Replying To BigBàsMan:  "Ok judge him on the club championship then, where he was much better than most the other forwards."

Replying To galway19:  "It's a very different role though coming into the county set up. No doubt there is some talent there with Burns but he was consistently the first or second option in the Loughrea forward line with Shaughnessy and probably getting 15 possessions in a half where you might lose a few of them but you are getting loads of chances of good ball coming your way. Coming into a county set up where ball runs through Whelan, Concannon and gets run through midfield an awful lot means you might only get four or five balls in a half. If you don't win the majority of them you are completely out of the game (e.g Limerick game). Same with Collins to an even greater extent where he is Cappy's only option inside.

Burns will probably make an impact in some game this year but I would say McLoughlin might be ahead of him to start just based off performing well against Kilkenny and he has pace low to the ground which we don't have a lot of. I wouldn't even be surprised if you see Aaron Niland on the bench once the u20 is near finished. They have had him in with the squad since start of the pre season so there must be some sort of plan there."

Replying To BigBàsMan:  "Burns is literally the only goal threat I can see ( and McLoughlin) in the Galway full forward line. Whelan is always doubled up on now. Concannon hasn't performed in about 2 years, niland absent from play, cooney is no longer a goal scoring threat. Goals win matches Galway have to improved delivery. Time for O'Shea to earn his crust"

Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "You know better than anyone that it's hardly wise to evaluate Burns capacity off the back of that Clare display. An NHL game, where one side shows up and the other does not, is no place to be evaluating true intercounty potential imo."