Dew or Burton

[CaptainDangerfield]

Both sets of supporters consider these two "match winners" but they rarely win a game off their own boot. Who would you prefer?

Thoughts?

 

[Macca19]

Burton is fitter and more versatile. Dew has better skills and a better football brain.

Burton probably does more.

 

[RoosterLad]

I'd say Burton comes through fairly often.

 

[Crowked]

	G	Ave K	Ave HB	Ave M	Ave G	Ave P	Ave T	Ave ff	Ave fa
Burton	119	12.1	3.9	5.0	1.2	0.8	1.6	0.8	1.0
Dew	161	9.0	3.6	2.6	1.4	0.9	1.5	0.6	0.5

Looking at their career averages, there isnt much in it. Burton gets more disposals and takes a lot more marks, Dew has slightly better scoring figures.

They are very different players and you would probably be making a choice on type of player, rather than between the players themselves picking one over the other. I'd love the Crows to have both. I wonder if Alan Stewart could make that happen. I wish!

 

[Markthirtytwo]

Burton is fitter and more versatile. Dew has better skills and a better football brain.

Burton probably does more.

Eh??? Run that by me again.

 

[drakeyv2]

Burton every time.

Dew is as soft as butter.

 

[Mad Dog]

Dew is fat, slow, and lazy.........his stocks have always been artificially inflated by how far he can kick

 

[macca23]

Dew is fat, slow, and lazy.........his stocks have always been artificially inflated by how far he can kick

Agreed. He was a thorough disgrace against the Kangaroos and as one of the senior players let his club down badly.

Burton by the length of the straight - brain fades and all.

 

[Dandy_GO]

There are very few players that can go with Burton, whilst there are very few players unfit enough not to be able to go with Dew. Dew kicks a few inspirational goals every season, but that's about it. I'm a fan of both to be honest, but Burton is a far more useful player.

 

[johnnypanther]

BURTON not just by the length of the straight but by the length of the course

- only time i'ld have Dew over Burton is when Burton is injured

 

[johnnypanther]

BURTON not just by the length of the straight but by the length of the course

- only time i'ld have Dew over Burton is when Burton is injured

 

[Jars458]

Are we talking abuot former Crows runner Craig Burton here?

If not, don't waste my time with such silly questions.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

I'd say Burton comes through fairly often.

That was my poor wording. Haven't been able to get on to edit it. What I meant was they both play consistently good footy but they rarely win a match off of their own boot.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Are we talking abuot former Crows runner Craig Burton here?

If not, don't waste my time with such silly questions.

.....

 

[Handyandy]

Burton easily, he is one of the best athletes in the afl. His form has been brilliant over the last couple of seasons whilst dews has been average. Burton and mattners ability to get back and help the defenders is a major reason for the crows revival. Burton gets scapegoated at the crows alot but id take him over dew.

 

[Crow-mo]

it depends,

is it for a game of footy or a pie eating contest?

 

[Dont think Do]

Not sure if my view is worth much here but here goes as both are players I have spent some time watching.

Drew has much better skills and we all know he is one of the biggest and best kicks around.

Burton, skills let him down and has a brain fade at times and gives away silly free kicks. However I love the way that he gives it his all everytime. Takes a good player to forget the mistake he just made and go after it again.

my pick.

2003/2004 Drew

2005/2006 Burton

 

[Truck Rutten]

Dew is fat, slow, and lazy.........his stocks have always been artificially inflated by how far he can kick

Yet somehow he's dated some of the finest looking women I've ever laid eyes on. He must have a great personality

 

[Stiffy_18]

it depends,

is it for a game of footy or a pie eating contest?

 

[*PAF]

Is this a ********take?
Burton is playing the best footy of his career at the moment and Dew probably the worst.

Lets split the question up into three parts.
1. Burton at his best or Dew at his best.
I would take Dew. Matchwinner extraordinare at his best. Having said that, some people would go for Burton due to his workrate.
That probably means the real answer is that there is no winner when both at their best. DRAW

2. Burton at his worst or Dew at his worst.
Well with Dew not playing well plus Choco's unwillingness to bench him means you literally are down to 17 men because when he disappears he really disappears.
Burton at his worst also means you are down to 17, BUT worse still it also means you are playing against 19 players.
DEW handsdown in this scenario. Burton at his worst is the sort of stuff nightmares are made of.

3. At the moment.
No question really. BURTON all the way.

 

[The Crows Truth]

Is this a ********take?
Burton is playing the best footy of his career at the moment and Dew probably the worst.

youve answered the question

 

[Crow-mo]

Paf,

don't see the relevance.

at his absolute best, cupido is better than both. but that doesn't make him the right choice

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Burton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daylight>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fat man


Please! OK everyone says Burton has brain fades and OK I agree sometimes he does, BUT! I think Burton is played out of position on the wing and still kicks ass 85% of the time. Burton should be FP or FF, remember 2002 play the man at either of the previous positions I mentioned and you get 40-60 goals for a season at least due to his ability to mark or get the ball. Dew is a LAZY LAZY HBF nothing more, can anyone here honestly say he could get 40-60 goals a year up front, no bloody way. Dew is rubbish.

 

[tredders16]

Agreed. He was a thorough disgrace against the Kangaroos and as one of the senior players let his club down badly.

Burton by the length of the straight - brain fades and all.

Yeah Dewy was a joke last Saturday night but when he is on song he can kick 4 long range goals in 10 minutes and change the complexity of a game. Burton can also do some miraculous things to win games but can also frustrate the absolute crap out of a supporter with his brain fades. Lets not forget his spoil of two St Kilda players whilst trying to take a hanger into the members stand causing the ball to spill to the Saints and giving them a win. He really can be a tool of the highest order but his skills and stamina win you over, he never gives up and seems to have a third lung. Dew does not have any of these atributes but can kick like a mule.

Only one of them has played in a premiership but by this seasons end that could be different.

Only one of them has plugged Nicky Visser and it isn't Birdbrain; therefore Dewy must be the winner. He has got something going for him with the ladies.
He had better land a long term one before he finishes footy because he will blow out to a small satellite and become a major shareholder in Balfours.

Go Dewy!!!

 

[*PAF]

Paf,

don't see the relevance.

at his absolute best, cupido is better than both. but that doesn't make him the right choice

As Crow's Truth pointed out, I answered the question first before going to hypotheticals.