We have 10 or so years left of the Gibblet and I will be interested to see where he'll be playing once he's at his peak......I've seen him get 4 clearances in a row sometime last year after the move was made to put him in the centre....so I know where I would like to have him but he's still a baby really and such is his talent he could become a true utility......

_________________
The problem will be made. for the solution to be sold, to your face before your eyes, tolerance is now the new danger

i dont see any relevance, ball only left because he was being left out of the team and lyon couldnt guarantee him a spot for the following year. :S

_________________
Last edited by true_blue3 on Mon Sep 26, 1981 5:07 pm; edited 92 times in total

Luke Ball left St Kilda because the Pies offered him roughly $200 000 more than the Saints.

luke ball left st kilda because he had lost the confidence of the senior coach and was unable to overcome the deficiencies in his game that the coach was requiring him too.

Agree. Davies should have been a little more aware of the traffic coming. He was running directly towards the tackler so should have known he was there. It should have beena quick pick up, handball to Gibbs and shephard. But as you say first gamer so it's no big deal. But it's a bit harsh on Gibbs. And besides Davies should know that if your best ball users are free and in a better position then yourself, you generall give it to them.

_________________

..the way i saw it, Davies had eyes on the ball when he went to pick it up.. ..voice from Gibbs would have made sure he was aware of the incoming tackler.. ..Gibbs waited for the handball, taking it for granted a first gamer, in pretty much their first possession in a crunch, high intensity start to a game would be as composed as a veteran.. ..i like Gibbs, but at times he shows his own inexperience, and i feel he's still a ways off from being captain material.. ..what i find interesting, is that in a piece of play lacking communication.. ..it's the first gamer potted for not being 'aware' and 'reacting too slow'.. ..when in reality Gibbs should have been more aware of the situation.. ..if Gibbs rushed to get the ball instead of hanging back, he would have been alot closer to Davies when Davies gained possession, and would have then been able to block/sheperd.. ..it's the whole 'spectating' problem that our team suffers from..

_________________
..if you can't be good, be good at it..

+1

_________________
When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way!

-1

_________________
This might sound extreme in the context of alleged sexual assault, drunken violence and a drug trafficking charge...

0

_________________
#DonTheStash

At the ground I thought Gibbs should have warned him the tackle was coming.
On the replay, I think you can see Gibbs yelling something at Davies before he is tackled, so I think Gibbs may have warned him.


+2

_________________
T E A M

Gibbs got himself into a position where Davies could handball it to him before the tackler got him and Gibbs could then run away and send us forward

_________________
Carlton Premiers '10

+1

_________________
This might sound extreme in the context of alleged sexual assault, drunken violence and a drug trafficking charge...

I dont think Gibbs lack of voice is the sole reason Davies was tackled.

_________________
"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

do you honestly believe that would have mattered had he been getting a regular game at the saints?

_________________
Last edited by true_blue3 on Mon Sep 26, 1981 5:07 pm; edited 92 times in total

Absolutely.

we'll agree to disagree. but ball strikes me as someone who wouldn't leave his club only for more money unless he was missing out on a regular game and there was some other underlying issue. both problems which gibbs at this stage does not have, not that we know of anyway and a major difference is that gibbs has just signed a new contract whereas ball was out of contract.

_________________
Last edited by true_blue3 on Mon Sep 26, 1981 5:07 pm; edited 92 times in total