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Thetalentboy wrote:Joe burgess close to signing for them
Can't believe we haven't made a move
Far better than mcintosh and tindall would of been a good replacement for swift
There's a thing called contracts and up until Burgess having his terminated for a serious breach of contract then he'd have still been a Salford player and we'd already signed Tindall and McIntosh is still under contract. Now as we have had an issue with culture etc and Smith wanting to change the internal culture within the club he may well have thought Burgess wasn't the right fit for the squad/club. You can't simply get rid of contracted players unless of course you know where the pot of gold or money tree is to pay off contracted players or know clubs who want them etc?
The fact Burgess is still on the look out for a club shows other clubs probably don't have the money or the cap space available at this late stage or are/were interested in his signature. There's been plenty of talk from the dark side about making more signings but no movement seemed to have been made until Abdull left for Catalans on loan, which suggest they maybe didn't have sufficient space themselves.
I really enjoy long walks especially when they are taken by people I don't like!
Burgess is decent but not great, and coming off the back of getting sacked I'm glad we didn't go for him. Personally I think Lewis Martin is going to be a fantastic winger.
A few seasons ago id of been rather envious of that signing, however I thought last season he was very average, not to say he can't turn his form around.
Hasbag wrote:Burgess is ? and coming off the back of getting sacked I'm glad we didn't go for him. Personally I think Lewis Martin is going to be a fantastic winger.
Really? He scored 23 tries in 54 Red Devils games in 2023, which was only 3 behind super league top scorer,Tom Johnston. With a good centre inside of him, he will certainly get plenty of chances to show his ability.
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Hasbag wrote:Burgess is decent but not great, and coming off the back of getting sacked I'm glad we didn't go for him. Personally I think Lewis Martin is going to be a fantastic winger.
Really? He scored 23 tries in 54 Red Devils games in 2023, which was only 3 behind super league top scorer,Tom Johnston. With a good centre inside of him, he will certainly get plenty of chances to show his ability.
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I think those numbers for Burgess are over three seasons since he joined Salford in 2021.
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Seventies red wrote:Really? He scored 23 tries in 54 Red Devils games in 2023, which was only 3 behind super league top scorer,Tom Johnston. With a good centre inside of him, he will certainly get plenty of chances to show his ability.
You don't really think that he played 54 games last season do you?
He played 25 and scored 4 tries. He scored 16 in 21 games in 2022.
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