Was listening to goulds podcast yesterday, i have to agree ith his comments around, signing players too young, we all want Burton to play 1st grade, but at the moment he needs to ease into it, no point shelling out a long term contract, and he gets burnt out like ash taylor, or milford.
He has talent, but as ivan pointed out he is still growing, maybe going forward keep him as a utility, for the remainder of this season before priming him for a specific spot, there was talks of the nathan cleary and jerome luai combination long before burton was around, and as jerome hadn't filled out yet, was held back over nathan, of which the coaching staff stated that jerome was the better talent out of those two, but nathan had grown out quicker than jerome had. I still believe jerome will be the 5/8th for penrith going forward, he has lots of similarities to preston campbells game and talent, zippy and skillful, where nathans more like gower, they compement each other in that respect.
As for burton, he has a steve carter like game about him, and as he was aggressive, quick and totally unpredictable, he can work as a lock forward if he bulks up more, which means all three can be on field next year, provided they are all fit,
As for Yeo, he has become this years leading lock, just below Radley for me and could easily bolster the blues if freddy choses him at years end, but he could easily be on the edge or front row, and still not miss a beat for us, if we look to not extend Tamou, i feel we might be heading that direction, more mobile props, and ball playing locks come 2021 onwards, all depends on how matt burtons attitude towards staying in the team learning as opposed to taking a ludicrous offer by the multitude of clubs who need ball players, i reckon dogs and titans will try to poach him, hopefully he has the smarts to stay put and not give into pressure to more money to waste his career carrying a team of losers
