OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

Every way you cut it, this looks bad for Wests Tigers. We have a player on a long term contract, in a key spine role, on a cheap contract, who wants out and has at least two other clubs who want to sign him. And despite all of this, the best we can do is get a $165k transfer fee! No player swap! We got nothing. So Gus secures a player he has been desperate to sign, and in effect pays for wests tigers end of season trip in return. Ironically, we will probably be taking that end of season trip the Doggies are paying for at about the same time they and Galvin are playing finals footy. The fact he’s going there for about $300k per season less than we offered just makes it worse. Richo has done a commendable job as GM, but on this one, at least from a fan’s perspective, he has had his a$s handed to him by I Moses.
I don’t know what more you wanted Richo to do ?
By the reports he did offer more money over a longer time span and the Kid knocked it back.
Pretty obvious Galvin didn’t want to stay.
 
Am I missing something here?

Don’t managers get paid as a percentage of their players contract?

If so, Moses (who if you believe most on this forum) has instigated this whole sorry saga, so he himself, could get less money 🤔

Doesn’t the way it’s played out, now suggest that the manager was just doing what the player requested him to do?

As I said at the start - Am I missing something here? 🤷‍♂️
No you’re spot on B2Terrigal
 
Do you really think Galvin's desire to join Dogs came after hearing Gould praising him on TV? Gould's media roles have zero impact. Players are receiving approaches directly or indirectly, within the rules or otherwise, not through the media.
Gould was telegraphing what he thought of him without having to approach Isaac Moses of course when he became available it was blatant that the Bulldogs would be interested.
Best young talent he has ever seen.
No doubt clubs will win premierships with Lachlan Galvin
Galvin will be the biggest money earner in NRL history
Million dollar contracts are not what he needs atm.
While Mitchell Moses was meeting him for sushi Gould was using his public profile to draw in Lachlan and his family.
Released top 30 player the minute he turned down WTs offer.
Of course they were listening we all were.
 
Why are you abusing me? If you arent able to have a civilised adult coversation and express your point of view without resorting to this crap then your posts and mine will get deleted.
Now try again, and this time put it into your own words and dont just parrot what youve heard or read elasewhere. You have zero facts, you have zero quotes, it is all hysteria.
You do not seem the type to have ever undertaken any contract negotiations for work so Ill fill you in on a little secret. You keep it behind closed doors until its finalised. Once you allow the contents of it to become public knowledge YOU LOSE.
This is how Gould has so easily managed to bend us over.
I dont think its that simple when you are dealing with moses weidler and co...we all know moses has plenty in the media in his pocket.
This isnt your standard employment contract situation...they use the media to suit their narrative and agenda which doesnt happen in your usual workplace
 
No way we get the spoon this year, fact is Benji was willing to have a go and Ciraldo chose not to. The fact Benji hasn't really served a proper apprenticeship shows how even more remarkable his effort has been. He might get fired, he might lead us to the promised land only time will tell. Imo Ciraldo hasn't built the premiership leading team Gus did. Do you honestly think Tucker had Ciraldo come across to us we would be leading the comp now. It's purely hypothetical but I seriously doubt it. Had Gus not begun the process of sorting the Dogs out Ciraldo prob would have rejected that job aswell.
I dont know why you give one coach all the credit and the other none at all...Gould may have built the roster, Ciraldo fashioned them into the team that is leading the comp currently.
BTW...surely youve been around long enough to know you shouldnt say things like "No way we get the spoon this year"... never bet against this club. If May or Bula sustain extended stays in the injury ward, we are bang in trouble.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BZN
Can we lock the American politics out of a thread meant to be about footy talk and Lachlan Galvin. I don't care how '1984' you think the "mods" are of this, we don't come on hear to talk about that
I was partly responsible for American politics raising its head in this thread IBWT and @WesternSuburbsBoy.

I used the word Trumpian in a reply to a post by Spartan.

After posting my reply @Odessa brought to my attention the fact I had used negative words with regard to T-rump.
I explained I DID NOT include those words in my post; they were 'mysteriously' added AFTER I posted my reply.
I then edited those words from my post.

Imo this is a VERY SERIOUS OCCURENCE.

WE NEED THE MODS. TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, so it never happens again.
It could leave the door open to the possibility of more posts 'mysteriously' being added to that changes the whole meaning of the post.

In fact, I AM SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN AN EXPLANATION ALREADY.
But I guess when all the posts that are related to this HAVE BEEN DELETED, there's nothing to explain.

Odessa mentioned he had taken screen shots of posts previously, so I took screen shots of relevant posts relating to this matter, and I thank him for that idea.
 
Last edited:
Do you really think Galvin's desire to join Dogs came after hearing Gould praising him on TV? Gould's media roles have zero impact. Players are receiving approaches directly or indirectly, within the rules or otherwise, not through the media.
I dont buy that zero impact
Everyone heard it.
Galvin would have to and for.him.to hear hiself talked up as the next immortal would be music to his ego.
It wouldnt be the sole reason but im sure it didnt dissuade him
 
I was partly responsible for American politics raising its head in this thread IBWT and @WesternSuburbsBoy.

I used the word Trumpian in a reply to a post by Spartan.

After posting my reply @Odessa brought to my attention the fact I had used negative words with regard to T-rump.
I explained I DID NOT include those words in my post; they were 'mysteriously' added AFTER I posted my reply.
I then edited those words from my post.

Imo this is a VERY SERIOUS OCCURENCE.

WE NEED THE MODS. TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, so it never happens again.
It could leave the door open to the possibility of more posts 'mysteriously' being added to that changes the whole meaning of the post.

