Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
Who knows in time if he has to be. If Roughy is still best 22 by the time English is playing well at the level (whenever that is), essentially as a very tall midfielder who can ruck, then Boyd may not be rucking that much and spending most time forward. Which is precisely why the forward development is so important now going ahead. It's interesting that for most of my life I've heard us lament not having a pick 1 type KPF at the Dogs. Now we've got one...
Long term English and Roughead could be a very interesting ruck partnership. Even gives us the flexibility to throw Rough back if say Adams is looking undersized (like we did with Carlton and Casboult last year). If that works out we need Boyd to be a forward to fit him in the team (and if he can occasionally cover for Roughy that's great and helps cover in game injuries too.)