2019 Player Reviews: #14 Michael Hibberd

[Demonland 64,361]

 

Hibberd’s output was reduced in 2019 compared to his past standards due in part to the fact that he had to work in a defensive unit that was constantly undermanned through injury. The club will be looking for better things from the defender as he approaches his twilight years.

 

Date of Birth: 3 January, 1990

Height: 186cm

Weight: 90kg

 

Games MFC 2019: 19

Career Total: 142

 

Goals MFC 2019: 0

Career Total: 13

 

Votes 2019 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy:  107 votes

[Deeminion 345]

Hibbo is another player whose 2019 form I can’t work out. Was it as a result of the team’s poor form and the fact that the back line was injury riddled and never settled or is he in the twilight of his career and he just can’t cut the mustard anymore. I guess we’ll see. 

[Lefty 328]

Pig definitely had a disappointing year. Let’s hope he can bounce back to that All-Australian form. 

 The revolving door backline certainly did not assist him. 

[dazzledavey36 48,583]

Cooked.

Will bow out Bernie Vince/Jordan Lewis style. Play a few games in the seniors then finish off at Casey.

[Sir Why You Little 34,402]

Father time is tapping him on the shoulder, which is the main reason I find the Frost Trade rather strange going into 2020

if i am wrong i will eat the pie ? 

[Diamond_Jim 11,670]

The gameplan adopted by Goodwin does not favour aging players no matter what their skill level may be.

The only positive is that the form drop off in 2019 was so precipitous that it may have been one of those aberrations we talk about.

Not sure we have the players to cover him and could explain why we kept Josh Wagner on the list.

PS: these reviews would be fascinating if the players performance could also be correlated with Joeboy's great weekly player commentary and of course our own Demonland rankings. For instance did Hibberd ever feature in our top 6 players in any match etc.

Edited October 13, 2019 by Diamond_Jim

[Demonland 64,361]

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

PS: these reviews would be fascinating if the players performance could also be correlated with Joeboy's great weekly player commentary and of course our own Demonland rankings. For instance did Hibberd ever feature in our top 6 players in any match etc.

You'd have to do a search of the individual weeks and the individual posts within to get the answer. We randomly take 3 posters votes each week for the official count.

Here is the list at the end of 2019. Hibberd came 16th but only amassed 24 votes. A player can get a maximum of 18 votes a round.

		PLAYER	VOTES
1		Max Gawn	235
2		Clayton Oliver	200
3		James Harmes	139
4		Christian Salem	135
5		Angus Brayshaw	89
6		Jack Viney	82
7		Bayley Fritsch	65
8		Sam Frost	61
9		Christian Petracca	59
10		Nathan Jones	49
11		Jake Melksham	47
12		Steven May	43
13		Marty Hore	42
14		Jayden Hunt	28
15		Tom McDoanld	27
16		Michael Hibberd	24
17		Jordan Lewis	17
18		Jay Lockhart	12
19		Jake Lever	9
20		Harry Petty	7
21		Oskar Baker	5
21		Braydon Preuss	5
23		Josh Wagner	4
24		Jay Kennedy-Harris	3
24		Corey Wagner	3
24		Sam Weideman	3
27		Alex Neal-Bullen	2
28		Kyle Dunkley	1
28		Jeff Garlett	1
28		Neville Jetta	1
28		Oscar McDonald	1
28		Billy Stretch	1

 

[Diamond_Jim 11,670]

Many thanks Andy.

Over the years I have found that for a lesser team such as ours you get more insight from this forum than you could possibly hope for from either the mass media or the club itself.

Such a wonderful resource.

That vote tells me that on more than one occasion we thought him in our top 6 at least so the season was not a complete loss for Hibberd.

[jnrmac 18,913]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

You'd have to do a search of the individual weeks and the individual posts within to get the answer. We randomly take 3 posters votes each week for the official count.

Here is the list at the end of 2019. Hibberd came 16th but only amassed 24 votes. A player can get a maximum of 18 votes a round.

		PLAYER	VOTES
1		Max Gawn	235
2		Clayton Oliver	200
3		James Harmes	139
4		Christian Salem	135
5		Angus Brayshaw	89
6		Jack Viney	82
7		Bayley Fritsch	65
8		Sam Frost	61
9		Christian Petracca	59
10		Nathan Jones	49
11		Jake Melksham	47
12		Steven May	43
13		Marty Hore	42
14		Jayden Hunt	28
15		Tom McDoanld	27
16		Michael Hibberd	24
17		Jordan Lewis	17
18		Jay Lockhart	12
19		Jake Lever	9
20		Harry Petty	7
21		Oskar Baker	5
21		Braydon Preuss	5
23		Josh Wagner	4
24		Jay Kennedy-Harris	3
24		Corey Wagner	3
24		Sam Weideman	3
27		Alex Neal-Bullen	2
28		Kyle Dunkley	1
28		Jeff Garlett	1
28		Neville Jetta	1
28		Oscar McDonald	1
28		Billy Stretch	1

 

Good to see Oscar got a vote

[Sir Why You Little 34,402]

5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Good to see Oscar got a vote

Solid performance...

[dee-tox 4,767]

I think he is gone. Lost a couple of yards of pace. His efforts this year weren't from a lack of trying though.

