News BREAKING: Lachlan Galvin drops bombshell as young gun rejects Tigers $5m offer

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Freakzilla said:
Galvin is WAY better than Latu.
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Latu was pretty elite coming through juniors though, he's more than capable and will cost way less for them
 
wendog33 said:
Who knows. There's more to be revealed about the whole scenario yet.

Remember when Kiks revealed they were giving him a hard time too when he said he was coming here? Maybe it was good natured but maybe it wasn't.
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True you never know, Kikau was one of the first Penrith dominoes to fall, although I suspect it was a smoother path for Luai leaving the Riff for more money (can't remember if Turuva was offered a new deal or not) with so many having already left. Just find it strange that 2 new players who left their old club & got more money would be so vocal about the Galvin situation. Saw today on Matty Johns that Benji now seems to be trying to hose things down.
 
InGusWeTrust said:
I agree Wendy but I will say this negative thing, since I have probably been totally supportive of him to this point. If he truly just wanted to go to Parra, why not just say that? Apparently it was his first junior club and his parents are Eels fans. No one would bat an eyelid over that. Why make up a story about not having faith in Benji?

That’s what makes it curious to me, although it is possible those inflammatory comments were simply to ruffle feathers and make his position at the club untenable to get an early release.
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Think you're spot on about the early release. Moses would have loved doing it this way (running down Benji) and also the last early release request in the off season was unsuccessful.
 
Como Dog said:
True you never know, Kikau was one of the first Penrith dominoes to fall, although I suspect it was a smoother path for Luai leaving the Riff for more money (can't remember if Turuva was offered a new deal or not) with so many having already left. Just find it strange that 2 new players who left their old club & got more money would be so vocal about the Galvin situation. Saw today on Matty Johns that Benji now seems to be trying to hose things down.
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I felt Luai was repetitive defensive and chastened as well in that interview.

The journo didn't press him hard enough about the fact he left Pennies and had a get out clause in his contract with Tigers (just in case he found he wasn't happy there himself).

The other point to make to highlight what a hypocrite Luai and Turuva are, is that he and the players already knew Galvin "apparently" spoke about Benji LAST YEAR. Not recently. That he wanted out LAST YEAR not recently. Apparently said he had no confidence in Benji LAST YEAR not recently.

There is no evidence he said anything related to Benji during this latest contract renewal blow up that Richardson instigated.

Yet they chose to publicly bag out the guy at this time to exert maximum pressure or humiliation on the guy right now. However what they are trolling him about happened BEFORE they signed for their big contracts. They knew when they signed that Galvin felt that way and never said a thing. Weak act that.

If they felt Team First then perhaps it was best to talk to the kid shortly after they signed to gauge his discontent and how that would affect the team first motto and relationship with their coach. But no, the way they operate like a bunch of jackals is to kick the kid in the guts at his most vulnerable with the weight of the rugby league World media and public baying for blood and didn't have the good grace to listen to his explanation at the team meeting with some even turning their back on him its reported.

Luai is not a patch on Critta and not even a Temu version IMO.

if they were a professional club run by a professional Admin then none of this had to happen the way it did and got out of control by doing reputational damage to every single person involved.
 
Many people are saying Galvin has a sense of entitlement.
 
InGusWeTrust said:
I agree Wendy but I will say this negative thing, since I have probably been totally supportive of him to this point. If he truly just wanted to go to Parra, why not just say that? Apparently it was his first junior club and his parents are Eels fans. No one would bat an eyelid over that. Why make up a story about not having faith in Benji?

That’s what makes it curious to me, although it is possible those inflammatory comments were simply to ruffle feathers and make his position at the club untenable to get an early release.
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From what I understand he is reported to have said he couldn't wait to get out of the place.

Do we know the full circumstances at the time of this outburst. Who was there. Who was it said to?

The stuff about Benji is just info released by Richo? Not sure about the validity of that. But I am assuming it was all confidential and private.

