Quote ="meatpaste"one player I am most disappointed in is Travis. When is he going to start playing?'"
Quote ="Dave K."What like Dobson?
Who would you rather have Burns or Dobson?'"
Time to round up the sheep.
Unfortunately the rugby league community is like a bunch of sheep who get carried away with the narrative of what the next sheep is saying (whether on the terraces, the RL media or message boards) rather than making informed and considered opinions on what actually happens (or not happens) during a game.
It's no coincidence that our most solid and clinical performances have been when Burns has seen enough of the ball in the right areas. Unfortunately on Saturday, his involvement was stifled by Dobson's repeatedly wasteful 5th tackle plays instead of getting the ball to Burns - this lack of consistency is why Dobson never made it in the NRL.
Burns may appear less flash than other half-backs but the crucial thing about him and his best quality is that he's consistent and clinical and if opportunities present themselves, then more often than not he makes the opposition pay like last week against Wakey and in the games against Saints where as the likes of Dobson, Holdsworth etc. are not clinical enough and that's why those players were cast aside by NRL clubs and had to come over here.
Aside from Burns superior career to Dobson as a player, I'm convinced that the emergence of finally seeing some "mongrel" in our forward pack (after years of our flat-track bullies who went into hiding when the going got tough) is largely attributable to Burns influence and if previous service to the club wasn't a factor, then Burns would be our captain hands down. Of course his temperament has been a hindrance to him but that's the type of player he is.
The respective career paths of both players prove that Burns is a different class of player to Canberra reject Dobson and Cantebury rejects Holdsworth and Green as well for that matter.
