OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

rugbygoated said:
Gus has been talking up Galvin a lot. Why? Perhaps to take pressure off luai a player he likes. Or perhaps to get other clubs to overpay
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Why would Gus want the most overrated non clutch playmaker in the game? He already has a culture signing in Critchton that brings the same defense and energy.
 
getagrip said:
Not a Moses fan at all, but I would like to know the "expert" who declared to Galvin/Moses that Benji couldn't develop Galvin. Must have been someone influential/experienced.
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100%.
To be so certain that signing here would be against his interests extends to greater influence than Moses or his parents.
 
Bigscreentv said:
If Moses is guilt of anything it’s listening to his client and taking his word literally without asking more questions or providing any kind of counsel. I don’t think he has a vendetta against the tigers. Other than that he’s just representing his clients wishes.
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You defend Moses a lot in your posts
 
Good Luck to Galvin if he thinks he can become a better player than so be it. What i find that ironic this move was driven by his parents and agent, this was always going to end bad for us which is a shame, as i found Lachlan a good kid to talk to. But as for the disgusting PR work by his inner circle who have been telling anybody who would listen that he was looking to stay that is the bit that has me upset and agitated. Off to Ron Massey cup for team Galvin.
 
mtd#2 said:
I think your clutching there, I just watched it


The way Benji and Luai spoke about the spine, there was no suggestion there was an issue with Galvin or that he wasn't our future. Maybe Richo kept everything from Benji until after the game?
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But didn’t Benji chat with Galvin man to man last Thursday? That was before the game?
 
I don’t understand the thinking from the Galvin camp.
We literally have signed the halfback playing with him for the next 5 years who, for the last 5 years played with the best half in the world. We also have the hooker and winger. All of whom are absolutely guns.

And if Galvin signed a 5 year contract then he’d be 25 by the end, barely even in his prime. For me this offer seems amazing to a 19 year old.
And by jumping ship, is he going to get more money? Maybe. But worth the risk?

Will he be with a better halves partner? No.

Will he have a more experienced coach? Maybe.
But the only coaches he could be hoping for are narrowed down to Bennett, Robinson, Cleary or Bellamy - and there’s no guarantee all them will still be the coach for the next 5 years. Anyway, Melbourne have halves, Roosters are out of the question, why would anyone go to Souths, and Penrith are on a major decline.
So who is left?
Dogs? Playing with Burton and Ciraldo. Is that so much better?
Parra with Moses and Ryles…seriously?
Manly with Brooks and Seibold?
Rugby union?

We are a club creating a great culture and strong lineup. The opportunity here for him is phenomenal. Chance to do something great. And on great money - before he is even 25!
I just don’t get the thinking from the Galvin camp at all.
 
Ok, so Galvin doesn't think he can improve his game under Marshall (coaching ability or whatever the problem supposedly is). Let's narrow his realistic future club down if we are taking the comment at its word plus adding who realistically needs a player like Galvin. #1 Dogs - Title contenders this year, Ciraldo has taken the dogs to a new level, done his apprenticeship with Gus controlling the media narrative. Manly - Seibold has a proven track record of developing talent and they will be in need of half to replace DCE but Galvin will play 4th fiddle to the turbo brothers, Rorters - Robbo has coached the Rorters at a top 8 level for many years (regardless of cap cheating) and I'm sure they could squeeze DCE and Galvin into their squad even with Walker etcbin the squad (hey they are the rorters and Galvin will be earning $450k on the books and 1Mil in new teeth and golf days). Penrith - Say no more, he could go next level under Ivan and the young halves behind Nafan are ok but not setting world on fire. Parra are out, Ryles is green and has no proven head coaching ability and there's no way of knowing if Ryles can take Galvins game to a new level. Based on the comments regarding the coach alone - im guessing he will be a Dog or a Panther. If I'm adding his dog shit manager and parents influence into the equation he will more than likely be a Sea Eagle or a an Eel. Where he goes it doesn't really matter, it ain't gonna be here. Make him support his teamates at the WTs in whatever position or role the head coach feels necessary. We need to sign Laui and Latu to longer/upgraded contracts asap and move on.
 
TV Ted Ellery said:
The Reed article offers no substantiation of the claim that senior players want Galvin out. Most likely it is a narrative being peddled by camp Galvin to secure an early release. If Galvin is genuinely persona non grata, then demote him to jersey flegg, do not release him to another club unless there is a star player coming the other way.
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We can not let Galvin win by granting him a early release unless there is something big in it for us. There has to be a message sent out to the NRL world that we are not a door mat. Ride the pines in the lower grades to keep team harmony but no release without a very good player in return .

The NRL must finally do something about this sort of thing happening, imagine the out cry from Uncle Nick if this happened at the Chooks
 
Tiger-ferret said:
He would have a top notch halfback, who coincidentally is the nephew of his manager to mentor him…
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He doesnt need mentoring....he knows it all already...he has a ciach who had more influence on juniors than anyone in thenhistory of the game...and a 5/8 whos.played in the ladt 5 GFs and at the highest level...i seriously doubt this is about development its just an excuse
 
twentyforty said:
I've never really thought of him as a superstar, but I do now that he's worth a few dollars to us. LOL. I hope Benji can find a good reason to drop him and then we wait for a decent offer.
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Its easy to find a reason. Keep him away from the drama of getting booed etc, his own mental health blah blah.
Meanwhile I think the team will gel better without him.
I dont think he can play in first grade until some healing has been done.
 
