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| [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.
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| 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.
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| It’s one with real mixed feelings. A relief to have that cloud lifted from over the squad but sad for the guy. He’s clearly in a very bad way. I’m sure the club will now have a bit more cap space to play with but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve had to pay Burgess a substantial figure to ‘mutually’ part ways and I guess that could then impact on the amount of room it frees up.
It sounds like he plans to play again in 2022. I really hope things work out for him.
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| A real shame how this has worked out. I hope he gets the support he needs to get his hip fixed, even if this is the end of the road for his playing career. Fair play to him for playing ball with the club to come to an agreement too, I wouldn't have blamed him for seeing his contract out.
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| Quote ="NickyKiss"It’s one with real mixed feelings. A relief to have that cloud lifted from over the squad but sad for the guy. He’s clearly in a very bad way. I’m sure the club will now have a bit more cap space to play with but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve had to pay Burgess a substantial figure to ‘mutually’ part ways and I guess that could then impact on the amount of room it frees up.
It sounds like he plans to play again in 2022. I really hope things work out for him.'"
Pretty much sums up how I'm feeling about this.
Absolutely gutted that this didn't work out. Seems like forever since we've seen a world class prop at the club (Fax maybe) and GB was exactly that. I was dying to see him ripping it up in the same way Tom did.
There is relief however, that we've drawn a line under it. I spoke on another thread about this year being all about the 'here and now'. If we can get the right prop in, then it's the last piece of the jigsaw for 2021.
Really do wish GB all the best. I hope he comes back from this and gets onto the field again.
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| It is sad to see a player in the physical state he’s in and genuinely gutted it never worked out here for him and us. I wish him all the best in his recovery and sincerely hope he can get it sorted.
Certainly opens up some money for a prop - Luke Thompson anyone?*
[size=50*for anyone who’s head this goes over, I’m joking [/size
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| Right decision for me, another twelve months of GB being on the sidelines was no good for anybody. The club had no choice really. Last season showed that the divide between us and Saints is a thinner line than it was the year prior, inches away from being Champions ourselves.
Saints have strengthed for this season, as have we in some areas. Felt that prop was one area letting us down so hopefully this will be redressed now.
That said, hope GB gets the treatment he needs and makes a good enough recovery for it not to hinder him after retirement. Glad to hear the club supported him throughout his dark moments last year.
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| Some rubbish comments knocking about on social media slagging him off. It’s one thing a signing coming and plying really poorly or not putting effort in.
The guys worked hard to get on the field but body couldn’t take it.
He was the best prop in the world in 2014/15.
Criticism from the club for signing him if they knew about the injury was is fair but not bashing George.
This is a great move for the club though.
Gets him off the cap, takes the white elephant out of the room, can now move forward.
Also good for George personally that he doesn’t have the pressure of trying to get back quickly etc.
Moving forward I expect the money to be saved for a mid season signing.
I’m praying Luke Thompson becomes homesick!
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| Quote ="Grimmy"A real shame how this has worked out. I hope he gets the support he needs to get his hip fixed, even if this is the end of the road for his playing career. Fair play to him for playing ball with the club to come to an agreement too, I wouldn't have blamed him for seeing his contract out.'"
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.
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| Best for everyone
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| Quote ="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.'"
There's no way he will have left without financial support from the club.
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| It’s probably the best thing for both parties. I just hope he doesn’t come back to SL and rip it up for another club once recovered and gets a NRL gig instead.
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| Coming out of retirement after injury, he's nailed on at Wire isn't he?
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| Quote ="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.'"
You are nieve if you think he has not taken the majority of his contract money with him
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| Quote ="ploinerrhino"Quote ="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.'"
You are nieve if you think he has not taken the majority of his contract money with him'"
I expect he's not taken the majority of his contract money, but he will almost certainly have taken close to his full salary for this year with him. That would seem to be the most likely balance....I expect the club will have offered him this year's salary on the basis he foregoes the last year of his contract. That means we are in a great position next year, but pretty much the status quo this year.
It is a great decision that allows us to move forward, as long as he doesnt come back and have a barnstormer for wire in 2022.....which probably looks the most likely scenario going off past history!!
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| Quote ="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"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"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"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"[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"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"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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