Could not have said this better myself. I have been in such shock this week as the radio lines have been filled with Gallen greatness. Hoax
Gallen good but not that good Who is running our Olympic precinct? A staggering report this week had it that they're thinking of immortalising
Paul Gallen with a bronze statue there, as our answer to the Wally Lewis statue at Lang Park! Seriously? Look, Gallen is a staggeringly good footballer, and no doubt a very good captain, but of equal stature to
Wally Lewis south of the Tweed, he is not. So before they make the mould to try to match one who broke the mould, perhaps they might care to wait – for starters – for the investigations at ASADA to play out?Beyond that, look at Gallen's long and troubled history of being in the centre of any number of controversies, from ripping the stitches out of an opponent's wound to being charged and found guilty of racial vilification after allegedly calling Dragons player
Mickey Paea a "black c---". NSW has produced many extraordinary rugby league players –
Bobby Fulton,
Johnny Raper,
Reg Gasnier,
Clive Churchill,
Andrew Johns and
Laurie Daley himself spring to mind – and to cast Gallen in bronze for captaining NSW in the first winning series he's been a part of in the last nine, is ludicrous.
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