LARDS said:
No faith in Benji Marshall’s coaching: The reason Galvin walked away from Tigers


The narrative will paint Lachlan Galvin out to be greedy, but this was never about money.

With the Wests Tigers on a seemingly upward trajectory, coach Benji Marshall’s rebuild this week took a huge knock when the game’s brightest young player decided to test his value on the open market.

The simple truth is Galvin has no faith in his coach’s ability. In discussions with the club over the past week, the boom five-eighth’s camp told Wests Tigers powerbrokers Galvin didn’t believe he would develop to become the player he wanted to be under Marshall’s coaching.

Galvin’s representatives didn’t even want the Tigers to table an offer, such was their desire to look elsewhere from November 1.

Sources with knowledge of the situation, talking on the condition of anonymity due to the confidential nature of discussions, told the Herald that Galvin believed there was a ceiling on how far he could develop at the club, especially given Marshall’s tendency to appoint former Tigers teammates as assistant coaches.

That, combined with the genuine dislike between Marshall and Galvin’s agent Isaac Moses, meant the situation was always destined to end in tears.

It’s why for the past 18 months, despite carefully worded denials from all involved, Galvin has been looking for the exit door.

On Monday – following this masthead’s revelations that Galvin had knocked back the club’s best endeavours to try and keep him on what would have been a six-year upgrade and extension worth in close to $5.5 million – it all came to a head.


The issue had been bubbling away in the background in the lead-up to Sunday’s victory over Newcastle, prompting Marshall to confront his young five-eighth and call him into his office to discuss his future last week.

Marshall had been made aware that Galvin wasn’t willing to extend his contract with the club, and he wanted to know why the young prodigy didn’t want to be around.

Galvin told his coach he didn’t necessarily want to leave, but was keen to test the market and see which clubs came knocking from November 1.

After making one last failed attempt to present an offer to Moses, the Tigers released a sternly worded statement on Monday shortly after the new-look board gathered for its monthly meeting.


It was an attempt to re-establish control of a situation by removing the Tigers from a race they knew they were no longer in, avoiding the prospect of being used as pawns in a bidding war to increase Moses’ asking price in negotiations with rival clubs.

“We would like to announce that Lachlan Galvin will not be with the club beyond the 2026 season,” the statement said.

“Despite the club having the largest contract offer for a junior in the history of the club on the table, Lachlan and his management have decided his future lies elsewhere and were not willing to review the offer.

“It should be noted that the club has NO intention of releasing Lachlan from his contract, and he has not requested this. Obviously, there will be a lot of speculation around this release, but we will make no further comment. The club is focused on winning as many games as possible during Lachlan’s tenure and beyond. The club is disappointed, but we move on.”

Some have suggested the Tigers were trying to spin the narrative to suggest the teenage playmaker was being unreasonable and that the club had done everything in its power to keep him.


Either way, it raises the question as to what the Tigers do next when it comes to Galvin and how this impacts on the team.

Within hours of the announcement that Galvin was leaving, Tigers prop Fonua Pole had already liked a post on a Wests Tigers supporter’s Instagram page taking a shot at the five-eighth for turning his back on the club.



“Unf---ingbelievable. We give you a shot at first grade and hand you the keys to the franchise with every tool possible around you to succeed cya mate,” said the Instagram post that Pole liked.

“Surely there’s no need to keep him around? Throw Doueihi or Bird at 6 until Latu returns if we’re serious about building and moving forward as a club.”


Some Tigers players have grown concerned at a perceived sense of entitlement from Galvin.

There is a view internally that Galvin is wary of Marshall’s close relationship with new recruit Jarome Luai.

While Galvin and Luai are civil, they don’t share a close bond and Galvin is understood to have been frustrated by the impact of being asked to play second fiddle to the four-time premiership-winning playmaker.

Luai also has a high opinion of back-up five-eighth Latu Fainu, who is currently unavailable after undergoing surgery on his thumb last week.

The Tigers have a decision to make: do they persist with Galvin or look to the future by ushering Fainu back into the side when he’s fit? Jack Bird and Adam Doueihi are also among potential five-eighth options at Marshall’s disposal.


CEO Shane Richardson and Marshall may look to make an example out of Galvin and relegate him back to reserve grade. Galvin’s contract for the next two years is worth $250,000-$350,000 and it wouldn’t hurt the club on the salary cap if he wasn’t playing regular NRL.

Richardson has regularly spoken about wanting players who are in for the crocodile roll – an analogy he uses in relation to his desire to have players who are committed to the cause.


Former player John Bateman, who this year left the club acrimoniously, has since mocked Richardson’s crocodile roll analogy on social media on multiple occasions.

Richardson has been desperate to regain the upper hand in negotiation battles with agents since starting at the club. He refused to give teenage sensation Onitoni Large a “Galvin clause” in contract negotiations last year that would have given him the opportunity to become a free agent if Galvin extended.


