Luke THE CAT Burt

[strider]

The most important games we've had in 2 years were the 2009 finals series.

The game where he missed the kick from in front and ended a chance of making it to the finals was pretty important.

15th v 16th... . It was important from the sense that we didn't wanna finish last but at the end of the day it meant nothing.

Credit where credit is due, like i said, Luke played well and put in effort in our last game of the year. Would be better if the 2nd most senior player in our side had this kind of effort a bit more often.

maybe if he wasn't on the far edge of the field all game (ie wing) he could have more impact

look i agree - burt is often woeful in defense and he certainly isn't a hard runner of the ball, but he does have plenty to offer when given the chance .... likewise, Sandow missed 11 tackles on friday night, but frankly I don't care cos he'll offer us so much we don't have at the moment - take the good with the bad

 

[oldmancraigy]

Ashley reckons Daniel Mortimer would have played better than Burt. You can see Burt communicating with the team and barking orders, he obviously plays a large role in organizing the side.

One wonders what might have happened if Kearney had put Burt to halfback INSTEAD of Hayne to 5/8 all those weeks ago?

Tough to say because Burt is very much a 'respond to the challenge' type player (his best game in years was that game at fullback vs the Tigers when we first put Hayne at 5/8 --> then a solid game at halfback last night) - would he play well over a number of weeks?

IMO - Kearney's biggest mistake was to move Hayne, I think we'd have won a few more games if he left him at fullback and did something else (like Burt to half in attack and wing in D).

Oh well - you're only as good as your last game

 

[oldmancraigy]

Im eating humble pie tonight.

Nah mate - don't be such a hater.

Burt went alright in the halves, no need to be calling for Humble still....

 

[Gronk]

Im eating humble pie tonight.

Tom has a sister ?

 

[yy_cheng]

what was clear was that we missed a plamaker who runs across field probing for gaps

 

[The EELiminator]

its kind of hard to judge form based on last night because the titans served the game up to us on a silver platter with a dismal completion rate and lots of missed tackles how would burt go in the halves against the dragons or storm?

 

[hineyrulz]

I did like Noddy's comment lasst night, Parra haven't had a halfback all season and Burt isn't one but he is better than anything else they have tried :lol: Burty played well but Morts would have looked good against a team that couldn't catch a cold or tackle to save their lives.

 

[The EELiminator]

Burty played well but Morts would have looked good against a team that couldn't catch a cold or tackle to save their lives.

i forget which game it was but in one of our rare wins the opposition had no line speed at all and with the extra space and time to move robson looked like thurston

 

[hineyrulz]

i forget which game it was but in one of our rare wins the opposition had no line speed at all and with the extra space and time to move robson looked like thurston

The Sharks.

 

[Twizzle]

fair effort considering he was way out of position

 

[oldmancraigy]

I did like Noddy's comment lasst night, Parra haven't had a halfback all season and Burt isn't one but he is better than anything else they have tried :lol: Burty played well but Morts would have looked good against a team that couldn't catch a cold or tackle to save their lives.

c'mon - let's not get carried away here.

 

[Tony Bongo]

Yep, Burt saved his best for last, if you guys think tonights performance has turned his woefully below par season into a good season then ur as woeful as he had been for 25 weeks.

That's a typical woeful response.

 

[Ashley Schaeffer]

That's a typical woeful response.

I understand you're part of the Burt brigade / positive thinking brigade Bongo.