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Posted February 07, 2018 06:11 · last edited February 07, 2018 06:14

ConanTroutman wrote:

newzealandpower wrote:

I'd actually be surprised if he doesn't get a look in, personally.  Not saying he's the next Wynton, but he's getting decent minutes and exposure in a league that's miles above the Handy - and still better than the A-League (Ok, to third of the ladder maybe, but still).

Also, he's probably close to his mid-20s so if he was unwilling to commit in the hope the USA might call him, he'd probably reconsider.

According to Wiki he's been capped 6 times for NZ, but I'm not sure any of those were competitive matches and he's actually cap-tied?

I've banged on about this for ages but I'm just not convinced that outside the big clubs Portuguese top flight is that good. The attendances are dismal, players aren't picked up for big leagues, and the footage I've seen really doesn't make it look great. They have a good UEFA coefficient because their big teams are goood but Boyd isn't with a big team

Not the biggest Portuguese football fan out there but I'd like to think I'm pretty knowledgeable on rankings like this - definitely right that there is a huge discrepancy between the big three and the rest, but any Primeira Liga team would absolutely wipe the floor with us. Even Sydney would fight against relegation. It's the tiers below that are really trash however.

Tondela on paper is the weakest squad in the league probably, they would be a lower-level Championship side for context :)

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ConanTroutman wrote:
newzealandpower wrote:

I'd actually be surprised if he doesn't get a look in, personally.  Not saying he's the next Wynton, but he's getting decent minutes and exposure in a league that's miles above the Handy - and still better than the A-League (Ok, to third of the ladder maybe, but still).

Also, he's probably close to his mid-20s so if he was unwilling to commit in the hope the USA might call him, he'd probably reconsider.

According to Wiki he's been capped 6 times for NZ, but I'm not sure any of those were competitive matches and he's actually cap-tied?

I've banged on about this for ages but I'm just not convinced that outside the big clubs Portuguese top flight is that good. The attendances are dismal, players aren't picked up for big leagues, and the footage I've seen really doesn't make it look great. They have a good UEFA coefficient because their big teams are goood but Boyd isn't with a big team

Not the biggest Portuguese football fan out there but I'd like to think I'm pretty knowledgeable on rankings like this - definitely right that there is a huge discrepancy between the big three and the rest, but any Primeira Liga team would absolutely wipe the floor with us. Even Sydney would fight against relegation. It's the tiers below that are really trash however