OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277

cktiger said:
46% in a 10 game comp where there was only the top 4 and also the highest try score in history and a Kangaroo?
All I’m saying is just because the team’s not winning doesn’t mean you’re a crap player.
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One is a finisher, the other is the creator. If Galvin is going to touch the ball as much as he does, he needs to do something with it. We had the equal worst attack in the comp last year.
That said, don’t fall into the same trap others have that I think Lachlan is a crap player. I’ve never said that ever, despite my criticism of his halves play.
 
Penrith Panthers revolutionised the game with the ball playing of Yeo and their mobile front row.
Could we revolutionise the game by playing Galvin the way he currently plays at 5/8 but at lock.
Could he do it as a lock so we can play Latu and Luai either side and have Galvin float the field looking for opportunities, weaknesses in the defence?
He would be wasted trying to play the Yeo, straight forward, play short, play out the back. We have May and Bird for that as our middle forwards.
The point I’m making is. Could a team afford to take a lock out of their middle rotation and play him as a floating five eight / 2nd fullback.
I know for sure, if it worked there is only one player in the comp that could be effective doing it.
 
Don't mix up him maybe not being a world class 6 with us keeping him or not. Give it a few months, see how we go on field with various combinations.

If we decide he isn't worth mega coin, trading him (I.e releasing him a year early to the highest bidder) for the 2026 season is a good bargaining chip to land 1 or 2 quality players. We have his contract, we can play him in flegg if he carries on. We should rush the decisions to get things right on the field. We shouldn't rush the contract decisions.
 
Needaname said:
Penrith Panthers revolutionised the game with the ball playing of Yeo and their mobile front row.
Could we revolutionise the game by playing Galvin the way he currently plays at 5/8 but at lock.
Could he do it as a lock so we can play Latu and Luai either side and have Galvin float the field looking for opportunities, weaknesses in the defence?
He would be wasted trying to play the Yeo, straight forward, play short, play out the back. We have May and Bird for that as our middle forwards.
The point I’m making is. Could a team afford to take a lock out of their middle rotation and play him as a floating five eight / 2nd fullback.
I know for sure, if it worked there is only one player in the comp that could be effective doing it.
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The problem with granting him a roving commission is that he tends to overplay to the point that he has a negative impact on others. If he was constantly on the ball in the middle third, it could render both halves impotent.
 
I know people are not going to like this, but the club need to make a call on Galvin pretty quick..

This is not going away and we are going to hear about this every single day for the whole year and that's just not fair on all the other players, the club and us fans.

People will say it's the media and not to worry about it but it's everywhere and it's just putting a downer on the game.

IMO he is nowhere near a million-dollar player and would rather lose him then pay like 1.2mil for a guy who has not proven a thing.
We let him test the market (give him a deadline of like a month) and either he extends with us or signs elsewhere.
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I assume you mean straight away as you mentioned "we are going to hear about this every single day for the whole year"

I dont think this is feasible?
IF he signs elsewhere like expected then we either look at a trade with that club to get something out of it or we play him in reserves and give Latu the starting 6 to see if he takes the opportunity. Not a fan of investing in a junior like him so the next team gets the rewards (different if he was a senior player that has proven himself and we didn't have a ready-made replacement).

Our season is going to derail if this is not sorted..
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Sure fire way to be hearing about it all year
 
Tucker said:
The problem with granting him a roving commission is that he tends to overplay to the point that he has a negative impact on others. If he was constantly on the ball in the middle third, it could render both halves impotent.
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I was thinking not on the ball and leaving that to our two halves and more having him do a combination of taking runs / lining up as the link between fullback, centres fed from the halves not setting up the halves.
We essentially played like this on the weekend. But we were missing a half link on his side of the field, he basically just kicked from there but did all the playmaking on the left. With May playing as a lock/prop and Twal also capable of long minutes. Could we play a less traditional lock in our team? We couldn’t do it from the outset but from 30min in prehaps Latu into the game and Lachie takes on the new role.
Just a bit of out the box thinking.
 
A lot of suggestions of trying to make him our version of Yeoh.

He's not a good enough defender to be in the middle.

Wade Graham made a career move from 5/8 to second row- playing as a wide playmaker. No reason Galvin couldn't be that kind of player.
 
We know he will go to market to gauge his value.

We also now know that to keep him we will be paying top dollar.

We will know by the end of the season if the money being thrown around is worth paying for a shot at his signature.

If his offers hover close to the million mark, we simply can't have 3 million bucks locked up between Luai, Galvin, Latu and Bud.

That's probably where it all falls down.
 
