The million dollar salary comes at a price. Jealous pricks having a pot shot at every opportunity.
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McCartin got on the end of a few in junk time in the last quarter. He'll be a good player but they still made a big error picking him over Petracca.
The story apparently goes that they were spooked into picking the big forward due to the market price we created with the Boyd deal (ie it's cheaper to draft one now, than buy one later). The irony is their midfield is such a weakness, they're now putting up million dollar deals to players like Fyfe/Kelly/Martin.
He needs to come up at the footy more around the ground and forward which will enable his natural leap and massive frame to work to his advantage. I think with Roughead in the side it will not only allow him to spend more time forward but also give him more of a breather which should help with this. Currently he is waiting for the ball to come and generally gets pushed under the ball/ out muscled by his opponent. His core should improve with age.
In saying that I'm really enjoying his improvement as a footballer, his game sense when the ball is on the ground is fantastic for a big man and his effort has been really consistent this year. I was watching him in the warm up yesterday and he was absolutely focused on the job at hand which gives you faith that his game will eventually come together.
Ill take Boyd over fatty patty, a Ruck/Forward is absolute gold if you can find one.
Not close to his best yesterday but an OK day capped off nicely with the goal in the last.
With Roughy back, keep an eye on young Tom. Just sayin'
His ability to pick up the ball and get it out of traffic for such a big man is fantastic.
Unfortunately the youtube time shortcut doesnt work so fast forward to 1 minute 47 seconds (or enjoy the full 8 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96wQjV71vEk#t=01m47s
Boyd will be a better player with Roughy's return. Hasn't really recaptured his outstanding last year's Prelim and GF breakout games.
All this Tom Hawkin's love BS on Ch7.
Tom Hawkin's was adjudged to have his coming out party to establish himself as a genuine KPF talent on GF 2011. His 79th game.
Tom Boyd has ticked up 48 games thus far. So he's got 31 games up his sleeve on Hawkins, or around the GF next year to be a consistent KPF with ruck as an extra string to his bow.