04-21-2016, 10:42 PM
(04-21-2016, 10:35 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Gibbs is the prime example of why we are such an ordinary team.
We simply get next to nothing, on the whole, out of our ENTIRE senior group.....whether injured, disinterested or whatever.
1. Murphy
2. Gibbs
3. Kreuzer
4. Walker
5. Thomas
6. Jamison
7. Everitt
8. Rowe - been serviceable in 2016 imo.
Three #1s draft picks, 2 #2 picks, etc.
Leaving 1AW out of the mix due to injury - the other 7 are actually producing less in 2016 (granted only 4 games in) than they did in 2015 - and that's saying something.
These are the guys that should be the engine of the team out there - think Mitchell, Hodge, Lewis (retired?), Burgoyne, Gibson, Roughy - you never, ever see these blokes go missing.....so why do ours repeatedly?
Focusing on Gibbs, even if he gets 30 disposals, we all know 25 of them are soft, on the outside, gets that have no real impact on the game.
Shame we can't trade players mid season.
Many on here and at the club have over rated these guys for years.
If you are top 10 draft pick and not elite by 24, questions really should be asked.
And when I say elite, that means in more than one facet of the game. Clearance, Tackling, Speed, Leadership, Disposal, Goal Kicking, Defence.
Our guys are just way too happy to say they are AFL footballers, not successful AFL footballers.
Thanks for the great pay check.
It's such a shame we don't have incentivized payments via ladder position.
Imagine if Gibbs and Murphy earned 18% less for finishing last.

