Galvin given a rest as the club tries to keep him at Concord with a fresh deal. - SMH piece.

[Tucker]

Look we should not have forced him to play injured.
I get Galvin being angry at this. I get Moses being angry at this. Heck I am angry at this and IMHO a strong strike against Benji "holiday" Marshall.

Otherwise, we need to punt the drama queens!
I am all down with enforcing contracts. If someone wants to scream "I want out", they can rot in reserve grade.

We need to avoid drama queens. Anyone signed with Moses tends to bring their own drama.

Because he was injured and because he should not have been playing injured I will give Galvin a benefit of the doubt.... Without that injury, I would seriously put him through contract hell.


We need people to hold to contracts. We do not need drama queens. Particularly 5/8 drama queens.

How do you know he was that injured? This is his past 4 weeks in defence.
89.3% tackle efficiency v Dragons from 28 attempts
Bye
90.3% tackle efficiency v Cowboys from 31 attempts
92% tackle efficiency v Dolphins from 25 attempts.
You don’t return stats like that with a broken hand. The injury is an excuse.
The people around him can envision him playing SOO and Test footy as well as win GFs. Can’t do that playing with us. Simple as that.

 

[Droppy05]

How do you know he was that injured? This is his past 4 weeks in defence.
89.3% tackle efficiency v Dragons from 28 attempts
90.3% tackle efficiency v Cowboys from 31 attempts
92% tackle efficiency v Dolphins from 25 attempts.
You don’t return stats like that with a broken hand. The injury is an excuse.
The people around him can envision him playing SOO and Test footy as well as win GFs. Can’t do that playing with us. Simple as that.

How many tackles made?

 

[Halbrowne61]

This kid’s gone from hero to zero with Tigers fans in a very short space of time, not a bad feat for an 18 year old.

I think he’s just a pawn in a game. Probably not sure who to listen you and trust and his manager sounds like a real hustler.
Hopefully it settles down and sorts ourself out soon.

 

[Tucker]

How many tackles made?

Look at his efficiency. Nearly all of them.
Dragons = 25/28
Bye
Cowboys = 28/31
Dolphins = 23/25

 

[Tucker]

Both Braith and Gordon don’t believe we forced him to play injured.
They said he could have said no.
The ex players aren’t on the same narrative as the journos.

 

[Dr_Ice]

Look at his efficiency. Nearly all of them.
Dragons = 25/28
Bye
Cowboys = 28/31
Dolphins = 23/25

That is a lot of tackles for someone in the halves.

 

[Tucker]

That is a lot of tackles for someone in the halves.

Certainly.
Even more impressive with a “broken hand”

 

[crazycat]

How do you know he was that injured? This is his past 4 weeks in defence.
89.3% tackle efficiency v Dragons from 28 attempts
Bye
90.3% tackle efficiency v Cowboys from 31 attempts
92% tackle efficiency v Dolphins from 25 attempts.
You don’t return stats like that with a broken hand. The injury is an excuse.
The people around him can envision him playing SOO and Test footy as well as win GFs. Can’t do that playing with us. Simple as that.

RE Galvin, he said he had a fractured hand.

Look I ain't his doctor. Your right, those stats are impressive. But I also understand him going "I want this hand to heal". Fractures can become worse if hit and if during that performance the hand gets hit.... He could be up for some serious surgery or permanent injuries.

Flip it. Bones take about 6 weeks. He has played for those 3 weeks. So why now?

We can only go on what info we get. I understand Galvin wanting to be rested when he has an injury and not ruin his footy career. I also must wonder at our medical staff, are we doing injury management right?

Comes down to is Galvin a show pony using this as an excuse OR Galvin has an injury and he wants to not ruin his body in his first year of footy.
Giving Galvin the benefit of the doubt, for now.

 

[innsaneink]

He's had no serious strapping on his hand for weeks bar a thin bit of tape around his wrist with some inspirational message on it... Id think a broken hand would have a bit more than that
I know the hand has a lot of small bones but if no strapping necessary it can't be that bad?

 

[TYGA]

Look we should not have forced him to play injured.
I get Galvin being angry at this. I get Moses being angry at this. Heck I am angry at this and IMHO a strong strike against Benji "holiday" Marshall.

Otherwise, we need to punt the drama queens!
I am all down with enforcing contracts. If someone wants to scream "I want out", they can rot in reserve grade.

