The Dragons’ tradition has as soon as once more come below hearth after a late-night incident between two stars which league legend Matty Johns believes will go away embattled coach Anthony Griffin scratching his head.
Winger Mikaele Ravalawa and low season recruit Zane Musgrove have been each handed breach notices and fined after a heated 6am alternate wanted to damaged up by teammates following a 42-24 flogging within the Charity Shield.
Ravalawa reportedly informed membership officers he was “too drunk to remember” whereas Musgrove was additionally understood to be closely intoxicated.
Griffin reportedly addressed the problem at coaching on Tuesday and Johns believes the argument in isolation isn’t a giant challenge — nevertheless, he believes the squad’s intentions for the season ought to be questioned.
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“Put it this way, I think the biggest issue for me, blokes argue, push and shove, for me that’s not the biggest thing,” Johns stated to foxsports.com.au.
“The thing I’d be disappointed in, if I was Anthony Griffin I’d be going ‘hey boys, can I just ask you, we got flogged, and then we are still drinking at six in the morning’.
“I’d be going to them and saying ‘what are you saying to me by doing that’, and if I am a Dragons fan the arguing, who cares but Dragons fans will be thinking they put in a stinker of a performance.
“That’s more to the point… If I’m Anthony Griffin I am coming away and thinking where are their heads at, are they listening to me.
“What is going on here when you have a loss like that and blokes are still going and getting on it, that’s more the point.
“The coach is thinking, just around the corner we have Round 1, and we just got hammered and we are doing that.”
The Red V had a turbulent low season which noticed two younger weapons, Tyrell Sloan and Jayden Sullivan hand in switch requests.
Five eighth Junior Amone has additionally been stood down below the NRL’s No Fault Stand Down coverage for an alleged hammer assault.
Only three gamers attended the membership’s presentation evening, inserting the microscope firmly on the Dragons’ tradition.
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Against the Rabbitohs on Saturday, Fox League’s Steve Roach believes the Dragons “melted in the middle” and lacked the aggressive edge wanted to compete for the finals.
“They just melted in the middle (in the trials). I don’t know whether they look athletic enough for me, the way the modern game is now,” Roach stated.
“I don’t know how they train or anything, but just watching them. I watched them play in the Charity Shield and Souths were walking back after they were scoring going ‘how easy was that?’
“I personally don’t think it’s the coach. The coach doesn’t go out there and play for them, you’ve got to have that will and want in yourself to go out there and be good at what you do. I think they’re going to struggle.”
While in isolation, a scuffle between teammates isn’t a serious drawback and Fox League’s Cooper Cronk believes it is just a “minor” challenge.
However, when a crew isn’t performing and have solely made the finals twice within the final decade, the well-known Red V membership will at all times be within the highlight.
“It’s easy to pick it apart when things aren’t going well, but I don’t follow headlines like that, it is probably on the very minor side of things,” Cronk stated.
“Ultimately, you fix culture problems through performance and not bringing attention to yourself.
“An unfortunately, the Dragons are in this position because they brought it upon themselves.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
