To all of the people wanting Burton moved to the centres or moved on from the club completely in their ideal world, what halves pairing do you want both short and long term?
I'd love to hear the suggestions of who the Burton replacements will be seeing as there are so many great halves options available these days..
I was in favour of getting rid of Flanno and replacing him with JR or KO.
JR worked for 1 game (Cows). KO hasnt quite worked out so far, but I can see him improving. It's a matter of how much patience we have. I don't think it would hurt his confidence if he went back to Cup with a view of playing 1sts down the track. He's had a taste.
In the short term, I'd like to see Avo move into 5/8th with Burton. Not sure how far BBO is from a return.
Longer term, I would hope we get an experienced half (Hunt) at 7, with Avo and Burton to stake claims for the 5/8th spot with the other at centre.
If we had gotten Mitch Moses, I would have advocated to not extend Burton's contract and play him and Averillo at 7 and 6.
I honestly would like to see Burton improve his running game before I can consider him a lock-in for 5/8th. He otherwise only has a kick in him.