The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

[ledge]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Him going to Carlton seems ludicrous for two reasons
1 didn't he leave Melbourne because he doesn't like the fish bowl ? So now he comes back to it ?
2 why would any team take him when he can't even get on the ground through injury.
I also wonder if the move to GWS was a secret agreement between us and him, factor in his back was stuffed , we knew it and he knew it , so he wanted to get the biggest pay day he could and we were in on it as to get a great trade before his value dropped due to his injury being worse than anyone else knew .

[Twodogs]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Him going to Carlton seems ludicrous for two reasons
1 didn't he leave Melbourne because he doesn't like the fish bowl ? So now he comes back to it ?
2 why would any team take him when he can't even get on the ground through injury.
I also wonder if the move to GWS was a secret agreement between us and him, factor in his back was stuffed , we knew it and he knew it , so he wanted to get the biggest pay day he could and we were in on it as to get a great trade before his value dropped due to his injury being worse than anyone else knew .

Like the old Kelvin Templeton conspiracy. It went that KT and the club both knew his knee was bunt so we cleared him to Melbourne before they did too.

[Rocket Science]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

If Grooffun to Blues eventuates you'd half suspect SOS is a double agent - or a Giants' plant.

Maybe the Blues 'owe' them for kindliness with a previous deal.

[Bornadog]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

I wonder if they are offloading Griffey for salary cap reasons? His best is way past, may have 2 or 20 games left in him. Carlton need another mature midfielder to take the hits for young team. He would complement Thomas, as they are both goal kicking mids on their day.
But you got to laugh at Carlton being the second station for gws ex-players. How many are on carlton's list now ?

The irony is gws have traded away alot of depth in players like treloar, Boyd , marchbank , to name a few off top of my head.

Not all are still on their list, but 13 players was the last count.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Tom was fantastic when it counted

I hope his career kicks off again in 2018

I wish our former players the best but I have no real interest - they cease being to me

[Twodogs]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Not all are still on their list, but 13 players was the last count.

Did you quote the right post here mate?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Addendum: happened upon human skidmark Barrett on Footy Classified tonight who opines Gryphon may be out the door and on his way to Princes Park next year.

I'd love Purple to talk us through who won the trade if that eventuates.

Wrong thread my friend. It belongs in the Ekers thread!

[Bulldog4life]

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I agree . Tom ruck efforts in the final series was huge . Considering roughead went down with an eye injury , he was carrying the full load for considerable amount of game. 4 goals in the GF.

I don't want to ruin a good story but he kicked only 3 goals I am sure.

[Bornadog]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Did you quote the right post here mate?

whoops, wrong post. Fixed now.

[Twodogs]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

whoops, wrong post. Fixed now.

It was 8.42 am. Your caffeine levels were probably dangerously low.

[boydogs]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

Griffen & pick 6 for Boyd was considered overpaying at the time, as you would expect when our player has walked out and theirs is contracted. As it has turned out neither Griffen nor pick 6 have done a lot for GWS, though the Marchbank trade was part of GWS getting a first rounder in this year's draft which hasn't happened yet

The bigger issue though was the money, we've done pretty well with player retention but it's also about who else we may have been able to bring to the club. We always expected Boyd to peak towards the end of his contract so whilst it is 3 years on, it's still too early to call on that front

[Twodogs]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

What's your opinion on Marchbank Boydogs (or anybody)? He seems a perfectly decent third tall at the moment an he develop into a KP? As he was part of the Boyd trade I always feel compelled to compare the two.

[Ozza]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

I remember being asked by (non-bulldog) mates at the time what I thought of the trade.
My attitude was that whatever the cost, we simply HAD to try something, 60 years (at the time) without a flag - I'd rather fail spectacularly going for a big trade, than to do nothing. And history shows that the trade paid off - and we all got to retweet Robbo's post from Oct '14 back to him in Oct' 16.

[AndrewP6]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

I agree . Tom ruck efforts in the final series was huge . Considering roughead went down with an eye injury , he was carrying the full load for considerable amount of game. 4 goals in the GF.

3 goals in the GF.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: The Tom Boyd Trade - Three Years On

What's your opinion on Marchbank Boydogs (or anybody)? He seems a perfectly decent third tall at the moment an he develop into a KP? As he was part of the Boyd trade I always feel compelled to compare the two.

I will always compare Tom to 2 metre Peter. That is who we would have chosen with pick 6 I read. Not Marchbank.