Richardson’s refusal to be dictated to by managers saw Large walk out on the club and join Manly – a move that could come back to bite the Tigers following revelations of Galvin’s exit.

It places the club in a potentially precarious position, with Luai also having an option in his favour that will make him a free agent on November 1 in the unlikely event he decides not to trigger the clause.

Galvin’s seed of uncertainty with the Wests Tigers dates back to his junior days at the club, when he was often used as a back-rower despite his belief he best belonged in a No.6 jersey.

Those doubts about the club only intensified in the summer of 2023, when the Tigers signed Latu Fainu, Jayden Sullivan and Jarome Luai on long and lucrative deals in a move that was interpreted as a lack of faith in Galvin.


It led to several requests for a release, all of which were rejected, leading into the 2024 season. It brought the issue to the surface and the outcome saw Galvin handed the No.6 jersey for the Tigers’ first game of the 2024 season.

His elevation into first grade has captured the attention of the game’s most respected figures, none more so than Bulldogs general manager Phil Gould.

“I’m excited to watch Lachlan Galvin,” he said on Wide World of Sports’ Six Tackles with Gus earlier in the year.

“I’m obsessed with him. I love watching him play... I’m excited to see how he goes with Jarome Luai at the West Tigers. I think in the future, whoever has Lachlan Galvin in their side will be winning premierships.


“I’m not even worried about putting wraps on the kid because he is probably the most exciting young playmaker I’ve seen coming through in a long time.”

The sub-plot to this is the fact Gould recently ended his decade-long feud with Moses, agreeing to meet with the influential agent.

Galvin has strong ties to the Bulldogs through assistant coach Luke Vella, who was Galvin’s coach as a junior at Westfield Sports High School.

The Bulldogs have been monitoring the Galvin situation for some time and are expected to be in the conversation. So, too, Parramatta, where Galvin played junior representative football before being let go by the club.

An opening at five-eighth with Dylan Brown to depart for Newcastle at season’s end has Parramatta fans excited, especially given Moses’ client and cousin is Eels halfback Mitchell Moses.


It would make sense for the Roosters to make a play, but chairman Nick Politis is privately refusing to ever speak with Isaac Moses after he was blindsided by Joseph Suaalii’s defection to rugby union last year.

Manly have an opening and a link into Moses through another one of his clients Anthony Seibold, but Galvin may be a stretch in their salary cap – even without Daly Cherry-Evans.

That’s a problem for November 1. For now, the Tigers have been left to pick up the pieces as history repeats itself. Another high-profile Moses client walking out on the club over concerns about coaching, as was the case when James Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses left in 2017. Sound familiar?
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Isaac Moses pushing his narrative in the media, no doubt to force an early release.

Dog act questioning Benjis coaching so publicly. I hope the boys rally around Benji and we begin giving Latu the 6 jersey.

I'm usually not one to say drop the guy that's leaving, but he's made it so hard to keep him in the team with this narrative that it's the best thing for the club. I also wouldn't give him an early release unless a player came our way. Until then he can play Flegg or KOE Cup.

If Galvin and his parents want to play that game, then we shouldn't buy into it and not have the distraction around the team. Everyone has worked too hard to have some manipulative agent, greedy parents and a dopey kid try and bring it down.
 
Tcat said:
The best thing WTs can do now is nothing. We pick the best spine this week and next week, even if it includes Galvin (he can play lock, centre, 14 or even reserve grade if required but he will only play in the halves if Luai or Latu are injured) We keep the poker face on and let the dust settle and we keep winning games. I'd be guessing that you won't hear anything else from the club regarding this matter, especially from Benji.
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Man the first press conference opportunity with coach or players would be straight on this topic
 
Tucker said:
I agree they don’t, but they have said that he can’t reach his potential here. That’s a strange comment given that the team is clearly on the improve. With the exception of the Broncs, even when we lose this year we are in the game up until the last minute.
He has two of the best 5/8ths in decades at his disposal to learn from. We are building a forward pack to create space and a backline to finish raids off. The situation is less dire than it has likely ever been in his lifetime. To sweeten things, we offered the security of a 5 x million dollar / year extension on top of his current 2 years which we also bumped up by 500k each.
Despite all of this, he has not even bothered considering signing on. That is a fundamental failure in negotiation from our team. Did Richo upset them that much last year when he had the sit down? What was said? More importantly, what wasn’t?
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I think it's more to do with coffee meetings with other high profile people who have been selling him and his family other options. Gus seems to know him well already defending his character after the reports about was said about Benji.
The kid is use to starring and winning his entire life - two and now three wooden spoons were never in his destiny.
This club was always going to be hard sell when he knows there is interest elsewhere - via Moses - and the only thing holding him back is a piece of paper.
As reported Gus has already said- like him or hate him people listen to him - he will make more money in the history of the game than any other player, best young player he has ever seen. clubs will win competitions because of him and a big money contract now could be detrimental.
In the next breath he says I hope he stays witn WTs and never imagined that he would become available.
I have no doubt he is the family and kids head space and if Gus wants him he will make it happen.
 
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