Lord Tony Smith:

I see Burgess had another sly dig at the referee in his post match presser last night. I’m sick to death of him blaming the ref after every defeat. Where is the accountability? The ref didn’t miss 40 tackles or have a crap load of possession and do nothing with it, nor did he concede 18 points in 12 minutes. Time to front it up and take some responsibility, Sam. You’ve only got Ashton and Harrison injured now from the players who would, IMO, make the starting squad so you can’t use that one. The players have been in Greece all week supping Mythos on the beach so you can’t use the excuse that they were ‘tired’ either. There is seemingly so little pressure on Burgess from within the club. If he was at Saints, Wigan or Leeds h’ed have been sacked weeks ago. It’s baffling.