OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

mikey said:
Appreciate the explanation from your perspective.
Mine is I just cannot forgive the back-handed way they have tried thus far to get the club to discipline/ sack/ move on Galvin.
If it was just a matter of he declared he's always wanted to play for X, I'd be upset but wouldn't feel the way I do.
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I hear you.

The thought crossed my mind too, but I don't think Galvin could openly come out and say "I want to play for Parra", even if he's thinking it, especially if the talk is true that a deal has already been done behind closed doors.

IMO the "Development" quotes were just the excuse they are using, because he can't say "I want to play for parra".

The blowback from the development comments is where everything kicked off, and you are right, his management team tried to manipulate the situation to get their desired outcome. It hasn't been great.

But there are a lot of unknowns. Maybe Gavlin genuinely want to be coached under Ryles who served his apprenticeship under Bellamy vs Benji who has 1 season under his belt and no prior coaching experience. Maybe he thinks with the likes of Moses and Iongi, they can take his boyhood club to a premiership.

I don't necessarily think its the right call for the Tigers, maybe not even for Galvin himself. But what else can we do now but plan for the future and invest in Latu. Maybe he becomes the next Katoa before we know it.

There is a chance that this situation doesn't work out too bad for us after all...
 
Tucker said:
They’ve maintained that narrative for the whole time he’s been in top grade.
Yes they’ll be a bit stung they got played but that’s business. It happens everyday in every industry.
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I also think that they enjoy wearing the badge of being the calm heads and 'bigger person' throughout his last 18 months, always talking him up in the face of complaints, release requests, etc.

They let the mask slip a little in the last week through emotion, but they've quickly recalibrated and fallen back into the 'they're good people' narrative.

I think that entire messaging publicly is only about perception. I think they believed that if they kept up that line of thinking for long enough, he'd eventually come around and commit long term.
 
Refused to look at/acknowledge a 6 mill contract that involves weeks of work involving sponsors legal teams and then no courtesy of at least taking the GMs calls after the club has rolled out the red carpet for their son with a long-term view of building a club a team around him - ok yep Ive formed a view.
 
Telltails said:
Refused to look at/acknowledge a 6 mill contract that involves weeks of work involving sponsors legal teams and then no courtesy of at least taking the GMs calls after the club has rolled out the red carpet for their son with a long-term view of building a club a team around him - ok yep Ive formed a view.
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Which to me, indicates a deal is already done. But what can we do?
 
Kelce68 said:
I also think that they enjoy wearing the badge of being the calm heads and 'bigger person' throughout his last 18 months, always talking him up in the face of complaints, release requests, etc.

They let the mask slip a little in the last week through emotion, but they've quickly recalibrated and fallen back into the 'they're good people' narrative.

I think that entire messaging publicly is only about perception. I think they believed that if they kept up that line of thinking for long enough, he'd eventually come around and commit long term.
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Well the alternative is they shit talk them and spend every day in the media being accused of god knows what and then being forced to release him with no compensation.
I said last week, we hold the cards here and I still believe it. We will get 18 months of footy out of this kid for half a million dollars if we manage it properly. We may also swap him out for rep level player/s.
That’s what they are doing.
 
Tucker said:
Well the alternative is they shit talk them and spend every day in the media being accused of god knows what and then being forced to release him with no compensation.
I said last week, we hold the cards here and I still believe it. We will get 18 months of footy out of this kid for half a million dollars if we manage it properly. We may also swap him out for rep level player/s.
That’s what they are doing.
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I'm not saying they're not playing it right, I'm simply saying I don't think they believe what they're saying.

Which I'm perfectly ok with if the club comes out on top.
 
Do you think LM's decision has anything to do with the players he's playing with, during James Graham's podcast, Richo said (52:30min) 'it may be the players he's playing with'.

I think there is something there, especially Luia. Good player but possibly not the best captain/bloke.

Obviously, not sure but........just a feeling. And he's there for four more years.
 
Chunk said:
Do you think LM's decision has anything to do with the players he's playing with, during James Graham's podcast, Richo said (52:30min) 'it may be the players he's playing with'.

I think there is something there, especially Luia. Good player but possibly not the best captain/bloke.

Obviously, not sure but........just a feeling. And he's there for four more years.
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I think he meant he will possibly join Parra due to wanting to play with certain players there, rather than the coaching.
 
Tucker said:
I think he meant he will possibly join Parra due to wanting to play with certain players there, rather than the coaching.
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They must be confident Ryles can attract players. They looked awful without Moses. Feels like Brooksy’s situation here all those years.
 
Galvin is the fittest player in the club, loves playing footy, undoubtedly plays his best when out there and smiles when he plays. And we have a problem with that?

My problem with Galvin is that he's still raw and if we're devoting time to him we want commitment, otherwise we go Latu. I was also happy to see doueihi given a shot and would have loved for him to play well. But he didn't and Latu is injured so I'm very glad Galvin is back. We were pedestrian without him and it was a real eye opener how much we already depend on a 19 year old. I think Benji had a similar impact on our play when he was in or out.

I'm excited by Latu but our poor play against the eels made me more upset by losing Galvin.

All the bullying and complaints stuff is peripheral to any of that and we as fans should respect the fact he puts in for our club. That's all he's obliged to do.

This is very different to the way Moses and woods stunk it up and trashed their name before leaving our club.

It's bandwagon stupidity jumping on media shouting to boo him this weekend. I think silence is fair and that's what I'll be doing. Even if you want to boo, you shouldn't because it will make our club look bad and serve Isaac Moses' agenda.

This is a crucial game for Benji and our club, we want Galvin to play well.
 
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Tucker said:
Unless they are paying him north of 1.2mill per year + 3rd party agreements there must be something going on there we aren’t aware of.
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Kids got the attention span of a cricket, Playing for Parra is all he's ever wanted to do.
They've just floated his (And the Familys') ego enough to make him think he's going to be the new
Parra Hayne Plane and they've swallowed it.
Wouldn't have been hard at all...
 
batboy said:
Kids got the attention span of a cricket, Playing for Parra is all he's ever wanted to do.
They've just floated his (And the Familys') ego enough to make him think he's going to be the new
Parra Hayne Plane and they've swallowed it.
Wouldn't have been hard at all...
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1 GF loss isn’t a lofty height to aspire to. Mitch Moses has done that.
 
Telltails said:
Refused to look at/acknowledge a 6 mill contract that involves weeks of work involving sponsors legal teams and then no courtesy of at least taking the GMs calls after the club has rolled out the red carpet for their son with a long-term view of building a club a team around him - ok yep Ive formed a view.
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And Richo has to say his dad is a great guy, so we don't look like sore losers. His dad sounds like a selfish prick. Karma always comes back to haunt or bless you. Hoping Parra never make the 8 for the next 10 years.
 
Buttface said:
Dam straight Hank.
The family car, 1986 Mazda 808, Bob they call it, needs new brakes.
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Good model that, they were made to last, not like Jr Galvin's stay at the Wests Tigers, although Richo seems to think that he will last another 18 months, could require a lot of maintenance in that time though. 🤣
 
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