06-05-2016, 07:55 AM
(06-04-2016, 02:40 PM)kruddler link Wrote:You are entitled to your opinion, as are the coaches.
Before this round he was top 5 in the coaches votes for the year i believe, on something like 39 points (max 10 per game).
Reckon he's played more than 1 good game this year.
The rest of your post may well be true, but has nothing to do with your original comments.
I would have thought that by living in a democracy as I still believe we do Kruddler, everyone is entitled to an opinion, as long as like you have done, it is expressed in a decent manner.
As far as Gibbs being in the "top 5 in the coaches votes for the year", let's take a good look at that.
Aside from the Richmond game, we were beaten easily in all our other losses. Gibbs may well have received a few votes in the 5 losses as I am sure that aside from the Richmond game, the coaches would have struggled to find good contributors.
He would definitely have received votes in our wins, because, once again aside from yesterday, as I said in my post, he played well.
My comment was directed at the fact that yesterdays effort by Gibbs was typical of much of his output since his first day at the club.
Had you comprehended and understood what I wrote, then you would have noted that I said that I wouldn't expect him to put in the same effort yesterday, that he did last week. In fact, in Gibbs' case, once again, based on his past performances, and unless the coaches headed by Bolton can convince Gibbs that he has all the skill and ability in the world to perform at the elite level like he did against Geelong, I believe that we might not see a performance from him like that again this year. I sincerely hope that I am wrong.
The rest of my post was completely relevant as I compared Kade Simpson to Gibbs.
Since this site was started, I reckon that you can count on the fingers of one hand how many times Kade has been criticised for his lack of intestinal fortitude or lack of genuine effort in a game.
On the other hand, Gibbs has been knocked from pillar to post on here, many times week after week, for gutless insipid efforts. Hence his nickname among many supporters of "Princess".
If Gibbs displayed 50% of the courage and determination of Simmo, he would be a true champion.
In my opinion, he has never realised his real talent, and our football club has been the poorer for it.
I hope that this and the coming years, will see Gibbs turn into the player that he has all the talent and ability in the world to be.
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