There are some people here who will blindly follow Gallen. According to them, his shiit doens't stink.
Well according to NSW and national selectors he is also the best Shark that has played in the Black White and Blue for a very long time.
He is not as good a ball player as Glen Stewart.
He is not as good a hole runner as Hoffman or Bird.
He is no where near as clever as Smith.
But he is as tough as any forward I've seen, and makes more metres than any other forward in the game.
And he is good at offloading and a good attacker.
If he gets the ball too much, I still don't see why that isn't the fault of the halves, you know, the ones who give the ball to him.
Sharks 10 wins from 20 games without Gallen since the start of 2013 season
Sharks 10 wins from 24 games with Gallen since the start of 2013 season
Given that a good chunk of those losses have come from this year, and this year our team has been decimated by injury, the stats don't mean a great deal by themselves.
I bet you could do an analysis of variation that takes into account the other players and the opponent's that shows Gal's "difference" to the team.
Just a little less crude than those stats; I'd be curious about our wins with Gal, with Robson and Carney, vs our wins without Gal, with Robson and Carney. Not having one or both of our halves I would think makes a big difference to our competitiveness, regardless of if Gal is in the team or not.
