Toast Round 2 Rising Star Nom: Ryan Burton GET AROUND HIM!

[Thaihawk]

He’s been very good for the last month.

His game against Brisbane was marred by a few errors, but you could see that he was back to his run and gun self.

I think his confidence was down, and the injury and bump criticism didn't allow him to get it back, but now it is building, and he is back to 2017. If we are to make the finals this year so much depends on Dimma, Sis and Burton.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Burto is once again playing like he's got:

 

[Gold Member]

Burto is once again playing like he's got:

Jeez I hope The Blonde Prince revokes Jed Lambs diplomatic immunity shortly!

 

[OnTheRocks]

If indeed Sis is out for the rest of the year it it is time for this potential young gun to step right up and make his mark.
C'mon Burto

 

[Hawk_francais]

Ryan has put together a pretty good year after a few games where he seemed to lose confidence. Hope he can finish off the year really well, still the biggest talent on our list imo.

 

[cryptor]

We’ve seen glimpses of his running attack off half back in the last few weeks. Hopefully he’s building towards doing this more often.

Perhaps being a bit more defensive this year was part of his development plan. But with Sicily out we need him to drive more attack.

Anyway, will be interesting to see if he and Gunston really do play where they were named. Gunston seems to do well up forward against Geelong.

 

[SSSSSS]

Best game of the year.

 

[MrPremiership]

Was very good today.

Some exceptional one-on-one defensive efforts coupled with his run and carry

 

[Jables]

Was born for the big games.

 

[MrPremiership]

His best game since the Adelaide game last year where he kicked 2 on Tex

 

[OnTheRocks]

Burton in finals

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

As another poster alluded to he is the best talent on our list. Could be anything.

 

[PhatHQ]

Ahhh.... there he is!

Burto is back!!!

 

[Hodginator]

Ahhh.... there he is!

Burto is back!!!

 

[Spursfan]

Very good today, reckon his second half of the season has been solid

 

[Mojo]

I believe McGovern would be used to release Burton up the ground.

Feel Burto needs to develop a harder edge to his game next year.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Feel Burto needs to develop a harder edge to his game next year.

I reckon he's a half forward just waiting to explode.

Put him in front of the ball where he dictates the play and see what he can do.

 

[NICE1]

Feel Burto needs to develop a harder edge to his game next year.

This is precisely why I think the whole Burton to the midfield talk would not work currently.

 

[Rioli magic]

Feel Burto needs to develop a harder edge to his game next year.

I get the impression it’s a fitness/endurance issue (may be mental). I don’t think he’s soft, but when repeat efforts are required he looks a bit laconic at times. It’s why I’m not sure he is/was ready to be pushed into a midfield role or up on the wings - hopefully another big preseason helps him keep building - fitness and hardness.

I actually thought he finished the year quite well after a slow start, some people a bit harsh on him. (Not you Mojo).

 

[Hawkas1988]

Feel Burto needs to develop a harder edge to his game next year.

He had some very soft moments last night. Didn't go in as hard as he should. I love the kid and think he will still be a gun but he has to learn to love the hard stuff and put his body and head over it when it's his turn.

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[Jiggystoon]

I get the impression it’s a fitness/endurance issue (may be mental). I don’t think he’s soft, but when repeat efforts are required he looks a bit laconic at times. It’s why I’m not sure he is/was ready to be pushed into a midfield role or up on the wings - hopefully another big preseason helps him keep building - fitness and hardness.

I actually thought he finished the year quite well after a slow start, some people a bit harsh on him. (Not you Mojo).

I think Burton can look like a million bucks when he has the footy in his hands, clean hands and is usually a really good kick but I think he plays things a little on his own terms, couple of times where he just didn’t have the defensive intent required. He needs to be able to give something defensively as well, games like last night need all hands on deck and I felt at times we didn’t get that from him when we needed to defend


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[perrdan09]

He had some very soft moments last night. Didn't go in as hard as he should. I love the kid and think he will still be a gun but he has to learn to love the hard stuff and put his body and head over it when it's his turn.

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100% agree. Reckon he has everything to be something special for us. Id love to see him as a fwd if we have enough stock to cover him down back. But he did have a couple moments last night where it looked like he didnt go quite as hard at the ground level footy as he probably should have.

 

[Brishawk]

Was close to our best across the two finals. Looking forward to seeing what he can do with another preseason.

 

[sven_inc]

Worth remembering that despite how highly we rate him he's only a 21yo with two seasons of footy behind him.

Still one of our best prospects in years!

 

[OnTheRocks]

I reckon he's a half forward just waiting to explode.

Put him in front of the ball where he dictates the play and see what he can do.

With Birch, Stratts and Sis across the half back line and Hardwick, Frawley and Burger down back a move for Burto into the forward line would be one to watch for. I would luv to see him consistently kick multiple goals. We don't need a Lynch, we've got our superman!