Bulldogs have learned new trick from rugby league's master of siege mentality Des Hasler

Video: LOCKED in the dark past of Bulldogs prop James Graham is a 91-second YouTube video he has tried hard to suppress, and with good reason.

LOCKED in the dark past of Bulldogs prop James Graham is a 91-second YouTube video he has tried hard to suppress, and with good reason.

It is a highly embarrassing video for lady killers such as Graham.

While considered hard to find, if you type "James Graham aka jammer" into your YouTube search engine, it will turn up as the first item on the list. But you didn't get it from me.

In it, Graham is in what appears to be a northern English pub dancing with a woman old enough to be Johns Laws's mum when the flirting begins, and where she soon finds herself unable to defend herself from his irresistible charm. In fact, she responds with vigour. Her hand goes down his pants, among other actions enough to make the soul whither.

The Bulldogs met Channel 9 executives on Monday and tried to explain how the whole incident at their Mad Monday celebration last week was a misunderstanding stemming from this video.

It was a textbook case of the new Bulldogs regime, plagiarised from Manly, where they tried to bully and cajole and create an entirely new version of reality.

They partially succeeded, even though they are claiming a full victory.

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In its findings yesterday, the ARLC said: "Some of the comments reported by the media were incorrectly recounted and should not, on the evidence since provided, be construed as having been directed to the reporters."

Channel 9 reported last week the Bulldogs saying: "There are some ladies here to stick their heads in your pants."

What in fact appears to have been said was: "There's no old ladies here to stick their hands in your pants."

It was directed at Graham by a player who has not been revealed, but who is Sam Kasiano.

Again, you didn't get it from me.

James Graham

It is referencing Graham's YouTube video, which the Bulldogs found and take delight in revisiting.

Graham finds it a little more difficult to see the funny side.

The Dogs claimed Graham reacted angrily and replied to Kasiano, which was not picked up on audio, and that Kasiano then replied with: "Suck me off you dumb dog."

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The NRL rejected this as, at best, ambiguous. Nine rejected it completely.

While this is plausible, your opinion here is most probably where your loyalty lies.

What isn't plausible, and where the Dogs have revealed themselves to be in slow deterioration to the old Dog Day Afternoons, is Kasiano's singing of "I wanna go and punch you in the face".

The Dogs claimed it was a little ditty they sing all the time. A gag amongst the boys.

What Nine didn't put to air was Kasiano, before the song, quite clearly saying "I hope you don't record this" and then, immediately after, twice saying "You can't catch me" as he peaked around the window at the cameras.

Findings: ARLC acknowledge comments weren't aimed at media

The ARLC failed yesterday.

It allowed itself to be bullied by the Bulldogs, narrowing the investigation to only the three comments initially broadcast without any of the surrounding events being equally considered.

It ordered an independent investigation, then allowed the Dogs to hire a security company in which one of the offenders, an A-grade jerk, does casual work.

The ARLC issued a softly worded press release that allowed Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg to get away with saying the club was "unfairly targeted", which is complete nonsense.

The Bulldogs' aggression towards the allegations has the smell of the old Manly about them, when Des Hasler galvanised a siege mentality into premiership success.

Greenberg was once the bright light among the CEOs but his reputation has been damaged by his refusal to make his players accountable.

There was a time when we would have expected more from Greenberg, but that was when he used to run the club.

As Hasler has shown, there's a new dog in town.