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| Quote MadDogg="MadDogg"Really sad how it turned out - George at his best would have steamrollered SL. Hope the surgery goes well and he can get back to good health.'"
With respect, if he was at his best, he wouldn’t have left the Bunnies....
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| Quote Darwen Warrior="Darwen Warrior"I seem to remember you giving me the smiley emoji and a ‘yeah right, he has to pay his mortgage blah, blah, blah’ response, a few months ago when I suggested that Burgess should do the decent thing and walk away. So here’s one for you in return..
As you say, fair play to him. He could indeed have seen his contract out but I don’t think that would have gone down too well with the fans which he realised.'"
It was the 'do the right thing' that I took umbrage (word of the day!) with. There wouldn't have been anything morally wrong with him seeing out his contract IMO. Glad it has been resolved for both parties, hope he has something lined up for the next phase of his working life. They really do need to think about how he came to be signed in the first place though if he was already crocked.
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| Quote ploinerrhino="ploinerrhino"You are nieve if you think he has not taken the majority of his contract money with him'"
They will have come to some financial arrangement, of that I have no doubt.
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| Quote MadDogg="MadDogg"There's no way he will have left without financial support from the club.'"
Quite agree and the club will have done the right thing coming to some sort of financial arrangement. Whilst I feel sorry for the lad, I’m glad that matters have now been resolved and we can move on and hopefully now strengthen the squad further.
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| Quote Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy="Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy"[urlhttps://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2021/02/03/club-statement-george-burgess/[/url
Sad - was never fit, which makes me wonder about the decision to sign him, especially as a marquee signing.'"
Agreed big shame but why oh why was he signed when he clearly wasn't right is baffling..still best of luck to the lad for his future
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| Quote Jordan Rankin="Jordan Rankin"With respect, if he was at his best, he wouldn’t have left the Bunnies....'"
Maybe but the point still stands.
Speaks volumes that he was just voted into the Souths team of the decade, ironically alongside Roy Asotasi who also had a miserable time over here.
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| A very welcome decision to those supporters who said that he should never have been signed in the first place.
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| Not if he is taking up all our cap space. We won't be able to sign top level wingers to sit in the stands then.
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| Quote Egg Chasing="Egg Chasing"Not if he is taking up all our cap space. We won't be able to sign top level wingers to sit in the stands then.'"
Do you think he will be? I would have assumed we could de-register him.
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| Really interesting interview from George on Wigan TV - seems that lockdown did him no favours at all with the injury and he might have been able to get through it otherwise with regular access to physio/rehab work etc. Clearly an underlying issue though that he would need to have addressed at some point anyhow and if it was affecting his life outside of the sport far better to try and sort it asap rather than potentially making it worse through playing rugby.
Get the impression that neither him or Wigan have ruled out the possibility of him returning to the squad in 2022 if the surgery has the impact they hope it will. I'm sure everyone would welcome him back with open arms if his health improves.
Either way I'm sure the club will continue to support him as they seem to be really on the ball with player welfare these days. Best of luck to him.
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| Quote Grimmy="Grimmy"Do you think he will be? I would have assumed we could de-register him.'"
yeah he didnt play a game so it wont count if we do
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