Early on i said i would look at Tanah Boyd. Got laughed at, told he was in a flash in the pan. However he's now ousted Luke Metcalf, got a shit load more Dally M points compared to Mam and an option for Queensland.
The recency bias is strong here. This is Tanah Boyd we're talking about, who did nothing of note for years, is finally having a good run, in halfback mind you, not five-eight where he'd be for us, and you want to ship out a player who would have won the Clive in 23' (Best on ground until Chin did his thing), and was absolutely pivotal in winning us a comp at the back end of last year.
Boyd also did next to nothing in a team that had no go forward, for several years, because it's difficult, especially for young halves, to do much of anything when your packs being destroyed.
Then we want to talk Origin, and Mam is just as much an option for Queensland anyways, not to start obviously, but he's been in camp and easily could feature again this year.
Sure, he ousted Metcalf, but did you see how ordinary Metcalf was in the 2 games he played upon return? Their partnership together didn't work either because both want to play 7.
Dally M points.. I feel we're stretching here, his teams going well and he has been good in some wins. We've had half a team out, no go forward, a changing spine every week, of course Tanah is going to have more points. They're 2nd on the table and he's the halfback.
I think the previous stuff we've seen from Ezra grants him time to sort whatever is going on this year. Ideally Piakura gets fit and stays fit because he plays far better with Brendan next to him too. As a 6 for the Broncos, I just think Ezra has way more upside than whoever else we could get at 6, including Boyd.
Not taking away from Boyd's season either, he's been very good obviously.
