Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:17 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Underwhelmed but signing until 2018 which would make me think there is a plan...

Wow underwhelmed in the position Bradford are in Ash is a a quality player I suspect we have let him go to make way for another signing for the 8s he will definitely bolster your side.

[PopTart]

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:33 am  

He'll be good for Bulls.
He's fast and skillful. He can hold his own in Super League.

He has just had some injuries and other players around him have found good form.

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:39 am  

REDWHITEANDBLUE wrote:

Wow underwhelmed in the position Bradford are in Ash is a a quality player I suspect we have let him go to make way for another signing for the 8s he will definitely bolster your side.

Maybe im being harsh and didn't mean to come across that way. From what ive seen he always seemed to be on the small side (maybe its my imagination though haha) but certainly some positive comments from Wakey fans has changed my mind.

[Bullseye]

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:40 am  

Great signing IMO. With Oakes doubtful we'd have to move Ryan or Bentley into the centres to partner Mendeika. Gibson comes in just when we need him. In fact he's better than Mendeika so is an improvement to the squad.

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:46 am  

Certainly happier with Ash than I would have been with Willie Tonga.

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:34 am  

PopTart wrote:

He has just had some injuries...

Should fit in well then

Being serious, I don't think we should be 'underwhelmed'. We're bottom of the table in the second tier and destined for relegation (if there is going to be such a thing this year) and we've signed a guy who has played in SL this season.

I think we've done well to get him, frankly

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:00 am  

I would assume Tonga just needs his Visa transferring over before he can play for us. We should be really good at that now!

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:13 am  

I haven't seen Gibson play for ages but from what Wakey are saying, attitude & skill set are very good, but can be overpowered in the centre sometimes due to his size. And he's had a few unlucky injuries which stopped him getting a good run at their team.
Sounds good, I want to see what he can do.

[Bulliac]

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:37 am  

Highlander wrote:

I would assume Tonga just needs his Visa transferring over before he can play for us. We should be really good at that now!

Haha, not sure about that since most of our experience has been in practising to be bad at it....

However, Ashley is a good signing for me, though I'm unsure on just why HE wants to come to us - we're hardly no.1 choice I suspect. He's spent his career as a solid and reliable, if unspectacular player, in far better teams than ours, that makes him ideal for us in my estimation.

Re: Ashley Gibson : Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:12 am  

Got to be very good at this level to make it as a small centre.