Another leading analyst, North Melbourne premiership player David King, said: "Gibbs is a mystery, isn't he. I still think he's an elite player, but we just don't know where it is going to be.

"I think he can be an elite half-back flanker, intercept and rebound with skill."

King said he was waiting for Gibbs to blossom into a regular game-breaker.

I've never heard a commentator who gets it so wrong consistently but keeps his job.

Don't listen to a word that David King says. He's an absolute knob-jockey! I've won so much money this year doing the exact opposite of what he says. He's jumped back off Carlton now after saying we wont make finals / Richmond Brisbane and Collingwood will thump us!

Regardless of how fair the comments are, I've got to admit I'm glad some of our players are now starting to get some media pressure applied. They've received enough praise over recent years. And from the outside, it's looked like they've played like they're satisfied with the plaudits. I want our players to 'hurt' more and play 'angry'.

Title should read whole team struggling for impact rather than isolating one person

To me he looks disinterested. I think Murphy looks a little like that as well. I wonder why? I am staggered as they want to play finals, but they dont understand what it takes to get there. If you follow the boys on twitter, all they care about is their hair and making fun of eachother. Absolutely no hurt whatsoever when they lose. Robbo did say how upset he was by the Essenscum loss, but the others, nothing.

Its all between the ears,and work ethic. Which we dont have any since the Collingwood game.

This is very upsetting to me.

The thing that really frightens me is that Gibbs doesn't seem to be half the player he was before he was drafted.