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Might as well try to have it all in one thread if the mods will allow.
General The Boyd vs Metcalf debate
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Team Boyd here.
Wot game was it that Metcalf is thought to have given Boyd a dirty look? (read it in another thread).
A couple of people have pointed out the mythology of "Metcalf has a higher ceiling" "We need to see if Boyd can keep this up".
Webster ball is highly structured. Tick Boyd.
We do not know Metcalf's ceiling as a 7, we may have seen it last year, or we may have seen a flash in the pan, never to be repeated.
The same could be said of both players, however the narrative that is doing the rounds as a 'given' is that this rule only applies to Tanah....i.e. only Tanah will trough.....
My memories of running number 7's is that they actually tend to run hot and cold more often with some distance between their form patches and their lulls.
Wot game was it that Metcalf is thought to have given Boyd a dirty look? (read it in another thread).
A couple of people have pointed out the mythology of "Metcalf has a higher ceiling" "We need to see if Boyd can keep this up".
Webster ball is highly structured. Tick Boyd.
We do not know Metcalf's ceiling as a 7, we may have seen it last year, or we may have seen a flash in the pan, never to be repeated.
The same could be said of both players, however the narrative that is doing the rounds as a 'given' is that this rule only applies to Tanah....i.e. only Tanah will trough.....
My memories of running number 7's is that they actually tend to run hot and cold more often with some distance between their form patches and their lulls.
Just a side note, earlier in the season pre Metcalf when Aussie media were fawning over Boyd's transformative performances, Andrew Johns made the comment that halves needing confidence should look to run first and then play off that.
Basically he boiled it down to taking the pressure away and putting it on the defensive line by creating doubt (time & space)..
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