Re: Burgess : Sun Oct 13, 2024 5:02 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

It was Disgusting cowardly it on an unconscious prone individual.

Obviously not in the same league as Ben Flower, but still similar on principal.

The fact that Sky sports purposely did not show the replay and cut it off, was appalling in my opinion. (I was at a wedding, unfortunately so could not attend)

In fact. It was bent as a 9 bob note. Purposely trying to influence the course of the game

I’d agree with all of that - cynical and cowardly, and the gutless officiating because of the occasion.

As a RL fan of many years, I’ve learned to make a distinction between the way a player conducts himself on and off the field.

But in the case of Burgess, he’s completely consistent - a w***er both when he’s wearing a jersey and when he isn’t. Very glad he’s no longer at our club.

Re: Burgess : Sun Oct 13, 2024 5:53 pm  

The environment seems so different at the club now to the one in the days of the likes of Burgess and Williams. There was that group of 5 mates (Burgess, Gildart, Sutton, Bateman and Williams) who just seemed to think of Wigan as a stepping stone to bigger and better things and that is unsettling (as well as ridiculous). It's been a positive in seeing that sort of mindset leave the club and to now have a group of players who seem to be fully aware that pulling on that shirt is a privilege not to be taken for granted.

It's very rare that leaving Wigan for any club is a step up.