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Honestly, the hide of that toad looking merkin. The irony.
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Honestly, the hide of that toad looking merkin. The irony.
As much as I hate him, in tech speak, he's like a startup CEO - Chopping and changing whatever is needed to become a market winner
Gus gets grilled BIG time on Galvin signing | Gus got GRILLED on his role in bringing Lachlan Galvin to the Bulldogs... and after several tough questions - he fired up BIG TIME! 😳 #9WWOS #NRL | By NRL on Nine | Facebook
Gus got GRILLED on his role in bringing Lachlan Galvin to the Bulldogs... and after several tough questions - he fired up BIG TIME! 😳 #9WWOS #NRLwww.facebook.com
...he got schooled, exposed and became personal and uncomfortable.
When Phil Gould knows he's wrong he goes on the attack and starts slaming the media.
Don't forget Josh Jackson too...he's such a slimy fraud
He’s a lying sack of shit King
Is he any good? Is he better than what we've got already?The storm just signed Pahulu effective immediately. I thought I read on here that we were interested?
Storm sign prop Josiah Pahulu
Melbourne Storm is pleased to announce the signing of young prop Josiah Pahulu from the Gold Coast Titans on a two-year contract.www.melbournestorm.com.au
High demand players cost a lot of money. If we're stuck paying all of it on the cap we need to be picky about who we offer top dollar to.
He built the organisation that oversaw the production line of talent that won them the premierships.
I don’t know. There are people who get paid to go into that sort of detail.
“He’s the best teenager I’ve ever seen…I’m obsessed with watching him play….He’s not on our radar”A snippet from below article from Andrew Webster (The Australian)
The night before the board meeting, Galvin told Souths players after their match at Campbelltown Sports Ground that he was Belmore-bound.
By Friday, Galvin mysteriously popped up on the Bulldogs’ radar. By Saturday, they were favourites ahead of Parramatta. By Sunday, the deal was all but done.
Lachie Galvin issue proves Phil Gould still haunts NRL
With the Bulldogs set to poach the hottest young talent in the game, rival club bosses are wondering why the NRL have yet to introduce the ‘Gus Rule’.
Canterbury’s imminent signing of West Tigers prodigy Lachie Galvin reveals many things about rugby league – but none clearer than the NRL being petrified of Phil Gould.
Club bosses have been waiting two years for a rule to be formalised banning the likes of the Bulldogs general manager of football from using their media platform to openly court an under-contract player.
Under the old anti-tampering rules, rival clubs could negotiate with a player before the final year of his contract started on November 1 – they just couldn’t sign him.
That changed during never-ending collective bargaining agreement negotiations in 2023 when the NRL, RLPA and the clubs agreed there should be no discussions at all.
The clubs pushed for the rule to go further, prohibiting officials from using the media to sell their club to players still under contract.
Lachlan Galvin is expected to be released by the Tigers to join the Bulldogs this week Photo: Tom Parrish
They may as well have called it the “Gus rule”. Whether it’s on Nine’s 100% Footy, his weekly podcast, or social media accounts, Gould is the game’s loudest voice.
He’s also an accredited official with the Bulldogs, which sits uneasily with the other clubs.
“We’re sick of him flirting with players through the media,” one club chair told me.
You can understand the clubs’ concern: Gould has been flirting hard with Galvin through the media, and it started long before the 19-year-old’s manager, Isaac Moses, in April knocked back a $6m extension at the Tigers.
Each time Gould has addressed the topic, the smirk on his face reminds us that we’ll never understand the backroom deals between clubs and managers as they wrench a player from a rival.
From the moment Galvin told the Tigers he wanted out, chief executive Shane Richardson predicted the youngster would land at the Bulldogs – even when Gould kept denying it.
Then again, Richardson also said he wasn’t going to release Galvin unless there was enough incentive for a trade. A release fee of $175,000 feels like ashtray silver in exchange for a player of Galvin’s ability, let alone the embarrassment to the club of being outmanoeuvred as it has been.
Canterbury supremo Phil Gouldhas often used his media platforms to praise Lachlan Galvin. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard
Ultimately, Gould got his man, adding another valuable piece to the Bulldogs’ rebuild. He should get out now before he stuffs it up like he almost did at Penrith.
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo has either turned a blind eye to Gould’s public courting of Galvin or chosen not to act, which doesn’t surprise after he backed away from fining Gould $20,000 for repeatedly calling the game “stupid” last year.
The first public sign of Gould’s affection for Galvin came in August last year on his podcast.
“Lachlan Galvin will earn more money out of rugby league than any player in history,” Gus oozed. “I think he’s the best teenage footballer I’ve ever seen. I think what he is doing is absolutely extraordinary … I’m obsessed with him. I love watching him play … In the future, whoever has Lachlan Galvin in their side will be winning premierships.”
The predictable smother came in April when Galvin told the Tigers he wanted out because he didn’t feel he could improve under coach Benji Marshall.
Gould said on his podcast it was “untenable” for Galvin to stay, adding he was concerned for the kid’s “welfare”.
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo gave no comment when asked why the so-called ‘Gus Rule’ had not been strenghtened Picture: Getty Images
But that didn’t mean he wanted to sign him, telling Nine Newspapers five days later: “We’re not thinking about Lachlan Galvin. We’re not going to get into a discussion about Lachlan Galvin. He’s not on our radar. We’ve got a different program going at the moment.”
Playing along with the pantomime was Richardson, an old-school operator who initially stood up to Moses but was ultimately outplayed by him.
He insisted a board meeting held at the start of last week had nothing to do with Galvin being granted an early release. Two days later, Galvin was given permission to talk to other clubs.
The night before the board meeting, Galvin told Souths players after their match at Campbelltown Sports Ground that he was Belmore-bound.
By Friday, Galvin mysteriously popped up on the Bulldogs’ radar. By Saturday, they were favourites ahead of Parramatta. By Sunday, the deal was all but done.
“What happened this week is the goalpost got moved incredibly,” Gould said on Sunday afternoon.
Tigers boss Shane Richardson Picture: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard
Gotta watch those moving goalposts. Gould has done nothing wrong. He’s secured the game’s hottest youngster by working the system better than everyone, while getting paid by Channel 9 to make his pitch.
I’m sure he’ll cop the bruises over the inconsistencies of his public comments, just as he did when he said Trent Barrett was going be coach the Bulldogs for years to come.
But when will the NRL stand up to him?
A sub-committee that represents the 17 clubs nudged Abdo earlier this month, asking why the rule hadn’t been strengthened as agreed.
He gave no comment when contacted on Sunday night, although it understood the NRL is in discussions with the RLPA about it.
You only have a pawn when they are weak. And yes we have weak clueless amateurs in charge. No clue and they got played by Galvin. A 19 year old played them all along. Issac Moses wanted the kid at Parra
Like a fart in a lift.
