MVP Tommy Boyd - The Boy, The Man, The Premiership Hero

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I remember the news breaking about the big fella and his 'altercation' with Z.Cordy. It was right around the time we were copping a mountain of injuries and I honestly thought the wheels were coming off and we would miss finals.
 

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Really hoping he has a good game on Thursday night. We need him firing from Round 1.
Yeah agreed, delivery to him has been awful so far but a little disappointing there hasn't been any reals signs of improvement in his game so far. Will obviously reserve judgement until the real stuff starts though
 

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Yeah agreed, delivery to him has been awful so far but a little disappointing there hasn't been any reals signs of improvement in his game so far. Will obviously reserve judgement until the real stuff starts though
Definitely still incapable of sticking a mark on a sharp lead but always a great high ball threat. Smart leader too.

I think he looks comfortable about there. If he had Barry Hall's mits on the lead though he'd scope as the best player in the game
 

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I wish Boyd was half as good at marking as he is at speaking. Unfortunately we arent paying him a million a year to speak well in interviews.
Guess you didn't watch the grand final. You'll find he did get paid for media. He'll find form, only pre season ffs

Guess you think st kilda and richmond will be in the grand final too?
 

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Guess you didn't watch the grand final. You'll find he did get paid for media. He'll find form, only pre season ffs

Guess you think st kilda and richmond will be in the grand final too?
So he plays one okay game and he's now immune from criticism? Please.

Let's be honest for a minute: his Grand Final wasn't that great. He kicked three goals. 2 were sitters that came from the brilliance of Bont. The third came from a lucky bounce. Apart from that what did he do? Took 4 marks around the ground?

Too many Tom Boyd apologists around here in my opinion. He gets praised like a hero just for doing the basics. His grand final day performance should be the base line for the acceptable level for him.
 

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So he plays one okay game and he's now immune from criticism? Please.

Let's be honest for a minute: his Grand Final wasn't that great. He kicked three goals. 2 were sitters that came from the brilliance of Bont. The third came from a lucky bounce. Apart from that what did he do? Took 4 marks around the ground?

Too many Tom Boyd apologists around here in my opinion. He gets praised like a hero just for doing the basics. His grand final day performance should be the base line for the acceptable level for him.
This is one of the more terrible posts I've ever seen on this forum, and I've seen some bad ones.
 

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So he plays one okay game and he's now immune from criticism? Please.

Let's be honest for a minute: his Grand Final wasn't that great. He kicked three goals. 2 were sitters that came from the brilliance of Bont. The third came from a lucky bounce. Apart from that what did he do? Took 4 marks around the ground?

Too many Tom Boyd apologists around here in my opinion. He gets praised like a hero just for doing the basics. His grand final day performance should be the base line for the acceptable level for him.
Well as long as we're being honest, that's a load of shit. Widely recognised as having a great game, even by people who have given him crap for 2 years.

Although this is probably you just trying to troll for the sake of trolling.

Just cause we're being honest.
 

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So he plays one okay game and he's now immune from criticism? Please.

Let's be honest for a minute: his Grand Final wasn't that great. He kicked three goals. 2 were sitters that came from the brilliance of Bont. The third came from a lucky bounce. Apart from that what did he do? Took 4 marks around the ground?

Too many Tom Boyd apologists around here in my opinion. He gets praised like a hero just for doing the basics. His grand final day performance should be the base line for the acceptable level for him.
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Riiiight
 

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Tom does need to have the Grand Final performance as a base line. He can be much better than that.
I hope he continues to improve and grow in confidence. Needs to start marking more consistently, particularly on the lead.
Scrag is right in that he shouldn't be immune to criticism, he can do better than his grand final performance.
 

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So he plays one okay game and he's now immune from criticism? Please.

Let's be honest for a minute: his Grand Final wasn't that great. He kicked three goals. 2 were sitters that came from the brilliance of Bont. The third came from a lucky bounce. Apart from that what did he do? Took 4 marks around the ground?

Too many Tom Boyd apologists around here in my opinion. He gets praised like a hero just for doing the basics. His grand final day performance should be the base line for the acceptable level for him.

He played a good grand final.
He's a Bulldog premiership player and therefore in my eyes a legend.
 
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