Player Watch #28 Josh Gibcus

[beema limapep]

The man will play 14-18 games in 2022.

 

[boxxie2022]

The man will play 14-18 games in 2022.

If he does I’m not sure we’ll be making the 8. Not because of him playing but he only plays that many if we have significant outs. 4-6 would be a good return for him Year 1

 

[juss]

The man will play 14-18 games in 2022.

Depends how bad we are hit with injury. Full list available he's not in our best 22 yet.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

The man will play 14-18 games in 2022.

18 games from Rnd 7.

 

[beema limapep]

18 games from Rnd 7.

 

[beema limapep]

Lets get around him

 

[RJKTiger]

The man will play 14-18 games in 2022.

lol, is this part of your "Balta Forward" fantasy?

 

[Monjike]

Or Tom Lynch

Or the son of David Cloke...

 

[beema limapep]

lol, is this part of your "Balta Forward" fantasy?

Fantasy hey?

 

[Defibrillate]

If he does I’m not sure we’ll be making the 8. Not because of him playing but he only plays that many if we have significant outs. 4-6 would be a good return for him Year 1

I’m not sure about this sorry. Sometimes kids are seriously just ready made (see Sydney last year) - and hopefully we have one if not two raring to go. We’ve recruited well on paper and the lottery begins round 1. We’ve shown we have a history of canny recruiting over the last 10 years and we could bat really deep with 1 or 2 rookies consistently holding their spots - including Gibcus.

Could Gibcus potentially push a regular seasoned player out - absolutely! As could one of the other four………

 

[Tiger_Gas]

the next ben lennon

Ben Lennon

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.1

3star

G

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.4

3star

 

[Cotchy9]

the next ben lennon

Na, Gibcus actually looks like he has half a ticker

 

[Morro]

Whilst physically he isnt ready, athletically he is phenomenal. History shows these kids can often play a role despite being light on for size.

 

[Tiger_Gas]

if he plays back rd 1 our forward line will run rings around the crappy carltoon backline

jack will kick 3, lynch 2 , balta 2 and all the short people will kick 3 goals each

 

[tiger_tough]

Whilst physically he isnt ready, athletically he is phenomenal. History shows these kids can often play a role despite being light on for size.

Same size/weight and physical attributes as Naughton when he was drafted and he played 18 games in his first year and finished top 5 in the bnf.

 

[Roksman]

the next ben lennon

Welcome back Groupie.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Same size/weight and physical attributes as Naughton when he was drafted and he played 18 games in his first year and finished top 5 in the bnf.

WOW really?!? Rate Naughton very highly! Bodes good for biscuits then!

 

[Morro]

Same size/weight and physical attributes as Naughton when he was drafted and he played 18 games in his first year and finished top 5 in the bnf.

I didnt know that, thats interesting, but you can see Gibcus doesnt have the muscle mass yet, where asnaughton came in built like a man

 

[tiger_tough]

I didnt know that, thats interesting, but you can see Gibcus doesnt have the muscle mass yet, where asnaughton came in built like a man

Yeah Naughton had played against men in the wafl in his draft year and was able to hold down a kpd spot in year one. If Gibcus plays you'd think he'd play as more of a 3rd defender/interceptor which should help him play more consistent footy in his first year.

I've put a few bucks on him for the rising star @ $41. Hard to see JHF not getting up but anything can happen. Daniel Talia won it years ago at longer odds if I remember correctly.

 

[AstuteTiger]

Yeah Naughton had played against men in the wafl in his draft year and was able to hold down a kpd spot in year one. If Gibcus plays you'd think he'd play as more of a 3rd defender/interceptor which should help him play more consistent footy in his first year.

I've put a few bucks on him for the rising star @ $41. Hard to see JHF not getting up but anything can happen. Daniel Talia won it years ago at longer odds if I remember correctly.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if he does get a game early he'd be playing forward. Jack-Lynch-Gibcus would stretch many backlines.

If all defenders are fit cant see him playing back especially with Tarrant, Grimes, Balta and Broad as the main talls.

 

[Morro]

Yeah Naughton had played against men in the wafl in his draft year and was able to hold down a kpd spot in year one. If Gibcus plays you'd think he'd play as more of a 3rd defender/interceptor which should help him play more consistent footy in his first year.

I've put a few bucks on him for the rising star @ $41. Hard to see JHF not getting up but anything can happen. Daniel Talia won it years ago at longer odds if I remember correctly.

Yeah and as a 3rd tall he could really cause some head aches. Very few KPD's his size can move like he does.

 

[Muddiemoose]

Yeah and as a 3rd tall he could really cause some head aches. Very few KPD's his size can move like he does.

That’s the thing if we play him we don’t need to necessarily play him in the key position role
We have the bigger blokes to take on the gorillas if he moves well we can just match him up on a smaller player or 3rd tall like you mentioned

We had Mansell slot right in last season and Stack played back in his first season and if anything Gibbo is bigger than those two blokes

 

[Dr Tigris]

Doubt Gibcus plays up front. But he'll likely get a chance if there is COVID around this year (as in, there will be COVID causing players to miss games). And I reckon we'll play him as that 3rd tall interceptor or 3rd tall forward.

I'm rapt with picking him up. The elite intercept CHB is one of the key roles in the game today. Absolutely could be a star for us

 

[tigerfan1961]

Doubt Gibcus plays up front. But he'll likely get a chance if there is COVID around this year (as in, there will be COVID causing players to miss games). And I reckon we'll play him as that 3rd tall interceptor or 3rd tall forward.

I'm rapt with picking him up. The elite intercept CHB is one of the key roles in the game today. Absolutely could be a star for us

You mean, will be star for us. Really am extremely confident he is the real deal

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

You mean, will be star for us. Really am extremely confident he is the real deal

Whoa easy now lets not go overboard...fairways to go before that's a possibility..