Welcome to Hawthorn Pick 19: Ryan Burton

[Wundo]

I think it was more of a troll on the previous #23. Yet to see anything to convince me otherwise.

I hope he becomes what we want him to be.

 

[Agent Smith]

I hope he becomes what we want him to be.

That would be virtually impossible. But I'm willing to lower my expectations on Ryan to only kick maybe 9 goals instead of 10.

Am I, like, losing the faith?

 

[wallyt99]

Ryan Burton saw Sam Mitchell's 300 games thread with only 4 pages and offered to send some posts his way. Top Bloke.

 

[Randy Campbell]

Shit I never thought he'd get his chance this year. Very happy to be wrong though.

He's done a lot of great work and a big shout out needs to go to the medical team we have. The best in the business.

I wonder if Jaeger is watching.

 

[matey]

Similar height/weight to Cripps from Blues.

Interesting that Ryan some time ago said that he wants to eventually move into the midfield! With some of our champion hardnuts that have been getting the ball regularly in the middle retiring in the near future we need some replacements. Fingers crossed!

 

[wheelie_hawk]

Exactly!

 

[Brishawk]

S#it......tambling mk II?

Please....Tambling is just fiora mk II ...burton is more like Fiora mk III

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Best of luck to the kid and hopefully he contributes well in a Hawthorn victory on debut.

 

[kazzooka]

It's gone quite here. Calm before the storm.. Everybody waiting in anticipation of the great day.

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[The German Hunter]

No more sleeps!

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

I expect him to have a big game and this place to go stratospheric by night !!

 

[Hawkinator]

Welcome to the first kick, first goal club RB!

 

[toomanysquibs]

So far so good..... A bag of 3 would be a very strong debut, he's got 3 quarters to get them too, and the way they're playing he's every chance to get first year Franklin stats.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Welcome to the first kick, first goal club RB!

Sheesh he's a solid lad already.

 

[Brishawk]

Super star! Lid is off. Burton is the chosen one!

 

[Brishawk]

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[Ranj Sri Lanka]

I would say an excellent first game from a kid. Would have been even better if he kicked that 4th quarter goal. Good luck to the kid.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Did his bit. Cannot remember us every having 7 debuts in a season.

 

[SSSSSS]

First goal was great. Would have been Sicily-esque if he kicked the one from about 45 in the last with high pressure.

Great debut nonetheless.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

His ability to get up the ground and get involved was very good.

Very solid first game.

Just wish he had of finished it off in front of goal.

 

[Gralin]

His ability to get up the ground and get involved was very good.

Very solid first game.

Just wish he had of finished it off in front of goal.

As a SA boy he will have to acclimatise to the conditions at the G, but he was fun to watch.

 

[The Lemon]

Nice cameo. Straight out for Sicily.

 

[VandoHawk]

If our preference for playing both O'Brien and Sicily throughout the year is any indication then Burton probably stays next week to play alongside Sicily. His first game was much better than the last four of O'Brien's games. I'm pretty sure he also equaled O'Brien's score of approximately 1.2 over four games in just his first.

 

[MistyAvalon]

the kid did good today I thought

 

[onthemoney]

Lots of promise. Looked a little green at times with positioning and timing but that's no slight on him, a solid first game.