Quote: SaintsFan "While I can appreciate the argument of Meli-v-Makinson in the finishing department, Makinson is streets ahead of Gardner in finishing tries. The tries Makinson has scored during his time on the wing Gardner could never have scored. He just doesn't have that agility or fleetness of foot. Can you imagine Gardner (or Meli for that matter) scoring that try in the GF? The one that turned the game in our favour? Or the tries he has scored with one hand and the rest of his body hanging over the touchline? Never in a gazillion years could Gardner have come close to scoring any of those.'"
Dude, you hark back to the 2011 gGF too often. Tommy isn't so bad that he's only ever done a couple of good things.
His acrobatic finishes last year were great to watch and showed that he has the ability to add to his game as he get's older, but don't pretend that Ade can't finish. He has shown repeatedly over the years that if there's a chance in the corner,he'll get in using great strength and body position.
Tommy's better defending kicks, but I don't think we've really seen him use that ability at the other end to score some of the tries you'd associate Gardner (or Monaghan or Richards). He also has pace which we saw a few time last year, mainly when Shelton hit that run of form.