So just to clarify.... are you suggesting the Burgess boys are show ponies?

I agree.

Putting all your Burgess eggs in the same basket is basket-case folly and will fail miserably when it really counts.

McNamara and England - consider yourself warned!

Hype does not equate to real substance when it really matters.

Show Ponies 20 Warhorses 30

How to spot Burgii sycophants?

They'll tell you the Burgess Bros were wholly responsible for Souths march to the Semi Finals this year.

They'll resort to providing selective stats in order to fit their Burgii agenda.

They'll also tell you today's loss wasn't their fault

Selective stats or season-long stats? Again, statistically, Sam Burgess was the best forward on the field today on both sides. George made 33 tackles (most for Souths) and 93 more than any other Souths player apart from Inglis and Sam Burgess.

Let's not pick on Jeff Lima, 3 missed tackles and 63m or Ben Te'o 61m or Dave Tyrell 84m and only 12 tackles, Glen Stewart 61m 3 missed tackles, .

I think you need to go back to moaning about SL attendances and your own 'selective stats'. You seem to know very little about the game itself.

Sadly the Burgess family have been in the media spotlight ever since the first one signed for Souths. It's a well known fact the whole family wanted to migrate to Australia. Russell Crowe has certainly used the 'all 4 brothers are playing for Souths' thing for all it's worth. The family (for whatever reason) are the darlings of Fairfax media and it's impossible to read the SMH page online without some story about one or other of the Burgess family. Sam and Luke go to the beach. Luke goes swimming. Sam jumps off a wharf into the sea. Luke and Sam meet a young fan at the beach and shake his hand. Sam rides a scooter. One of them gets his bits out. One of them apologises for smashing a car window. The whole family play on the X Box. Julie shaves her legs.

The media are probably to blame. They have built them up to be some kind of incredible talent who can single handedly propel Souffs to their first premiership since whenever.

As we saw today it doesn't always go to plan.

+1

The Burgii request you shine their off-season shoes Johnny.

I'm sure you won't let them down.

That sounds like check mate then WE. Don't knock your king over - we all know what being owned feels like. You scuttle off to your trolling attendances thread now. Leave talking about the actual game to people who have actually played it and know a little bit about it.

You more than most.