Boyd isnt in their class. Very unfair comparison. You are talking about 3 of the very best in the modern era against a bloke who isnt a half playing in the halves. And you seriously cant tell me any of those blokes havent picked the wrong options at some point in their careers because you would be lying if you did. Smells like a Boyd beat up to me when he did a fairly decent job tonight out of position.
Boyd is experienced, like those players.
He is the captain, like those players.
He was in a critical moment of the game, like those players often found themselves in.
When those players were playing in their 310th (or whatever it is) game, with the game on the line, they would make the right call because experience told them what they needed to do. Every time. It might not necessarily have resulted in a win, but it would have been the play that gave their team the best chance to win.
But if comparing him to those 3 is unfair, then perhaps Cronk, Hodges, Pearce or Maloney are better examples. All played a similar amount of games, all played rep footy and all played spine positions.
Regardless, whether Boyd was playing 1, 6, 10 or 13 tonight, has zero impact on what he should have done at that moment.
And to allay any confusion, I’m absolutely bashing Boyd. When we needed him to take the tackle, he threw away our final opportunity to get the win.
I don’t care if you disagree. I expect more from the bloke who’s played more games than about 13 of our team combined.
