OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]

@TopTiger said:
Take him back only if the Sharks throw in Fifita!! Gibbs is a whole hearted player but his best is behind him given his body can no longer take the week in week out grind of the NRL.
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Agree package deal or nothing. Exactly what the Sharks did to get him off our hands in the first place ( due to salary cap of course)
 
At the peak of his game,he was the most under rated forward in the NRL.His line speed in defense was second to none and was blessed with a big engine and good speed. Father time has marched on,and although it would be nice to give him a send off season at the Tigers,I really think we have to look at the kids we have on the books now. A player with two bung knees and on the wrong side of the hill is the last thing we need
 
At the peak of his game,he was the most under rated forward in the NRL.His line speed in defense was second to none and was blessed with a big engine and good speed. Father time has marched on,and although it would be nice to give him a send off season at the Tigers,I really think we have to look at the kids we have on the books now. A player with two bung knees and on the wrong side of the hill is the last thing we need
 
Yes do it! Return of The Hammer, Pat Richards… I hear Hodgo has been released in England. It's the 2005 GF team reunion.

What's Shane Elford up to these days?
 
Another crowd favourite, Cronulla forward Gibbs, is expected to also bow out, albeit not on his terms. A serious Achilles injury limited the popular prop to only eight appearances this year and club officials are resigned to being without him next season.

"I think he probably will retire," Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said.

"I'm trying to convince him to play on but it's one of those things; if his head is not right there's no use making him play. We've got to move on. Next week when I get back I'll touch base with him and it will be no surprise to us if he does retire."

If he calls it quits Gibbs will join fellow forwards Ben Ross, Mark Taufua and Jon Green in retirement. The Sharks are trying to entice off-contract Rooster Luke O'Donnell in a move that Flanagan said "could happen with Bryce in or Bryce out".

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/craig-gower-and-bryce-gibbs-expected-to-hang-up-the-boots-20131024-2w3y6.html#ixzz2id51t649
 
Great fan of Gibbs but his body was gone 5 years ago.

O'donnell would be a good signing though i doubt his forgiven Fulton for the accidental wishbone.
 
O'Donnell is ordinary. He hit the jackpot in being picked up by a better- than -average team. He would struggle if he didn't have JWH, Moa, Kennedy helping him look good. Plus his brain is just an accident waiting to happen.
 
Going way off topic.. But out if curiosity is o'donnell the only first grade balmain tiger or magpie player left playing? He started with balmain didn't he???

Also o'donnell would be an awese pick up for one season with our young forward pack IMO
 
@adamtiger said:
Going way off topic.. But out if curiosity is o'donnell the only first grade balmain tiger or magpie player left playing? He started with balmain didn't he???

Also o'donnell would be an awese pick up for one season with our young forward pack IMO
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pretty sure he is the last Balmain/magpie man left, he definitely played a couple games for balmain in 99, can't think of anyone else who played for the foundation clubs. ..maybe an esl player still going
 
I heard earlier this year that WT are still back paying his contract. So why not make the most of it and get him back if he is genuinely capable of seeing out his last year at NRL

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@wtfl1981 said:
I heard earlier this year that WT are still back paying his contract. So why not make the most of it and get him back if he is genuinely capable of seeing out his last year at NRL

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But if he retires, no one pays him out?

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We dodged a bullet with Bryce, a very underrated prop and did wonders for our line speed before injuries hit. He's played bugger all games the last two years and don't forget we actually offered him to clubs due to behavioral issues. The boys club is gone, we should work on a new future and new culture with these young guys.

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@wtfl1981 said:
**I heard earlier this year that WT are still back paying his contract.** So why not make the most of it and get him back if he is genuinely capable of seeing out his last year at NRL

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Are we still paying Bryce?? FMD! Our club is hopeless when it comes to getting caught up in this type of debacle. How many ex-players and ex-coaches are we still footing the bill for?
 
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