Jets men - Ben Gibson, Newcastle Herald, September 19, 2024 - video Dailymotion

Jets recruit Ben Gibson on his journey to the A-League

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00:00Yeah, I wasn't expecting it. I just tried to come in and do what I like to do and just

00:10enjoy it at the same time. I think that's when you get the best out of people.

00:15A lot of kids come straight out of the academy and then go into the youth league and then

00:18go into senior football. You've had to go back to the NPL. Do you think that and scored

00:22nine goals, do you think that's an advantage that now you've seen both sides of the coin

00:27and you know what it's like playing against men and how to get jobs done?

00:30Yeah, I think taking that step down from an academy to just a regular NPL side, it was

00:37a big change. I think I benefited from it because of playing with older people, getting

00:44that experience against the men's side of it, the more physical, the more demanding

00:50and all that business. But yeah, I think it really helped, especially coming into another

00:55situation like that when you've got older people and you're one of the young ones again.