Toast Josh Gibson to retire

[vanders]

the 3x premiership champ is holding a press conference at 1pm today

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Champion and seemingly underrated by others. Was key to our defense in our dominant era, always coming across to help other defenders out.

 

[burger09]

What a champion he has been.

 

[threesixpio]

B and F multiple times in premiership years. Totally under-rated and one of the all time greats of Hawthorn

 

[MrPremiership]

Champion.

2 B&F's in premiership years. Remarkable.

Hopefully is fit enough for a farewell game, or two.

 

[MinerBoy]

B&F twice in Premiership years. Best finals player another season.

Played on and beat the best KPF while undersized....still providing a chop out for his other backmen and winning the ball and providing great rebound. Too often considered a loose man/3rd up when in actuality his great skill was beating his opponent but also knowing when to be there for his team mates.

From 2010-2015 in top 3 AFL backmen with Harry Taylor and Alex Rance IMO. Under rated by AA selectors and opposition supporters and sadly by a reasonable number of his own supporters.

Dead set gun.

 

[TheFourPillars]

One of the key lynchpins to our 3peat. People talk about Brian lake and yes he was great but this guy was something else.

 

[Cdreamer]

It been said already but 2 x B & F's in premiership years is massive. Often battled against forwards significantly larger than him and performed admirably.
At his best absolute gun and key pillar in our premiership teams. Well done Gibbo on a brilliant career!

 

[vanders]

Lived out every kids dream of winning premierships with the team he supported as a kid

 

[Tasmaniac]

Had a great career with us. Held our undersized backline together before Lake arrived. Always prepared to leave him man and come across with the punch.

Well done Josh and thank you for your service with Hawthorn.

 

[Hodginator]

Well done Gibbo. Doubt we would have achieved as much we did over the last 7 or so years without him.

Hope he get's a farewell game if it works out.

 

[OzJohnnie]

Damn. Sad face. I hoped he would go out playing, not quietly.

 

[Alley oops]

Great player. We had to recruit him to stop him nullifying Buddy . Dominant in our premiership years but truly appreciated his endeavour before Lake arrived when he battled hard in an undersized backline.

 

[Hawkthorn33]

Great career Gibbo, you are an absolute star of this club. Thank you for all your service and efforts out in the footy field, you were a joy to watch

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Dead set gun of a player, who will be missed.

Unheralded for just how good he was at beating a man, helping others and driving us from half back....especially considering he's a 2x Premeirship year B&F winner. That puts him in absolutely elite company.

 

[Billyc]

Tremendous player. Critically underrated externally but those 2 B&Fs in premiership years tell the story of his career.

He's even underrated among Hawthorn fans. He won as many B&Fs as Hodge, more than Franklin or anyone he played footy with other than Sam Mitchell.

A genuine champion of the Hawthorn footy club. Read the play superbly, could play on talls or smalls or make himself dangerous as a spare in defence, rarely made mistakes with the ball in hand and had an incredible ability to evade tacklers and dispose of the ball.

Well done Josh.

 

[vanders]

 

[randall boner]

were gunna miss the golden fist
well done on a stellar career Josh

 

[StillAtLarge]

Brave, clean, unselfish, disciplined and consistent are words that come to mind when thinking about gibbo's career.
Put your fedoras, polo shirts, boat shoes and skinny lattes out for the great man

 

[Brishawk]

Great career. Absolute legend. Critical for his ability to make our zone defence work and provide rebound. Will be missed. Thank you Gibbo!

 

[Kil Phearns]

Thank you (once again) for this underrated gem, North Melbourne.

 

[Rioli2Gunstall]

Legend player, reminds me of tyrese from fast and furious

 

[MrFujiMoto]

2 x B&F says it all really. Absolute gem. Thrived when we got a true KPD and he was allowed to generate run and carry and impact the contest as a third man up. Key cog in our 3 peat. Well done Gibbo

 

[Hawker1167]

great player, great bloke always had time for a chat

will be missed and hope he stays around the club "Always Hawthorn"

 

[Baz_hawk]

A champion of the Hawthorn football club and a huge part of our success. He was a key to our defense and had the rare ability to get a fist into a marking contest when he had no right to do so. Hopefully he can get back for round 23 and finish off his career with one last game, he deserves the chance.

Geez we've lost some seriously talented players this last 12 months!