News Legend Still Not Convinced Bulldogs Star is a 5/8th

[Hound Dog]

And you problem starts with an A and ends with a Z

Both of use need fixing!

C and ends and iraldo - C and ends with iraldo
And you problem starts with an A and ends with a Z- And your problem starts with an A and ends with a Z

 

[Hound Dog]

Heard he is a hard task master, is he too hard and needs to make good mates with his players and bring them along as people?
Its a tricky process to evolve a team into champions, you gotta coax them along not demand.
Its not all him, its a comp with other teams, the other teams will sabotage if it helps them.
We all want Canterbury to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes and they should.

So glad someone is willing to take up that role, what a shit show being coach of our team is in these times. I'm happy to just let him ride it out honestly and see what results. Otherwise it's the same thing, rookie/new coach "not my team, players" "I want to introduce my philosophy" etc etc. Glad to just let him do what's needed to be done

 

[maroondog72]

Turkey neck can fuck right off with his opinions on the bulldogs or bulldog players whether he’s right or wrong because anything he says is deigned to be derogatory.
I don’t think Burton is a 5/8th but I would rather leave him where he is for now than replace him with a player that could potentially make us worse.

 

[maroondog72]

Both of use need fixing!

C and ends and iraldo - C and ends with iraldo
And you problem starts with an A and ends with a Z- And your problem starts with an A and ends with a Z

Fixed

 

[Hound Dog]

Turkey neck can fuck right off with his opinions on the bulldogs or bulldog players whether he’s right or wrong because anything he says is deigned to be derogatory.
I don’t think Burton is a 5/8th but I would rather leave him where he is for now than replace him with a player that could potentially make us worse.

Turkey neck, what a call! He talks like a turkey would too now that you mentioned it, changes the way I listen to his co commentary from now on.

 

[KLil]

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Thats fcukin gold!

 

[Sloth]

How was Burton at 5/8th at Penrith? I never really watched Penrith play
I know he had a handful of games there

 

[Moedogg]

How was Burton at 5/8th at Penrith? I never really watched Penrith play
I know he had a handful of games there

He was shit. If I remember correctly, he took as many field goal attempts to close out a game which they eventually tied with the knights I think.

 

[Berries]

How was Burton at 5/8th at Penrith? I never really watched Penrith play
I know he had a handful of games there

In their last 4 grand final making years, his stint at 5/8 was the worst club played during that time

 

[Geoff Chambers]

Our problem starts with C and ends and iraldo

What about Phull ends with McCrackin?


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[1967]

I don't know about the try part you mentioned with his hands in the air, maybe you're overlooking into that? He ran a support/decoy line. We need more of those from players.

You might be right mate, I might be reading to much into that .. for everyone’s sake just I want him to play well and be a star for us, he has so much potential … hopefully he has a blinder against the Sharks and shows us all what he’s capable of ..


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[wendog33]

Geez guys the pile on on Burton, although warranted in some regards, really is getting over the top.

He must surely sense that he is not performing and surely Ciro has spoken to him about his expectations of his 5/8 play.

Let's see how he responds against Sharks.

 

[Kenya]

Burto was magic at centre for Panthers.
Outside the games best halves. (Arguably).

He has under-whelmed at 6 for us.
And it does not seem to be improving.

 

[Hound Dog]

You might be right mate, I might be reading to much into that .. for everyone’s sake just I want him to play well and be a star for us, he has so much potential … hopefully he has a blinder against the Sharks and shows us all what he’s capable of ..


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Exactly, he has so much potential and it's a decent team around him. We just need him to switch on and be consistent.

 

[DaBulldog]

A good coach would call it now, not half way through this season. Burton is no half or five eighth. He is a centre and the sooner Burton and Coach chooses the team over his own ambitions, the sooner we can figure out who should be in the halves. Gould needs to call it as CC won’t.

 

[maroondog72]

Turkey neck, what a call! He talks like a turkey would too now that you mentioned it, changes the way I listen to his co commentary from now on.

Gobble gobble

 

[BlackDawg]

If we had ben hunt or cleary he would be a good five eight but we dont so he isnt.

 

[bradtalo]

Burton isn't getting the ball to our backs. Late in the game against the Eels the commentators said Crichton had only touched the ball 4 times. He doesn't talk from numerous reports. He has no passing game - no cut out ball and when shifts are on he usually fucks up our shape by passing too early before drawing his defender. He doesn't kick for repeat sets. All he does is kick on the 5th and when doing so he rarely uses his high spiral. The only thing he's good for is kicking for distance when we have a bad set coming out of our own end or for touch after a penalty (but he's f..ked up many of those also). He obviously doesn't do any extras at training because his skills never improve. HE wants to play 5/8 of course because it's bigger money at contract time but it's not his choice. No one else is gonna pay him the 800K+ we're paying him to play 5/8. He had what about 2 runs against the Eels. A 5/8 gets more involved and until he does so and he improves greatly he needs to go to centre. Any standard 5/8 can get our backs more ball. Burton can still kick from centre when really needed.

 

[D.O.W.]

How was Burton at 5/8th at Penrith? I never really watched Penrith play
I know he had a handful of games there

He scored a couple of good solo efforts, but I never really recall him setting up tries nor manage repeat sets and those types of things. You could see something good in him in terms of potential, but it was really when he filled in at centre scoring tries for fun that stood out.

 

[The Innovator]

Said all along that Burton is wasted at 6. He is a running centre. A Dally M centre of the year
Dogs should move him.
imagine him and Crichton either side.