Has been given a new role this season in playing primarily a shut down role on the opposition's best player while hurting them the other way.
Many opposition supporters have claimed he's being wasted as a tagger, but is it really tagging in the traditional sense? He's much more a run with player and doing it brilliantly at present. Ironically, was repeatedly called a downhill skier alongside the rest of our team last year, but he's showing himself to be anything but (as they all have).
In the past month:
vs. Sydney:
Goodes: 13 touches (worst for the season), 0 goals (1 of two goalless games)
Gibbs: 19 touches
vs. St. Kilda:
Goddard: 16 touches, 1 goal
Gibbs: 26 touches, 2 goals
vs. Geelong:
played on Steve Johnson in the second half after Russell struggled
Stevie J: 5 touches in second half (19 for game), 1 goal (3 for game)
Gibbs: 9 touches (22 for game)
vs. Melbourne:
Moloney: 15 touches
Gibbs: 27 touches
As you can see, he does a great job negating the opposition's best/most damaging player (at worst, top 3 for each team) while managing to rack it up himself.
Many opposition supporters have claimed he's being wasted as a tagger, but is it really tagging in the traditional sense? He's much more a run with player and doing it brilliantly at present. Ironically, was repeatedly called a downhill skier alongside the rest of our team last year, but he's showing himself to be anything but (as they all have).
In the past month:
vs. Sydney:
Goodes: 13 touches (worst for the season), 0 goals (1 of two goalless games)
Gibbs: 19 touches
vs. St. Kilda:
Goddard: 16 touches, 1 goal
Gibbs: 26 touches, 2 goals
vs. Geelong:
played on Steve Johnson in the second half after Russell struggled
Stevie J: 5 touches in second half (19 for game), 1 goal (3 for game)
Gibbs: 9 touches (22 for game)
vs. Melbourne:
Moloney: 15 touches
Gibbs: 27 touches
As you can see, he does a great job negating the opposition's best/most damaging player (at worst, top 3 for each team) while managing to rack it up himself.