Tom Boyd

[FoochPackage]

Suck a bunch of ball bags ya haters.
T BOYD. PREMIERSHIP STAR. Now piss off. Still havent slept. Woof FU** Woof

 

[FoochPackage]

Actually I didn't bring up Hickey, I was just correcting an ignoramus.

Based on the last sentence, I'm guessing you're too stupid to even be called ignorant?

How many flags you won brah?

 

[Del165892]

Suck a bunch of ball bags ya haters.
T BOYD. PREMIERSHIP STAR. Now piss off. Still havent slept. Woof FU** Woof

What about Shiggsy

 

[Brad Goodman]

"How much did that Boyd contract cost?"

"Million bucks a year"

"Just paid for itself"

 

[JeffDunne]

How many flags you won brah?

A couple.

You?

 

[AM]

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.

 

[Pannalstaroz]

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[BulldogJake]

Tom Boyd one of the best players on ground in a grand final, probably should of won the Norm Smith. Worth every single cent! Stuck it up all the haters

 

[Kermit]

Think we know Buddy was very restricted yesterday. He's earnt his dollars.

Did I say anywhere he didn't? I thought Buddy was far from their worst yesterday. The simple fact is more praising Tom Boyd for his game and maybe he earned his money yesterday too. Let me put it another way- if you were told before the GF that 1 of the million dollar men was going kick 3 goals (including the sealer from 60), clunk the big marks and nearly win the Norm Smith, most people would have thought you were talking about Franklin- not Boyd.

 

[Scotland]

This thread has turned into a good read.

Tom Boyd one of the best players on ground in a grand final, probably should of won the Norm Smith. Worth every single cent! Stuck it up all the haters

Very important in the PF, too.

 

[Scotland]

Scully gets a small amount of 'well they had to pay someone' leeway. Boyd doesn't. With Griffen leaving it was either pay the current list more and hope to go after someone else in a future trade period or use the cap space to try and make the best of a bad situation.

If it's actually $1m p.a. over the course of the contract then it is overs for Boyd even as a highly rated #1 pick but it's not $1m p.a. overs as some would suggest. Boyd at the end of 2015 would've been the subject of a bidding war and clubs would've been offering $5-600k+ (at least) long term deals to try and get him. And if not him, Patton. The Dogs just got in early. There's a reason clubs were trying to pry the #1 pick from GWS in 2013.

Risky play no doubt, but it hasn't cost them any other young guns and they managed to poach Suckling in the off season so money can't be that tight. I choose to look at it as the Dogs getting their man a year early and Boyd getting a big fat sign on bonus. If he never turns out as good as people think then it sucks to be the Dogs who are stuck with him for another 4 years but if they'd been bent over by GWS for Griffen and Boyd joined Carlton or whoever in 2015 people would just be saying 'why didn't they go after Boyd last year when they had currency?'.

Redpath > Boyd, just read this thread.

I think Boyd could be a star. Still looks a bit fat and lazy and doesn't have the work rate of a top key forward, but at least isn't out of his depth with the physicality of AFL level by virtue of being a man child. But he's got game. Would benefit from working with someone like Nick Riewoldt or Richo who covered a lot of ground as big forwards (and still do in Roo's case).

Boyd is a minor contributor to the Dogs at this point and they'd still be in finals contention without him, but to have a promising key forward in the same age bracket as Stringer, Bont, Libba etc. is huge.

T Boyd, 3 votes.

 

[Substance]

How many flags you won brah?

It has begun.

 

[Greg1853]

Yep. And 2 of the NS panel didnt even give him a single vote. Clearly proof that being clueless doesnt stop you from being a friend of the AFL.

Not surpirsed Jay Clark didn't give him a vote, but Michael Voss, c'mon Vossy. If you think I am bitter, backed Tom Boyd at $81 to win the Norm Smith. Damn right I am bitter. Boyd grew in every game of the finals, and finally clunked his marks on the big day. Now has something noone can take from him

 

[Righteo]

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Boyd might be footy's greatest troll

 

[Sedat!]

Just as well Boydy didn't win the Norm Smith, otherwise he might have broken the internet. I find it incredible the sheer volume of commentary on this bloke by opposition supporters - he certainly brings out some deep-seated irrational passion from these posters for someone who is so early in his career path.

What he has done on the field in the last 2 weeks especially has been fantastic for someone still so raw and very much the unfinished article. He is a worthy premiership player, and we only have 42 of those in 91 years, so any negative commentary on his contract is rendered completely and utterly obsolete as a result of yesterday

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Boyd's goal with 5 minutes to go was just spine tingling. The scariest thing is that he's won a flag in his second year at the dogs. Much more to come and I'm sure plenty of doubters in this thread have different opinions in the not to distant future.

 

[Jiggyman]

Happy for Boyd. After seeing the ridiculous, over-the-top criticism Watts copped over the years and then to see the baton passed over to Boyd this year, I really did feel for him. He couldn't have stuck it up the tall poppy syndrome Aussie media and public any better.

I see your point, but these are totally different players. Boyd was always going to become a monster to those with any football nous; is miles ahead of Watts at this point despite being 4 years younger.

 

[immortalmike]

It's not surprising Carey gave Boyd 3 votes.

He needed a box of Kleenex to clean up the mess he created in the booth gushing over him during the call.

You seem like a fun guy.

 

[Testekill]

How the judges voted

Brad Johnson (Fox Footy): Johannisen 3, Kennedy 2, Boyd 1.
Emma Quayle (The Age): Boyd 3, Johannisen 2, Kennedy 1.
Wayne Carey (Channel 7): Boyd 3, Picken 2, Kennedy 1.
Michael Voss (SEN 1116): Johannisen 3, Picken 2, Kennedy 1.
Jay Clark (Herald Sun): Kennedy 3, Johannisen 2, Picken 1.

I dont even know who Jay Clark.

Quayle and Carey were closest to my voting.

Clark is just a footy journo, one of the decent ones out there although Quayle is still the flat out best one.

 

[Testekill]

You seem like a fun guy.

JD is just a pedantic dickhead, that's something that everyone has known for years.

 

[immortalmike]

JD is just a pedantic dickhead, that's something that everyone has known for years.

Classic unsuccessful club mentality. Always trying to bring us down to their level.
It's sad really. We can't all be Bulldogs, Sydney, Geelong or Hawthorn supporters...

 

[FoochPackage]

What about Shiggsy

I love shiggsy. Bog by a mile. Was robbed

 

[FoochPackage]

A couple.

You?

Lies. You are starving. Woof woof

 

[FoochPackage]

It has begun.

And long may it continue

 

[ThirdLegUp]

A couple.

You?

a couple, jeff? lets try again... how many fingers are being held up ?