Crows, Gibson reload to go again

FORMER North Melbourne player Sam Gibson has warned nothing is owed to Adelaide next season but has put his hand up for a tagging role if required.

Gibson, 31, was the front runner in the club’s time trial and his tank has impressed at since he was picked up after being delisted by the Roos.

He has loved his three weeks in Adelaide but said he knew too well there were no guarantees for success.

“It’s exciting — we’ve had a few informal chats as a group and it’s a really driven group,” Gibson said.

“Obviously what happened last year stung the group a bit.

“But I’ve been involved in preliminary finals with North Melbourne and you can drop off the cliff pretty quickly.

“We don’t deserve anything, we’re not going to get handed anything and it doesn’t matter where we finished last year.

“It starts again this year and we’re out to rectify it now.”

Gibson has a voracious appetite for hard work and has thrived in the gruelling preseason running.

And he was not opposed to sacrificing his game to quell opposition stars if coach Don Pyke gave him that job.

Gibson predicted the role of the tagger would never be phased out of the game.

“I think it will always exist,” he said. “I mean there are players who have the ability to tear games apart and if you can negate those players and help your side win the game, I think there’s always a role there.

“It’s something I’ve done in the past and it’s something I’m comfortable with.

“If Don came to me and said that’s the role we want you to play, well then I would be happy to play it if that’s going to help the team.”

Gibson, who has the longest streak without missing a game with 130 in a row, said he was open to playing anywhere.