Buttface
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His most coherent post yet.
He must have been thirsty at the time.
OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.
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He must have been thirsty at the time.
Marginally,
We lost our best Prop and 2nd best 2nd Rower....
Areas we're already behind the 8 ball.
Hunt isn't a replacement for Stefano - In anyones language.
Buttface
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We haven’t held an ace in years, and even when we got lucky and 4 fell in our lap, we had a fish holding our cards.
We got one ace coming next year, and hopefully Richo plays better poker than fruit pascals and sells Gal the “win with ya mates, just like Luai did”.
Also I’d be trying to talk up some of the newer recruits like the Fainu boys as aces in the making, plus Gal himself and we’ll have all the aces. That’s the bluff part where Richo needs to excel.
It’s a tough sell bcoz in the NRL game everyone gets to see ya cards, and everyone knows how crap you’ve played them over the years. We’ve been out-played, out-bluffed, and folded holding aces so many times it’s embarrassing.
I reckon another issue is Gal grew up an eel and has already had his heart broken and understands there’s no loyalty in league.
I would love to participate in Gals contract negotiation. This like heads up for all marbles with another shark. I hope Richo turns out to be the ace up our sleeve.
All Tigers fans should be good at poker, we been bluffing ourselves for years.
Kaito
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I've been saying it all year, he coddled them for a
while there & made excuses 4 them when they were
clearly off and deserved a spray. Benji is laid back
by nature and he would have known coaching is
hard and it's a long season so maybe there is a bit
of stress reduction/self preservation going on there,
he's spoken about his work/life balance all year.
The club doesn't need a casual coach though. What
pissed me off most in 2024 was his constant use
of the phrase "good bloke, even better person" lmao
Those types say it's just Footy, Or 'Just a game'
And they're right - It is... For the Punters.
It's Top Level, Competitive Sport....
Aren't they looking to be the 'Best'?
They're well paid, Professional Athletes.
- That goes for the coaching as well....
It's apples and oranges,
But I can never imagine the likes of Mike Tyson saying this next match is just sport / entertainment.
It's a bit more than 'Just a game' for most champions of the game....
See how much it hurts the Losers next week - It'll be more than a game to them.
Look at Cleary when he loses Origin.
Problem is,
all these kids would be Students of Benjis highlight reel....
His shitty king of the kids attitude would have already filtered through the squad.
hammertime
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I wonder how we play his signing. If we are on the rise next year, it would make sense to hold off as his manager won't be able to play the "struggling club" card.
However, if we don't sign him early and flounder again, we will find it hard to hold onto him.
However, if we don't sign him early and flounder again, we will find it hard to hold onto him.
Magpie_Magic
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Thing is with Luai coming here he will be partnered with currently the best and most in form halves partner in the competition.
On top of that Luai's easy going high fiving style will really take the pressure off and excitingly for him he has a chance to become a local pin up boy with a club at rock bottom on the way up.
Easier than a Roosters or Brisbane or even Bears contract me thinks.
The Luai partnership is an edge so Shane just has to be in the mix.
It will be Shane's first big test.
On top of that Luai's easy going high fiving style will really take the pressure off and excitingly for him he has a chance to become a local pin up boy with a club at rock bottom on the way up.
Easier than a Roosters or Brisbane or even Bears contract me thinks.
The Luai partnership is an edge so Shane just has to be in the mix.
It will be Shane's first big test.
Tiger Tarl
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This. I hope he extends but all the talk behind the talk points to him signing elsewhere at the end of 2025 (for 2027). Hope we're just reading too much into semantics but it seems pretty blatant at this point in time...
Signing elsewhere for 2027
- Usually amounts to angling for an early (2026) release....
Which is why I think if he's forgoing immediate money not to extend
- It means he's just holding out to sign elsewhere as soon as he can and then get out as soon as he can.
That partnership won't mean jack or be able to do jack without some room to play....
Something our halves haven't had for a very long time.
Magpie_Magic
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That is true and saw that Luai was crabbing a bit on Saturday night with Penrith's back rowersnot as effective.
Shane has more work to do.
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HabboTiger
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A year and a half to improve or loose him
Halbrowne61
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And beware second year syndrome with Galvin, it happened with Bula this year and is real. Opposition will be all over him in 25.
finnzo
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I think there is abit of a difference these blokes are seasond veterans a majority of our team are rookies. Rookies would struggle in a system like that specially when we loose as many games as we did.
As our team gains more experience and more pressure mounts on them things will intensify but for now I can see why benji has gone with this approach
A little from column a, a little from column b.
jirskyr
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It's an interesting concept though - Madge was a hard task-master and by many reports this approach doesn't work so well with younger players any more.
Two of the best coaches of the past 20 years, Bellamy and Bennett, one is a high-intensity boss with very specific game plans, the other is a renowned man-manager who is good at getting performances out of his roster. Benji has a significant history with Bennett and it's not surprising his management style leans more towards "the feels" rather than a military-style approach.
I would not be surprised at all, over the next 10 years, if the military style of coaching gradually falls out of favour, based on the needs and expectations of younger generations.
Seems the world now has to pander to sooky la la’s 🤣
jirskyr
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Like it or not, the sooky la la's may in fact be making all the decisions over the upcoming decades, and those of us in nursing homes will hope they don't suddenly become brutally indifferent la la's when it comes to our ongoing geriatric care.
Whatever works man !
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