He cops it alot on here but isn’t as bad as people make him out to be. I think with the support cast around him this year he will do very well.
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He cops it alot on here but isn’t as bad as people make him out to be. I think with the support cast around him this year he will do very well.
GNR4LIFE
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I’ll give you a tip. Merlot old mate. Never judge players on their character, and claim they would never do X. Only need to remind you about a certain former coach of ours who when he was here, was given saint hood status. Only to ditch us with two years to go on his contract to coach his misproportioned mentum son. After that he became as popular as Voldemort around these parts. Players will always do what’s in their own best interests when the time comes. I don’t see him being any different to any other player.
totally agree ,certainally wont invest any hope in him,nothing wrong this day n age shooting for the highest $ ,Thats kind of my point ,he just reflects any contract talk with a wave of the hand,n eyes to the side,blushes and states he is not interested in negotiations yet,but when he is it will be in his best interest.Let the kid breath ,stop pestering him or it may kickstart a backlash,
BunganHead Tiger
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Poetic post to rival Taylor Coleridge GNR.... ''misproportioned mentum''. Great use of alliteration.
Of course you could have used ''considerably challenged chin''!
GNR4LIFE
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Triple word score. I like it.
watersider
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On Galvin:
Hard to believe he'll stay. He's giving up huge money just for the opportunity to sign somewhere else as soon as possible. Presumably he's giving up as much as 500k a season last season, this season and next just so he has the option to go somewhere else. Sure, he's NOW saying the right things, and perhaps things will turn around, but that is a huge sacrifice to make only to eventually re-sign with the club that wants to pay you more now. Fans should be realistic about the situation. Unless the team is going brilliantly with him at 5/8 halfway through this season I'd be making room for Latu and see what he has outside luai.
I base this only on the fact we know the club wants to extend and upgrade him and he is only on a small contract and he has not yet signed that upgraded extension. These facts tell us he wants to go elsewhere, even ignoring his multiple requests for a release already.
Hard to believe he'll stay. He's giving up huge money just for the opportunity to sign somewhere else as soon as possible. Presumably he's giving up as much as 500k a season last season, this season and next just so he has the option to go somewhere else. Sure, he's NOW saying the right things, and perhaps things will turn around, but that is a huge sacrifice to make only to eventually re-sign with the club that wants to pay you more now. Fans should be realistic about the situation. Unless the team is going brilliantly with him at 5/8 halfway through this season I'd be making room for Latu and see what he has outside luai.
I base this only on the fact we know the club wants to extend and upgrade him and he is only on a small contract and he has not yet signed that upgraded extension. These facts tell us he wants to go elsewhere, even ignoring his multiple requests for a release already.
magpies forever
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Wouldn't be gloom and doom yet. Give it a couple of months to shake out. I don't trust at all Moses to do WT any favours, but I hope Galvin himself has some positivity towards us. And, if Moses does the slightest thing against the league rules, report him and tell Galvin he stays until end of current contract with no upgrade.
Wasn’t really doing it at the knights with a couple recent origin props along with the likes of frizzel and Barnett either, that’s why they paid him to play for us.
If anyone is honest - Klemmer hasn’t been the Klemmer he was for quite a while (before he got to knights even)
Very little chance of him returning to it now… no matter who he’s paired with.
GNR4LIFE
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If he’s leaving, I doubt he’d be expecting an upgrade.
Tigerdazz2
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I wonder how long before Panthers fans start trolling the WT & their fans over Luai? Claiming he carries the team?
That's the point we remind them they poached a coach they had SACKED from Concord!
That's the point we remind them they poached a coach they had SACKED from Concord!
GNR4LIFE
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It won’t be far from the truth.
could be he is humble, loves the WT's wants to play his career out here ,knows good money will come as he grows into himself without being some multimillion wunderkind propping up a wanna be club on his signing, Not that i would bag him for jumping ship for less or more money,2 new teams join the Nrl soon ,if he is fit, on song ,the world is his oyster. Galvin is in no rush. Doubt very much he has sold himself elsewhere already, got an overzealous manager, yet his parents' guide him to breathe, keep his head, gently reminding him it's in a way he is still in nappies
that coach joke would backfire ,4peat onto 5
weststigerman
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If Galvin doesn’t re-sign this year, he’s throwing away probably about $800k guaranteed money with the increased salary in the next two years that only we can offer him.
If he holds off until the end of the season then I’d say he’s as good as gone.
If he holds off until the end of the season then I’d say he’s as good as gone.
Wildcat777
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Wow big statement. You must work in payroll. So you think Galvin was worth $800k in first year? Sorry but the statement just sounds so so wrong. We are supporters not guessing financial controllers and sometime we make say sully comments. On the bright side wish you were in charge of paying g me.
That’s bullshit . Anyone with a brain could realise he was put in a position where he had to choose between his mate and his son .ie. Pascoe.
And no one, could have foreseen the panthers would basically undermine Gould and bring back Cleary to eventually lead to Gould losing his power. It was some Machiavellian shit .
Cleary was actively trying to get his son to the tigers , and got really close from all reports .
Never has the words “ it’s not personal , it’s just business more applied to a situation “.
The reason people had the shits , and rightly imho , was because the club bought a whole bunch of players who only suited clearyball. When Cleary left , we were left with a bunch of dead wood . And everyone knew it. That’s what the outrage was about. It had nothing to do with Clearys character .
rugbygoated
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Can't be kept in the situation where we lose latu and galvin. Once luai retires they'll take over. But if one of them were to go, who would we prefer? Galvin probably the better player individually, but latu imo the better half and better for team contunuity.
weststigerman
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Latu will probably end up with a very good career if he works hard but Galvin is a generational talent. No contest for me, but we may not have the choice.
I dunno if Galvin will sign on . I hope he does. But his manager won’t settle for anything less than star money , and will actually push manly I feel , more than the roosters as DCE is near the end . That’s the real threat , especially with the amount of wests kids who chuck on a manly jersey ,and catch the Hiace to Brooky a couple times a week.
The issue isn’t Galvin , it’s his manager, and really the legacy of ineptitude that is wests tigers . We have to transcend that , as I think his parents will do what’s the best thing for Galvins career. And if we aren’t winning it’s going to be hard to show it’s here .
