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No kid gloves for Gibbs:Martin Flanagan
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Author:  Kouta [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:35 am ]
Post subject:  No kid gloves for Gibbs:Martin Flanagan
Hopefully the game goes our way Sunday and we can draft another player with the qualities of Bryce with pick one. 8)

No kid gloves for Gibbs
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But Gibbs says what excited him most on the day of the draft was that his best mate, Mark Austin, also was taken by Carlton. He even remembers Austin's pick number — 37

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What Bryce Gibbs has on the football field is composure. He has the straight carriage of a player who is strong in his space and never flinches a tackle. If you follow him from above, as I did last Saturday, you see someone who never stops running or thinking. My query on Saturday was not of him but his teammates, who didn't seem always to appreciate the good positions he made.

It's been said that every game this year Gibbs has done one special thing. Last Saturday's occurred in the second quarter when the ball came to him on the half-forward line. A Kangaroo defender arrived in the same instant. In the air as he took the ball, Gibbs pushed off the defender and dispensed a handball wide to his left, all in one motion. As a single item of play, it had thought, vision, balance. A goal resulted.
Author:  thehalford [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:56 am ]
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Austin was drafted at 35. Good article otherwise.
Author:  Synbad [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:43 am ]
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thehalford wrote:
Austin was drafted at 35. Good article otherwise.


We didnt draft Gibbs for his memory.... :wink:
Author:  Blue Sombrero [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:55 am ]
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Synbad wrote:
thehalford wrote:
Austin was drafted at 35. Good article otherwise.


We didnt draft Gibbs for his memory.... :wink:
Nice one.
Author:  1979 Norm Smith medal [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:04 am ]
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Flanagan is a very good writer.

I like this piece and he had little bits and pieces that interested me, such as Gibbs Snr. instructing him to only handball in a game.

There is no doubt Gibbs is a team player - and seeing as it is a team game that is more important than many people realise.

I have to admit I would have liked to have seen Gibbs out of the back pocket though. This tagging policy, i think, has curtailed his development.
In the richmond game rd 1 he got various roles. i saw him on the wing, midfield etc... that is the way to go.
Author:  camel [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:48 am ]
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That's a good piece, thanks for the link.
Author:  Bluesy [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:43 am ]
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no! tank you!
Author:  bluechucky [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:06 pm ]
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I'd like to read Flannigans article on the Blue Kreuzer next year. 8)
Author:  buzzaaaah [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:16 pm ]
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Hird led him into a pack, then lost him in the crowd like they do in the movies. When Gibbs next saw Hird, he was 20 metres away, alone in the forward line. He saw, too, how Hird kept blocking for Lloyd and how he dropped into spaces to lure defenders away from the Essendon* full-forward. He says he's learnt bits and pieces off everyone he's played against this year. The way he discusses his game reminds me of young Swedish tennis players I have heard discussing their sport.


Thats what impressed me. In the midst of a high speed AFL game playing on a legend, he had the compusure to watch Hird to learn what he does
Author:  blueblues [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:53 pm ]
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thehalford wrote:
Austin was drafted at 35. Good article otherwise.


LOL
Author:  Kaptain Kouta [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:34 pm ]
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buzzaaaah wrote:
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Hird led him into a pack, then lost him in the crowd like they do in the movies. When Gibbs next saw Hird, he was 20 metres away, alone in the forward line. He saw, too, how Hird kept blocking for Lloyd and how he dropped into spaces to lure defenders away from the Essendon* full-forward. He says he's learnt bits and pieces off everyone he's played against this year. The way he discusses his game reminds me of young Swedish tennis players I have heard discussing their sport.


Thats what impressed me. In the midst of a high speed AFL game playing on a legend, he had the compusure to watch Hird to learn what he does


Same.

But apparently it's bad to make kids learn things these days. :garthp:
Author:  Taff [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:08 pm ]
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Kaptain Kouta wrote:
buzzaaaah wrote:
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Hird led him into a pack, then lost him in the crowd like they do in the movies. When Gibbs next saw Hird, he was 20 metres away, alone in the forward line. He saw, too, how Hird kept blocking for Lloyd and how he dropped into spaces to lure defenders away from the Essendon* full-forward. He says he's learnt bits and pieces off everyone he's played against this year. The way he discusses his game reminds me of young Swedish tennis players I have heard discussing their sport.


Thats what impressed me. In the midst of a high speed AFL game playing on a legend, he had the compusure to watch Hird to learn what he does


Same.

But apparently it's bad to make kids learn things these days. :garthp:


Is it? :?: :?:
Author:  Kaptain Kouta [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:10 pm ]
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Taff, this is just a quote from this thread. there have been countless others this year like it:

1979 Norm Smith medal wrote:
This tagging policy, i think, has curtailed his development.
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