We need a contingency plan for both Hibberd and Nev.

[Beetle 4,279]

I like the bloke but he had an appalling season. Almost embarrassing to watch at times. Unfortunately has become a real plodder that throws his head around to demonstrate desperation.
I hope for his and the clubs sake he can turn it around but I highly doubt it.

[Kent 2,574]

15 hours ago, dee-tox said:

I think he is gone. Lost a couple of yards of pace. His efforts this year weren't from a lack of trying though.

We need a contingency plan for both Hibberd and Nev.

Yes dee-tox

The end for these two will come very quickly in the early part of next season

The club hopefully has planned for it by keeping C minus players like the Wagner. Who can replace Nev?? I cant see anybody yet>

[poita 3,571]

He is finished, and has been arguably since late 2018. Unfortunately we have zero cover in that position, so he will continue to get games in 2020.

[Kent 2,574]

32 minutes ago, poita said:

He is finished, and has been arguably since late 2018. Unfortunately we have zero cover in that position, so he will continue to get games in 2020.

Hore??

[Demon Dynasty 15,150]

On 10/13/2019 at 11:09 AM, Diamond_Jim said:

The gameplan adopted by Goodwin does not favour aging players no matter what their skill level may be.

The only positive is that the form drop off in 2019 was so precipitous that it may have been one of those aberrations we talk about.

Not sure we have the players to cover him and could explain why we kept Josh Wagner on the list.

PS: these reviews would be fascinating if the players performance could also be correlated with Joeboy's great weekly player commentary and of course our own Demonland rankings. For instance did Hibberd ever feature in our top 6 players in any match etc.

Rankings in the top 6 against all MFC players based on composite weighted averages....

5th - Rnd 7 vs the Hawks (3.475)

5th - Rnd 18 vs Meth Coke (4.475)

5th - Rnd 20 vs the Tigers (3.775)

Played a few lock down roles later in the season and obviously restricted and out for a while with the collarbone.

I think he has at least this year left to produce something similar to 2018 in terms of consistency (assuming a full pre season under his belt) but will also need to clean up the disposal side.

He is ranked No.2 out of all defenders for effective disposals (11.16) just behind Hore (11.46), but like Hore he is a turnover king ...ranked No.1 here from all defenders that will remain in 2020 (4.32 per match), Hore @ No.3 (4.15) and if we include Salem (albeit he isn't a dedicated defender and copping more heat around the contest probably sees a higher 'expected' rate) ... 2nd (4.20).

Out of interest Frosty was ranked 5th from all dedicated defenders on turnovers with 2.76 per match.

Edited October 14, 2019 by Rusty Nails

[AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey 390]

Realistically, it will be Jetta and Hibbo that are holding out Hore from that lockdown small defender position, which going into next year may see one of them out of the side. Yes he may have lost some horses out of the mustang engine, however no one can seriously question his effort or workrate. I don't think he'll ever be as good as that 2017 AA year, however hopefully he can adjust himself to being a bit slower and working more on his defensive side of the game and return to the consistency of 2018. He's one that I really don't want taking the ball out of D50, so turning him more into that Jetta role would be a much better idea imo. 

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,095]

Gone from averaging 27 touches in his 2017 AA year to 17 in 2019.

A player going backwards at an alarming rate.

May see time at Casey if he doesn’t lift next year.

Edited October 14, 2019 by Bring-Back-Powell

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,095]

On 10/13/2019 at 11:09 AM, Diamond_Jim said:

PS: these reviews would be fascinating if the players performance could also be correlated with Joeboy's great weekly player commentary and of course our own Demonland rankings. For instance did Hibberd ever feature in our top 6 players in any match etc.

Hibberd was outstanding against Hawthorn and then the following week against GC before he busted his shoulder.

Aside from that week and a half, I doubt Hibberd player 1 decent game.

[CBDees 3,162]

On 10/13/2019 at 1:02 PM, Demonland said:

You'd have to do a search of the individual weeks and the individual posts within to get the answer. We randomly take 3 posters votes each week for the official count.

Here is the list at the end of 2019. Hibberd came 16th but only amassed 24 votes. A player can get a maximum of 18 votes a round.

		PLAYER	VOTES
1		Max Gawn	235
2		Clayton Oliver	200
3		James Harmes	139
4		Christian Salem	135
5		Angus Brayshaw	89
6		Jack Viney	82
7		Bayley Fritsch	65
8		Sam Frost	61
9		Christian Petracca	59
10		Nathan Jones	49
11		Jake Melksham	47
12		Steven May	43
13		Marty Hore	42
14		Jayden Hunt	28
15		Tom McDoanld	27
16		Michael Hibberd	24
17		Jordan Lewis	17
18		Jay Lockhart	12
19		Jake Lever	9
20		Harry Petty	7
21		Oskar Baker	5
21		Braydon Preuss	5
23		Josh Wagner	4
24		Jay Kennedy-Harris	3
24		Corey Wagner	3
24		Sam Weideman	3
27		Alex Neal-Bullen	2
28		Kyle Dunkley	1
28		Jeff Garlett	1
28		Neville Jetta	1
28		Oscar McDonald	1
28		Billy Stretch	1

 

With Frost ranked 8th, it makes the decision to offload him for peanuts even more idiotic (despite the Club’s spin).?