Needaname said:
Penrith Panthers revolutionised the game with the ball playing of Yeo and their mobile front row.
Could we revolutionise the game by playing Galvin the way he currently plays at 5/8 but at lock.
Could he do it as a lock so we can play Latu and Luai either side and have Galvin float the field looking for opportunities, weaknesses in the defence?
He would be wasted trying to play the Yeo, straight forward, play short, play out the back. We have May and Bird for that as our middle forwards.
The point I’m making is. Could a team afford to take a lock out of their middle rotation and play him as a floating five eight / 2nd fullback.
I know for sure, if it worked there is only one player in the comp that could be effective doing it.
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Really though Panthers were just copying..

Souths with Burgess and Burgess and Burgess used that highly mobile front row as a playmaking pack.

Sharks had some pounders like Gallen. But they also had Luke Lewis who was a 2RF who did play in the halves, along with Heighington and other mobile guys in the front row.

Honestly it's a good idea and one we should copy, but notice the difference?


Penrith, Souths and Sharks had big bodies play a mobile game.
With Galvin were talking someone who is fit, but not a big body like Lewis/Burgess/Yeo.

^Maybe you can credit Sheens with a bit of the above. Heighington, Ellis, Fulton, etc playing a high pass game as mobile 2RF was something he started. Really when I think about it more, Kite/Watmough at Manly seemed to perfect it better.
 
crazycat said:
Really though Panthers were just copying..

Souths with Burgess and Burgess and Burgess used that highly mobile front row as a playmaking pack.

Sharks had some pounders like Gallen. But they also had Luke Lewis who was a 2RF who did play in the halves, along with Heighington and other mobile guys in the front row.

Honestly it's a good idea and one we should copy, but notice the difference?


Penrith, Souths and Sharks had big bodies play a mobile game.
With Galvin were talking someone who is fit, but not a big body like Lewis/Burgess/Yeo.

^Maybe you can credit Sheens with a bit of the above. Heighington, Ellis, Fulton, etc playing a high pass game as mobile 2RF was something he started. Really when I think about it more, Kite/Watmough at Manly seemed to perfect it better.
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I’m basically saying. Galvin wants to play five eight or halfback. His body shape would be more suited to the forwards if not now, eventually. Could we keep him happy by naming him at lock and playing him as our 3rd playmaker?
In defence I agree, though his weakness is in decision making on an isolated edge and also his speed to cover a quick half or back.
He would be less a liability if he was the guy to plug the holes in the defence.
As I said bit of an out of the box thought, I also said if you played him like Yeo he would be ineffective.
 
crazycat said:
Really though Panthers were just copying..

Souths with Burgess and Burgess and Burgess used that highly mobile front row as a playmaking pack.

Sharks had some pounders like Gallen. But they also had Luke Lewis who was a 2RF who did play in the halves, along with Heighington and other mobile guys in the front row.

Honestly it's a good idea and one we should copy, but notice the difference?


Penrith, Souths and Sharks had big bodies play a mobile game.
With Galvin were talking someone who is fit, but not a big body like Lewis/Burgess/Yeo.

^Maybe you can credit Sheens with a bit of the above. Heighington, Ellis, Fulton, etc playing a high pass game as mobile 2RF was something he started. Really when I think about it more, Kite/Watmough at Manly seemed to perfect it better.
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We. Also had buckets playing first receiver in 05 allowing prince and Marshall to play wider
 
The Chad said:
A lot of suggestions of trying to make him our version of Yeoh.

He's not a good enough defender to be in the middle.

Wade Graham made a career move from 5/8 to second row- playing as a wide playmaker. No reason Galvin couldn't be that kind of player.
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No doubt Galvin and his Manager have seen what Brown has been paid, and they probably think he is worth more …. And it’s likely someone is going to pay him $1m plus

There is no way he is copping a move now to the forwards, potentially giving up half a million a year …
 
If someone wants to pay overs for a 6 who has just won a wooden spoon so be it.

The distraction of Moses might be doing more harm than the positives of Galvin’s on field displays.
 
Iron Fist said:
What a bad take this is. Improvement would've been May & Hunt being an addition to Stef (or other NRL standard props), not a replacement. The other mids at the club are barely first grade standard and have clear weaknesses in their game.

Meanwhile Melbourne add Stef to Nelson, King, Kamikamica, Loiero, Lazurus, MacDonald, and keep all their other Grand Final team pieces intact.

The way some of you guys merely see the Stef to May/Hunt myopically as a comparison between the two is fairly sad, particularly when the squad also lost Paps and has been severely weakened in the backrow with another barely first grade career middle in Seyfarth shifted there.

But we got May 😂

Keeping Galvin doesn't fix up this shit of a roster.
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Careful mate you are getting very close to having a whinge, but do agree looking at storm's middles compared to ours is chalk and cheese have been saying for a while now we need another big middle and 2 2RFs.
Who would you like to see in Seyfarth's position someone from within or a target from outside the club, suggestions?
 
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