News Canterbury look at shifting Burton to free up his running game

[CrittaMagic69]

This ain't it.
Maybe if we had an exceptional choice to replace him in the halves, but it's madness to blow up his development at this point.
He needs to take a big step forward in '24, but why aren't we putting an elite halves coach with him?

He made zero improvements last season, even Gus and Ciraldo are tried of it.

 

[doggy_dave]

I don’t get all the rage. Trials are 3 months away. You don’t pick your team after 1 week of preseason when the whole squad isn’t back.

How many Bulldogs articles in the last few years in the telegraph have ended up being true…

 

[Daustin]

Funny everyone was pretty happy with how he played last year in his first year at 6, he wouldn’t be the first player to have second year syndrome especially when he’s got extra attention on him because there’s next to no other threats around him. He’s a gun centre but unless we have a better option at 6 (which right now we don’t and would be taking a huge gamble to work out) I would be leaving him there

 

[COVENS]

He made zero improvements last season, even Gus and Ciraldo are tried of it.

Which one of our players did?

 

[KiwiDog7]

They have been at training barely a week, I doubt anything is set in stone and I’m sure there’s a lot of conceptual ideas about certain players possibly playing for 2024

I’m not totally against this move but do we have better to replace him or just bit part journeyman ?

 

[bulldog butch]

Has a club ever had both their centres earning north of 825k each?

And possibly 2 halves on minimum wage
Sexton/mann/Hutchinson

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Which one of our players did?

Averillo and that's why we couldn't afford to retain him.

 

[steeliz]

Football didn't start in 2019

Ok your right he played wing in U6s

So did Willie Mason.

What's your point?

 

[GoTheDoggies]

Bring back Josh Reynolds!

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Ok your right he played wing in U6s

So did Willie Mason.

What's your point?

He played there before Panther signed him up. The point is that you guys can't hack it that you're all wrong again like usual.

 

[Dogiezz]

Because whilst Centre might be his best position, it is still at detriment to the team and makes us worse off in the grand scheme. Our 825k half ends up in the centres. Our 550k prop recruit (Sutton) ends up in reserve grade. Our 500k transfer fee best young halfback in the world ends up as a lock and badly injures his neck. Our club captain with multiple yrs left on contract ends up banned from attending training. I can go on…. People are right to whine about these things

Not like it's your money...

You spend your money at the brothels

 

[Dogiezz]

Lower tier teams and juniors have always been strong. The coaching and improvement once they get to NRL is the issue. Add to this recruitment, retention, management, leadership and player position identification as equally as big issues as coaching and player improvement. They’ve got Oloapu position wrong, putting Perham at fullback before Averillo and now a virtual admittance Burton as a 5/8 is wrong.

@04 Dreaming The strength of the club actually has been juniors and lower grades.

Do you wear a bib?

Cause you dribble shit!

 

[88]

Because whilst Centre might be his best position, it is still at detriment to the team and makes us worse off in the grand scheme. Our 825k half ends up in the centres. Our 550k prop recruit (Sutton) ends up in reserve grade. Our 500k transfer fee best young halfback in the world ends up as a lock and badly injures his neck. Our club captain with multiple yrs left on contract ends up banned from attending training. I can go on…. People are right to whine about these things

I love your positivity!!! So what's the bad news???

 

[CMP]

Has a club ever had both their centres earning north of 825k each?

Why is everyone so caught up in what players are getting paid? Where he or anyone else plays is about the best possible chance of winning football games.

The logic of having to play someone anywhere. no matter how bad they are in that position. Just because of how much they are getting paid makes me glad you guys aren’t the coach.

Burton can become a 5/8 down the track but he is far from one now. In the same way as Laurie Daley & Freddie served apprenticeships as centre’s before switching to 5/8. His game is much better suited to centre currently.
He lacks creativity, his kicking game is a big boot without accuracy.

With the current salary cap there would be multiple centres in the competition on similar money so that is a fallacy that he cannot be paid that much.

If your highest paid player is playing like rubbish. He plays reserve grade. Winning games with your best possible team on the park is what is important. Not how much any individual is getting paid.

 

[steeliz]

He played there before Panther signed him up. The point is that you guys can't hack it that you're all wrong again like usual.

So in 2015.

Ok.

Thats is soooooooooooo relevant.

Glad you brought that up.

 

[T-Rocket]

Whilst he wasn’t outstanding last season he’s clearly our best 5/8. I can’t see it happening unless he continues to play terribly.

 

[SexBomb]

Which one of our players did?

You could argue Preston, Kiraz, and Wilson to start with.

 

[COVENS]

Why is everyone so caught up in what players are getting paid? Where he or anyone else plays is about the best possible chance of winning football games.

The logic of having to play someone anywhere. no matter how bad they are in that position. Just because of how much they are getting paid makes me glad you guys aren’t the coach.

Burton can become a 5/8 down the track but he is far from one now. In the same way as Laurie Daley & Freddie served apprenticeships as centre’s before switching to 5/8. His game is much better suited to centre currently.
He lacks creativity, his kicking game is a big boot without accuracy.

With the current salary cap there would be multiple centres in the competition on similar money so that is a fallacy that he cannot be paid that much.

If your highest paid player is playing like rubbish. He plays reserve grade. Winning games with your best possible team on the park is what is important. Not how much any individual is getting paid.

A lot of assists from his short kicking game

 

[COVENS]

You could argue Preston, Kiraz, and Wilson to start with.

Hard to argue 1st year players imo. Was Kiraz noticeably better than 2022?

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Why is everyone so caught up in what players are getting paid? Where he or anyone else plays is about the best possible chance of winning football games.

The logic of having to play someone anywhere. no matter how bad they are in that position. Just because of how much they are getting paid makes me glad you guys aren’t the coach.

Burton can become a 5/8 down the track but he is far from one now. In the same way as Laurie Daley & Freddie served apprenticeships as centre’s before switching to 5/8. His game is much better suited to centre currently.
He lacks creativity, his kicking game is a big boot without accuracy.

With the current salary cap there would be multiple centres in the competition on similar money so that is a fallacy that he cannot be paid that much.

If your highest paid player is playing like rubbish. He plays reserve grade. Winning games with your best possible team on the park is what is important. Not how much any individual is getting paid.

We aren't winning shit with overpaid centres and bargain bin signings in the spine.