I've been concerned about this for a couple of months now.

No doubt Gibbs and his management would be silly not to leverage off the GC to try and 'beef up' a deal. But I think there may be more to this now.

For one - Gibbs may consider himself a little stiff that he plays second fiddle to Judd, Murph etc. Not sure whether playing off half back would be his preference. He could justifiably be the no. 1 midfielder at at least another 8-10 clubs.

Secondly - not being a Victorian means that he naturally would not feel the same way about staying here as another Vic boy would. Yes I know he is from SA but still living at GC would be like living in Vic for him - both are away from his home state.

Thirdly - with almost all of the big names turning their back on GC (apart from Ablett who is yet to decide) there would obviously be a fair bit of money on offer. Just like many would agree that it would be tough for Ablett to say no to $1.5mil a season....similarly it would be tough for Gibbs to say no to a deal close to $1mil a season which I think he probably could get.

And finally if we put all our personal preferences aside - life for a 22 year old in the Gold Coast earning $1mil a year to play footy would be a pretty sweet deal.

I like all Blues fans will be devastated to lose Gibbs. Our future captain IMO. But we would be very naive to think that he will not seriously give consideration to a GC deal.

I've been concerned about this for a couple of months now.

No doubt Gibbs and his management would be silly not to leverage off the GC to try and 'beef up' a deal. But I think there may be more to this now.

For one - Gibbs may consider himself a little stiff that he plays second fiddle to Judd, Murph etc. Not sure whether playing off half back would be his preference. He could justifiably be the no. 1 midfielder at at least another 8-10 clubs.

Secondly - not being a Victorian means that he naturally would not feel the same way about staying here as another Vic boy would. Yes I know he is from SA but still living at GC would be like living in Vic for him - both are away from his home state.

Thirdly - with almost all of the big names turning their back on GC (apart from Ablett who is yet to decide) there would obviously be a fair bit of money on offer. Just like many would agree that it would be tough for Ablett to say no to $1.5mil a season....similarly it would be tough for Gibbs to say no to a deal close to $1mil a season which I think he probably could get.

And finally if we put all our personal preferences aside - life for a 22 year old in the Gold Coast earning $1mil a year to play footy would be a pretty sweet deal.

I like all Blues fans will be devastated to lose Gibbs. Our future captain IMO. But we would be very naive to think that he will not seriously give consideration to a GC deal.

I can't believe people stress so much over something that they have absolutely no control over.

Sure I'd love him to stay (and think he will) but if he leaves, good luck to him.

Not really quite sure of the point of that article. Didn't really say anything at all, except that Carlton are trying to work out how much to offer Gibbs. Who would've guessed it?