What a load of crap. Of course he can have an opinion, but if he comes across as a whinging waste of a ginger wig, everyone else is allowed to (rightly) criticise him for it
Joined: Mar 11 2002 Posts: 31082 Location: Gods Own County
The RFU can relax, with high profile players like that in RL, they need do nothing to see us wither.
Magic Weekend is nothing to do with expansionism, but with publicity and revenue generating.
Never mind that there are precicely NO stadiums in the heartlands area that such a weekend could be played in, never mind that not one city in the heartlands would PAY the RFL what Cardiff and then Edinburgh have done for the privalidge of hosting this event and never mind that every single fan that attended considered it a fantastic experience, never mind that it generated huge ammounts of publicity (and even in this article continues to do so)
Messrs Wilkin and Graham perhaps need to take a long look at the career they have chosen and the wage it earns them, and the oppertunities it affords them and then decide if they want to continue on in it - or would they settle for a lower wage packet, lower oppertunities and an easier life?
I am sure if its the latter there are any number of National League clubs interested in their playing ability.
Joined: Aug 11 2003 Posts: 1494 Location: Warrington after many years of wandering
Yet another saints player in a "world class" whinge storm.
The thing that gets me is that saints players are acting like the overpaid huge egotistical football players who think they are bigger than the game and better than us mere mortals.
I really feel for the future of community based sport if this attitude infects the rest of the game.
I mean she even cooks me pancakes
And Alka Seltzer when my tummy aches
If that ain't love then I don't know what love is
Joined: Feb 18 2002 Posts: 32302 Location: Swimming against a tide of fekkwittedry
Of course Graham was entitled to express his opinion.
Just as people were entitled to express their opinion that he was an idiot for expressing it so publicly in the immediate build up to an event being operated by a sport making concerted efforts to promote the game outside its' heartlands. A sport from which he derives his income.
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
Joined: Apr 03 2003 Posts: 28186 Location: A world of my own ...
Wilkin lost all right to have his opinions taken seriously following his whining after last year's GF about the intrusion of cameras into the dressing room. Showed him up for the small minded idiot he is.
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