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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
And missed both of these very gettable shots very poorly - the comparison to his direct opponent on the night was stark, with Jobe Watson nailing all of his, far more difficult, goal scoring opportunities
This is a very good comparison. Luke Ball is aware of his limitations and never tries to exceed his capabilities. He plays a specific role in a well-oiled machine, clearing a path for the likes of Swan, Pendlebury and Thomas to hurt the opposition in space. I'm afraid Boydy often tries to exceed his capabilities and gets routinely smashed to pieces against the players he wants to emulate but are far superior to him - I'm talking the likes of Hayes, Ablett, Swan, Watson, etc... Luke Ball will never, ever try to go head to head with these guys because he knows he isn't capable of matching it with them - I wish Boydy would come to the same realisation and do the same and provide more defensive steel to our midfield structure, just as he did last year against Judd and was exceptional on the night.
I was terribly disappointed in Boyd's game last night."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
On a separate matter.....stunned that The Age could not find a place in the best players for Dahlhaus. Seriously.I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.Comment
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We all know Boyd's disposal isn't great. Fact is though he's the only one working hard enough to get 30+ disposals for us.
Sure we would love for Boyd to get 20 touches and dish the ball off to a more skilled player, problem is we have no skilled midfielders. Griffen who was our best has gone completely backwards with his disposal, I would rather have Boyd kick it.
What do people want him to do? Not get the footy 30+ times? Until some of our midfielders start working as hard as Boyd then this is what has to happen.
Boyd was easily in our best 4 players last night. Yes Watson beat his opponent in the first quarter, but so did 20 other Bombers players.
4 - Dahl
3 - Boyd
2 - Libba
1 - MinsonComment
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BB, I hope you're right.
I keep hearing this line these days by so called media experts and feel its a let off for our current predicament.
Beyond only Dahlhaus, Libba, Wallis, maybe Roughead what other players make our future really look so bright, rather than hopeful ? Jones at a stretch but he's no Hurley and has many deficiencies to iron out to make it yet.Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
I'd take a 15 possession Boyd game every week if it meant that Hayes/Watson/Swan/Ablett, etc.. only get it 15-20 times and have no influence on the match, like Judd last year. FFS, Watson was the best and most influential player on the ground last night by a mile and he was Boyd's head-to-head direct match-up when the game was won, orchestrated by Watson."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
Boyd was only head to head with him for a quarter. Boyd had 10 touches himself in the first. Watson is just a far more superior player than Boyd. The form his in it's almost impossible to shut him down. Even Picken couldn't stop him last night.
If we had a damaging midfielder like a Pendlebury or Thomas then the head to head could work, problem is Boyd is the best we have.Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
So Griffen is under a lot of pressure with his disposals? Most of Boyd's are as well but Griff gets the leeway.
Hocking was tagging Griffen last night and he still got a lazy 25+ possessions, think he kicked a goal or two on top of that. Maybe Griffen should work on the defensive side of his game as well. For our best player he doesn't step up to the plate enough IMO.Last edited by G-Mo77; 01-07-2012, 01:03 PM.Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
4- Dahl
3- Minson
2- Libba
Massive gap
1- Boyd
Interesting discussion re: Boyd that goes well beyond the votes.
When it comes to Boyd as a player, I am disappointed in how he played on Jobe when the game was up for grabs (all of about 15 mins!).
When it comes to the votes it was what you expect when a very good player goes up against an elite player in a loose match up.
IMO Boyd had what I consider a 5-6/10 game but up against the 9.5 that Jobe brings it looks terrible. Sadly for us last night, a 5 or 6 out of 10 performance puts you in our best. Basically I have Boyd in the votes because his fitness and ball winning default beats anything else those outside our top 3 had on offer last night.
We obviously judge Clay and Boyd relatively. If Boyd played the same game as Clay or even Griff last night he would be nowhere near the votes.
The greater issue is of course his affect on the team. He has been like this for a long time yet he is our captain and seems to be very highly regarded within the club. Imagine your boss treated you as a golden child, pretty hard to see reason to make enormous change.Comment
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FFS, Watson was the best and most influential player on the ground last night by a mile and he was Boyd's head-to-head direct match-up when the game was won, orchestrated by Watson.[/QUOTE]
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Spot on.. The midfield was also smashed by Brisbane last week.Comment
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Re: Woof Player Awards Rnd 14 - Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
Back to the votes
Marmo
4 - Minson
3 - Liberatore
2 - Boyd
1 - Dahlhaus
James
2 - Liberatore
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