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FOX NEWS 500 - Press Conference 11:45am
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Part 2 with Api & Jarome
innsaneink
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Geez you must watch a.lot of fta.
So what if they think the WTs are arseholes...doesnt mean everyone listening agrees with them.
Im happy with the way Benji and Luai dealt with any percieved MH or fair go issue with LG.
That is your perception...maybe some.others...people make up their minds and stick to it .
Hes been dropped. Like many others before him and many to follow...its part of the game, Marshall and Luai explained it very clearly
What more do you think the club should do,?
liltiger
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I see what your saying. That makes sense. Imo, Galvin jumps around at training and on game day and is all smiles. For all the panning I give Isaac Moses he's filth but iv got no doubt he's filth just doing what he's told. Imo what's driving Galvin to not even look at the 6 million dollar contract is his father. The bloke who played rugby league with the dream to play for Parramatta but never made it cause he just wasn't good enough. Proof for me is if he does end up signing for Parra. I really feel sorry for him, I give Galvin a hard time but I honestly think in 10 years he will either have a massive bust up with his folks, or he will have anger and regret. At some point he may realise he is playing the game and hates it. I reckon in time he will realise what was really happening is his father is trying t achieve and relive his youth through his son, for Lachlan's sake hopefully not at the expense of his happiness. That's why I believe none of this makes sense, I think the father is pulling all the strings of Lachlan and Moses, just to get his son to Parramatta. That's why Moses won't even look at the 6 million dollar deal, that's why Benji can't coach, that's why it's not the club for him. It's because his father always dreamed of playing for Parramatta. Only reason for him to go to Parra is because he grew up supporting them. To develop his game, win comps and reach his ceiling as a player they would be the last place you would go to atm, in maybe 2 - 3 years they might start charging back up the ladder, but not next year. That's my thoughts on it after mulling it over, looks like a Jelena Dokic helicopter father taking charge of his sons career.
Tiger-ferret
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Perceptions don’t mean anything. He is on our books for the next 2 seasons until we release him. As I’ve said numerous times on here, tigers just need to be seen to be supporting Galvin. He is 19 and needs development. You have been quite vocal this season regarding his actual ability vs his potential. Which I have agreed with.
The hard part is managing the rest of the squad, many of which are obviously hurting and emotional. Could easily get out of hand.
String a few wins together and it will quieten down. If we start racking up the losses, the pressure was going to be on benji regardless of Galvin’s contract situation.
Tucker
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They can STFU for starters and stop giving the agitators more ammo. These things always get messy at this club. Press releases, and online shitstirring and media leaking about the talk he did to the group and now twin press conferences. It’s enough already.
API and Luai did well. Stuck to the script and said nothing further despite the questions. Hopefully that’s the end of it from the clubs side for now.
Tucker
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Not necessarily.
Public perception can influence the RLPA and our board.
This is my point also.
It is the perception that matters currently. If he keeps getting bashed publicly, we lose.
I don’t think our attack is very good with him at 6. That’s not to say I don’t want him on our squad. He is a natural player who needs to find his position.
It already has been. Him bagging the coach and team mates publicly going at him is getting out of hand for a contract negotiation.
Yes and we need him in the team somewhere to achieve this.
I have suggested at center.
innsaneink
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Agree with that...its what ive been saying in one of the other threads...round 7 has started ..easter long weekend round,
5 days of footy.
Foxtel even decieving viewers saying Galvins on
Matty johns tonite just neglect to mention its a
month old repeat.
Medias struggling for a new angle because there is none.
Itll be old news by the end of next week.
I agree benji got a bit flustered towards the end with all the stupid predict the future questions...its good there was im guessing the media manager there -female voice i heard call an end to it...im sure the clubs done with it.
jirskyr
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I don't quite get it, Bulldogs were a shambles a few years before we got really bad, and arguably they are now a few years ahead of us in a similar rebuild.
Why would any player stay at Bulldogs, back then? Well the answer is basically that they did not, so Bulldogs had to buy their way out of trouble - cashed up landlord sponsor, hire back Phil Gould, sign the best Penrith players available, hire the gun young coach.
No-one should forget that for 7 seasons Bulldogs missed the finals by a huge margin (11th their best result) and for two seasons they only won 3 matches.
Tiger-ferret
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Cheers for reply.
The old board yes would have been influenced easily. Hopefully not now.
I too would have loved to see him in the centres. I honestly think we can go ok without him moving forward. He played in our losses this year.
I think the public bagging would have been nipped in the bud now.
