RedBull13 wrote:
He has 1 great game, then goes missing for the next 3. One thing that annoys me about Gale he just throws passes out that really aren't on. He's started to form a good partnership with Gaskell and he will probably do a job behind a big pack but i wouldn't expect huge amounts from him. His kicking game can be good.
If we were staying in SL and we were replacing him, i wouldn't be that fussed about losing him tbh.
He's no great, but he's good, and much better than we have mostly seen.
I don't think he "goes missing" but he can't dominate behind a team that gets fifty put past it every week. I am not saying he is Wally Lewis but many don't like him just on general principle, and so unfairly blame him for many of our troubles, yet not even Lewis would shine in a team getting perennial and unabated mullerings.
He has had plenty of bad games and ineffectual games and most people - self included - have at times lost patience but overall he has been unfairly maligned and when he does perform, he does show genuine touches of class, regularly, what he has sorely lacked is consistency. He has had some poor games and done occasional infuriating things but i can't think of a game where he has hidden and "gone missing".
I am really pleased for Gale that someone as shrewd as Powell apparently agrees with my assessment of Gale as potentially a high class if not top-class SL halfback. I fully expect Gale to stand out in SL next season, and have confidence he will do so in a good team with a good go-forward pack. I've already prepared my "I told you so" posts.
