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Message: [QUOTE="WASSHHH, post: 2991980, member: 9424"] For the most part, I agree with what you’ve said, so I certainly can’t argue with it. But I personally don’t think Boyd is more than average when it comes to being captain. Indeed, being at 6 in your current NRL captains rating suggests the same. But as I said, if he comes out and proves me wrong, I’ll be happy to eat humble pie. I hope he does! For me it’s the intangibles or immeasurables that matter just as much as anything else. He’s not Gorden Tallis, so he’s not going to near-murder someone else to fire up the team. Equally, he’s not Darren Lockyer, so he can’t be the go-to man that makes ‘that’ play every time we need it. But I feel he does need to find his identity as a captain and be the leader people look to when the team needs it, however works for him. Hodges is a great recent example of that - he just seemed to grow another leg when made captain, and we all know his history with injuries (no pun intended). Our win rate may be decent under Boyd, but for mine, we’ve lost too many close games or games we should have won. To be fair, that’s systematic of the Broncos since Lockyer retired and even, at times, during his reign. Obviously, this is not just Boyd’s fault - but the buck always has to stop at the top. I think back to 2015, Boyd was a big part of the teams success. He was in the thick of it, but didn’t overplay his hand. He was confident; scoring tries, setting them up and stopping them. There have been glimpses of this since, but by and large, I believe he has gone backwards. Sure, he’s been injured a lot, but every player plays injured (as per Hodges above). Every player slows down too, but the really good ones find a way to revolutionise themselves and stay above the pack. Anyway, that’s just how I feel about it. Maybe I want too much, but only because I want the team to be successful above all else. Oh and FTR, I only meant full-time Broncos captains, of which I believe Boyd would be above Thaiday and possibly on par with Parker only. The rest are head and shoulders above most other club captains. [/QUOTE]

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