by filthridden Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:42 pm
White Lightning wrote:
Yeah I think Boyd gets a bit of unfair criticism. I think it stems back to when he use to give those 1 word answers when he was being interviewed because he came across as arrogant, rude & stuck up so people didn't like him.
I felt so sorry for him after reading about how he struggled through childhood with both parents effectively abandonning him.
And then people are up in arms that he's told Kev he doesn't want to spend time in origin camp and would rather holiday in NZ with his wife and little girl.
We know he's got his issues, he's done some stupid shit and there's no excuse for the way he's acted at times but he seems to be making a genuine effort to be a better person even though he has some things in his head to deal with.
And we can't deny he's been an elite footballer for years. He's played two dozen games for QLD and Australia, won a Grand Final with two clubs and a CC Medal with one of them.
Very, very few players will end a career with that.