Lachlan Galvin #277

[Needaname]

Galvin has played his last game for the club on the way to the mighty 🐶

Is this wishful thinking or you have a bit of clout in the way of this comment? I’ll take a wink or a blink as your answer.

 

[clontarfkid]

Mason has played about two NRL games and neither was at 6 … absolute prayer… this year anyway …he is also small and they will run at him all day…. Maybe when they are out of finals contention

Yep..agree...he is small..but regardless has defended one on one ok.
Most halves are small
But he has something to offer in attack(speed) which we currently dont have,and we need to give him an opportunity to shine in his favorite position.We need options in these key positions,and Im lacking confidence in Buds "loyalty"and Latus resilience.Not even certain Luai will stick around forever
If were gonna keep Mason on our books.lets see what he has to offer...If he cant perform at 6,and we know hes not a 1...thats it for him
But hes gotta be better than Galvin atm

 

[Balmainlegend]

Is this wishful thinking or you have a bit of clout in the way of this comment? I’ll take a wink or a blink as your answer.

Done

 

[ezybro]

When Galvin regained the ball from the kick, he had time to take a step and place a grubber into the in-goal to put pressure on Mitchell. I can't believe he booted it over the dead ball line.

Yep that was the one that really got me. Didn’t even look close to staying in.

 

[Tom Shines]

Yep..agree...he is small..but regardless has defended one on one ok.
Most halves are small
But he has something to offer in attack(speed) which we currently dont have,and we need to give him an opportunity to shine in his favorite position.We need options in these key positions,and Im lacking confidence in Buds "loyalty"and Latus resilience.Not even certain Luai will stick around forever
If were gonna keep Mason on our books.lets see what he has to offer...If he cant perform at 6,and we know hes not a 1...thats it for him
But hes gotta be better than Galvin atm

I want to see what Latu has …his injury history has been frustrating and he has only played a handful of 80 minute games in the NRL … at the moment he is the likely full time half to replace Galvin as a starter when he is allowed to leave

If he gets injured again and Galvin is gone , then I think Mason comes up into consideration. ..

 

[Jolls]

Yep that was the one that really got me. Didn’t even look close to staying in.

If I recall correctly he also had players on the inside he could have passed to.

 

[Tucker]

Pole committed to the club and openly says he owes them for the faith WTs showed in him. Bula has said he is happy at the club. TDS don't know apparently Lachie's best mate and will probably have options and may think he should be in FG instead of waiting his time behind API and might think he cant learn anything from him - will have to wait and see.
He doesn't want to play for this club - we know his choice and accept that- however he is a contracted player and if anything his/ his managements actions have resulted in the team not trusting him given the accusations being levelled at them by a manager who some clubs refuse to deal with for good reason.
The enquiry should be into how a manager can justify accusing a club of bullying 20 year old player that they have just offered a 5million 5 year deal to?
If he was made to wrestle the whole team one after the other for being late or something like that well then there maybe grounds. Agree to disagree on this one Tucker. Have to accept his decision but can't cop the whole treated poorly angle.

You are still missing my point.
Why doesnt he want to play here?
Its not money as he got offered a huge contract here. If someone has bettered it Id be very surprised but if they did, hed use that as leverage to raise our offer. This didnt occur.
He has said in no uncertain terms that its the development angle.
Thats concerning.

 

[rex2ce]

I'm sure they will release him and sign May.

Nothing back for the Tigers other than room to sign May and move things around in the cap.

It's how we roll when backed into an untenable corner by Moses and his clients.

Galvin is not playing anywhere near his ability and will only tank worse as this goes in.

Happy to not have to look at him again in our jersey.

We are not obligated to pick him in first grade, KOE is no problem

 

[Tucker]

It's first grade football. if he is not performing, drop him.

Maybe the architects behind his decisions should apologise for putting him in that situation

I agree, he should not be immune to the wrath of the selection table.
Which decisions? He has stated he will honour his current contract.

 

[tiger_one]

You are still missing my point.
Why doesnt he want to play here?
Its not money as he got offered a huge contract here. If someone has bettered it Id be very surprised but if they did, hed use that as leverage to raise our offer. This didnt occur.
He has said in no uncertain terms that its the development angle.
Thats concerning.

But champion @Tucker, we're all outside the inner circle of Gavin's camp, but based on past experience that is known of the player manager's history/methods, what the player might have said can be taken with a grain of truth: the manager manipulates opportunity and everything works in one direction - for player not club.
The truth is a sorry by-product.

