admittedly i havent watched a lot of him, but the higher standard of the MLS and boyens' lack of serious gametime suggests to me that the A League might be just about perfect for him?
I think that's a bit of a dangerous assumption. The top of the MLS is undoubtedly very strong btu they do carry much bigger squads (some guys at the edge of the squads earn 17k USD). He's a guy who has generally struggled in not very strong franchises, I wouldn't assume that making the MLS means you're A-League quality Jared Smith was there for a while and no-one is rushing to sign him up.
Not knocking Boyens by the way (I like him personally and played a few games with him in Dunedin and he's a top guy) - just think we're getting back into the he's kiwi, he's played a few games in an ok league = sign him up.
I don't think we should ignore the fact that we're going to finish 6th at best in an 11 team league. That's a poor season and we shouldn't let the finals place obscure that. We need 3-4 quality players (and I'm talking Ifill quality) before we're going to be competing for the title - I don't see Andy Boyens being in that class. I think we have the set up and resources to be a top 2 side and I think we need to be a lot more strategic in our recruiting (because I think we did a pretty lousy job this year).