: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:42 am  

Burgess, like Koppa and others are victims of the current malaise affecting the Club caused by signings in the last 4 years that have not turned out well for the Club. That is not the fault of the current Head Coach or the C/man. What could be construed as fault is their persistence with players who have no pride in pulling on a Bulls shirt. Brave decisions have to be made which would probably see us in a worse position than we are in now. A clearout is needed, we must begin a future plan to bring us to a position to challenge for honours, a plan that will probably leave us, in the short term floundering in the bottom reaches of SL for a season or two "a la Wigan". but the Head Honcho's at Odsal seem to be scared of the reaction of the fans to such a radical approach but we must do it before relegation again becomes an issue. A plan needs to be formulated by the leadership and a meeting with the players and fans for backing and let the 'success now or else brigade' wallow in their bile.
Keep Macca, sack the jury!

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:21 am  

Gordon Gekko wrote:

One word - Burnout.

my god, do you troll on every board???? He's a good young player having to do too much to cover for others inability!

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:28 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

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

Hit the nail on the head, couldn't believe how much he's bulked up. Definately more a prop now than a SR.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:35 am  

Dosn't wanna play at Shodsil anymore. Looks as though he is another step nearer to joining us at Headingley

[Bulliac]

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:44 am  

Not sure there is anything `going on` with Sam. Like many young players who have a big `breakthrough` year you then get the `second year syndrome`.

He`s definitely bulked up but he`s still a youngster and is probably finding the extra weight (muscle, admittedly) hard to carry. We used to talk about kids `growing into their bodies`, I guess that`s what Sam`s going through at the moment.

He`s a quality rugby player though and I`m sure he`ll come back to the fore. Incidentally I don`t find anything wrong in playing him in different positions; we don`t know yet what his most effective position will be (probably he doesn`t yet know himself) and there is nothing to lose and plenty top gain in obtaining the experience of playing in different positions in the pack.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:49 am  

Sam is definitely significantly below his best form, but I don't think there's anything wrong with him, the problem is he is part of a team which most of the time is well below par and on too many occasions performs as abysmally as last night, it is exceptionally difficult to look good in a team which is getting whupped and constantly on the back foot.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:51 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Sam is definitely significantly below his best form, but I don't think there's anything wrong with him, the problem is he is part of a team which most of the time is well below par and on too many occasions performs as abysmally as last night, it is exceptionally difficult to look good in a team which is getting whupped and constantly on the back foot.

You fearing Stuart Fielden burn out?

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:52 am  

When he gets the ball you can see a look of confusion on his face and a moment of hesitation. I'm sure he's thinking along the lines "Am I playing prop and should be making hard yards, or am I playing LF and should be running wide?" He ends up doing neither.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:01 am  

vb1981 wrote:

You fearing Stuart Fielden burn out?

I can't explain the transformation in Fielden, but no, not at all. Burgess has an outstanding career ahead of him, of that I've no doubt.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:07 am  

cba starting a new thread but matt cook was a bit poop last night.