 

[Tucker]

Maybe his manager and his old man shouldve prepared him for what was in store for him.
That said i dont think its as bad for him in the general NRL public compared to here which is a small sample.
No one at the clubs blaming him but to paint the club as the villian in all this while not mentioning his manager is just wrong.
To basically say you dont wanna stay here and then take legal action against the club aint going to win you mamy friends...in any facet of life

I didnt think I needed to mention the manager, it goes without saying that prick has done the wrong thing and surely broken anti tampering rules to some degree.
Surely thats got nothing to do with this kid wanting out before he even broke first grade?
Also, he hasnt taken legal action as far as I know. A legal letter is a scare tactic and means jack shit. It was likely designed to tell Luai and co to back off.

 

[innsaneink]

Depends Tucker on how you value an opportunity. It was a risk to expect that Lachy could handle FG but plenty have sung his praises for his performances in FG- some of the apparently most knowledgeable people in the game. And he can't be going too bad considering Parra are wanting to replace Dylan Brown with him - they are not planning to put him reserves.
He would have been rookie of the year had he not been suspended. To say the club has treated him badly when his profile while playing at the club has resulted in him becoming one of the hottest properties on the market - poor kid

He handled first grade nrl from day 1 like hed been doing it for years.

Id like to see how he goes with more time and space provided by our forwards... but they aint happening anytime soon Id say

 

[tiger05premier]

I agree with Richardson in that he should see out his contract which is the current position. Our investment in him is modest and he can provide depth in the halves.

Absolutely

Once Latu is back start training ready to play along side Luai and use Galvin as depth

If we receive suitable compensation (money or player) than accept it and let him go

If we don't he costs stuff all as depth

Win win for us for once

 

[clontarfkid]

Id make Galvin sit out the season in KOE subject to form unless big $$ came our way to incentivise otherwise
Benji has to drop him,,if he doesnt,Galvin will take down the coach with him]
Huge liability in attack and defence
Care factor zero
I wld not release him this season as weve paid 70% of his $250k,and Im ok to suck up the balance and not roll over to I Moses

 

[426Tlgerland]

Maybe his manager and his old man shouldve prepared him for what was in store for him.
That said i dont think its as bad for him in the general NRL public compared to here which is a small sample.
No one at the clubs blaming him but to paint the club as the villian in all this while not mentioning his manager is just wrong.
To basically say you dont wanna stay here and then take legal action against the club aint going to win you mamy friends...in any facet of life

Yes Galvin can direct his manager to either take legal action or not , if he takes legal action which I think has happened , he should be no where near nrl side , legal action against your own club Fk me really , his parents could have also said yes or no to legal , but they have gone legal

 

[426Tlgerland]

Only a few hours now and it should be sorted from club side , I doubt we will get any info , will be kept in house unless it doesn’t suite Galvin camp

 

[Tucker]

But champion @Tucker, we're all outside the inner circle of Gavin's camp, but based on past experience that is known of the player manager's history/methods, what the player might have said can be taken with a grain of truth: the manager manipulates opportunity and everything works in one direction - for player not club.
The truth is a sorry by-product.

Im not talking aout that, Im asking why hasnt management got to the root cause and found a way to co-exist until he leaves?
He had his contract discussion meeting on April 14. Since then we have played in 5 games. A poor loss to the worst side in the comp, a lucky but courageous win v Sharks, a 'terrible win' v Dragons, the Storm shallacking and a loss to Souths with half their team missing.
The group are struggling. Its not just him. If there is a divide, that can be managed. If its everyone v him, he has to go. Either way, its a mess.

 

[Balmainlegend]

He will not wear the Tigers colours again

 

[Tucker]

Yes Galvin can direct his manager to either take legal action or not , if he takes legal action which I think has happened , he should be no where near nrl side , legal action against your own club Fk me really , his parents could have also said yes or no to legal , but they have gone legal

Have they gone the legal action route?

 

[tiger_one]

Im not talking aout that, Im asking why hasnt management got to the root cause and found a way to co-exist until he leaves?
He had his contract discussion meeting on April 14. Since then we have played in 5 games. A poor loss to the worst side in the comp, a lucky but courageous win v Sharks, a 'terrible win' v Dragons, the Storm shallacking and a loss to Souths with half their team missing.
The group are struggling. Its not just him. If there is a divide, that can be managed. If its everyone v him, he has to go. Either way, its a mess.

I might hazard a guess that today's WTFC monthly meeting might go some way to fix the mess.