Sadly the 'myth' of Gaigai is becoming a regular feature - while we have seen what he can do at his best...the frequency of his best versus what we see most weeks is becoming an ever widening gap.
with their supposed 'pick and stick' mentality, it will be interesting to see how many credits Gagai has in the bank for Queensland to bypass a lot of other talents that are streets ahead on form this year
I don't disagree with you on Dane in principle, but at the same time... come on. Junior Sau? People blame Gagai for not knowing how to pass... well i reckon Gagai has done more Gidley flicks to Aku than Sau did basic passes to any of his wingers during his entire career. Dead set, I know Gags doesn't play the service game of a centre that he probably should - I've generally found that centres play for their outside men more as they get older, but Sau flat out only knew one way to play, and that was ball under his wing and bulldoze. Sometimes it was even effective, but to put him up as an option against Gagai is a little too far in the realms of fantasy for me. 12 months ago we were happy for Dane that he was playing for QLD, and at least the majority of us felt it was well earned and that he was ready. Fast forward 12 months and he's compared to Junior bloody Sau.
This is coming from a guy that used to defend Sau, too. I liked him, but he was a very, very limited player. Gags has more football instinct and talent than Sau ever could have had, and employs it more often. He's faster, he's more evasive, he's smarter... there's not many areas of the game where Gagai lacks to Sau.
