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Message: [QUOTE="Locky’s Left Boot, post: 3055451, member: 9358"] Lockyer is my all time favourite player but if had of had an 18 month stretch at the back of his career like Boyd has I’m sure he would have copped his fair share. The difference is a lot of the guys above had earned enough credits to prevent a lot of criticism at the back end of their careers. Lockyer, Hodges and Parker were almost still playing like they were in their prime when they retired. Petero was on the way out but was still doing a job, had earned enough credits and wasn’t playing an important position on the field structurally. Another factor too is we were super successful during those players careers and winning solves all problems. It’s when players on big money are preventing the current team having success with declining form with no semblance of improvement that pisses people off. And the climate is different with social media fuelling an outrage culture. Gillett is a different case to McCullough and Boyd as he isn’t playing an all important spine position and us still a current rep player. The only reason why he is being discussed in this way is because a lot of us fear that neck injury may never see him get back to what he is capable of and there is no shame in that. He has no semblance of an attacking game anymore and I don’t think his defense is so good that it completely makes up for his lack of go forward, hole hitting or ball playing. He can still do a job though. Boyd being moved from 1 and actually defending decently in the front line has silenced a lot of his criticism but his value is still a problem. Everyone loves Macca as a person and club man but putting up with his slow service and deficiencies year after year has lost patience with the fans. All would still get a decent send off but can’t help but feel it would be a feeling of relief. [/QUOTE]

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