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Welcome Josh Gibcus
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The article on the site that must not be named about the machinations on day 1 of the draft are very interesting.
If true we tried pretty hard to get a pick before the bombers to get Hobbs but in hindsight the only real chance we had was with the eagles and they had a sweetheart deal with the power.
If true we tried pretty hard to get a pick before the bombers to get Hobbs but in hindsight the only real chance we had was with the eagles and they had a sweetheart deal with the power.
I like the point you make..... 'If true'....!
Call me a sceptic, but...... Callum Twomey's job at the AFL is to create content and to keep us clicking away all over the off season.
We, as Richmond supporters tumble in, myself included...... but opposition supporters are where the big numbers are, hoping to read that we have failed at something!
No doubt he's got his favourites amongst the recruiting fraternity, (I think Dodoro being the main one) so I sort of take the view that he gets fed a serious amount of bull *smile*, puts a bit of his own spin on things.... then fills in the blank spots with a fair amount of supposition and journalistic palaver!
There has been plenty of reports pre draft that we were looking to be active and to trade if the price was right.
Even Clarke intimated as much.
Who we were targeting may be conjecture. No one spotted us taking Brown or Banks for instance.
I'd like to think we were keen on Hobbs
Ward looks the goods, but a pairing of Ward and Sonsie isnt a great balance.
Reckon The Gib and The Sonz are better long term
Took one high mark in the short match simulation that was mouth watering & showed off his leap.
Can't wait to see more.
Can't wait to see more.
Gibcus won't play Ressie's for long so doubt they'll cross paths.
The fact the Tigers had five early picks in the draft, and indeed could secure star young key defender Josh Gibcus with their first pick this year, made the idea of blending a veteran and kids that much easier. (As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders.)
www.theage.com.au
Win-win: Roo-turned-Tiger Tarrant ideal for contending Richmond
Next year, barring injury, Robbie Tarrant will play more games at the MCG with Richmond in one season than he did in his first 12 years with North Melbourne.
The fact the Tigers had five early picks in the draft, and indeed could secure star young key defender Josh Gibcus with their first pick this year, made the idea of blending a veteran and kids that much easier. (As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders.)
Win-win: Roo-turned-Tiger Tarrant ideal for contending Richmond
Next year, barring injury, Robbie Tarrant will play more games at the MCG with Richmond in one season than he did in his first 12 years with North Melbourne.
That pic in the article. ......... fmd, I thought a trimmed down Sav Rocca had made a comeback!
So Gibcus has height, size, big leap, can take a mark, reads the play well and has the running profile of a midfielder?The fact the Tigers had five early picks in the draft, and indeed could secure star young key defender Josh Gibcus with their first pick this year, made the idea of blending a veteran and kids that much easier. (As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders.)
Win-win: Roo-turned-Tiger Tarrant ideal for contending Richmond
Next year, barring injury, Robbie Tarrant will play more games at the MCG with Richmond in one season than he did in his first 12 years with North Melbourne.
He is going to end up a forward.
The best part of that article below - could we have found another explosive Balta type running around - Gibcus could play a defensive wing if his stamina is OK
“As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders”.
“As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders”.
And "The Ward" doesn't quite have the same resonance to it as "The Gib or The Sonz"!!
I love the fact that the Sonz is a mad Tiger that will get an extra yard or three out of him living his dream alongside so many Tiger heroes.
I'm surprised at you Craig, touting his potential as a forward.
Balta and Gibcus as the 2 back pillars, combined with Brown and Flossy is an awesome long term defensive team.
Can build premierships on it
I have no idea whether Gibcus could be a forward or not but I agree with the above. Key defensive pillars are going to be really important going forward
We do need a key forward however.
Nah I ve no idea about him dell to be honest.
Tantalising prospect 2 key backs with such huge athletic profiles, and there is also Miller who is a a pretty good athlete himself.
Just the way Tiger Furious described his attributes, it struck me that the Tigers recruiters may well have been working that angle.
Key defenders rarely go that high, (Weitering, Cox) are two of recent times, but the top Key Forward prospects do.
With Tarrant acquisition Gibbo won’t be required back for a while , expect to see him forward early on
In the end it doesn't matter where they go, does it.
If he becomes elite then it's a success.
And 2 elite backs will go a long way
