Quote: Cherry.Pie "I think it's only fair to point out that Burgess was one of our most influential players in the victory over Huddersfield. He's clearly not had the pre-season we've have hoped for and it was said before he played a game that it would take a while for him to get up to speed. I don't know who it was who said Burgess has "never been as fit in years" but I think everyone is capable of seeing the situation for what it is. If he's going to be a success for us it's not going to happen immediately.
Clark was over-hyped, that much is obvious. There's plenty to work with but he hasn't improved our pack this year.
What I would say is that with Bullock not reappearing in the second half we had a fair few props not involved who would have something to add. Bullock, Flower, Partington and Clubb. The first 3 are, in my opinion, part of our best pack along with Burgess and Havard.
We struggled to make ground in attack but for me it's because we weren't dominant in defence. Partington and Flower are among our best defensive players. Byrne and Clark are not. Chuck Powell and Leuluai in the 13 role and we ended up with a pack that was going to get dominated.
Our full strength pack this year will be better than last year in my opinion, it's just that last night, for various reasons, we didn't have the best that we could offer.'"
It was his brother who said he hadn’t been as fit for years.
Injuries obviously caused problems during the game but even with a full pack e won’t be good enough.
Burgess does not appear to be getting fitter in fact his last 2 games he has the look and physicality of an old man. An old man with a wardrobe on his back. He simply isn’t good enough at the moment to make an improvement on last year. He should be training/playing 6 days a week to get fit that is if his body is capable of getting fit
