Tom Boyd Retires

[The Pie Man]

Pass.

You do remember that he wasn't much good!?!

Well, most of the time, yeah....

[hujsh]

anfo didn't say that young people are worse, just that they lack resilience to handle the outcomes of the technology that is foistered on them from an early age...which I have to agree with (as the father of a young son).

Yeah I took that from his next response.

[AshMac]

I just think we are a different generation though. I'm in my early 40s so never grew up with it & i've never been on facebook, twitter or instagram. I don't get the attraction of letting everyone know everything that i do or think. I agree with your sentiment here but its just not that easy. I think these kids coming through these days already lack resilience & there in lies the problem.

I deleted Facebook a year ago because a. I kept seeing pictures of people I don’t know and b. I was becoming furious with the dickheads on the bulldogs FB pages - literally angry. Honestly haven’t missed it for one second!

[azabob]

I deleted Facebook a year ago because a. I kept seeing pictures of people I don’t know and b. I was becoming furious with the dickheads on the bulldogs FB pages - literally angry. Honestly haven’t missed it for one second!

So do you come here now and get furious with dickheads here?

[Twodogs]

I deleted Facebook a year ago because a. I kept seeing pictures of people I don’t know and b. I was becoming furious with the dickheads on the bulldogs FB pages - literally angry. Honestly haven’t missed it for one second!

Me too. I didn't delete it, I still use messenger and click on stuff people I know IRL post but I don't bother with anything strangers say.

[bornadog]

So do you come here now and get furious with dickheads here?

There are a lot of unnecessary digs at the club which are tiresome. Not sure if they are meant to be funny.

I know one poster who contacted me saying he won't be back.

[Axe Man]

I deleted Facebook a year ago because a. I kept seeing pictures of people I don’t know and b. I was becoming furious with the dickheads on the bulldogs FB pages - literally angry. Honestly haven’t missed it for one second!

I avoid reading comments on footy posts (well most public posts really) on FB for the same reason. Every club is the same.

[EasternWest]

I know one poster who contacted me saying he won't be back.

Yeah but nobody misses Chops.

[bornadog]

Yeah but nobody misses Chops.

Chops is a mate, but I wasn't talking about him. This is only in the last few weeks

[EasternWest]

Chops is a mate,

Well we all have our cross to bear.

[AshMac]

So do you come here now and get furious with dickheads here?

Haha! Honestly, other way round.

[AshMac]

I avoid reading comments on footy posts (well most public posts really) on FB for the same reason. Every club is the same.

Yeh that is so true. One thing I did notice which surprised me, when we drafted Trengove, I joined the Port Adelaide FB fan group and I’ve got to say to see what they said about him - I’ve never seen a classier conversation on FB than the way they spoke about him on his way out.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Yeh that is so true. One thing I did notice which surprised me, when we drafted Trengove, I joined the Port Adelaide FB fan group and I’ve got to say to see what they said about him - I’ve never seen a classier conversation on FB than the way they spoke about him on his way out.

That’s because they were happy to see him move on. If he was in his prime it probably would have been a different story.

[SonofScray]

Yeh that is so true. One thing I did notice which surprised me, when we drafted Trengove, I joined the Port Adelaide FB fan group and I’ve got to say to see what they said about him - I’ve never seen a classier conversation on FB than the way they spoke about him on his way out.

We were the same with D Cross.

[bulldogtragic]

I was flicking through some old articles and came along this well known fact:

“ The Western Bulldogs honoured Tom Boyd with life membership, the club revealed the 2016 premiership hero handed back $2 million when he walked away from the game earlier this year.”

Thinking about that we needed two things to happen to secure Treloar (salary wise), AT had $4.5M owed:

- $1.5M from Collingwood ($3M owing)
- $2M from Tom Boyd ($1M owing, or $200,000 per season)

I get the money isn’t in a straight line, that said it’s a huge wildcard at the time that allowed for an audacious trade for AT. The cash was a gift. The ability to sign all we wanted, recruit well AND get another top liner in our window is the legacy (beyond 2016). After it was announced I don’t think I’ve thought about it once, but what they club has been able to do with that cash (especially during COVID) is great and I’m sure Tom can appreciate that we have reinvested it very well.