Thetalentboy wrote:
Joe burgess close to signing for them
Can't believe we haven't made a move
Far better than mcintosh and tindall would of been a good replacement for swift
There's a thing called contracts and up until Burgess having his terminated for a serious breach of contract then he'd have still been a Salford player and we'd already signed Tindall and McIntosh is still under contract. Now as we have had an issue with culture etc and Smith wanting to change the internal culture within the club he may well have thought Burgess wasn't the right fit for the squad/club.
You can't simply get rid of contracted players unless of course you know where the pot of gold or money tree is to pay off contracted players or know clubs who want them etc?
The fact Burgess is still on the look out for a club shows other clubs probably don't have the money or the cap space available at this late stage or are/were interested in his signature. There's been plenty of talk from the dark side about making more signings but no movement seemed to have been made until Abdull left for Catalans on loan, which suggest they maybe didn't have sufficient space themselves.
