Crows to get Gibbs, no matter what.
- jimmyc1985
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I'm getting sick of this petulant tosser Gibbs.
For f***'s sake son, you're odds-on to be to be drafted by a non-Adelaide team. If you live up to your hype, you'll be earning $500k per year in two year's time. You'll be living out many a child's dream by playing elite sport, and no matter which club you're at, you'll have adoring fans and a club that will wipe your arse for you.
Who the f*** are you to demand you remain in Adelaide? You're going to turn your back and piss in the faces of whichever club gives you 2 years of their time because you want to go home? f*** off then you sook. Take a dose of humility and loyalty from the likes of Judd, Power, Brown, Pavlich, Griffen or anyone else that has a sense of PERSPECTIVE and chooses to remain away from home for the good of their careers.
I'm really starting to hope we don't draft this immature wanker who wants to go crying home to mummy after 2 years. Let Carlton deal with that problem; let's draft another gun who's going to bleed for Essendon rather than have the hyde to piss in their pockets after the club makes a large investment in them. I'm sure there has to be plenty who fall into that category.
For f***'s sake son, you're odds-on to be to be drafted by a non-Adelaide team. If you live up to your hype, you'll be earning $500k per year in two year's time. You'll be living out many a child's dream by playing elite sport, and no matter which club you're at, you'll have adoring fans and a club that will wipe your arse for you.
Who the f*** are you to demand you remain in Adelaide? You're going to turn your back and piss in the faces of whichever club gives you 2 years of their time because you want to go home? f*** off then you sook. Take a dose of humility and loyalty from the likes of Judd, Power, Brown, Pavlich, Griffen or anyone else that has a sense of PERSPECTIVE and chooses to remain away from home for the good of their careers.
I'm really starting to hope we don't draft this immature wanker who wants to go crying home to mummy after 2 years. Let Carlton deal with that problem; let's draft another gun who's going to bleed for Essendon rather than have the hyde to piss in their pockets after the club makes a large investment in them. I'm sure there has to be plenty who fall into that category.
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I'm a free trade person. Personally, why can't a player play where , and for whom, they choose. Sure, have a salary cap, for the commies, but why not let each club spend that money on as many players as they care to have under that cap, and each club go out and contract freely with who ever is willing to play for the money offered.??.
I'm sure Essendon will be speaking to Gibbs personally about it all, along with any other potential players that our #2 pick will be used on.
His father sounds like he wants to control his son. Maybe he would enjoy getting away from that. Once he got here, i'm sure he would love it. Not just the club, but Melbourne in general.
His father sounds like he wants to control his son. Maybe he would enjoy getting away from that. Once he got here, i'm sure he would love it. Not just the club, but Melbourne in general.
In the kids defence, is it him or the Crows making the noise?jimmyc1985 wrote:I'm getting sick of this petulant tosser Gibbs.
For f***'s sake son, you're odds-on to be to be drafted by a non-Adelaide team. If you live up to your hype, you'll be earning $500k per year in two year's time. You'll be living out many a child's dream by playing elite sport, and no matter which club you're at, you'll have adoring fans and a club that will wipe your arse for you.
Who the f*** are you to demand you remain in Adelaide? You're going to turn your back and piss in the faces of whichever club gives you 2 years of their time because you want to go home? f*** off then you sook. Take a dose of humility and loyalty from the likes of Judd, Power, Brown, Pavlich, Griffen or anyone else that has a sense of PERSPECTIVE and chooses to remain away from home for the good of their careers.
I'm really starting to hope we don't draft this immature wanker who wants to go crying home to mummy after 2 years. Let Carlton deal with that problem; let's draft another gun who's going to bleed for Essendon rather than have the hyde to piss in their pockets after the club makes a large investment in them. I'm sure there has to be plenty who fall into that category.
I can see they're pissed because of the rule interpretation. I would be too.
The kid is 17-18 and is at the mercy of all the adults around him.
Having said that, all this noise is signalling something dangerous.
Do we get him if the scum passes? A local like Hansen might be a better option.
Would having Monfries and Slats, both from SA, help keep a Gibbs in Vic?
It's a risk. The answer will be in 2 years.
If we get him, hopefully his new found independence will help keep him with us.
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Agree with Gossy, Adelaide are beating their chest and carrying on about missing him themselves.Gossy wrote:Think it is just Adelaide trying to scare opposition into not drafting him. Not too sure about Carlton, but nearly anywhere else he will stay. Not many players have left Essendon after coming from interstate, I wouldnt be worried about him leaving if we got him
We have only in the past lost Wanganeen and Anderson (any players of note) because they wanted to go home.
You look and the likes of Cooney, Judd, Griffen, Wells, Leppitch, The Scott boys,Wirrpunda etc that all have had rumours of coming home in drafts and it's never happened.
I would think its most important if you spend two years at a club establishing yourself to consolidate as opposed to racking off after doing your time and you find that the "really good boys" tend to stay where they are.
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I think both him and his related parties (e.g. parents), as well as the Crows, are both making the noise. Both Adelaide and his parents, and Gibbs himself, have come out at various times voicing their opinion that he should stay in Adelaide. He just reeks to me of a kid who's had that South Australian sense of parochialism drummed into him ad nauseum by those around him, most notably his parents, and he's been conned into believing that football life outside of South Australia isn't worth living.F111 wrote: In the kids defence, is it him or the Crows making the noise?
I can see they're pissed because of the rule interpretation. I would be too.
The kid is 17-18 and is at the mercy of all the adults around him.
Having said that, all this noise is signalling something dangerous.
Like you said, i see danger signs with this kid. He may well be a phenomenal footy player, but is he really going to play to his maximum ability if he's simply marking time at a club he doesn't want to be at?
Is there such a rule? I've never heard of it, and there's nothing in the official AFL Laws of the Game that has anything to do with drafting. It might be a rule of general courtesy that clubs shouldn't deliberately sabotage other clubs' drafting by making such comments, but i'm not sure if there's an official rule saying clubs can't do what Adelaide are doing.More to the point, isnt Adeliades public commentry a breach of the AFL Draft rules in so far as they are trying to deter a player from being drafted by another club?
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Names like Greg Anderson, Gavin Wanganeen and Mikey Prior ring a bell, Gossy??Gossy wrote:Think it is just Adelaide trying to scare opposition into not drafting him. Not too sure about Carlton, but nearly anywhere else he will stay. Not many players have left Essendon after coming from interstate, I wouldnt be worried about him leaving if we got him
The Oracle has spoken.
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Bloody hell. It puts a shiteload of pressure on the kid! What if he comes to Melbourne, does his knee in round 1, gets on the piss for the remaining season, grows manboobs and starts hanging out with Michael Gardiner and Chris Tarrant. Will Adelaide want him then come two years time?
What a joke of an article. Adelaide and the media in general should let the kid enjoy his footy (wherever he plays) and just shut-up. Plain and simple.
What a joke of an article. Adelaide and the media in general should let the kid enjoy his footy (wherever he plays) and just shut-up. Plain and simple.
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