Why do people keep bringing up moving Galvin from the halves to the backrow???
He's already a good player in the halves and halves are by far the most important players on the field. Why would we move one of the best young players in the game from one of the most important positions to one where we don't know if he'd be as successful and is also a less important position? That's not even taking into account that there's so few quality halves in the comp as is, and a bunch of them are already in their 30s and very close to retirement.
Anyway, re-signing Galvin is a must. His ceiling is sky high. He could realistically continue to improve each year for the next 5-10 years. Dylan Brown's played with a premier halfback on finals quality teams and has been in first grade for five years. He's pretty much who he is at this point and managed to get an offer of $1.3m a year. If we could lock Galvin up for a few years on anything less than a mil a year, that should be seen as a huge win because he'll likely outperform the contract over time even if he's overpaid initially.
Sure we've got Fainu, but it's total nonsense to suggest that we should be ok with losing a 19 year old future star because we've got another one who's not proven as much waiting in the wings. I'd much rather lose Luai than Galvin given their respective ages and ceilings.
Because there’s a potentially better one plying his trade in reserve grade . And by better , I mean silkier , more conventional , but can go missing , and hasn’t really worked out how to put his stamp on a game . But Latu was the “prodigy” coming through the grades . Galvin had a bumper year 12 year , which coincided with growth spurt , and hasn’t really turned back .
It’s more of a question of how do you fit all these guys in , and do you hand the keys to the castle to a guy, who is always looking over the fence and wondering about how their grass is greener . I’m not saying he is or isn’t that way , but these are all variables . And the big elephant in the room , like the Sironen brothers , Scott hill (who stayed at 6 far longer than people thought), Jason smith , eventually will he just be too big an cumbersome to play at 6 . Even Terry Campese suffered this , but couldn’t move into the middle , so his injuries shortened his career . He might not be . Scott hill never did , not really,so yea . But then there’s another question . If he doesn’t bulk up , can his body endure the demands of 1st grade footy over 7-10 years , or even 3-5. These are all questions that clubs , not just ours , will need to answer before evaluating what his price tag is .
Because you’re right . 2025 Galvin is a 6 through and through . There’s just going to be some desperate clubs throwing reckless money at players . Like the knights have just kicked that off . I think the eels will get desperate if they win the spoon . A notoriously fickle club , that turns in itself really quickly when things aren’t going right . That’s their culture .
Plus if the 2 new clubs struggle to find quality talent they will just go balls to the wall and offer elite talent 2 mil to play there. Especially PNG I would think . Because theyres wrecking balls everywhere in that country, they just lack the polish an elite talent will provide .
On a side note , I think the elite talent that will go to PNG will all be players who grew up in north qld , and are used to the weather , almost love it . If I was PNG I’d be targeting guys who love that tropical lifestyle . So it’s not huge punch in the face when you get there . Because a lot of people never get used to the heat and humidity, and will want out real quick no matter how much they’re paid .