We need to avoid drama queens. Anyone signed with Moses tends to bring their own drama.

Because he was injured and because he should not have been playing injured I will give Galvin a benefit of the doubt.... Without that injury, I would seriously put him through contract hell.


We need people to hold to contracts. We do not need drama queens. Particularly 5/8 drama queens.

A fracture in the hand is painful but usually causes no more issues. They should have rested the kid in either case. It’s an excuse simple as that. We have only hardball on every young player wanting out. Forget being nice it’s a business.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Richardson on 9 said there were anti-tampering laws in place for Galvin who had 2 years remaining on his contract. He would go to the NRL if he discovered breaches. Asked if he believed it was happening, and you know what the answer was.

 

[Telltails]

Good to hear Richardson being vocal - lord knows we need some push back atm

 

[Merlot]

did Galvin throw a hissy 2day?

 

[Tucker]

Good to hear Richardson being vocal - lord knows we need some push back atm

Imagine Pascoe was still here,…Galvin would sit the rest of the month out injured and then join Penrith for its 5th premiership tilt.

 

[innsaneink]

A comment from a WTs member Yule off the WTs bloodtype FB group, a group who GEO was instrumental in setting up and is 2 years today since he passed...R.I.P Geoff


Went to meet the Wests Tigers today at Concord to breed our daughter into being a fan, mission accomplished, however, as a long time fan myself I observed the following:
* it’s cost us to enter.
* the entertainment, food options and activities were cheap and poor.
* we watched their training session prior to meeting and it seemed very lack luster, players sitting around, some kicking bombs, a few threw the ball around with lots of jokes and laughter.
* looked like a day out for the players, very lay back, no sign of any coaching.
* no unity, groups of players scattered around the place.
* didn’t look like a team who needed to improve drastically.
* the women’s team showed more grit, tensity and unity training on the other half of the field.
Anyway, here are some of the meets today

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[TheKhan]

A comment from a WTs member Yule off the WTs bloodtype FB group, a group who GEO was instrumental in setting up and is 2 years today since he passed...R.I.P Geoff


Went to meet the Wests Tigers today at Concord to breed our daughter into being a fan, mission accomplished, however, as a long time fan myself I observed the following:
* it’s cost us to enter.
* the entertainment, food options and activities were cheap and poor.
* we watched their training session prior to meeting and it seemed very lack luster, players sitting around, some kicking bombs, a few threw the ball around with lots of jokes and laughter.
* looked like a day out for the players, very lay back, no sign of any coaching.
* no unity, groups of players scattered around the place.
* didn’t look like a team who needed to improve drastically.
* the women’s team showed more grit, tensity and unity training on the other half of the field.
Anyway, here are some of the meets today

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This matches the behaviour we saw vs dragons. After the big blow up and both teams ran to pull jumpers. Dragons players came together in a team huddle tigers players spread out across the park. It doesn't feel like a happy camp

 

[Tucker]

A comment from a WTs member Yule off the WTs bloodtype FB group, a group who GEO was instrumental in setting up and is 2 years today since he passed...R.I.P Geoff


Went to meet the Wests Tigers today at Concord to breed our daughter into being a fan, mission accomplished, however, as a long time fan myself I observed the following:
* it’s cost us to enter.
* the entertainment, food options and activities were cheap and poor.
* we watched their training session prior to meeting and it seemed very lack luster, players sitting around, some kicking bombs, a few threw the ball around with lots of jokes and laughter.
* looked like a day out for the players, very lay back, no sign of any coaching.
* no unity, groups of players scattered around the place.
* didn’t look like a team who needed to improve drastically.
* the women’s team showed more grit, tensity and unity training on the other half of the field.
Anyway, here are some of the meets today

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This is what I expect our sessions are always like.

 

[Tucker]

This matches the behaviour we saw vs dragons. After the big blow up and both teams ran to pull jumpers. Dragons players came together in a team huddle tigers players spread out across the park. It doesn't feel like a happy camp

They don’t really act like a team…certainly not an elite, top level team.

 

[Betterdays22]

They don’t really act like a team…certainly not an elite, top level team.

Watching the body language of the Dogs even when they were losing. Night and day to the Tigers at the moment. Ciraldo has got them humming.

 

[bptiger 0]

Look at his efficiency. Nearly all of them.
Dragons = 25/28
Bye
Cowboys = 28/31
Dolphins = 23/25

He’s just had two weeks off prior to the dragons game