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  Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 August 2, 2018 at 4:47pm

  The game has changed since the Luke Burt era. Wingers are more solidly built and must take the load off the forwards with dominant hit ups in the first few tackes.
  
  Burt would have problems at his size as French is having at the moment.
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  Gray Fox August 2, 2018 at 4:59pm

  Burt would never make it in the game today. Size matters now far more than it did back then.
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    Webby > Gray Fox August 2, 2018 at 5:03pm

    I hear what you are saying but i disagree. Once upon a time you needed to be a ball player to play lock, now its like an extra frf. If he plays smart he can be good enough
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      Gray Fox > Webby August 2, 2018 at 5:19pm

      The game has changed too much. He would get dominated from kick returns and also under the high ball. Credit to Bev he is okay catching bombs but gets man handled everywhere else. Look at all the best wingers in the comp right now. They are all tall, athletic, and powerful. Bev is none of these.
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    Spadge > Gray Fox August 2, 2018 at 5:23pm

    I also disagree there is plenty of smaller players in the nrl who have been relatively successful here’s a few of the top of my head but sure there is more
    Matt dufty
    Luke keary
    Dylan Edwards
    Billy slater
    Aj brimson
    Adam Reynolds
    Damion cook
    Michael Gordon
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  ibby August 2, 2018 at 5:00pm

  the only problem is he cant play winger as well... hes a player that would of been excellent from the 80s - 2000s era... the game has changed and there is no such thing as a great small winger... all the other teams have average to strong physical wingers, we are always the last team in the comp to realise how the comp is changing, in almost every aspect of the new era including forward rotation, building a strong culture, have the correct type of people in charge, etc etc... we a team still playing in the early 2000's, whilst most teams are years ahead of us.
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  Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 2, 2018 at 5:07pm

  Agree, good blog, never a fan of Burt here, in fact i hated seeing him run out for us but to his credit he was a much more complete player than Bev, much more of a team player and he had vision for those around him which Bev doesnt have.

  He could also kick goals and had a great tactical mind.

  Burty hurt us big time when it mattered, look no further than the knights GF, he was exploited and walked over like i told anybody who would listen that it would happen.

  Just like will happen to bev when it matters, its already happening.

  If you are going to be on the small side you need to be in the halves unless you are a freak like slater who has a very good all round game and hes very strong for his size unlike Bev.
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  Michael Ericson August 2, 2018 at 5:20pm

  I struggle to call Burt a great. In fact I think he slightly underachieved in terms of the big wraps he had on him when he was blooded initially as a centre. I think his size though was always an issue from the outset. He had to move quickly from centre and he was then never really a fixture in the side under Brian Smith he was always in and out. Became more of a permanent fixture in the team after Smith
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  Gucci Flip Flops August 2, 2018 at 5:37pm

  AFL trainer ruined his career
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  Darren Munro August 2, 2018 at 5:59pm

  No place for small wingers? What about ado Carr and gagai??