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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/carlton-ten-years-on-bryce-gibbs-is-gaining-momentum-20160623-gpq3g6.html

A pretty positive article on Gibba by Duck. Interesting comment by Bryce that until recently he was content with just being an AFL player. I've seen that written many times on here!

That's changed though, and he says he now wants to improve himself as much as he can. BB has created a great environment at CFC - a new dawn has well and truly broken.

“For the first time in my career last year I struggled at times with the way the team was going, the way my personal performances were going and coping with longer-term injuries I hadn’t faced in almost ten years,” Gibbs said.

“These were new challenges I had to get my head around and there were days where I felt ‘I don’t know I could be bothered going in there today’, which I never thought I’d get to.

“It is here I give credit to Dean Laidley for not only helping to take my football to a new level, but for helping me with the mental side of my game as well, which was an area I hadn’t really tapped into enough.

“And if you look what we’re doing now in terms of mindset and mental preparation it’s such a part of the game.”

Though he’s first to admit that games 1-199 have gone in a blink, he also understands that much has changed both on and off the paddock in the nine years since his senior debut.

Through the course of 2016, Gibbs has been truly deserving of all the plaudits that have come his way. By his own admission he’s playing with an “urgency around the footy” – a capacity to attack the contest rather than float – and yet he still stops short of declaring himself to be the complete player.

“I’ve still got a few things to get right,” Gibbs insisted.

“Even in recent times I’ve been a bit disappointed with the way I’ve gone about it (and) I’m still not at the level I’m happy with.”

The interview basically confirms what a few of us have accused Bryce of; that he hasn't been 100% committed and that he has only just realised that he needs to approach all aspects of preparation and playing with "urgency".  Hopefully his attitude is rewarded with at least a couple of season's of good form and results.

Just shows you how bad things got over the last few seasons.

Interesting comment by Bryce that until recently he was content with just being an AFL player. I've seen that written many times on here!

Didn't he become a father recently?

That can certainly change your perspectives.

His baby turned 1 during the recent break - SEN interview.....