martin offiah on sky sports : Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:06 pm  

apparently we have a "drinking culture" at our club.
true or not these are dark times for our beloved club.
gatcliffe,moran and smith have got a lot of work to do.

Re: martin offiah on sky sports : Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:15 pm  

foot in touch wrote:

apparently we have a "drinking culture" at our club.
true or not these are dark times for our beloved club.
gatcliffe,moran and smith have got a lot of work to do.

"Give over"!

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:18 pm  

What a sweeping, bland, big pile of horse poop.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:01 pm  

This Pi$$es me off no end Harris was on about the drinking culture on last weeks superleague show... and now Offiahs picked up on it....Offiah would have struggled to name a single wire player 6 months ago yet here is he spouting about a drinking culture.... Lesley vainakolo got hammered on a full bottle of neat Brandy at a Yorkshire cricket match on a Bradford team day once...he got into some mither outside a night club and went round to paul johnsons drank a full bottle of coke half a chicken and half a loaf...... so feckin what......... weve just got some $hit player that dont want to be here in the first place and the rest are earning very good money and not really working for it....... whats offiahs view on the NRL drinking culture....? the bleeding ponce http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25186262-23214,00.html

This Pi$$es me off no end Harris was on about the drinking culture on last weeks superleague show... and now Offiahs picked up on it....Offiah would have struggled to name a single wire player 6 months ago yet here is he spouting about a drinking culture.... Lesley vainakolo got hammered on a full bottle of neat Brandy at a Yorkshire cricket match on a Bradford team day once...he got into some mither outside a night club and went round to paul johnsons drank a full bottle of coke half a chicken and half a loaf...... so feckin what......... weve just got some $hit player that dont want to be here in the first place and the rest are earning very good money and not really working for it....... whats offiahs view on the NRL drinking culture....? the bleeding ponce http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25186262-23214,00.html

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:06 pm  

There is a drinking culture in society. Every club in every sport in the western world has a drinking culture. The majority of professional sportsmen are males aged between 18 and 36; how do we expect them to socialise with each other? A game of crown green bowls and afternoon tea round at Lee's house?

Brett Stewart, of Manly, the World Club Champions, has been accused of nastiness with a 17 year old girl - in a bar! They are the best team in the world and they have a drinking culture.

Andy Gregory was hardly teetotal, nor could he be singled out as someone not living upto his reputation.

It is only a problem when teams are losing.

[Paul Thexton]

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:10 pm  

The drinking culture thing is nothing shocking and nothing new.

I do believe that our 'drinking culture' is probably more serious than a lot of others, but let's be honest about things here, it's probably not nearly as bad as it was in the semi professional days!

In fact, I seem to recall Eddie Hemmings asking Paul Cullen on the SL show about the drinking culture when he first came back from Whitehaven, Cullen's response was something like: "If you think the club's got a drinking problem now, you should've seen what it was like when *I* was a player!"

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:15 pm  

Paul Thexton wrote:

The drinking culture thing is nothing shocking and nothing new.

I do believe that our 'drinking culture' is probably more serious than a lot of others, but let's be honest about things here, it's probably not nearly as bad as it was in the semi professional days!

In fact, I seem to recall Eddie Hemmings asking Paul Cullen on the SL show about the drinking culture when he first came back from Whitehaven, Cullen's response was something like: "If you think the club's got a drinking problem now, you should've seen what it was like when *I* was a player!"

Yep, I was talking with my dad about this earlier and some of the players that we had on that 'legendary' team of the late 80's.

This topic also came up in a fans forum at Burtonwood Catholic Club a few years back, with Cullen and Rob Parker on the panel, and Parker stated that it is no worse than any other club, and Bradford was much worse in fact. They were winning at the time though and got no stick for it.

When you look at the trouble players from Leeds and Bradford have been in, and from many NRL players, you can see that people focus on the Warrington issue due to the fact we are under-performing, when I would put the majority of it down to rugby issues.

[Paul Thexton]

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:18 pm  

Yep ... I can understand the point coming up when, like in seasons past, we'd play well for 50/60 minutes and then completely fall apart, essentially looking completely unfit. I think everyone knows what excessive drinking does to your fitness levels even if you do regularly train.

I don't however understand why this is coming up now, our issues right now are not a fitness issue (unless the being hammered from the 1st minute is down to the players being totally knackered just from the pre-match warmup ?!?!?!)

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:43 pm  

It's been mentioned on the SL show, on sky & by at least 2 bbc radio stations this weekend.

It only becomes a problem when it affects their ability to do their job. No one will say that it has (on here) without being able to back it up with a bit of evidence.

Until then, wether true or not, we're just reading between the lines.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:48 pm  

I have no problem whatsoever with a player that likes a drink as long as he`s the model professional in his job, Bob Jackson couldn`t half put the beers away most nights but he was one of our most consistent past performers that always gave 101% + some more as well. I know the game is more professional these days but their is no harm in a player having a beer or two to relax as long as he keeps a professional attitude whilst he is employed as a professional RL player both away from and at the club.