Galvin is not the first player to feel that way and/or say derogatory things like that yet here he is even being trolled on social media by team mates and every tom dick and Harry media expert and the public...now threats of violence. All bc Richardson and some hypocrite fellow players overstepped the boundaries of professional behaviour IMO.

I dont believe he could realisticly say he wanted to go to Parra. Imagine the blow up between the 2 clubs. Better to say he felt he needed better development (and now we know a better, more supportive environment if the behaviour of Luai and Turuva etc is anything to go by). He wanted out and was refused and there was no evidence to be seen on the field that he wasn't trying his very best for his team, his team mates, the coach or the club.

It's a very sad and unfortunate time for him and all involved but ultimately, IMO, most of it can be laid at the feet of Richardson for the press release and divulging confidential negotiations between player, manager and himself ...and then the out of control hype from the media with Luai etc feeding the chooks in social media ...with posts that would have nothing whatsoever to do with building togetherness or showing support for Benji bc that should have been conveyed initially privately and personally by Luai to his team mates...then perhaps if they were genuinely concerned for Benji, a reasoned, public statement on behalf of all the players in support of the coach...all that their social media posts achieved was showing how inappropriate and hot headed they all are IMO.
 
Utility said:
Braith Anasta summed it up pretty well. Luai has completely changed his game to accomodate a 19 year old kid. Has shown a team first attitude in taking on an organisational role and letting Galvin play the off the cuff role he has traditionally played. Not only did Galvin choose to walk away, he and his management took a swipe at Luai's coach, whom he holds in very high regard, on the way out. Add that to the reports of Galvin saying he couldn't wait to leave after his team got pumped last year and is it any wonder the players are pissed?

I don't think the social media posts were a great look, even though Turuva's probably wasn’t meant for public consumption, their feelings probably should have been kept in house... but it's not hard to understand why the playing group would be royally pissed off about this.

Also, people saying Luai left for the money? Seriously? He won four comps at Penrith.... signed on for less than he could have earned to continue the dynasty in his previous deal. Successful teams are going to lose players eventually, it's inevitable... and at some point players have to look after their financial futures ... doesn't nmean Luai isn't all in on trying to make this Tigers team a success. As for the get out clause, my understanding is it relates to Benji remaining coach. He's not the first player to come to a club to play under a certain coach.

Interesting that Luai, a four time premiership winner and origin rep wants to play under Benji but Galvin, a 19-year-old who was probably only just sprouting pubes when Luai won his first comp thinks he'd be better off under Ryles.

Honestly, I don't thnink the way Galvin has gone about this has been respecvtful at all. He's young and his mistakes are forgivable but if he ever wants to be a team first guy he should be distancing himself from his current agent, tbh.
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Best thing James Tedesco ever done was leave Isaac Moses.

I'm still trying to work out what the fuss is over Jason Ryles is as a coach? He's only ever been an assistant coach never once coaching a lower grade side. At least Cameron Ciraldo had coached Penrith's U20 team and worked as interim head coach after Phil Gould sacked Anthony Griffin.

Working as an assistant to Craig Bellamy or anyone isn't a sure fire guarantee success will happen as we've seen with Trent Barrett, Stephen Kearney and Jason Demetriou where he done 7 years as Wayne Bennett's assistant as 2 clubs.

Every club has a major player drama in their life time and a major fall out with the coach. We've had ours over the years some right calls by the coaches others not. Phil Gould 5 weeks into his time as coach drops Steve Mortimer as club captain apparently Warren Ryan had him as captain by title only the year before. Gus was vindicated by the call and I reckon only reason it didn't happen in the off season was due to Peter Tunks playing the off season at Leeds and had to miss the opening round due to the Leeds deal.

I reckon the coach who has had the best strike rate with proteges would ironically be Tim Sheens.
 
wendog33 said:
From what I understand he is reported to have said he couldn't wait to get out of the place.

Do we know the full circumstances at the time of this outburst. Who was there. Who was it said to?

The stuff about Benji is just info released by Richo? Not sure about the validity of that. But I am assuming it was all confidential and private.

