Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

The Chad said:
There's many questions to be asked regarding where Galvan is, and where he will/might get to in his development.

On one hand- he was really good for a 1st year starter. Invariable anything 'good' we did had his involvement in it. His fitness levels seem outstanding. The game didn't look to be too big for him.

On the other hand- he shone in a terrible team. Not exactly hard to stand out when the rest looked so bad. He made a number of errors through trying too hard. I think his defence is much worse than anyone wants to talk about. And I don't mean technique. His reading of defence, if you pick it apart, is pretty ugly.

I keep going back to this- the Tigers went all out to sign Latu Fainu. They brought in Sezar. Sullivan. And chased & signed Luai. All the while with Galvan on the books. In the Harold Matts winning side, Galvan was 2nd Row & Heath Mason was 5/8.

Galvan wasn't supposed to do this well. And the club had/has Latu higher rated at the least, given the money invested.

Galvan's fitness & willingness to get involved put him ahead of the rest. I suspect his ability in comparison to some of the others isn't significantly better.

I'd be very, very careful with his future contract. This has Luke Brooks vibes. And I wasn't a critic of Brooks. I believe effort goes a long way. But you shouldn't sink your salary cap into effort.

I still believe Galvan is destined for the back row. Maybe the guy we signed to play back row is the best comparison of where I expect Galvan to get to- Jack Bird. I think he's that kind of player level- if he hits his talent level.
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I also wouldn’t be surprised if Latu is still rated higher as a 6
 
Tito Santana said:
We were not patient with Brooks?

How many bongs did you smoke before typing that? We gave him 10 years.

Shittest player I’ve ever seen. Still is. Can’t wait for DCE to retire so he can be found out again.
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Absolute bullshit … I remember guys like you screaming for his head , and saying he should be the one to go when the other 3 didn’t sign .
You were never patient with the guy . Enduring someone , is not the same as being patient …
It nice to see you pluck 1 player who you disagree with out of a whole post, about how we as a fanbase used to losing are fickle and short sighted in our fandom . For good reason , we have sucked for the majority of our existence . But doesn’t mean I don’t see the forest through the trees .
Any player who had the hopes and dreams of our fanbase on his back , better have a thick skin .
Because the toxicity of a fanbase with a losing culture , is not for the faint of heart . Luke brooks is the poster child of this ! Wasn’t up to the it . And when Galvin hits a wall , which he will , we will see how long people’s “patience” is . My guess not long at all, and everyone will forget he’s still a teenager/20 year old(when he turns it ) .
 
Lestronge said:
Absolute bullshit … I remember guys like you screaming for his head , and saying he should be the one to go when the other 3 didn’t sign .
You were never patient with the guy . Enduring someone , is not the same as being patient …
It nice to see you pluck 1 player who you disagree with out of a whole post, about how we as a fanbase used to losing are fickle and short sighted in our fandom . For good reason , we have sucked for the majority of our existence . But doesn’t mean I don’t see the forest through the trees .
Any player who had the hopes and dreams of our fanbase on his back , better have a thick skin .
Because the toxicity of a fanbase with a losing culture , is not for the faint of heart . Luke brooks is the poster child of this ! Wasn’t up to the it . And when Galvin hits a wall , which he will , we will see how long people’s “patience” is . My guess not long at all, and everyone will forget he’s still a teenager/20 year old(when he turns it ) .
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Don’t even think I was on the forum then mate but you obviously have no life. Happy for you to troll through posts.

Brooks is shit.

I’m at the beach.

😎
 
Dr_Ice said:
Unfortunately it has been Douhei’s defence that has the chance to ruin his career (and make him look like a bad footy player), regardless of his position
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It's not that AD is a bad football player.

