Gavin Miller vs Paul Gallen

[Master Sharky]

Gallen by a long way!

 

[Lumpy]

He is your sig, after all Lump Have to agree. Miller started a centre and it showed in his ball skills, smarts, and pace; all of which were better than gal's. a workhorse in defence too - i'd say the equal of gal in that dept. Miller was just brill to watch. he'd handle the ball at least twice a set and you'd be excited every time. hate to say it but, as tough, committed and uncompromising as gal is, when he gets the ball i'm holding my breath for different reasons...

Thanks Brently. Miller is my all time greatest Sharks player. Maybe of late Gal has been watching old Sharks games, trying to grubber like Miller did.

 

[sharkarm]

Just out of curiosity I want to know who you guys think is/was the most influential out of these two.

Both similar type of players who played in different eras. Both back-rowers who led the club in difficult and trying times. They both work/worked their butts off to ensure the onfield success of the Sharks.

Miller was one of my favourite players growing up. Just played his guts out every game. Just like one of my favourite players in Gallen does now.

So what are your thoughts?

Miller is the best ball playing backrower that i have ever seen, his combination with ET, Sparkles, Barry Russell, Docking nearly netted us a couple of premierships in the late 80's, what can you say Miller was a Dally M winner.
My all time fav backrow would be Gallen, Sironen and Miller three origin and Australian legends.

 

[deano the p]

gallen only because i was too young to watch Miller play

But i didn't vote as it wouldnt be fair.

 

[Megashark]

I love Gal but the more influential player would have to be Gavin Miller, all time Sharks legend and the most skillful backrower I have ever seen.

 

[Shark68]

I would have to say Miller, I rate Gal up there but when you have players like Kurt Sorenson Les Davidson and Ken Maddison at there best Gal might scrape into the top five but as for pure passion and loyalty Miller and Gal would be the top two, A lot of you would not of seen Miller play at his peek but I went to a function at another club where the late Jack Gibson was asked who was the most dominate player he had ever seen and he said Gavin Miller he said you have the Sterlings, the Kennys, the Johns's in one class then you have a class of its own above that with Gavin Miller

 

[SharkBoy]

I would have to say Miller, I rate Gal up there but when you have players like Kurt Sorenson Les Davidson and Ken Maddison at there best Gal might scrape into the top five but as for pure passion and loyalty Miller and Gal would be the top two, A lot of you would not of seen Miller play at his peek but I went to a function at another club where the late Jack Gibson was asked who was the most dominate player he had ever seen and he said Gavin Miller he said you have the Sterlings, the Kennys, the Johns's in one class then you have a class of its own above that with Gavin Miller

Nice post.

Really enjoying the debate and comments in this thread. Good job people. :good:

 

[squeak]

my fondest memories as a kid was watching barry russel take short balls off gavin miller best ball playing forward I have ever seen.and copped heaps ,late takles high shots but he very rarely stayed down

 

[Fitzy2513]

You have to remember that Gav was only 85/88 odd kgs. The shoulder pads made him look bigger. The South Sydney Pack of the late 80's use to send out a shooter at Miller which was, someone like Boyle would rush out of the line, not to tackle Gav but to hit his left or right shoulder, to spin him around so that his back was open up to the defence, then Davo and others would target his kidneys. Mate, he copped a beating, but he always came back. I love them both but I think Gav copped much more then Gal. There is so much more to say about Gav as there is about Gal. If I had to pick one it would be Gav. Gav, Gal, Piercey geez we have had some wonderful back rowers.

 

[Shark68]

my fondest memories as a kid was watching barry russel take short balls off gavin miller best ball playing forward I have ever seen.and copped heaps ,late takles high shots but he very rarely stayed down

Magic weren't they

 

[SharkBoy]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a 2nd rower just like Gavin Miller. Bloke was awesome.

 

[Shark68]

Its funny when the list of top 100 all time players were made he didn't rate just shows you how much jurnos know

 

[SharkBoy]

That was absolute bull****

 

[Tiger Shark]

I am leaning towards Miller but I wonder what peoples thoughts will be of Gallen v Miler when Gal eventually retires, he's still got 3 or 4 years atleast left in him !

 

[moruya shark]

Only difference for me is Miller was a better ball player, otherwise I cannot split them.

 

[slide rule]

I can't find it in myself to vote against either, therefore I am going to refrain from voting. Mark Latham style, but in reverse.

 

[sharkafar]

Its funny when the list of top 100 all time players were made he didn't rate just shows you how much jurnos know

I don't think Gav was ever really given the credit he deserved at times. He was certainly respected by the opposition, who would quite often try to thump him out of the game. I always rated his ball playing ability as on a par with guys like Stering and Lewis and on top of that he'd get through 30+ tackes a game. Awesome player.

 

[Murphy]

mordern day footballer has miller covered with no disrespect to miller look at gallen stats,
stats dont lie

 

[slide rule]

Paul Gallen is also a full time footballer, whereas Miller would have had a day job.

It's not really fair to make those kind of comparisons.

 

[Murphy]

My point is you can not compare players of the past to the present,i think its hard to say miller was better,to ur point gallen is a fulltime footy player so gallen would have it hands down...this is the worst poll created