Rugby league legend James Graham has roasted vocal former Bulldogs ahead Andrew Davey, claiming he was “embarrassed” by a rookie who was unknown previous to 2023.
The take-down comes after the 44-game backrower weighed in on Cameron Ciraldo’s teaching strategies within the wake of the membership’s coaching scandal.
Claims emerged a participant walked out of the membership with over a 12 months to go on his contract after a brutal coaching punishment which noticed him wrestle each squad member.
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Davey, who solely performed two video games for the Bulldogs in 2023, labelled Ciraldo’s teaching as “cold” and mentioned: “It wasn’t a culture that I fitted in with and it wasn’t the style of coaching that I resonated with”.
“It wasn’t great with Cameron,” Davey added.
“In the end we didn’t talk when I was leaving. It was very cold. I didn’t get the ideology of the coaches. It wasn’t a process that I’d been accustomed to.”
But Graham, who performed 135 video games for the Canterbury-Bankstown membership, wasn’t shopping for it and revealed why Davey harboured ailing emotions.
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“I don’t like going after players but Andrew Davey has put himself in the firing line,” Graham mentioned on Triple M.
“He played two games… he came over from Manly this season, and has come out and basically criticised Cam Ciraldo and the Bulldogs’ culture.
“I think the truth needs to come out in that situation. Andrew Davey came to the club thinking he was gonna play every week, and he got outworked by a 21-year-old called Jacob Preston and he embarrassed him.
“That’s why Andrew Davey isn’t happy, is because he came under the pretence of ‘I’m gonna play first grade every week’ and a 21-year-old put him in his place.
“He couldn’t get in the team, he kicks his toys and he pisses off to Parramatta. You didn’t like it because you weren’t getting picked… he has shoved it up your arse, see you later.”
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Graham’s feedback come after outdoors again Josh Morris blasted the present normal of NRL gamers and backed Ciraldo to vary the membership’s tradition.
“It’s hard to see as a former player. You don’t want to see a club like the Bulldogs where they are right now,” Morris mentioned on 2GB.
“I agree with what Cameron Ciraldo is trying to do. He is trying to change a culture from a losing one, which it has been for five years, to a winning one.
“How do you do that? You build that on hard work.”
“I don’t think all the Bulldogs players are working hard. I mean wrestling 20-30 blokes, that was a Monday or Tuesday when I played with Dessie. We would wrestle non-stop and you pretty much go until you couldn’t breathe”.
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