Burt - Yay or Nay?

[God-King Dean]

There's contant bickering between Parra fans. I'm curious about the percentages.

 

[SDM]

His time is up, as predicted by the great visionary; Softon Boy.

 

[andrew057]

Yay for strictly on the wing.

 

[Gronk]

I say yay until someone better puts his hand up.

 

[jk13]

put me down as meh

 

[SeftonBoy]

That's a big Nay from me.

 

[lingard]

Yay. When Hayne and Tonga come back, and Sandow and Roberts click, Burt will have a field day running off them. For the last few years Burt has been really good at scoring trys off the kicking of very mediocre halves - imagine what he will do now.

 

[Freak2]

Na y for Wing
Yah for Fullback

 

[Gronk]

That's a big Nay from me.

You tell 'em Softo !

 

[Gordy]

I say yay until someone better puts his hand up.

x2

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

Without a doubt. Hands down the smartest footballer in the team.

 

[Haynzy]

I like Burty and I hope he finally gets some support from those inside him because on his day he is a fantastic attacking player. He is also great reader of the game in defence it is just that his size makes him an easy target when isolated by much bigger opposition players.

With all hands on deck he will need to playing his best to keep out one of Morgan, Blair or Tonga for the No 2.

 

[Ashley Schaeffer]

He's scored an average of 2 trys per year off the kicking of below average halves, can't wait to see what he'll do with slightly above average halves. Put me down as a big NAY. Absolutely shithouse.

 

[oldmancraigy]

There's contant bickering between Parra fans. I'm curious about the percentages.

If you wanted to get an answer, then you probably should've asked a question.

Do people like Burt? Yes, many do - and he has particularly strong support on this forum.

Is Burt a good bloke? Yes, just ask any of the fans who have had contact with him

Does Burt's heart bleed blue and gold? Yes. Has knocked back larger offers to stay with the club.

Does he deserve a first grade spot THIS season? Yes. We don't seem to have any other options.

Is Burt a good football player? No. Sefton Boy will tell you he never was - but whatever the opinion on that front, he is NOT much of a footy player these days. Doesn't do defence, won't help his team-mates out with a hitup early in the tackle count after a kick, won't attempt to catch contested bombs, but still good at sniffing around for a try. Negatives currently far outweigh the positives, but we are "wing challenged" so he's in our top 2 wing options this season!

I'll vote "no" on the assumption you're asking about his current footballing contributions.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yay, until Hayne and Tonga are back. Then it's every man for himself.

 

[Craig Johnston]

the side is in a better place when someone finally justifies their spot over luke burt

 

[Ashley Schaeffer]

TBH i'd rather Tom Humble be in our top 17 then Burt or Casey McGuire but who knows what goes on behind the scenes. Theres obviously a reason why Burt has been a main stay of our team for 13 years and survived 4 coaches.

 

[Eels Dude]

Burt still offers a lot. Probably one of the smartest footy players going round. Easily the smartest in our side. He knows his limitations too. People whinge he never takes hitups but what's the point when he's going to get owned. Leave it to the bigger outside backs, and our lazy backrowers who don't run the ball enough, to do that.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

TBH i'd rather Tom Humble be in our top 17 then Burt or Casey McGuire but who knows what goes on behind the scenes. Theres obviously a reason why Burt has been a main stay of our team for 13 years and survived 4 coaches.

The second smartest footballer in the team.

 

[spartan2153]

Burt still offers a lot. Probably one of the smartest footy players going round. Easily the smartest in our side. He knows his limitations too. People whinge he never takes hitups but what's the point when he's going to get owned. Leave it to the bigger outside backs, and our lazy backrowers who don't run the ball enough, to do that.

sorry eels dude i disagree on this one. I always thought he was overated but he proved he does have the brains for a footballer, BUT like you said what he does have going for him is his smarts but he negative column now is just to big, He cant tackle, He cant take bombs & the way the game us now you need to get off to a good roll on from kick returns & the winger hitting it up is a major part now. Grothe was so underated in our team because his dummy half running was vital. We are basically playing with 12 men in defense because of burts deficiency's. The game has moved on from him & its time for him to do the same