Tom Boyd

[Coaster2012]

Which again really puts it into perspective. There have been comments from WB supporters to the effect of 'he will come good'. He is being paid a million dollars a year for **** sake, he better do a lot better than come good. He is being paid the same as Buddy, which itself is of semi questionable value. When he starts performing like Buddy, people will stop bagging him. If he thinks that is an unrealistic standard to be held to, them maybe don't ask for the second biggest contract in AFL history.

Different teams require different things. For a young team, securing a player at 19 that could become a major key forward is worth a million. He doesn't have to become as good as Buddy to be worth that. Buddy was worth it to the Swans because it got them to the top of the table to challenge again. Bulldogs can build a team around a key forward.

 

[Proper Gander]

Very weird story on this incident. Odd on so many levels.

Still, seems fitting in a way that the only target he has hit in some time was apparently by accident.

 

[Swooping Crow]

Barrett can go **** himself, he throws us under the bus at every opportunity & this is another he will take. It journos just like him which is why we keep a low profile, it's public knowledge Bev wants to rip him apart. Bottom feeder

Just like Bev wanted to rip apart Daniel Talia, yet here he is concealing a drunken incident.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Did Boyd whack Cordy with a steel chair?

 

[NathanMX]

A $5000 fine for a player being paid $1.4 million, good one. I hope there is some kind of performance based clause in his contract cause even in your fans eyes paying that amount of money for someone to play 5 games only in a season is outrageous, though I am sure MoC could rationalise it

 

[my name was taken]

An "accident" that ends up with a cover up, two indefinite suspensions, a fine, donations of time and money to charity and counseling.
...hmmm, okay.

 

[ZingerB]

Different teams require different things. For a young team, securing a player at 19 that could become a major key forward is worth a million. He doesn't have to become as good as Buddy to be worth that. Buddy was worth it to the Swans because it got them to the top of the table to challenge again. Bulldogs can build a team around a key forward.

If you had 7 million sitting around, do you think you could gotten proven quality? No one batted an eyelid at Cameron getting 800k a year at 21 because he is a gun. Funnily enough, lots of people took notice when WB offered Boyd so much money when he had played about 12 games, and only had 1 or 2 genuinely good ones. John Butcher had a better start to his career than Boyd (although admittedly older at the time) for some perspective. He was offered the money basically because he was a 1# draft pick, and he was a 1# draft pick because he was big for his age. I am not saying he is going to turn into a complete spud, but for a million dollars a year, you surely have to be expecting a forward in the top 5 or so in the comp for most of the 7 years. I haven't seen anything yet to suggest he will be anywhere near that good. Butcher is a really good example of how out of step Boyd's contract is. He was a #8 draft pick. He kicked 20 goals in about 6 or 7 games in his first season (which was when his contract was up). Bizarrely he had just gone on one of the most accurate goal kicking sprees in AFL history (NFI how). We were a rabble. Several clubs like Carlton were circling so we offered him about 400k over 4 or 5 years from memory. The only real difference was that Butcher was a couple of years older (but his output to date was probably better). WB were obviously desperate, but can you really say confidently that Boyd will be worth it in the end? 7 Years is such a long time to commit to such an unproven player, and even though clubs gamble from time to time, 7 million dollars is just insane.

 

[Dugdale2Dwyer]

Did Boyd whack Cordy with a steel chair?

I heard he hit him over the head with a beer bottle

 

[Allikat]

A $5000 fine for a player being paid $1.4 million, good one. I hope there is some kind of performance based clause in his contract cause even in your fans eyes paying that amount of money for someone to play 5 games only in a season is outrageous, though I am sure MoC could rationalise it

I'm pretty sure the $5000 fine is the max allowed in the player's contracts

 

[Allikat]

FaceBook reporting Tom hurt Zaine with a WWE move while drinking and the players tried to cover it up.

Sounds like good fodder for BigFooty photoshoppers if you ask me.

You mean

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Did Boyd whack Cordy with a steel chair?

Threw 17 grenades at him, just after he sliced him in half (how many times has Tom been told NOT to play with that chainsaw?), all of which was shortly before he chucked poor old Zaine under a couple of double Bs.

Zaine's gunna be out for at least a week after all that.

Tom is a bad dude.

 

[NathanMX]

I'm pretty sure the $5000 fine is the max allowed in the player's contracts

Did not know that, cheers for the info Would definitely hope now the 7 million was performance based in some way otherwise big Thomas can just stay in the VFL and practise his wrestling moves in perpetuity and sit at home and get paid, heck even doing it 20 times would only cost him 100k in fines, but sitting on the sideline and getting paid $1.3 million still could be fun

 

[GetDimmaBack]

An "accident" that ends up with a cover up, two indefinite suspensions, a fine, donations of time and money to charity and counseling.
...hmmm, okay.

...not to mention the fires, bombings, weapons of mass destruction and mob hits.

Tommy is much, much more than a bad dude.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Boyd > Carlisle in 2016.
But more importantly, we're better than you and you're obsessed with us.

Feels good

Carlisle somewhat cheaper, so not that clear cut.

 

[Satan]

Carlisle somewhat cheaper, so not that clear cut.

Unlike the white stuff he allegedly took

 

[Le Grille]

One thing we can all be united on is that Barrett is a campaigner

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

So is he suspended from the VFL as well?

Thats what suspended usually means.

 

[saintsrfreak]

Carlisle somewhat cheaper, so not that clear cut.

A lot cheaper considering we aren't paying him this year.

 

[Proper Gander]

Threw 17 grenades at him, just after he sliced him in half (how many times has Tom been told NOT to play with that chainsaw?), all of which was shortly before he chucked poor old Zaine under a couple of double Bs.

Zaine's gunna be out for at least a week after all that.

Tom is a bad dude.

Two minor points:

The poster you are attempting to hit with your razor edged and, if I my say so, hilarious response was actually joking in his post (but nice work all the same);

Most of us have seen Ol' Tombo out there on the field so even in jest, the idea of him as any kind of hard man is slightly more awkward than anything else.

Otherwise though, top shelf effort.

 

[Milanista28]

Lol Barrett.

 

[Farm Boy]

Did Boyd even win the fight? Does this kid win at anything?

 

[MotleyLemon]

And what are your credentials to be calling Trent Cotchin a loser?

I won an AFL 9s final once.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Money well spent by the dogs

The media coverage over this is amazing, very low key for a dog act by Boyd. Imagine Lindsay Thomas did it...

 

[Marc_Remillard]

If this happened a couple of weeks ago why are they only suspending him now and why are they suspending him at all if it was an accident.

Rhetorical questions, I know

 

[Plugger_87]

Seriously dont get the Boyd hate and hate is exactly what it is. Shock horror a young player had a tussle with a mate . To the other issue causing so much angst, please tell me who wouldnt leave their jobs if somebody else offered them a massive pay rise? that aside he is a developing big boy that will take time to get there just like Hawkins, McCartin etc. I look forward to him making plenty eat humble pie. People need to back off him and let the bloke develop, his wages have nothing to do with you haters