the flying biscuit wrote:
what do you go for these days....??? the chicken wing tackles, the cannonball tackles, the crusher tackles, James Graham ear biting in grand finals......???
the fact is Boyd was part of the 82 invincibles squad because he was a tough and highly skillfull ball playing forward. Ryan Bailey is a very average player that spends large periods of games niggling and putting in cheap shots and he hits small players something Boyd stated publicly it was what he detested Kurt Sorenson for. Boyd did commit two nasty incidents that got him ridiculous year long bans that others before and since have got a few games for. He was a great bloke on and off the field for Warrington.
some Call him a thug but also it's not difficult to see why people would rather see players like Boyd, than todays tattooed up "hardmen" like hardaker, and Bailey for just two examples.
Les Boyd was a thug on the field, sometimes. But your right, Bailey is a 'cheap shot merchant'. Boyd was an hardcase.
Having said that, I have always written that Boyd had no need for that side of his behaviour. He was a very good RL forward and no mistake.
I do think that in todays game, he would rip through the current game as we have an absolute dearth of talent throughout the game. Would I pay to watch 'Boydy' ? Yes.
I can recall his physical battles with Hanley and 'Westie'.
The total lack of posts on the forum these days is an example of the fact that Wigan supporters are very maffed off with the state of the current game.
The one's who write on the forum that the game is better than ever today, are probably young kids who smoke the funny fags and have not seen higher quality players.