Tiger Tarl
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Check out the Bloke in a Bar live reaction to Benji's press conference. It's a fun watch and shows what the non-tiger NRL fan thinks. They loved it!
Starts at minute 41.
Starts at minute 41.
Benji is a realist and i like it
Tigerwould
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Year_of_the_Tiger
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Yep. That’s a sobering comment @Tucker
Year_of_the_Tiger
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What do you think is the real reason tuck? I am sleuthing here only. All I can figure is history of mediocrity, Fainu preferred, ‘bra’ culture. Who are the high profile third parties looking in who have said something of credit? I would love to sit next to Adel Hage and understand why we suck in those peoples eyes, even though we are playing much better (could all fall apart and then the sky falls in) but it doesn’t feel like that.
SwervinMervin
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Trying to help his dom, Gussy, out to get an early crack at Galvin. At least he took his gimp mask off. Did he manage to squeeze a Sonny Bill reference in?
tig_prmz
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Just saw the video and Benji nailed the presser.
I've been saying it from the start that we shouldn't be making it an Us vs Him thing and that's exactly what Benji did. His dip in value is our loss.
Jerome, majority of the time spoke well, but he just needs to be a little more careful that it doesn't come out with players push Galvin out bs. He can do anything he likes internally, but as club captain, I feel he should have backed Benji a little more and said that we are here to look after him too. No matter what happens, he's still a part of our team and if he needs someone to talk to, he knows I'm here.
You can see Luai is really leading the culture of the team though and I'm excited to see that.
I have disliked Benji a lot, but man no one can handle media like him. He's a natural in front of the camera, mainly because he's always a damn honest person. Love it.
I've been saying it from the start that we shouldn't be making it an Us vs Him thing and that's exactly what Benji did. His dip in value is our loss.
Jerome, majority of the time spoke well, but he just needs to be a little more careful that it doesn't come out with players push Galvin out bs. He can do anything he likes internally, but as club captain, I feel he should have backed Benji a little more and said that we are here to look after him too. No matter what happens, he's still a part of our team and if he needs someone to talk to, he knows I'm here.
You can see Luai is really leading the culture of the team though and I'm excited to see that.
I have disliked Benji a lot, but man no one can handle media like him. He's a natural in front of the camera, mainly because he's always a damn honest person. Love it.
Exactly. This is about putting WTs in complete control of the situation. We all know ballsaaac Moses will hide from all of this at the detriment of WTs and Galvin all the while continuing to pull any story he can to get what he wants to secure Galvin a deal. I liked how Benji gave nothing in regards to anything related to an early release from his contract. The vibe I got from the conference is that Galvin is here until the end of 2026 end of story and I hope Moses is secretly shitting himself at the thought he just delayed his clients NRL progress by 18 months by trying to shaft WTs who were once easy push overs.
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I think if Galvin said he wanted to move on without the infamous dossier produced by Moses, this situation is in a totally different place. All the players realise it’s a professional sport and many of them are here for a variety of reasons.
Reportedly, Moses and Benji dislike one another. I believe once the decision was made to leave the Tigers, the complaints against Benji’s coaching were to achieve two outcomes:
1 - Make it untenable for Galvin to stay as he still has 18 months to go
2 - A simple FU to Benji from Moses
Firstly, don’t believe Galvin instructed Moses to share the information regardless of what he thought of Benji as a coach. These were probably closed door discussions that Galvin had with this team.
Secondly, I believe Moses attended the meeting with Richo to with the intent to get an early release (perhaps Galvin wanted one) and threw petrol on the fire.
Reportedly, Moses and Benji dislike one another. I believe once the decision was made to leave the Tigers, the complaints against Benji’s coaching were to achieve two outcomes:
1 - Make it untenable for Galvin to stay as he still has 18 months to go
2 - A simple FU to Benji from Moses
Firstly, don’t believe Galvin instructed Moses to share the information regardless of what he thought of Benji as a coach. These were probably closed door discussions that Galvin had with this team.
Secondly, I believe Moses attended the meeting with Richo to with the intent to get an early release (perhaps Galvin wanted one) and threw petrol on the fire.
Buttface
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If I were Richo and Benji I’d do everything I could to expose any illegal practices or shenanigans that maggot was involved in. I’d also be contacting Uncle Wayno, Uncle Nic, Rusty, and any other scorned, to start blacklisting him. The enemy of your enemy is your friend. The only way to reduce his influence is to reduce his involvement. And obviously as discretely as possible, but that won’t last long.
