Penrith are a classic example:
- in 2021 they were aware they were losing Burton - one of the hottest young properties in the league and Capewell - a very experienced and current Origin player. As well as others including Pangai Jr and Naden.
- in 2022 they were aware they were losing Kikau - one of the most dangerous edge runners in the league and Koroisau - a very experienced and current Origin player. As well as others including Hopgood, Staines, jennings and O'sullivan.
- in 2023 they were aware they were losing Crichton - the best centre in the league and Lenui - a very explosive benchie with SOO potential. As well as others including Hosking, Salmon and Cogger.
- in 2024 they were aware they were losing Luai - a local mainstay, SOO rep and one of the best no.6s in the world and Fisher-Harris - a tough as nails prop and current captain of NZ. As well as others including Turuva and Iongi.
Did they [This word has been automatically removed] and whine and start crap on social media and become the number one news article about player riffs and let these players leave early etc...
Nope.
They won the GF each year and then got on the piss for a week as they said their goodbyes.
Kenty is a bit of a dipshit, but he is right on this one.
You have ZERO idea on what has happened behind the scenes in this club to make ANY comparisons ;
Just on the information that we do know about , and you can argue S many have we should never have caved to Galvin to begin with , but I’ll run you through the things we/I do know ;
1. Galvin and his camp requested a release on the back of the tigers signing Latu Fainu , and at that time the stories that we were chasing Luai.
2. A second release request , around first grade time , and the now announced signing of The NSW number 6 .
3. The coach decides after really poor results to start the the 24 season that’s he’s going to go full youth movement . Starts sounding ideas off the kids , really pissing off Bateman , Sezer and Klemmer .
4. Bateman has the worst game he’s ever played whilst captain of the club. Gets a spray from benji for it , and in the heat of the moment reveals that the older players are sick of the entitlement of the kids ( Galvin 💯, my guess probably TDS as well ).
5. that relationship is irreparable , Bateman is let go . The rest of the team start to see this kid with a smile on his face is a bit of a dickhead .
6. Luai starts with the club , standards are lifted , he takes a real shining to Latu Fainu , they connect , and look connected when training together . It’s pretty obvious . The team looks really connected .
7. Lachlan is starting to get distant with the team , it looks to all coincide with the timing around Benji now constantly in private conversations with luai all the time , and the whisper that luai prefers Latu .
8. Luai and Galvin start having a few disagreements around the team and standards . It’s obvious they don’t like each other .
9. It all erupts . It turns out Galvin has been making a list of all the negative interactions he’s had , and doesn’t want to resign / also the players have word that he’s been negotiating with other clubs . ( because everyone knew around February . So if Joe blogs off the street knew , the players definitely knew) .
10. Galvin starts playing hero ball instead of being where he’s supposed to in multiple games . Finally the club decides to piss him off .
That’s the timeline of what happened .
You’re on drugs if you think that a player has ever even thought about 80% of that , at the panthers . They all STFU and do what they’re told , until they get a seat / earn a seat at the table . Not the Galvins .
I think I heard on a podcast today , that he had a sook to the undefeated Harold Matt’s coach that he should be playing fullback instead of Lualiii , who had been braining it all season .
That’s the kid we are talking about .! Just a simply bad attitude .
This where the club has to be better . Knowing the difference between confidence - and arrogance . Between saying all the right things and doing all the right things .
The kid is Bo Callahan from Draft Day . We just didn’t have a Kevin Costner to spot it …. Talented , but a complete oxygen thief .
The panthers club spots these guys way earlier than that . It’s why they pissed off Matt Lodge. They May boys were given a long leash because of thier talent , eventually they were too much to handle , and so on .
We obviously didn’t put enough effort into the person , or didn’t want to see it .
And that’s why this is playing out in the news .