key forwards, so Boyd has had to learn the art of ruck craft, which has had the added bonus of improving his poor tank as well as allowing us to pick an extra running mid each week which suits our playing style and structure.

 

[JeffDunne]

Boyd sees himself more as a ruckman than a forward. Found it strange when he said it but after the last couple of months I can see why he thinks that.

Not sure why Doggies fans get precious over that issue too.

 

[Sedat!]

Boyd sees himself more as a ruckman than a forward. Found it strange when he said it but after the last couple of months I can see why he thinks that.

Not sure why Doggies fans get precious over that issue too.

A ruckman who can also get dangerous up forward and hit the scoreboard is a precious commodity in the modern game - I would be stoked if what he produced on Saturday was the blueprint for the rest of his career. Ottens is a nice comparison, and he was similarly lambasted early in his career but became extremely valuable as a quality stoppage and around the ground ruck with lesser stints up forward.

He's only just turned 21 so there is still mountains of scope for improvement for Boyd, and frankly he and the rest of our playing group need to keep improving to maintain pace with the likes of GWS.