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  Djl November 9, 2009 at 3:34pm

  dont think burty will be able to handle the defence. but yer he does have the skills i remember vs manly this year when k.k broke his jaw burt went to halfback and played alright.
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    Morgs82 > Djl November 9, 2009 at 3:37pm

    defence was the one that popped to mind for me as well but morts and kk can handle it and they are no bigger that luke.
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      Bourbon Man > Morgs82 November 9, 2009 at 3:42pm

      Morts, KK and MK have trained most of their lives defending close to the ruck. Luke Burt has been out on the wing all his career. A bit tough an ask to switch a small, veteran winger into 5/8th at this stage of his career.
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  Aaron Chapman November 9, 2009 at 4:11pm

  What bout robo
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  Michael Ericson November 9, 2009 at 4:30pm

  Burt was touted as a potential five eigth about 6 or 7 years ago. I think he has all the skills to play there and I was a big fan of it happening but I doubt that it will happen now this late in his career. I figure the main obstacle was and remains, can he handle the defensive workload?
  
  I think if any of the current three quaters are going to play much five eighth next year then it will be Tahu who we all know is a very robust defender.
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  ELECTRIFYING MAXFORCE EELS 2014 November 9, 2009 at 9:50pm

  burt could handle any backline position , i think of burt as another paul taylor . He is an assett to the eels and a much needed point scorer , I still think grothe if he gets a run will come off the bench as a backline replacement or to give the forwards a rest
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  Tim November 9, 2009 at 10:29pm

  No point. Then we'd have Robbo, KKeating or Humble not playing in place of a winger. Burt would fail anyway.
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  Tinkerbell November 10, 2009 at 8:29am

  While I have no doubt that Burty has the skill to play the position, I don't think it would be of any benefit so late in his career. I would think that Burty has maybe another 2 years left - it would do nothing for stability or for the future to place him there, especially when his performances in his own position are just so fantastic!
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  parraborn! November 10, 2009 at 8:08pm

  to be honest, i think its a great idea, because i really do not know wat ando will do with out backline and i think thats a great idea and burty can handle anything the way hes going, solid defence and he is a great ball player and is very slippery to tackle, i think he wood be a good 5/8, with a role to run the line.
  
  But then again it wont happen becuase then that means we just resigned robson for no reason
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    Morgs82 > parraborn! November 11, 2009 at 6:49pm

    i believe a lot of people thought darren lockyer from fullback to 5/8 was "bollocks " also noknob