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Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - PaulP - 06-01-2016
(06-01-2016, 01:24 AM)JonHenry link Wrote:That is suggesting he has played really well until he sported the man bun.
That is crazy.
He has simply never worked as hard as what he has recently.
If he had have, he would be on $750k per year.
When he perform regularly, chases and tackles, he will earn a reputation as a champion.
Don't get me wrong, he is much improved lately and I hope he continues to do the same, but he must be rated on his total output over 8-10 years, not a month.
Gibbs is probably the most controversial and divisive player on our list, and will be even after his playing days are done.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - flyboy77 - 06-01-2016
i'd trade him in a heart beat - for a good trade.....but like others i simply don't see CFC letting him go.
Undoubtedly a very good player - when he wants to be......Bolts may have him firing now but will Gibbs keep it up medium to long term.
Certainly the type of player that could play well into his 30s.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - DJC - 06-01-2016
(06-01-2016, 01:42 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:i'd trade him in a heart beat - for a good trade.....but like others i simply don't see CFC letting him go.
Undoubtedly a very good player - when he wants to be......Bolts may have him firing now but will Gibbs keep it up medium to long term.
Certainly the type of player that could play well into his 30s.
He certainly could, particularly as he has managed to avoid debilitating injuries. If he does play well into his 30s, he'll still be dividing supporters' opinions. He's a bit like Buckley and Collingwood supporters in that regard.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - pinot - 06-01-2016
he is our best ranked player in the AFL rankings.
He is our undisputed best player at the club.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - pinot - 06-01-2016
Currently the third best mid in the AFL after 10 rounds.
49 Dan Hannebery (Syd)
47 Todd Goldstein (NM)
44 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
40 Bryce Gibbs (Carl)
39 Joel Selwood (Geel)
38 Luke Shuey (WC)
38 Rory Sloane (Adel)
37 Jack Viney (Melb)
36 Tom Lynch (GC)
36 Dustin Martin (Rich)
36 Jack Ziebell (NM)
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - flyboy77 - 06-01-2016
Means his trade value should be even higher!
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - Thryleon - 06-01-2016
Our best player for the year has been Docherty despite whatever these stats show.
Mr consistency should be Docherty's nickname.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - DJC - 06-02-2016
(06-01-2016, 01:12 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:Our best player for the year has been Docherty despite whatever these stats show.
Mr consistency should be Docherty's nickname.
Better judges think otherwise
But it would have to be a close call. The fact that we have two players in outstanding form, and several others in or close to career best form, is a pretty powerful indicator that our club is in good hands 
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - Blue Moon - 06-02-2016
Clearly some people are feeling the need to re-assess their views on Bryce Gibbs. However to really understand people should start from the premise they were wrong in their initial assessment rather than the premise they were right and Gibbs has changed. My view is that Gibbs has always been good. He has had some bad games like most players but overall I have always felt that by the end of his career he would be considered one of the great Carlton players and I have been watching Carlton for over fifty years now.
I think he has shown great loyalty to Carlton. A lot more loyalty than some people who post on this site have shown to him. It always bewilders me why so many so-called Carlton fans have been so ready to canvas his transfer to another club.
It has always struck me in the way he plays that he is trying to implement the Coach's instruction and the fact that he is so disciplined in his approach to the game that he has curbed his natural instinct to chase the ball and followed team instructions. We have played him at centre half back, tagging people like Adam Goodes and playing a loose man in defence, yet he won his B&F playing as a mid-fielder and he will go close to a second one this year doing the same. Maybe the problem has been that we have played him out of position all these years and maybe this year we finally have a group of players who can play as a team and follow team instruction and therefore Gibbs doesn't have to be pulled out of the mid-field to plug the gaps.
It might be a bit like Walker who looks like a natural full forward but has only played there for one full season throughout his career.
Re: What Has Turned Around Bryce Gibbs ?? - PaulP - 06-02-2016
Interesting post BM. He's been through 5 coaches (Pagan, Ratts, MM, Barker and now Bolton), and off the top of my head 3 of those have given Gibbs very good public wraps. Pagan predicted he would be the best of the 3 No1's, MM declared him untouchable, and Bolts has also talked him up, in his typical, keeping-a-lid-on-it manner.
You may indeed have a point, although I've gone to town on him at times, so I shouldn't talk.