Burton to test the open market

[senshidog]

Another Rothfield special?

 

[Sloth]

Lmao…They got this from the bloke in a bar podcast with RL guru. It was a hypothetical situation thrown up by the boys if we’re still doing bad and Burton sees no future in club.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

He was always going to test the market, would be stupid not to. 550k is absolutely more than fair for him right now at this stage of his career and probably more than he's worth in this moment.

 

[2144superman]

He was always going to test the market, would be stupid not to. 550k is absolutely more than fair for him right now at this stage of his career and probably more than he's worth in this moment.

$550K is an absurd amount for a **** who can only kick a ball really high and really far. With that being his only skill set he should probably try the NFL out as a punter if he wants a bigger pay day.

 

[bradyk]

Yeah with how Burton's played so far this year even when factoring in his potential when you see Mahoney's reportedly going to be on 600k next year it'd be hard to offer him more than that. If he really killed it and carried us in multiple games that's when you could talk higher. With Gus here I'm pretty confident we'll keep who we want to but Storm needing a five-eighth they could go hard for someone like him (or Schuster).

 

[2144superman]

Yeah with how Burton's played so far this year even when factoring in his potential when you see Mahoney's reportedly going to be on 600k next year it'd be hard to offer him more than that. If you really killed it and carried us in multiple games that's when you could talk higher. With Gus here I'm pretty confident we'll keep who we want to but Storm needing a five-eighth they could go hard for someone like him (or Schuster).

Burton isn't even in the conversation for being the reason we've won both our games.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

$550K is an absurd amount for a **** who can only kick a ball really high and really far. With that being his only skill set he should probably try the NFL out as a punter if he wants a bigger pay day.

8 games in and he has only 3 try involvements, 0 line breaks and 6 line break assists. Some of his line breaks assists are also laughable and shouldn't have been awarded to him, NRL.com actually has him on 3 for comparison to Foxsports 6. So yh his left boot has been the only real major positive from him so far, kicked us out of trouble often and has forced a fair few drop outs but other than that he hasn't provided much with the ball in hand.

 

[bricktamland]

As if Gus will lose him, doubt it highly.

Says otherwise in the war cry

 

[ILiveForDib]

Wouldn’t think to much of it. Gus has it under controll even in the unlikely event Burton leaves I’m sure Munster or a top tier half would be lined up.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Cant be bothered reading the post’s, but my take.
Gus wont let him leave nor do I think he wants to leave.
Has he played well , no. Is he playing to his reputation, no.
has he played below expectations yes
But there is an exceptional player there and obviously he is a player we need to keep long term

 

[DaveV]

Cant be bothered reading the post’s, but my take.
Gus wont let him leave nor do I think he wants to leave.
Has he played well , no. Is he playing to his reputation, no.
has he played below expectations yes
But there is an exceptional player there and obviously he is a player we need to keep long term

Some people here forget that he’s still only 22 and barely played any footy at 5/8 in the top grade yet expect him to have a zillion try assistant plus dozens of try’s and be as dominant as Thurston in his prime. When the team as a whole get their act together and the plodders weeded out and with more games under his belt then we’ll start seeing a gun Burton on a regular basis.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Some people here forget that he’s still only 22 and barely played any footy at 5/8 in the top grade yet expect him to have a zillion try assistant plus dozens of try’s and be as dominant as Thurston in his prime. When the team as a whole get their act together and the plodders weeded out and with more games under his belt then we’ll start seeing a gun Burton on a regular basis.

Agree he is a gun but he was no where top3 players tonight

 

[The DoggFather]

Fkn lol

The media scum ***** are so pathetic it's embarrassing.

 

[KLil]

Cant be bothered reading the post’s, but my take.
Gus wont let him leave nor do I think he wants to leave.
Has he played well , no. Is he playing to his reputation, no.
has he played below expectations yes
But there is an exceptional player there and obviously he is a player we need to keep long term

In all seriousness he is just worth 550k atm but you put him on par with plyers like Staggs and Hynes for the sake of it because that is where he probably thinks he is at.

700k a year with bonuses for 3 years should lock him in but he needs to really start playing like a genuine half to get it.

 

[KLil]

Fkn lol

The media scum ***** are so pathetic it's embarrassing.

When your copping calls from Nick Politics at full time its time to start doing what u get paid for...

 

[KLil]

Agree he is a gun but he was no where top3 players tonight

Steve, he was pretty damn close... we lose that game without Burton twice over and u know it.

 

[rand0m3r]

what a bs article, that salary cap article the other day showed that the top 3 five-eights averaged 700K. burton isn't an elite 6 yet so doesn't deserve that money and is probably getting overpaid on current form where he's just a punter with no running game.

 

[John Matrix]

I know the club has zero control over the media but I'm so sick of their agenda, just want them to slip up and have a legal case on them so that we can shut all their crap down.

 

[GUSLER]

Gould is already trying to upgrade him, but he needs to extend. He will stay for sure

 

[DinkumDog]

Gus will upgrade him before November to 1.

Thanks man. You’re so in the know and we can clearly rely on you for quality intel. What happened to the ‘big changes’ resulting from the ‘board meeting’ (there wasn’t one) last Tuesday though??? .