Ok.It was a trial.
Good points made and agree with the Mbye’s kicking back in the day compared to what we have now.What we have now is much much better than how it was with Mbye kicking high and landing it on the 10 metre line every time, even if we were down by 3 tries.
When the game remains even, I'm more than happy to not contest bombs and try and pin a team in a corner for a few tackles while the rest of the team gets back onside.
If we contest the ball and fail:
- staggered defensive line. Easier for a line break
- knock the ball on, and give our opponents an easier way out of their half.
Not to mention by the looks of the rule change video, refs are gonna be cracking down on everyone in front of kickers, so I'll be happy if we just focus on not being offside, because we were pinged for that WAY too much last year.
Absolutely, and was a very good trial, the only thing that’s predicated.. trial or not, is when Burton gets the ball on the last for the kick .. opposition knows what’s coming. Now a then he will pull off an uncatchable lol, but it’s all pretty standard now.It was a trial.
Isn’t what’s happening now exactly the same as Mbye bombing it to the 10 and holding a strong line?What we have now is much much better than how it was with Mbye kicking high and landing it on the 10 metre line every time, even if we were down by 3 tries.
When the game remains even, I'm more than happy to not contest bombs and try and pin a team in a corner for a few tackles while the rest of the team gets back onside.
If we contest the ball and fail:
- staggered defensive line. Easier for a line break
- knock the ball on, and give our opponents an easier way out of their half.
Not to mention by the looks of the rule change video, refs are gonna be cracking down on everyone in front of kickers, so I'll be happy if we just focus on not being offside, because we were pinged for that WAY too much last year.
Well when we did it last night we were even or only down by a few points, Dez would have Mbye do it when we were 3 tries down.Isn’t what’s happening now exactly the same as Mbye bombing it to the 10 and holding a strong line?
When Mbye did it, kicks were long but lacked hang time… fullbacks/wingers would make an additional 10+ meters upon return. One good thing about Burtons kicks is he gives chasers time to get down there.Isn’t what’s happening now exactly the same as Mbye bombing it to the 10 and holding a strong line?
Great points. The positive was Melbourne really struggled getting out of their end, for the entire match.We leaked points last year. If we made a defensive error, we failed to recover the further we went in the season. So if this is a strategy to ensure we're not starting sets in panic mode because we screwed up by contesting the bomb, failing and letting a player break the line on tackle 0. I'm ok with it. We had a few times I remember conceding 18 or more points in three sets of football. If this strategy is to nip that in the bud (going to shit defensively after conceding a break off the kick return) I'm ok with it.
I'm sure as the year goes on we'll see bombs being contested just because our backline are all competitive buggers who won't sit back when they think a try is on. But perhaps we're looking at forcing mistakes from our opponents by taking away their breathing room on bomb reception. Let them either catch it and get tackled safely or drop the ball in their own end.
Burtons kicks are garbage, nothing good about them at all.When Mbye did it, kicks were long but lacked hang time… fullbacks/wingers would make an additional 10+ meters upon return. One good thing about Burtons kicks is he gives chasers time to get down there.
Agree to this point … he lands 2/10 general play kicks and everyone gets excited and forgets his other deficiencies.Burtons kicks are garbage, nothing good about them at all.
Yup. Most his kicks are too shallow and too central.Agree to this point … he lands 2/10 general play kicks and everyone gets excited and forgets his other deficiencies.
I'm hopeful that reputation and potential aren't part of the selection process. I know what Burton can produce on a good day. I wasn't excited about him joining until I saw his halves debut for Penrith. As secondary playmaker in a good side he was doing great. Long clearing kicks to corners mainly. But his running was good that day too. And for what it's worth I think another one if his best games in recent times was when Sexton arrived and offered another attacking threat. But we've got 3-4 utilities with playmaking experience, BBO is back. We've probably got the most exciting 6, 7 & 1 combo coming through we've had in years in reggies, with another great pair a year or two behind in development. If he's not cutting it and someone is out performing him he'll lose the 6 jersey. Theres just too many good halves behind him for the first time in years. And I really love saying that without knowing it's wishful thinking.Agree to this point … he lands 2/10 general play kicks and everyone gets excited and forgets his other deficiencies.
What is your point. Trial or not the bomb kick is allIt was a trial.
I'm glad the fans don't pick the team. Burton has more competition for his 5/8 jersey than he has since at Penrith. So it's sink or swim for him. If his competition is killing it and he isn't he'll sink. But writing him off after 45 minutes of football is premature IMO. I'm repeating myself a bit. But he was well covered defensively last year as the main attacking playmaker. With other threats in the spine and a killer backline he'll have more space this year.What is your point. Trial or not the bomb kick is all
The bulldogs have down for the last 10 years and it isn’t working. Burton bombs are so over rated he makes one good one out of 10. Bring back the grubber