Quote Terry Monster="Terry Monster"The thing is none of us know if he has got a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for jack all at the end of next year. If he hasn't then it's a terrible idea to even contemplate selling the best player we have, two years in advance of his contracted ending. That would mean we would have to search for a replacement for the next 2 seasons and possibly more who provides the same quality as Sam does and attract him to the club, which will be very hard to come by if not impossible. Losing Burgess would be a massive blow and one that an already weak pack would not be able to deal with.
I to am concerned with the silence from the club and Sam though.'"
i think its well known he has such a clause in his contract plus the fact his agent has been saying about going for 2011 season to oz so wouldnt say that unless had realse clause.
to be fair think bradford need a scrum half more then we need burgess and who ever we try to sign will not come cheap .so id cash in on him now as dont agree we have a weak pack as next season with hall and lstrange coming in will be a very strong pack plus think scruton is improving all the time.
also if the rumours about ben westwood are true will have a strong 2nd row which is were burgess seema to be playing more these days.
dont get me wrong id love bulls to keep burgess but looking at the bigger picture letting a player who has made his mind up about playing in oz go early so we get some cash for him makes sense.plus dont think bulls want a paul newlove situation again were a players heart is not at the club