It's that he is soft and won't defend.
If his defence was above the team standard, then he would be a great player. So often though, we have seen him be soft in defense in a team that is really weak in defense

... The more I think about it lately, the more I realise that buying Turuva, Jack Bird and Skelton is a statement that Benji/club has Zero confidence in our back line.
People will be a tiny bit upset but it's time to punt the waste
 
Tucker said:
When we did give him a breather, it was around the time he was getting frustrated and there were reports he was mouthing off in the dressing room about leaving.
That is when the extended break was required. We actually won that week and there was no need to rush him back in.
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I agree, no idea if it was Marshall's inexperience as a coach or what caused it but it's his first year in grade of a potentially 10 - 15 year career that has a pretty high ceiling with the right mentoring and coaching. Even if they gave him a few games, then a few games in the box to look down and learn then a few games back in, but to tell him to play because that's what the team needs, I get he needs to learn a team first mentality but not in his first 2 - 3 years those are purely about him and his personal development. That's where I'm worried for us with Benjis inexperience I hope he learns from it to help develop the younger guys better. If he keeps doing that I just can't see how they develop. Imo the first 2 - 3 years in and out of nrl for the young guys are selfish years for them to learn and grow not worry about the team, that's why we have older heads in the shed for.
 
TurnStyle said:
Didn't mean it as a dig at you - hope it wasn't taken that way.
Still, the fact is that the year he was voted best in internationals he was at the tigers. You still have to be pretty bloody good to win it.
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No mate didn't take it as a dig at all. You make a great point I tend to agree with you turnstyle.
 
Tucker said:
Good development is not about speed.
He was elevated way ahead of his schedule and that would not have occurred at many other clubs.
Yes he looked good at times… he also looked terrible at times. When it came to shutting down broken field attack he had NFI whatsoever and why should he? He missed out on the development phase into senior footy and went practically straight from schoolboys to NRL.
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By elevated way ahead of schedule are you referring to age? In terms of age playing first grade, I can think of some players who went on to become champions in the game, Peter Sterling 17 years old, Brad Fittler 17, Terry Lamb 18 and I think Tim Brasher was either 17 or 18. Fittler and Brasher were still at school. I am sure there are many past and present who have played first grade at 18 or younger.
 
KevB said:
By elevated way ahead of schedule are you referring to age? In terms of age playing first grade, I can think of some players who went on to become champions in the game, Peter Sterling 17 years old, Brad Fittler 17, Terry Lamb 18 and I think Tim Brasher was either 17 or 18. Fittler and Brasher were still at school. I am sure there are many past and present who have played first grade at 18 or younger.
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You can add Chris Lawrence to that list there is a lot of players that when they debut in 1st grade they fit in straight away and don't look back.
 
Jolls said:
Unfortunately, not being able to shut down broken field attack, can also be applied to many around him.

We also lacked the ability to control the pace of the game to our advantage; something Sezar was bought in to do and Api lacks in his game. This really hurt us last season, and several prior.

Luai, based on his time at half in the absence of "The Chin", has at least demonstrated that he can do it. Having said that it was with an extremely fit and well disciplined team supporting him.

I am hopeful that Luai can bring this to our team. If so, between Api controlling the ruck and him controlling the game, we have a decent foundation to build from.
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His forwards at Penrith got them going forward and laid the foundation... I hope we can get close to what they showed... Otherwise defense will be in our faces all year.

Lose the ruck early it's tough to get it back
 
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KevB said:
By elevated way ahead of schedule are you referring to age? In terms of age playing first grade, I can think of some players who went on to become champions in the game, Peter Sterling 17 years old, Brad Fittler 17, Terry Lamb 18 and I think Tim Brasher was either 17 or 18. Fittler and Brasher were still at school. I am sure there are many past and present who have played first grade at 18 or younger.
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Like everything in life it’s about taking opportunities.
IF Wests Tigers had not placed Galvin in our NRL team last season, he would have been stuck playing in what were mostly our very average NSW Cup or Jersey Flegg teams and I highly doubt he would have had the opportunities to shine and standout like he did while playing for our NRL team.
He grabbed his opportunity with both hands and well done to him, but if the opportunity was not presented to him by Wests Tigers in 2024, he would likely currently be a fringe player with promise and worth 200k maximum on the open market.
So yes it’s Lachie himself who has put in the hard work, ensured he is an elite fit athlete and made the most of his opportunity, but that would have been very unlikely to have happened so soon at any other club, let’s hope this is brought into consideration when negotiating his next contract.
 
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