Whats happened to Sam Burgess : Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:42 pm  

Is he still recovering from his off season operation or what?

The guy was awesome for you lot and GB when he burst onto the scene but I thought most of last year he was pants (although I think he had a bad shoulder injury?) but this year from what I'm seen on TV and highlights and read in papers etc he seems to be doing nothing this season...yet.

If he doesn't recover from injury (if thats the reason) or buck his ideas up he could go the way of Fielden but much quicker

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:01 pm  

I think he looks to heavy and has lost the agility he had.

Re: Whats happened to Sam Burgess : Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:06 pm  

cheekydiddles wrote:

Is he still recovering from his off season operation or what?

The guy was awesome for you lot and GB when he burst onto the scene but I thought most of last year he was pants (although I think he had a bad shoulder injury?) but this year from what I'm seen on TV and highlights and read in papers etc he seems to be doing nothing this season...yet.

If he doesn't recover from injury (if thats the reason) or buck his ideas up he could go the way of Fielden but much quicker

He`s been like that for quite a few weeks now don`t think he`s carrying a injury though, looks like the rest of them unfit and not interested.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:39 am  

He's being used as a battering ram.. whether they play him at prop or loose, our lack of any momentum going forward means he (and everyone else, including the wingers) can do nothing but charge forward to get out of our own half..
Try playing in a team where even just 3 or 4 are unmotivated.. you just cant stand out, you have too much leg work to do to cover the others..
Why are professional players unmotivated? Not sure they are.. they do all want to win, but every team has the coach giving the players that little bit extra, and in an intense contact game like league, if you dont have that little bit extra, the gap widens, you get found out..
Burgess, Morrison, Menzies, all the young players and others are now being done a disservice by our coach.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:43 am  

I dont think asking him to alternate between prop and LF is helping him. Andy Farrell could do that at his peak but its a lot to ask of a young player.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:45 am  

Doesn't have the quality around him anymore.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:47 am  

Mark wrote:

Doesn't have the quality around him anymore.

send him over the pennines then, we'll have him

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:56 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

send him over the pennines then, we'll have him

He'll be off if there's half a chance.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:17 am  

One word - Burnout.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:22 am  

Gordon Gekko wrote:

One word - Burnout.

Give over.