Rd 2: Carlton vs. Sydney: Post Game Passion

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Reply #225 – April 06, 2016, 09:57:16 am

Quote from: Barbs – on April 06, 2016, 08:54:06 am

If you were the recruiting manager at the crows or port would you trade your first round pick for Gibbs on current form? They've both already got good midfield depth who are all currently playing better.
Kerridge couldn't even get a proper run at the Crows - what value would Gibbs be to them?

Gibbs and Murphy would add value as outside mids or fwds at a team already full of grunt and leadership in the midfield. They offer us zero in this dept hence why they would have trade value.

Re: Rd 2: Carlton vs. Sydney: Post Game Passion

Reply #226 – April 06, 2016, 10:02:38 am

Gibbs would kill it at the crows as an outside runner and finisher feeding off Sloane, Crouch, Thompson etc.

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Reply #227 – April 06, 2016, 10:21:34 am

Quote from: Professer E – on April 06, 2016, 10:02:38 am

Gibbs would kill it at the crows as an outside runner and finisher feeding off Sloane, Crouch, Thompson etc.

Absolutely! Look at the reverse situation with Kerridge - he would be finding more pressure playing for us that he would have dreamed possible at the Crows. I think it was well illustrated v. the Tiggers as he tired in the 4Q.

Re: Rd 2: Carlton vs. Sydney: Post Game Passion

Reply #228 – April 06, 2016, 03:09:39 pm

yes LP you have heard all before .I started saying we are to slow when we recruited brock maclean and we had carrazo,robbo. ellard allthe same pace now fwd to 2016 and i think we have the same situation.

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Reply #229 – April 06, 2016, 03:55:32 pm

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on April 06, 2016, 08:56:37 am

I'm just hoping one of them is dumb enough to give away a late first rounder, he could provide them with polish, or they may at least think that. You have to ask yourself if he is as good as many on here say, surely he's worth say pick #12?

I've been reading this thread with some interest. I actually agree we should put Gibbs on the trade table at the end of the year. It would be a radical move because he is probably our most gifted ball user in a team that isn't blessed with that type of player, but still worth while doing i think. Port Adelaide IMO will finish with pick 5 or 6 and I think they would give up that for Gibbs in a heartbeat. Kenny will think they can still win a flag with a bit of extra cream on the cake. If we finish bottom (which I think we will unfortunately) with only 2 to 3 wins we would have an argument for a priority pick. This means we could have picks 1,2 5 and 20 and if you throw in a free agent- say from the bombers (hurley, hibbard etc), it would leave us very competitive in the draft. I would use picks 1+2 on the best key forwards in the draft (ala Hawks with Buddy and Roughead), pick 5 gets us a great mid (ala Lewis) then trade pick 20 with perhaps Levi to Fremantle to get someone like Mayne and we should be off and running.

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Reply #230 – April 06, 2016, 05:57:00 pm

Unless he has a big reversal in form Gibbs is pretty unlikely to attract a top 10 draft pick - the catch 22 being if his form improves why would we trade him?
On present performance I'd say we'd be lucky if norf or hawthorn offer their first picks to us for him at the end of the year.

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Reply #231 – April 06, 2016, 06:09:36 pm

We got Geelong 's first rounder for Hendo so anything is possible - even if Geelong rates themselves for this year.

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Reply #232 – April 06, 2016, 06:13:30 pm

Quote from: ItsOurTime – on April 06, 2016, 06:09:36 pm

We got Geelong 's first rounder for Hendo so anything is possible - even if Geelong rates themselves for this year.

Yup, Gibbs is ten times the player Hendo is!

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Reply #233 – April 06, 2016, 06:13:53 pm

Quote from: ItsOurTime – on April 06, 2016, 06:09:36 pm

We got Geelong 's first rounder for Hendo so anything is possible - even if Geelong rates themselves for this year.

...and we might bundle that up with something.

I still don't think we'll get rid of Gibbs. Well just look to put better players around him.

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Reply #234 – April 06, 2016, 06:14:45 pm

Quote from: cimm1979 – on April 06, 2016, 06:13:53 pm

...and we might bundle that up with something.

I still don't think we'll get rid of Gibbs. Well just look to put better players around him.

Isn't that our problem though? We need to build around Cripps, not Gibbs.

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Reply #235 – April 06, 2016, 06:29:21 pm

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on April 06, 2016, 06:14:45 pm

Isn't that our problem though? We need to build around Cripps, not Gibbs.

Maybe, but I rate Gibbs a bit higher probably.

The other problem are.
He's contracted.
MLG and McKay said he wouldnt be shopped.
I'm not sure we'd get a whole lot.

Stranger things have happened though. I would never have expected Goddard, DalSanto, Griffen, Cooney, Shaw, Thomas etc to change clubs once upon a time.