OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

Milky said:
Call me biased, but does anyone else think he is over hyped?

I mean, he’s no slouch. Effort can’t be doubted, especially for someone who apparently doesn’t want to be here, he plays his heart out. He has a good short kicking game and his running game goes alright.

He isn’t an organiser, he isn’t super quick, he crabs around often. He’s not the kind of player who will win a game for you on his own, i.e Barba, Hayne, Marshall etc

To say he is a generational player is a stretch and I think him knocking our offer back is a blessing in disguise.

He isn’t at the level Tedesco was at when he left and I think Moses was a better player at that point too.

I don’t think he will be the generational player he is hyped to be, but who knows.

He isn’t in the same league as Cleary and never will be IMO
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I was saying this to a mate just a couple of days ago. He has great vision, and a cool head for one so young. But his kicking game needs work - that's fixable with hard work - but he lacks that bit of pace off the mark to turn half breaks into full line breaks. His greatest asset is his unreal fitness. His next coach needs to 'weaponise' that aspect of his play. He's good, but to say he is better than Fittler or Johns or other top line players is way off the mark.
 
supercoach said:
Last year when team Galvin basically demanded an overhaul of our assistant coaching roster is probably the key to this saga. He obviously wanted Vella or someone like Larkins to be given a gig. When it turned out to be Hogo and Rhino, this upset the apple cart.

From where I sit, if Galvin had basically said I am rejecting the offer and going to the market in November. I would like to thank the Weststigers and everyone involved in my NRL journey but in my heart I think it’s time to move on at the end of my contract. As a fan of course I would be disappointed but that’s football. Sadly to try and justify your actions by trashing the coach is a very low act and reflects Galvin in a terrible light. I think both Moses and his Parents are probably the ones at fault who have pushed Galvin down this path.

The NRL world is a fickle place, at present the pro Galvin and anti Galvin news has dominated the press, but in a week or two it will hardly rate a mention and Galvin will probably get a release
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Hope you’re right that in a week or two this all dies down. It won’t go away completely but at least the rest of the team can move forward without Galvin’s demands on how everything is run.
The press conference was very good for the team moving forward. Galvin is contracted (on small $) till the end of 2026. We shouldn’t be in a hurry to move him on. I think it unlikely that he’ll see 1st grade again but you never know. He’s not costing us much so until the right player comes up for a swop there is no point in moving him on.
The WTs will continue to develop Latu once he comes back. Plus we have dollars in the cap to support the talented and committed spine we already have. Everyone now knows where they stand. No more debates on how to fit Latu and TDS into the 17 without moving players around out of position.
 
Aussielion said:
Im glad that I have never really fully weighed in on this topic until now.

This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions in relation to the events surrounding Galvin. Here are my thoughts on the situation.

Initially, when I heard the news that Galvin knocked us back, I was a potent mixture of disappointed and angry. I was disappointed that we could not keep a junior with such obvious promise at this club. Im hearing a shitload of people saying words to the tune of "He ain't all that" and "Latu will be better than him". Those words come from understandable disappointment to be losing a player with his potential. This reaction never happened when we lost a player like Jock Madden for instance.

On the other hand, Im angry at the way this was handled by his management. They are well within their rights to knock our offer back. But, to not even look at the offer we put together smacks of disrespect. I could even accept that though. What I CANNOT accept is the disrespectful comments aimed towards the coach and flows down to his teammates. That is unacceptable from Galvin and the people that manipulate him to act that way.

You'll notice that I used the word "manipulate" in the previous sentence. I have heard Galvin speak twice.....one was a radio interview late last season and the other was part of being in a "Fletch and Hindy" skit tonight. What had really struck me in those two media spots is that although he is 18 or 19, his maturity levels are FAR below that. Don't confuse maturity with intelligence. In both of those media spots, he seems like an absolute kid, not a money hungry bastard.

He is an adult and should be responsible for his actions. But, I have absolutely no doubt in the world he is heavily manipulated by his manager to take the actions that he has done this week......and that is pretty irresponsible to put this guy through the absolute ringer by sports and social media this week. They absolutely had to have known his actions would have cause this reaction from the media and general public. A part of me feels sorry for the kid in that way....he does not have the maturity to comprehend the outcome from all of this....but unfortunately for him, he has bought a ticket to get into this circus, he will have to go through it.

Finally, our club has clearly grown off the paddock since Richo took over. Benji was an absolute star with the way he spoke today. I will be the first to admit that I had big question marks over him being the head coach of this club with no previous coaching experience. But, the way those players put in for him every week and the absolute humility with what he had to say today, he has basically won me over today. The Galvin thing could be the absolute making of Benji as a coach.

