Official Club Stuff Official: Tom Boyd officially a Bulldog for Griffen & Pick 6

[suspect footskills]

This'll make landing a good coach much easier too. It'll pay dividends even if the the 1M/yr figure is true. Seriously, who wouldn't coach that list?

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Boyd is a Bulldog. That's good.

We gave up Arse-wipe and pick 6. I can handle that.

We pay part of Arse-wipe's contract NEXT YEAR ONLY because that was what he was contracted to us for - OK.

We pay part of Arse-wipe's salary beyond 2015 - ****ING MADNESS.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Whilst a straight swap, or 4 and 7 would have been nice it was probably a pipe dream. In cold light of day Griff probably is only worth 3-5. He is 29 next year, had back trouble, and now attitude/character concerns too. If we had pick 4 and 6 we would probably think it fair to trade them for pick 1 if Boyd was available at pick 1. Not to mention Boyd with a full year of development.

 

[Tazzaye]

I think the trade was fair, just cant believe the reported salary he will be on. Its likely to push some of their youth out when their contracts are up and they are keen on getting their pay rise.

 

[goondog]

So how many days until round one?

 

[Clay]

I just hope Boyd being on mega bucks doesn't upset the other kids too much. I mean, what do Stringer and co think about the pay packet?

 

[Unknown Identity]

Brilliant Ballsy move.

Hope it pays off in spades.. one thing is for sure a new cult hero is born at the kennel and a player who puts asses in seats.

 

[Hrovat24]

Just thinking about Boyd at ff and Bonts at chf gee that's scary , missus hasn't ever got me this hard before

 

[Doggies_13]

I just hope Boyd being on mega bucks doesn't upset the other kids too much. I mean, what do Stringer and co think about the pay packet?

They all seem pretty rapt on twitter

 

[Tazzaye]

This is why Rookie contracts should be 4 yrs in length, 1st/2nd yr guaranteed, 3rd/4th team options.

 

[nelroo]

I just hope Boyd being on mega bucks doesn't upset the other kids too much. I mean, what do Stringer and co think about the pay packet?

Thats what I would be concerned about..If all your young stars develop as expected, might be hard to fit them all in under the cap.

 

[E Shed]

Congratulations Doggies! Been a rough year for your lot but now with some of the gun young talent you have and Boyd at FF its exciting times again!
Land a good coach and the dogs will be coming again soon. Be great to see Bob Murphy play finals before he goes out.

 

[lyger]

Well done! Really pleased for The Bulldogs.

 

[doggies ftw]

Well this is one hell of a coup. I just hope for your sake he turns into the player he could be. It just leaves me wondering, if you're getting rid of the senior players who weren't happy and you've got one of the best young groups in the competition, why would you get rid of the guy recognised as one of the best development coaches in the game? Surely it was McCartney or Griffen that had to go, not both. I just feel that McCartney working with this group of young men could've achieved amazing things.

I feel the same way about McCartney, I really reckon we should have left him on and let him be the one to bring these boys through. If we can land an experienced coach it might be a good move but who knows what were going to get if we get someone new. But I think it must have been a bit worse behind the scenes for us to make that call, as much as I still genuinely rate him as a coach (and I hope he gets another chance somewhere) its done now so its time to move on.

Tommy ****ing Boyd ey? This is huge for our club and while I do still think we overpaid a bit (Pick 6 + Griffen, fine but don't see why we need to pay for that campaigners contract as well) who really cares? So pumped to watch him grow with this team. Were trying something different here and I cant ****ing wait to watch it unfold.

Seriously wtf has happened this trade period. It has just been an absolute roller coaster, I remember only a few weeks ago we were all just talking about how boring trade week is going to be, another 2 or 3 weeks of just absolutely nothing until the last day, In that time we've had Ryan Griffen our beloved captain just up and walk out, sacked our coach and now have Tom Boyd on the list.

You tell me even just one of those things was going to happen a month or two ago and I laugh in your face and walk out of the room.

We will have a bit of a short term hit from this but **** it, were looking ****ing fantastic in the future, now just hurry the **** up.

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Thats what I would be concerned about..If all your young stars develop as expected, might be hard to fit them all in under the cap.

Exactly. Our list management will be earning their pay the next few years, and I would expect 5 year contracts to be back in vogue for elite players on a list (say, top 4-6). But as we have seen this year, contracts ultimately mean little. A new era, threatening to arrive for several years, has hit with a vengeance in this trade period, and no club will be immune from it. And supporters will have to adapt.

Parents should put velcro numbers on their kid's jumpers to save time...

 

[johnny_5]

Congrats guys great pick up! Hopefully he dominates the league for years to come

 

[doggies ftw]

Just thinking about Boyd at ff and Bonts at chf gee that's scary , missus hasn't ever got me this hard before

And Stringer in the pocket... and Crameri taking the 4th tall... and Dahl and Honey roaming their feet.

Thats a seriously ****ing scary forward line in the next few years, if we still can't kick a score we've got a problem.

 

[fargy]

The deal is done now, time to welcome big Tommy to the kennel!

 

[purplerunsdeep]

Congrats guys on getting the deal done. I'd give my left nut to have someone like boyd take over pav when he exits the game

 

[Bont2Bruce]

everyone who is being negative wake up to yourselves. Before Patton, who was the last genuine looking Power forward to be drafted?

Im pretty sure it was Roughead/Franklin in 2004?

Travis Cloke same year but F/S

 

[kozi]

Did you guys offer your 2nd round pick, get knocked back, then offer up pick 6?

 

[Igloo]

Did you guys offer your 2nd round pick, get knocked back, then offer up pick 6?

You'd assume so. I doubt we'd have jumped from straight swap to Griffen and pick 6 without anything in between.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Was pick 4 ever offered up as part of the Griffen trade?

 

[charcoalchicken]

Suddenly our forward line looks a hell of a lot better. Get that defender and a couple outside mids and we are looking pretty good.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Was pick 4 ever offered up as part of the Griffen trade?

Jay Clark reported Pick 4 and a player as a possibility this morning, but we wanted 4+7