Quote: Trainman "Just an opinion of course. The way Sam was asked to play at full back is very similar to an old school #6 which is where he had played and trained throughout his youth. Where he had to adapt was the defensive side and that showed at the start with him moving to the wing and Richards covering some of his duty. I’d say it took Sam at least 2 years to adapt to the defensive side.
Centre and wing are vastly different, I may be way off here but budgie to me seems to be prone to a loss of confidence and I think is less adaptable so naturally it would take him longer.'"
He was tried at centre for a run of games last season, he looked a million miles off, in attack and more evidently in defence. The role is massively different. Reminded me of how Pat Richards was when tried at centre.
I don't get this obsession with moving Burgess to centre. (I know it's not you mate) It's like someone's looked at his size and pace, saw his hand off and breaks v Cas, factored in that we have Davies and Marshall and come to a conclusion he could be a centre.
It's as if people don't get how different the positions are.