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Message: [QUOTE="Kimlo, post: 3054065, member: 2021"] To be clear, I think we would have been better off with 1. Milford 7. Taylor too. Hunt wasn't a halfback and as much as I think Taylor sucks, I reckon he could have been something special under a good coach like Bennett. Then again, he did choose money. He chose the easy road and went over to a shit club. Not a mindset that screams long term star. I wish Bennett was more stubborn in keeping players like Taylor but he did the right thing, the same way Seibold did in letting Roberts, Kahu, McGuire, Niko and so on, go elsewhere. You don't want to keep players who aren't 110% committed to the club and wanting to play for the coach. Sure, could Bennett have moved Hunt on earlier? Yes, but at that point in time Hunt had earned his stripes far more than gifting a young brat the 7 jersey straight away. Bennett kind of hinted at it recently, that the players get paid too much too soon in the way of ridiculous offers and it ruins careers, and I think, without him actually saying it, he meant exactly Ash Taylor. As for your last few lines, I think that's bollocks. Boyd is a Clive Churchill grand final winner. Has never lost a game in the Australian jersey. Was part of QLD's 8 straight runs, a genuine great player. Comparing him to Macca just reeks of bias. Macca is straight up hot garbage and has never been anything better than slightly above average and it has only been more apparent by the year how useless he really is. Why Bennett never dropped him, I'll never know, but I sure hope Seibold does. There's a reason Boyd was a mainstay in very successful rep teams and Macca cracked one game bradbury style and was promptly replaced by a halfback for the next 5 games and isn't even in the picture for rep selection. Boyd never was/is a superstar but he was always well above average and up until this year (half of last year) was genuinely deserving of his spot. I too don't think he's a fullback anymore, whatever the reason he sucks there now. If he can keep defending like he did last night, I think he'd be a very good centre for another year or two but ideally I'd like to see him hang up the boots by year's end. Now either you over rate Macca, I under rate him, or it's a mix of both but Macca could only dream to be considered on Boyd's level. He wouldn't make my top 200 Broncos list. I'd have Granville, Hunt, Turpin, Segeyaro, Berrigan, Priddis, Ennis, Casey McGuire and maybe even Josh McGuire ahead of him in the hooking position alone. The only fullbacks I'd have ahead of Boyd at their peak is obviously the great Lockyer and K Hunt. Although if Hodges wasn't injury plagued he'd be my 2nd best Broncos fullback of all time. [/QUOTE]

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