Toast Bryce Gibbs Appreciation Thread

[thylacine60]

Infuriatingly difficult to support week to week but sublime to watch when on. We didn't make it any easier for him. Will still be carrying a weight of expectation he could do without.

 

[SpaceCow]

Thanks for all the time you spent with us, Bryce. Had some inconsistent patches earlier in his career but had really matured into a week in week out A grade player.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Thanks Gibba. A class act all the way. Will be weird seeing you in other colours.

 

[mike ockerts]

Thanks for the memories Gibba, good luck in Adelaide

 

[PP34]

Indictment he’s gone

 

[BluesRule]

Thanks for the service to CFC Bryce. You have been class all the way.

Had a hard time at CFC through your career through one of the worst periods in our history.

Hope you can seal your career with a premiership.

We will miss you heaps in 2018.

 

[ferrisb]

Glad to see the vast majority of posters are wishing Bryce well.

Yeah, he had some flaws. But almost every single player does.

IMHO you can be upset he's gone. You can talk about loyalty (both ways). You can critique the deal if you want. You can criticise bits of his career etc.

But blatantly hanging shit on Bryce doesn't reflect poorly on him, it reflects poorly on the poster....

 

[RAPPA]

Carrying the man bun in your honour, Gibba.

 

[Robbo's my hero]

This is too much for me.

I trundled off to Princes Park in 2006 to watch a young kid play for SA in the u18 Championships. I was very happy with what I saw and ecstatic when we got our man in the Draft that year.

The kid was treated like a man when he first played and given roles to fast track his development. Run with roles with Adam Goodes, sweeping roles in the back half, it was team first stuff. He didn’t get the accolades of the #7 pick who had the benefit of elite teammates but I was always happy with the choice we made.

The maturity kicked in and another Bryce appeared. On ball and snagging a few goals. It was 2011 and I was bullish about the future. However Ratts saw the versatility and wouldn’t commit to a full time on baller and we suffered as a result.

It took an outsider to do the obvious in 2014 and he took off. It was a pleasure watching him that year and the
B & F was thoroughly deserved. The game against Geelong sticks in my mind. The team let him down that day.

2017 was really an extra year and, given the preamble, Bryce displayed class and led from the front. The Suns game was a standout but the personal highlight was the goal against Collingwood when he bounced off the defender and calmly slotted the goal.

It’s horrible to think of a stalwart for the Carlton Footy Club not finishing his career wrapped in navy blue. This shouldn’t have happened.

 

[LanceRomance]

Really not sure how I feel about this.... But at least we could extract good value for bryce

 

[ferrisb]

Also mods, while I am on my high horse, please change thread title to....

Crows rabble overpay for soft, man-bun-wearing, flaky outside midfielder Gibbs, Blues start the car!

I took inspiration from the Crows board on Lever

 

[ferrisb]

Carrying the man bun in your honour, Gibba.

#PutYourBunsOut

 

[perthblue]

Wildly inconsistent player, a real pain in the arse actually, but when he was at his best he was a game-changer. Though you have to give him some leeway considering the teammates he's had around him for the bulk of his career. Will be interested to see how he does in a new environment. Thanx Brycelet.

 

[Cripps17]

Don't have anything to add other than my own acknowledgment that you will be missed Gibbs. Tough to throw a decade of time, emotions and hope behind someone and not feel somewhat flat that it ends without success. Who knows, maybe we may see you in five years for one last premiership tilt.

 

[MitchRobinson12]

Sad to see Gibbs go, he deserves some success and will no doubt be a gun at Adelaide.

For our return on him as a 29 year old was remarkable and will be more important in the long run.

 

[Malifice]

Good luck back home mate, hope you get a flag with the other mob. Nice to be home for the impending wedding as well.

Despite being the biggest advocate of the trade, I still feel hollow.

End of an era. Start of a new one.

 

[ESKIE]

I really didn't realise how I felt until I saw that he was traded

 

[Keyza]

Good luck to Bryce. I am sad to see him go but wish him well.
He left on good terms and played is heart out for Carlton.

 

[HARKER]

Gibbs very emotional being interviewed.

Cutest I've ever heard him. Oh Bryce

 

[bluemahogany]

Gibbs very emotional being interviewed.

Cutest I've ever heard him. Oh Bryce

Just when I thought I was handling this well

 

[Marc Shmurf 3]

Respect to you Gibbsy. You could have thrown the dummy out this season, but pulled your head in and busted a gut. Thanking you for your services over the years and wish you luck at Adelaide.

 

[navybluesince75]

Gibbs very emotional being interviewed.

Cutest I've ever heard him. Oh Bryce

was hard to listen too, can not doubt what the CFC has meant to him

 

[Blue Reaper]

Very sad to see Gibbs go. He’s been a stalwart servant for the past 11 years and now, through the trade, enabled the club to take another significant step towards premiership redemption.

I doff my cap to you Sir and wish your family the best of fortunes.

 

[F_therest]

was hard to listen too, can not doubt what the CFC has meant to him

Where can i view it?

 

[Arr0w]

Now that the dust has settled.

I have been critical many times of Gibbs, during his career. The debacle of last year's trade period and clearly still harbouring strong thoughts of leaving this trade period, haven't eased my frustrations

Although, I must commend him for the way he has conducted himself, this year on and off the field. Shows real character, to come out and perform the way he did, true sign of class. Wish him all the best, with the rest of his career