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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3142363, member: 1847"] My take on this is that Boyd wasn't signed to be a good defensive centre. Why was he signed? For his experience, leadership, to be our FB, to coordinate our defensive line - his value to the team for those reasons. The fact that he has very good tackling technique and tackles effectively one-on-one is only part of the picture. The overall context in which to assess his inclusion in the side is more than that, as many observe here and outside, Boyd is not a centre - he is a FB and a winger, and the only reason he is playing centre is that there is, on his performances to date, no where else for him to play. For mine, he isn't in the team for the reasons he was signed, similar to a lot of criticisms of Milford and Croft. For mine, the only reason he is in the team is that the players, as reported in the media, hold him in high regard and given the alleged discontent in the side with some players having problems with Seibold, it would be ill advised at this point in time to drop him. Again for mine, yes, Boyd does defend well in the centres. However, he does not offer much in attack, for example he too often carries the ball into the middle. His selection is a balancing act, a compromise, one we shouldn't have had to contend with. [/QUOTE]

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