I think you need to consider the dynamics of the other teams. We don’t have a Jarome Hughes do we. DCE and Cleary are the marquee halves in their respective teams and that’s why they command the big bucks. We have Burton and if he stays he’ll be our marquee and dominant half regardless of who will be our long term 7. It has nothing to do with being a 5/8 or a 7 in terms of value.
Lol exactly, people have lost the plot here just because we've won two games in a row. I guarantee we start losing again and it will be Burton to centre, Averillo is shit, Flanagan is shit, fuck Potter, etc.
But Flanno IS shit... lol
He's good now because we're winning. It's also other people's fault when he doesn't set them up for tries by passing them the ball.
Are we the minority on the kennel now for having this opinion?
What is the limit you would pay Burton?
Right now I said between 650k-800k. I personally wouldn't be be offering him a contract now anyway.
And proud of it.
800k i reckon is a good deal for all. I reckon burton, mahoney and a developing Avo give us three keys to a spine to make the 8. IMO, we need the right 7 to really compete for the title
. . . Or did the whole Sonny Bill saga destroy that?
But those that think that way really have nfi. Burton is a spine player through and through. He’ll be a rep 5/8 on a consistent basis. There’s no way Luai gets picked ahead of him long term. Averillo is showing a lot of promise but I’m still not sold. Will he go back into his shell when the chips are down? Flanno is still shit.
The last 2 weeks is proof that he’s a dominant half. Short/long kicking game and the mounting numbers of try assists. He’s achieving this with an average hooker and halfback. Imagine next year with Mahoney and a possible upgrade on Flanno, he’d be dominating even more.
