There is a lot of hurt among supporters about the Galvin saga.
Because of the way he was given the red carpet treatment , he positioned above IMO more talented kids like the large boys and Fainu .
He was bought when no one wanted him , he has had endless resources pumped into him only for him to turn his back on all that .
And ultimately how the fudge would a 19 year old , a former Stadium Australia assistant manager , and his family to be honest , know if Benjis coaching works or doesn’t work .
And I refuse to accept the opinion of a dickhead from North Queensland , who has never played in these junior districts , doesn’t know the how important the tigers are to the Balmain district , and wests are to the Campbelltown district , and the history especially in wests of juniors having their heads turned before anybody can reasonably assess anything .
And the fact that at the start of the year the guy was all about how Galvin wasn’t good and we were all going to have egg on our face when he left , just proves he’s only on here to stir shit .
He’s the ultimate loser . Imagine going on an opposing teams forum day in and day out just to argue about stupid shit , to stir up people , who grew up with this club in their dna. Who’s family played in the districts , who wore the jerseys when they were younger , who went to the AGMs to vote the merger , who take thier kids to games (the guy has never been to a tigers game ) .
He’s the equivalent of a fan yelling abusive shit from the nose bleed sections . He has zero skin in the game .
And it frustrates the hell out of me that he deliberately pulls on the strings of guys on here , to stir them up .
I’ve been pretty consistent in my opinion , Latu is a better footballer , it like Jedi keeps pointing out , his body is a real concern . That could just be growing pains . I’ve never felt emotional one way or the other about him , because frankly I think he’s replaceable . Especially at 6 . If you’re going to tell me he’s going to turn into Isaiah Yeo 2.0 , and a leader amongst men , with his current attitude , I seriously doubt it .
Purely because he doesn’t seem to get teams . You can tell by his history in the juniors with swapping clubs . I mean it’s worked for him , he’s where he wanted to be , but to me , I’ve always said he screams Jackson Hastings more than he screams Isaiah Yeo or Scott Hill .
And for a mil a season we would have put a big anchor around our neck , and empowered an entitled kid and family , and their already zero Fs given manager , to even more destabilising control around the team .
The issue with the original boys club wasn’t that the boys club existed . It exists at every club . The issue was the wrong people had control , and were making decisions in their best interests not the clubs. Like overweight Benji , had a huge ego problem at the time . He needed to fall off his perch , to understand what I’m saying is true to its core .
He’s a great leader now because of this . Like I keep saying the youth is wasted on the young , and I’m very sure in one way or another Galvin will regret the way this turned out .
I honestly wish him well , but the tribalism of this game will never allow this stigma to leave him . People still talk about Moses in the same way . Teddy gets a pass for most because everyone understood . Woods also is another who every time that guy speaks people want to chuck rocks at him . Why ? Because much like Galvin he was given the keys to the castle , and rightly or wrongly , he spat in the clubs face . He says oh it was because of all the bullshit at board level , which may or may not be true , but you can tell that he has huge regrets with the way he left the club , and even on a personal level it pretty torpedoed his career .
I’m sure Galvin is hearing all kinds of grass is greener stories from the Moses family , but man , have a look at Aaron Woods and you see a very clear situation of how it could all go very wrong .
Anyways . Just my rant on the whole situation. No hate for kid at all . Just that this behaviour is taboo in sport . Doesn’t even happen in EPL , or European football , the most cut throat money driven sport in the world . Which tells you something . There’s unwritten rules to this shit . And Galvin has broken one of the big ones . Now it’s time to face the consequences .
