OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/06/09/gibbs-signs-three-year-deal-with-sharks/
 
@innsaneink said:
We see many many players go to melb nobodies and Bellamy turns em into guns.
What about the other way around?
Turner, now he was no gun but he was playing better in Melb than at Pentrith and the Dogs
Inglis - doing SFA at souths really
Hoffman? Dunno really.
Dallas Johnson does what he does and would do it no matter where he went.
Im not convinced Blair would suit our style…especially with our every - now - and - then go forward forwards.
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what about Toleman?
 
@hybrid_tiger said:
Good luck Bryce. He will be an asset to the Sharks.

We will miss his defence and work rate, he does not stop and does the little things that not many people notice.
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Here Here well said.Thankyou for showing loyalty when none was shown in return.Thankyou for almost single handedly winning that roosters semi final last year and putting up with the crap that some ''FORUM FANS" HAVE DISHED UP unfairly at you.Good luck.
 
Another pearler from the supergoose….we have just let a future origin player go...but all is good as long as we keep deadwood in Beau Ryan and Fulton....or why dont we bring back Cayless to cover his loss....their kidding this mob
 
RLW and some obscure sports site does not make it official.

Seems some of you guys just cant wait.

Oh well nearly got to 10 years onya Humpty! Dog.
 
Gibbs had a bumper year last year and I am certain he would have had another big year this year if it wasn't for injury.

He is one of if not the best tackler in the club. None of this wrapping up the ball at the shoulders and letting them carry you 10 metres nonsense…just textbook chopping out the legs technique - the time between impact and the player hitting the ground doesn't give them a chance to offload anyway.
 
It is sad, I've been a big supporter of Gibbo. He'll probably play for NSW next year now that he's got the black and gold jersey off his back. I imagine Boz will follow, if the Sharks'll have him.. I hope they let him play his natural game.
 
Gibbs = future origin? You're kidding arent you champ. Brycie has been a great club man but nothing more. Wouldnt complain if we kept him but he would struggle to make most teams 17.

His defensive abaility doesnt make up for his complete inability to challenge the defensive line in attack. Robert Lui and Marshall make bigger dents.
 
@spaceman said:
Another pearler from the supergoose….we have just let a future origin player go...but all is good as long as we keep deadwood in Beau Ryan and Fulton....or why dont we bring back Cayless to cover his loss....their kidding this mob
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Probably wouldn't have made Origin in our colours anyway, Spaceman, but he definitely will with Cronulla! Losing Gibbs I can live with, he's been with us a long time and is not improving, but I think we will sorely miss Fifita. He is one of the best young front row prospects going around, who can actually make good metres, and it's not like we've had a heap of those over the years. Anyway, maybe there is more to WT letting him go than meets the eye. Could be a discipline or attitude thing? He seems to have a bit of that in him. Who knows? I'm just guessing.
 
just out of curiosity, and i wish we weren't losing fifita as well. he is a great young talent, still improving, but as far as his job as a prop (which is to make meters), only 3 times in 12 games this year has he made over 100m (which is the average for a prop).

alot of his work looooks good in theory, his breaking tackles, and pushing people off, but he hasn't been making THAT many metres.

as i said, a great loss, but i think people might be rating him mroe on potential, than what he has actually done for us
 
TD,

I tend to agree but I think Fifita has improvement in that area.

I think attitutde may be the reason why the club considers him surplus to requirements. If they didnt have good young talent coming through, they may be willing to tolerate that. But a choice between Woods - just as talented but without attitude - and Fifita, might have been a relatively easy one. When you Groat and Begovic into the picture and the need to balance a salary cap, then it may be understandable.

Perhaps the club thinks these young players have much more improvement in them and if they retained Fifita, these other young guys would be gone within 12 months.

That being said, I hope we can keep them all.
 
@southerntiger said:
Gibbs = future origin? You're kidding arent you champ. Brycie has been a great club man but nothing more. Wouldnt complain if we kept him but he would struggle to make most teams 17.

His defensive abaility doesnt make up for his complete inability to challenge the defensive line in attack. Robert Lui and Marshall make bigger dents.
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i'd assume he's talking about Fifita as a future origin player
 
Im with you southern.We cant keep them all and the same supprters that think we can would be the first t whinge if we had to let go of groat or begovich and not sign a MARQUEE player every year.
 
Adam Blair

Games: 12
Avg Minutes: 73
Offloads: 13
Tackle Breaks: 14
Tackles: 263
Total Runs: 113
Total Metres: 751

Andrew Fifita

Games: 12
Avg Minutes: 40.8
Offloads: 4
Tackle Breaks: 67
Tackles: 330
Total Runs: 128
Total Metres: 1022

I know stats only tell part of the story….but its fairly impressive for Fifita.
 
@GNR4LIFE said:
@southerntiger said:
Gibbs = future origin? You're kidding arent you champ. Brycie has been a great club man but nothing more. Wouldnt complain if we kept him but he would struggle to make most teams 17.

His defensive abaility doesnt make up for his complete inability to challenge the defensive line in attack. Robert Lui and Marshall make bigger dents.

i'd assume he's talking about Fifita as a future origin player
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Oh. Thats confusing because nobody is happy to see AF go. His comment seemed to suggest people were okay with Fifita's departure.
 
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