Gibbs knows draft game

[Pamam]

article in the Herald Sun today!

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22766369%5E19762,00.html

 

[thylacine60]

article in the Herald Sun today!

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22766369%5E19762,00.html

I think this year we will really start to thank God his old man didn't have a little more playing longevity. He's my star-watch this season. Last year it was JK. Oh well.

 

[Ole Gill]

I've got a few friends who have followed SA footy for a loooong while and they swear that Ross Gibbs is one of the most talented footballers they've ever seen.

 

[thylacine60]

I've got a few friends who have followed SA footy for a loooong while and they swear that Ross Gibbs is one of the most talented footballers they've ever seen.

Yep.

 

[cocka]

I've got a few friends who have followed SA footy for a loooong while and they swear that Ross Gibbs is one of the most talented footballers they've ever seen.

He was very very good, all class, and he knew it, a touch arragont you could say. As a Glenelg supporter I didn't mind. In 85 SANFL GF, Glenelg were up by 10 goals late in the last, and he kicked in after a behind via a drop kick, probably sums him up.

 

[thylacine60]

He was very very good, all class, and he knew it, a touch arragont you could say. As a Glenelg supporter I didn't mind. In 85 SANFL GF, Glenelg were up by 10 goals late in the last, and he kicked in after a behind via a drop kick, probably sums him up.

Anyone in VFL show interest?

 

[BlueYoss]

He was very very good, all class, and he knew it, a touch arragont you could say. As a Glenelg supporter I didn't mind. In 85 SANFL GF, Glenelg were up by 10 goals late in the last, and he kicked in after a behind via a drop kick, probably sums him up.

Great read here:

http://www.australianrules.com.au/2004stories/bushlegendsgibbs.html

THERE was no bigger showman than Ross Gibbs, the Glenelg champion dubbed "Mr Cool" because of his nonchalant approach to the game and his ability to rack up countless kicks with no fuss, but ruthless efficiency.

Gibbs spiced up the competition with his antics and it wasn't unusual for hostile crowds to change ends after each quarter just to abuse him from close range behind the goals. A woman spectator threw an apple at him one day so he picked it up off the ground, took a few big bites and then threw it back at her. And he really stirred up the opposition crowd the day he ran into an open goal, placed the ball on the ground and back-heeled it through for a goal!

During the 1998 season, Gibbs went to the pictures with his wife one night and watched The Full Monty - a flick about some pommies stripping to raise money. The film inspired Gibbs to carry out one of the funniest incidents ever seen on a footy field. In the dying minutes of the last match of 1998, Gibbs was on 99 goals for the year when he took a mark right in front of goals. The Victor crowd cheered wildly and were ready to celebrate yet another 100-goal season by the gun recruit. But spectators became confused when Gibbs placed the ball on the ground and took his jumper off. Ever the showman, he started taking his shorts off as well. Throughout his career Gibbs wasn't shy at giving umpires advice on how to do a better job, but this time his disrespect for the men in white was about to come back and haunt him. "What do you think you're doing?" asked the umpire. "Look umpy," said Gibbs, "I'm retiring after this match and I've always wanted to be the first footballer ever to kick a goal in the nude." The umpire told Gibbs, whose shorts were down around his knees by this stage, to put his clothes back on immediately. Sensing that the umpire didn't share his wicked sense of humour, Gibbs obliged but put his jumper on inside out, hiding his number. The umpire, not amused, promptly awarded a free kick against Gibbs for time wasting, and then sent him off despite the opposition full-back urging the umpire to keep him on. Moments later the siren went, leaving Gibbs stranded on 99 goals for the year.

 

[thylacine60]

Crikey, had no idea he was such a lair. My question remains though, did any VFL teams show any interest?

 

[Will.B.Worth.Da.Waite]

"A woman spectator threw an apple at him one day so he picked it up off the ground, took a few big bites and then threw it back at her"

LMAO love that

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Oh yay. Another article about Bryce Gibbs from his dad's point of view. I was sick of hearing from him last year, but now it's Bryce's 2nd year, surely he can stop pumping his sons tyres and let the kid talk for himself.

 

[thylacine60]

Oh yay. Another article about Bryce Gibbs from his dad's point of view. I was sick of hearing from him last year, but now it's Bryce's 2nd year, surely he can stop pumping his sons tyres and let the kid talk for himself.

Odd post.

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Odd post.

Odd poster.

 

[thylacine60]

Odd poster.

Touche. Suggest the sentiment of OT is young Gibb's experience at draft time. Seems fair to revisit it 12 months on.

 

[HBF]

Oh no, not again.

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Touche. Suggest the sentiment of OT is young Gibb's experience at draft time. Seems fair to revisit it 12 months on.

Of course it is fair to revisit it 12 months on. Would be nice to hear from Bryce occassionally, instead of his father all the time, that's all I'm saying.

 

[thylacine60]

Of course it is fair to revisit it 12 months on. Would be nice to hear from Bryce occassionally, instead of his father all the time, that's all I'm saying.

Fair point. Cool bananas.

 

[thylacine60]

Oh no, not again.

Very funny . Keeping my powder dry till she wants to trade Fev mid-season next year. All good.

 

[Marc Shmurf 3]

Oh yay. Another article about Bryce Gibbs from his dad's point of view. I was sick of hearing from him last year, but now it's Bryce's 2nd year, surely he can stop pumping his sons tyres and let the kid talk for himself.

with you here AWG.

Welcome back BTW

 

[Bomba Sheldon]

"A woman spectator threw an apple at him one day so he picked it up off the ground, took a few big bites and then threw it back at her"

LMAO love that

I remember seeing Mark "Jacko" Jackson do the same thing when he was playing at Geelong with an apple.

Young Bryce seems so different from his old man which is probabaly not a bad thing!