Talk:George Boyd (footballer)

Contradiction
I don't know anything about football, but how come the article says that he is both currently playing for a club, and that he will join them in a week or so? J Milburn 14:10, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks, I thought that would be it, but I didn't want to touch it. J Milburn 14:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Style of Play section
This section seems to be too long compared to some articles of top players such as Carlos Tevez and Virgil van Dijk who are more famous worldwide than George Boyd. Some of this content in the section was added after this became a good article 10 years ago. This article needs a review to see what should stay and what should be removed or located elsewhere as I would not think this would pass as a good article in this day and age. Thanks, Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * you've made a very valid point with this. I would say that we should remove the final paragraph altogether. It's a bit meaningless and with his professional career seemingly over soon, at aged 35, I don't think we need to include info about parts of his game that Boyd thinks he needs to improve on. I'd also remove everything from the penultimate paragraph after the sentence "This resulted in Boyd being described as the Premier League's "most industrious" player, as well as being praised for his high fitness levels." Rupert1904 (talk) 02:44, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've removed what I suggested to do so. Please remove more as well. Rupert1904 (talk) 02:29, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, decent points made above. Although I don't know where I sit with the idea that "top players" should have more detail than, say, a Football League player just because they are "more famous". But as you both say, in this instance it was far too long and also very outdated. I have given the whole article a trim and then a revamp too. The infamous style of play section too. SBFCEdit (talk) 22:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)