Blow up in dressing rooms

[mighty v]

Say what you will about graham but his fire and passion cant be ignored


https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/08/29...essing-room-blow-up-between-graham-and-duftyp

 

[muzby]

Damn. I thought someone smuggled in one of those dolls.

 

[hewi]

Well done to him, if only the coach had the balls to do it.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

The link I clicked didnt work - copy/pasting article below if others have same issue.

Whether its true or not, elements of truth etc... who knows.

The Dragons have been plunged further into crisis mode with reports of a dressing room blow-up after last weekend’s thrashing by lowly Canterbury.

Wide World of Sports has been told there was an angry confrontation between senior player James Graham and young gun Matt Dufty as the players came to terms with the shock 38-0 loss to the Bulldogs.

The loss was the Dragons’ fourth in their last five games and Graham - a gritty British battler - was fuming at how Dufty and several other young players didn’t seem to take the gravity of the situation seriously enough.


"A few of the young guys were sitting around, looking at their phones and grinning after the game and it didn’t sit well with James," a Dragons insider told Wide World of Sports.

"It didn’t get physical or anything like that … but there were some angry words said and the atmosphere was very tense

 

[Willow]

Say what you will about graham but his fire and passion cant be ignored

Sadly, the Club might show him the door for being too passionate.

 

[taxidriver]

for James

 

[rednwhites]

James understands.

 

[Carlton]

and what was the coach doing?

 

[FlameThrower]

And yet more examples of:
1. Players not being prepared for key games especially last Sunday Bloody Sunday event
2. James Graham been at the club 5 minutes yet has Captain written all over him - make it official.
3. New recruits who either don’t know or care about Club history when it counts / they have no idea with attention span of a gold fish.

 

[getsmarty]

and what was the coach doing?

Probably looking for his next scapegoat.

 

[Carlton]

Probably looking for his next scapegoat.

and he wouldn't want to upset one of his chosen players.

 

[FlameThrower]

and what was the coach doing?

Checking the spreadsheet macro - it looked fine on paper. Must be some formula error. Does not compute!!!

 

[Gareth67]

About bluudy time ! If the coach won’t do it then allow Jimmy to , what the hell only 2 games remaining I say give the man the captaincy and tell Mary to have the rest of the season off . How many times against the bulldogs did the red headed cattle dog chase after the try scorer ? The man is as honest as the day is long , once again - good on you Jimmy !

 

[Willow]

I think the last player who did this was Joel Thompson. It was last year, same venue. We were playing against Newcastle and the team were putting in a woeful effort. And just like last Sunday at Kogarah, the crowd booed the team off at half time.

The major difference was that this blow up from Thompson (apparently) lifted the team, and we saw a reversal of fortunes in the second half. Down 28-10 at half time, Saints scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to win 32-28. It was one of the great comebacks at Kogarah.

Perhaps Jimmy Graham should have got stuck in at half time. We'll never know if he did or not. But would it have made any difference? Quite frankly, what I saw in the first half last Sunday was worse than what I saw in 2017.

What we do know is that Joel Thompson, a player with so much passion and will-to-win, was not rewarded with a captaincy. Instead, he was shown the door and ended up at Manly.

 

[Dragonslayer]

Herbert is in the 21 this week, and whilst it weakens the ISP's qualifying final team it would send a serious message to that smug little so-and-so.
Drop him and play Herbert would send the right message of ship up or ship out.

 

[Gareth67]

I think the last player who did this was Joel Thompson. It was last year, same venue. We were playing against Newcastle and the team were putting in a woeful effort. And just like last Sunday at Kogarah, the crowd booed the team off at half time.

The major difference was that this blow up from Thompson (apparently) lifted the team, and we saw a reversal of fortunes in the second half. Down 28-10 at half time, Saints scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to win 32-28. It was one of the great comebacks at Kogarah.

Perhaps Jimmy Graham should have got stuck in at half time. We'll never know if he did or not. But would it have made any difference? Quite frankly, what I saw in the first half last Sunday was worse than what I saw in 2017.

What we do know is that Joel Thompson, a player with so much passion and will-to-win, was not rewarded with a captaincy. Instead, he was shown the door and ended up at Manly.

If this is what occurs to Graham also , as did to Thompson then it is indeed a very sad indictment of just how pathetic the thinking of our boardroom truly is . The club will then be officially in its death-throes .

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Herbert is in the 21 this week, and whilst it weakens the ISP's qualifying final team it would send a serious message to that smug little so-and-so.
Drop him and play Herbert would send the right message of ship up or ship out.

Forget all the subjective stuff, he should be dropped on form alone.
He is a liability right now.
I could not understand why we stuck him on the bench?
Drop him to resers. Show strong and definitive leadership.
Right now he is a dead set liability and the opposition knows it.

 

[Das Hassler]

What Graham was reacting to is not restricted to the dragons dressing room...over indulged and over hyped adolescents in men's bodies ..most of whom have known nothing about fighting for anything. ...it's just a game for them as is everything else in life that comes at them through their stupid phone..RL talent but bedwetters at heart ....most clubs have their share...unimaginable why Graham wouldnt be captain

 

[drake]

I think the last player who did this was Joel Thompson. It was last year, same venue. We were playing against Newcastle and the team were putting in a woeful effort. And just like last Sunday at Kogarah, the crowd booed the team off at half time.

The major difference was that this blow up from Thompson (apparently) lifted the team, and we saw a reversal of fortunes in the second half. Down 28-10 at half time, Saints scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to win 32-28. It was one of the great comebacks at Kogarah.

Perhaps Jimmy Graham should have got stuck in at half time. We'll never know if he did or not. But would it have made any difference? Quite frankly, what I saw in the first half last Sunday was worse than what I saw in 2017.

What we do know is that Joel Thompson, a player with so much passion and will-to-win, was not rewarded with a captaincy. Instead, he was shown the door and ended up at Manly.

It was that passion that made me shake my head at the club's decision to let Thommo go. His perfrormances were always hard and strong, but his passion for the club and winning were obvious.

 

[possm]

It was that passion that made me shake my head at the club's decision to let Thommo go. His perfrormances were always hard and strong, but his passion for the club and winning were obvious.

I thought it was to buy a top line English prop but as it turns out it was not. So, ask Mr Millward what he did with Thompson's salary and the surplus salary cap he had for 2018.