Weidler has had a go at Moses in the past. Given that, his sympathy for Moses and Galvin means it's not too hard to see that the fact he backed Galvin and Moses from the start of all this suggests that the deal with the dogs has been done for a while. He's Gould's man.
You could see that in the way Gus talked about Galvin. It was the same sort of doublespeak when Cleary was our coach and he'd poached him from us and then came out with 'Id let Nathan go if he wanted to be coached by Ivan, you've got to respect family', and then it's announced that in fact Ivan is going to the panthers. He's clever, tactful and knows the media and players better than anyone in the game. And he eats our club for breakfast. You can see how brilliant he'd be in persuading a concerned family like Galvin's. Of course they'd want to go to him.
I'm surprised somehow luai and the fainus both chose us over them. Again, I am deeply uncertain about Benji as a coach, but I would guess in tribute to him, his ability to recruit top class talent is second to none at our club.
But anyway, so Weidler has his grudges and his favourites but above all he's Gould's dog. And Gould's dog has been defending Galvin from the start.
Gus is a brilliant club administrator, I'd love to have him at the club. But the way he controls media narrative through his dual roles to get benefits for his club is grossly problematic. He has a whole media network to spin what he wants. If he weren't so powerful, there's no way he would be allowed to do what he does. His words are toxic for us, the way he jabs and prods in sneaky doublespeak ways is brutally effective.
He wins again. His cheerleader, Weidler, is doing his little bit. Good boy, good boy.
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