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Michael Hibberd Hanging Up the Boots

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On 11/09/2023 at 09:05, spirit of norm smith said:

Well played Hibbo. Heart and soul.  
He had the strategy to curtail guys like Cameron, Elliott and Papley. All faster than Hibbo but he read the play and got into position early to corner or body them out.  Outstanding. 

Michael Hibberd - Premiership player

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He shut down many a star. Had great stamina and yep great footy intuition.

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    He always reminded me of Steven Icke who we got from North wish we had 20 of the Pig

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    Enjoys an ice cream in Koornang Rd Carnegie accompanied by Andrew McQualter.  (Also likes fish and chips)

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    Great news for us on the Peninsula. One of my all time favourites will be pulling on the boots for the Somerville FC this season. The club are rapt to have him return to the fold. I know the footy manager and insisted he be given no 14. Apparently Hibbo didn’t care what number he plays in and is doing all the hard yards with training etc.

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    Premiership Dee

    Pig retiring and what happened to Gus were two of the tipping points in our success levels as a club

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    Hindsight's a wonderful thing but was it necessary to drop him after the Collingwood qualifying final loss?

    Mistake after mistake. Missed opportunity after missed opportunity. Playing Josh Schache as an unused sub.

    You'd have to wonder if having the Pig down back that night may have saved one of the four goals we conceded in the last qtr to win the game??

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    Do we miss Hibbo more than we care to admit?

    Gus was definitely a spiritual leader but we haven't had a whole lot of calm down back since Hibberd left.

    That semi was a selection disaster on a few levels.

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    2 hours ago, jane02 said:

    Great news for us on the Peninsula. One of my all time favourites will be pulling on the boots for the Somerville FC this season. The club are rapt to have him return to the fold. I know the footy manager and insisted he be given no 14. Apparently Hibbo didn’t care what number he plays in and is doing all the hard yards with training etc.

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    I played against him when he first played seniors there at a 16? Year old. And his late brother Geoff as well. They were very tough customers, but great fun on and off the field.

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    On 29/01/2024 at 15:01, picket fence said:

    He will fit right in at Port Colts, boy they were a tough bunch and used to love roughing up us Catholic Boys playing for De La. I played against Paul Goss, Buster Harland, skipper and once had a run with job on Gary Sweet, who was an excellent footballer and top bloke!

    Now I understand the way you are.......

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