Galvin is not the first player to feel that way and/or say derogatory things like that yet here he is even being trolled on social media by team mates and every tom dick and Harry media expert and the public...now threats of violence. All bc Richardson and some hypocrite fellow players overstepped the boundaries of professional behaviour IMO.

I dont believe he could realisticly say he wanted to go to Parra. Imagine the blow up between the 2 clubs. Better to say he felt he needed better development (and now we know a better, more supportive environment if the behaviour of Luai and Turuva etc is anything to go by). He wanted out and was refused and there was no evidence to be seen on the field that he wasn't trying his very best for his team, his team mates, the coach or the club.

It's a very sad and unfortunate time for him and all involved but ultimately, IMO, most of it can be laid at the feet of Richardson for the press release and divulging confidential negotiations between player, manager and himself ...and then the out of control hype from the media with Luai etc feeding the chooks in social media ...with posts that would have nothing whatsoever to do with building togetherness or showing support for Benji bc that should have been conveyed initially privately and personally by Luai to his team mates...then perhaps if they were genuinely concerned for Benji, a reasoned, public statement on behalf of all the players in support of the coach...all that their social media posts achieved was showing how inappropriate and hot headed they all are IMO.
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Luai is different to the rest of the Rugby League world it's what makes him successful and the most polarising player in the game. Luai to instagram is what Gus is to twitter.
 
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It’s gonna be a long year of speculation with this guy till November, wish he could just announce he’s going to the Eels and end this discussion once and for all, we all know that’s where he’s going!
 
Isacc Moses should never have been reregistered as an agent into the NRL.
 
chemdog said:
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No chance on stopping coaches from having managers/agents, that would be a huge restraint of trade. Coach's agents arrange a lot of things aside from just contracts with clubs, such speaking engagements, media appearances, endorsements and other commercial deals for their client. They often also provide financial planning advice, as well as career planning.

It wouldn't work anyway, they would simply employ lawyers/accountants as managers and there is no way that the NRL could legally stop them from being involved. Many agents have qualifications in those disciplines anyway.

"Tighter Regulations", WTF that does mean? The fact is in this case all that has actually happened is that Galvin has told the Tigers that he won't re-sign. He hasn't actually signed with anyone else. No NRL rules were broken and I don't see how they could "invent" a rule to stop that from happening.

If the NRL tries to change the November 1 date because of this is bullshit as it is irrelevant. It wouldn't matter if the date was changed to June 1 or after the GF. Galvin could still say he's not re-signing no matter what the date.

This is nothing more than the NRL media spin team trying to calm the farm by saying "we will do something to stop this from happening again". Just spin, nothing more.


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Kaz said:
Isacc Moses should never have been reregistered as an agent into the NRL.
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It wouldn't matter, last time he was deregistered his players stayed with Cove Agency, they just had another Cove agent "handle" their account. Moses was still the CEO/MD/major shareholder so all the decisions were run through him anyway.


Team Work
 
Kaz said:
Isacc Moses should never have been reregistered as an agent into the NRL.
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Why ?
Moses is great at what he does, always gets what’s best for the player. Don’t believe the media & Braith, they all have their own agenda. Unless you know Moses personally but I’m sure you don’t.
 
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Apex Cedar said:
Why ?
Moses is great at what he does, always gets what’s best for the player. Don’t believe the media & Braith, they all have their own agenda. Unless you know Moses personally but I’m sure you don’t.
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He gets the best deal for himself.
 
Apex Cedar said:
Why ?
Moses is great at what he does, always gets what’s best for the player. Don’t believe the media & Braith, they all have their own agenda. Unless you know Moses personally but I’m sure you don’t.
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If you only care about money....sure.
 
LeeroyJenkins said:
If you only care about money....sure.
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That’s what people just don’t get.

A lot of the players only care about money, regardless of what they say. Why do you think so many players have him as manager.
 
The sad thing about it all, is the fact that the weaker clubs are continually been pilliage of players they develope by a few of the stronger ones.
 
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