Sacked coach Brad Arthur is still defending the culture at Parramatta, and a TV reporter has accused star half Mitchell Moses of swearing at him at training.
have defended the Parramatta playing group amid growing talk of a bad culture at the club. And it comes as a TV reporter accused Moses of swearing at him at training.
When I put it to him – before news of the Moses incident – that there is a perception the players are difficult to deal with, he said: “They are not ... the natural thing to happen when you are not winning games of football, people say things. They are a great playing group. Even when you have 48 points put on you, like on the weekend they were still trying hard. They tried hard until the end.
“I know the stories go around about our playing group, and people can have any opinion of me or the group they like. But it should be based on what actually happened or happens, not on something that didn’t happen.”Arthur showed incredible class during his exit, making no criticism of the club. The maturity and calmness he displayed have been noted.
Where he has got it wrong is the suggestion the Rabbitohs were behind the story getting out. The club knew nothing about it when I contacted them. On Thursday night, Flanagan reflected on a 44-12 loss to the Bulldogs by saying: “The last time I was in this room, I won a comp.”It’s true, but a strange choice of words after his team conceded 38 second-half points against the Dragons. Flanagan kept a low profile in the lead-up to the grudge match against the Bulldogs after it backfired when he made the clash against the Sharks all about him.
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