Our captains also spoke very well and Richo's strong tone is setting our club up for success. Yet, another strong day for our club.
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The “Latu is better” hyperbole , isn’t an emotional reaction at all . The club itself had Latu pencilled in eventually as the 6 , and Galvin the 13 . It was simple truth . The issue now is .. is latu ready yet .
 
Lestronge said:
The “Latu is better” hyperbole , isn’t an emotional reaction at all . The club itself had Latu pencilled in eventually as the 6 , and Galvin the 13 . It was simple truth . The issue now is .. is latu ready yet .
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Plenty of pros and cons.
Latu is a stronger ball runner than Galvin, has better deception and short ball than Galvin and is a much better and stronger front on defender than Galvin, but doesn’t have the same level of fitness and therefore doesn’t get in positions to be on the ball and compete as much as what Galvin does, Galvin has developed a nice short kicking game, both of their long kicking games are ordinary at best, Galvin has a better long passing game and is a better lateral defender,
IF Latu makes good improvements with his fitness and kicking game, he will become the superior player.
 
Vicious said:
Plenty of pros and cons.
Latu is a stronger ball runner than Galvin, has better deception and short ball than Galvin and is a much better and stronger front on defender than Galvin, but doesn’t have the same level of fitness and therefore doesn’t get in positions to be on the ball and compete as much as what Galvin does, Galvin has developed a nice short kicking game, both of their long kicking games are ordinary at best, Galvin has a better long passing game and is a better lateral defender,
IF Latu makes good improvements with his fitness and kicking game, he will become the superior player.
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His fitness should improve as he gets over his injuries, though. It's the persistent injuries that bother me the most with Latu, but then again, Benji was injury plagued as a very young NRL player, too. I really hope we can get Latu's injuries and fitness sorted, and get him combining with Luai and the rest of the team asap.
 
supercoach said:
Last year when team Galvin basically demanded an overhaul of our assistant coaching roster is probably the key to this saga. He obviously wanted Vella or someone like Larkins to be given a gig. When it turned out to be Hogo and Rhino, this upset the apple cart.

From where I sit, if Galvin had basically said I am rejecting the offer and going to the market in November. I would like to thank the Weststigers and everyone involved in my NRL journey but in my heart I think it’s time to move on at the end of my contract. As a fan of course I would be disappointed but that’s football. Sadly to try and justify your actions by trashing the coach is a very low act and reflects Galvin in a terrible light. I think both Moses and his Parents are probably the ones at fault who have pushed Galvin down this path.

The NRL world is a fickle place, at present the pro Galvin and anti Galvin news has dominated the press, but in a week or two it will hardly rate a mention and Galvin will probably get a release
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yep, that’s his mo, didn’t Moses do the same thing2017? Tried to get Wehbe employed to do some whispering.
 
Vicious said:
Plenty of pros and cons.
Latu is a stronger ball runner than Galvin, has better deception and short ball than Galvin and is a much better and stronger front on defender than Galvin, but doesn’t have the same level of fitness and therefore doesn’t get in positions to be on the ball and compete as much as what Galvin does, Galvin has developed a nice short kicking game, both of their long kicking games are ordinary at best, Galvin has a better long passing game and is a better lateral defender,
IF Latu makes good improvements with his fitness and kicking game, he will become the superior player.
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Yep . Both those things are well within things he can control . The kicking is just repetition , aligned with coaching on how and where to hit the ball with your feet , and just really time . Fitness is all about effort . If Latu wants to live up to his potential then the gym needs to be his friend . He’s got a really good mentor in luai to make that happen.
Whereas with Galvin , he can only get so fast , he can only develop so much .
I think his development will really be in strength intangibles . As he gets older his strength will grow , and his ability to brush tackles and stand in tackles will get stronger . But that will be at the expense of his speed off the mark . And he’s already fairly slow .
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Still not condoning what he did, and I think his and his fathers response was total BS and the shamelessness that they totally lifted DCE’s reasoning and used it for themselves was pathetic. However, at least he’s told us early and not strung us along for 18 months like Teddy, Woods and Moses did. Still a dog act to be so ungrateful to the club though.
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The whole thing has been staged by the Galvin's and thier Agent Moses. We are all trying to catch up.

Tipping a bucket over Benji was meant to agitate and get all of us fired up (including me). It was meant to create havoc and get him released asap so he could go.
We have all come to terms with it now and out him on the market for the balance of his contract at today's value or a player swap to benefit us. If not thank him for his service and shut him Iin Reggie's.

We all know how it is now. Benji and team need to go to siege mentality and have Latu and company step up.

We all love the tigers and scum bags are not welcome.

I hope the Tigers come out agianst the slime and make a statement.

Forever Tigers !
 
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