In fact, I AM SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN AN EXPLANATION ALREADY.
But I guess when all the posts that are related to this HAVE BEEN DELETED, there's nothing to explain.
 
I was partly responsible for American politics raising its head in this thread IBWT and @WesternSuburbsBoy.

I used the word Trumpian in a reply to a post by Spartan.

After posting my reply @Odessa brought to my attention the fact I had used negative words with regard to T-rump.
I explained I DID NOT include those words in my post; they were 'mysteriously' added AFTER I posted my reply.
I then edited those words from my post.

Imo this is a VERY SERIOUS OCCURENCE.

WE NEED THE MODS. TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, so it never happens again.
It could leave the door open to the possibility of more posts 'mysteriously' being added to that changes the whole meaning of the post.

In fact, I AM SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN AN EXPLANATION ALREADY.
But I guess when all the posts that are related to this HAVE BEEN DELETED, there's nothing to explain.

If you use the american idiot's name the description is automatically programmed to include it in the post.
 
I was partly responsible for American politics raising its head in this thread IBWT and @WesternSuburbsBoy.

I used the word Trumpian in a reply to a post by Spartan.

After posting my reply @Odessa brought to my attention the fact I had used negative words with regard to T-rump.
I explained I DID NOT include those words in my post; they were 'mysteriously' added AFTER I posted my reply.
I then edited those words from my post.

Imo this is a VERY SERIOUS OCCURENCE.

WE NEED THE MODS. TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, so it never happens again.
It could leave the door open to the possibility of more posts 'mysteriously' being added to that changes the whole meaning of the post.

In fact, I AM SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN AN EXPLANATION ALREADY.
But I guess when all the posts that are related to this HAVE BEEN DELETED, there's nothing to explain.

Odessa mentioned he had taken screen shots of posts previously, so I took screen shots of relevant posts relating to this matter, and I thank him for that idea.
Kul, the forum owner has set that word to be replaced with a new phrase automatically. He did it some time ago and hasn't changed it despite objections.

Watch - Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon

(I wrote T-rump without the dash and the above replaced it)
 
I would call Gus a c.... but he lacks the depth and warmth.

When someone who is part of another club and also in the media can use their influence in under the table contract negotiations and its just allowed, what exactly, is a governing body for?

The whole thing is a farce.
 
Kul, the forum owner has set that word to be replaced with a new phrase automatically. He did it some time ago and hasn't changed it despite objections.

Watch - Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon

(I wrote T-rump without the dash and the above replaced it)
Are you telling me it triggers people? What snowflakes.
 
We won this situation.
Galvin was never staying.
Richo saved our season from 💯 being a write off to still giving us a chance
It unites the playing group with him gone

We were always a stepping stone for Galvin, the quicker we accept that the eaiser it is to move on.. he never wanted to be here.. so we are better with him not here..
There are a lot in this forum that have been pushing the L.Fainu is a better prospect than Galvin.
And if they turn out to be correct all of us can be thankful that Galvin knocked back our record offer.
One thing I will say is for all the talk about Galvin not wanting to be here for the last year and a half I wish every other player in our top 30 trained as hard as he did.
People can say what they like about the kid but one thing they can’t accuse him of is not giving his all when he put the Tigers jersey on.
Life goes on and so will the mighty Tigers 🐅
 
I dont think its that simple when you are dealing with moses weidler and co...we all know moses has plenty in the media in his pocket.
This isnt your standard employment contract situation...they use the media to suit their narrative and agenda which doesnt happen in your usual workplace
The difference is there are dirty cards that can be played in the public realm.
This was kept in house for 4 days and no one was any the wiser bar speculation until Richo released that statement. There was a lot of emotion in it but not a lot of detail. This fired up the journos and they circled in tighter than a fish's bum. Very soon we knew the size of the contract and we knew about the reasons he wanted to leave.
The leaking of this information helped create a sympathetic view on the Tigers. I dont believe that releasing that information was in Galvin's best interests as it makes him look greedy, entitled etc... and as they hadnt said a word in 4 days and apparently didnt even look at the contract, it stands to reason that this info was leaked by the club. Weve since heard a lot of journos admit it came from the club.
I dont know for sure what happened there, but its highly likely the club instigated this by going public and straight away, there was backlash.
Social media went into meltdown, players were reacting publicly all talking heads were giving their two cents. Galvin was demoted and it was largely reported that the players forced Benji to do this.
Team Galvin had to release a press statement to temper the reaction - this is another reason I dont believe they were behind the initial leaking.
Enter Mr Gould raising concerns for Lachies welfare. He raised these concerns on tele and a podcast. Channel 9 personalities then started supporting the kid. This was met by a staged press conference from the club where Benji did really well but it didnt quieten things down enough and the loss that weekend was amplified by word the club received a legal letter from Camp Galvin.
Then other players were brought into it to create a narrative of bullying and players being treated poorly. The club decided another interview would quell things so Richo went on the Graham podcast and sold the situation as being overblown. One month later and we find out it wasnt overblown at all and the kid would be released immediately if certain conditions were met by the recruiting club. As of today, this is yet to occurr.

Mate Ive been in contract negotiations far bigger than this. This ^ is not how its done.
 
I don’t know what more you wanted Richo to do ?
By the reports he did offer more money over a longer time span and the Kid knocked it back.
Pretty obvious Galvin didn’t want to stay.
How about understanding why he didnt?
How about working through his issues...we know he had a few collated in his infamous dossier.
Simply throwing money at the problem and then setting a powder keg that is still going off wasnt helpful in the slightest.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BZN

Latest posts

Staff online

Members online

Back
Top