Darron Gibson

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

Irwin3 is usually good for an update?

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He hasn't posted since August.

A move for Gibson anywhere would be good assuming that he would get 1st team football there.

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

Hopefully Moyes didn't have Gibson in mind when he said this last week!...

"I'd be kidding you on if I said the players we are going to bring in in January are going to massively make a big difference"

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Haha, wtf? Real inspirational stuff from Moyes, and such a vote of confidence in whoever does come in.

He's like a Scottish Ollie Horgan.

There aren't many players about whom I'd say a move to Sunderland is good news, but this is good news.

I am delighted about this move. I think he still has something to offer. His last run in the PL towards the end of last season was impressive enough I thought, taking into account his injury absence. I wonder if Jack Rodwell, who I think is an inferior player, would have been discarded in such a similar manner?

Even if he ends up in the Championship next season it's not a disaster, as a Championship move looked like his best option until recently.

Good luck to him.

It's official.

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“We’ve got Darron on an 18-month contract and I think he’s a very good footballer; he’ll add a bit of quality with his passing and his play and I’d love him to add goals.

“He has a really good strike and if he can add goals from midfield it would be a big bonus.”

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Talented player alright. I like him and his type of player. I liked how he tried to play at Turners Cross last May. There are pics of him and Oviedo on Twitter. He looks in good shape. He looked to be carrying a bit of weight last spring but looks leaner now. Maybe it’s the red :)

https://twitter.com/SunderlandAFC/st...01988123430912

Delighted with this, imagine if they stay up with him playing well for the remainder, setting up Defoe week after week, Conor who ? Harry who ? James who ? ;)
I think his game would transfer superbly to international ball and his talent is unquestioned, lets hope this move finally sees him tick the other boxes too.

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Talented player alright. I like him and his type of player. I liked how he tried to play at Turners Cross last May. There are pics of him and Oviedo on Twitter. He looks in good shape. He looked to be carrying a bit of weight last spring but looks leaner now. Maybe it’s the red :)

https://twitter.com/SunderlandAFC/st...01988123430912

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could be the vertical stripes. Quite slimming, I'm led to believe.

Haven't watched a Sunderland game in a long time, but if Gibbo's playing I'll be watching. A fit Gibbo playing regularish would be great to see.

God I love Gibson .

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

Interesting... and a permanent move no less.

Hopefully Moyes didn't have Gibson in mind when he said this last week!...

"I'd be kidding you on if I said the players we are going to bring in in January are going to massively make a big difference"

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Some sort of Masterful Psychological (?) stuff from Moyes........It has to be doesn't it.............

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Originally Posted by seanfhear

Some sort of Masterful Psychological (?) stuff from Moyes........It has to be doesn't it.............

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Can never figure out if he is just trying to manage expectations or intent on talking himself out of another job, you would think whinging about the scale of the task ahead soon after being handed the Old Trafford dynasty and a team that walked to the title the previous year might have taught him on that front.

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Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks

I wonder if Jack Rodwell, who I think is an inferior player, would have been discarded in such a similar manner?

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Well, considering they've both now been sent to Sunderland, yes.

Delighted to see Gibson on the move rather than rotting away. Hopefully Sunderland works out for him, he can stay injury-free and he gets an opportunity to shine.

Fantastic player and I can't wait to see him back in green. Could become a hero at Sunderland.

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Originally Posted by Irwin3

Haven't watched a Sunderland game in a long time, but if Gibbo's playing I'll be watching. A fit Gibbo playing regularish would be great to see.

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Welcome back, Irwin3. How's your brother, Darron ;)

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Originally Posted by gastric

Fantastic player and I can't wait to see him back in green. Could become a hero at Sunderland.

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fantastic player...... based on what exactly?

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Welcome back, Irwin3. How's your brother, Darron ;)

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Hopefully he's ready for the challenge ahead. Bottom of the league is a bit different from Man Utd and Everton. Hopefully they can get Gibbo on the pitch for at least 10 of the remaining games. On paper Sunderland seem reasonable so I give them a decent chance of staying up following the addition of the mighty Gibbo. Pretty good price on this as well at the moment! Seems like they've been written off but they'e only 3 points from safety.

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

fantastic player...... based on what exactly?

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Stutts has his enormous gut and I get a throbbing in my loin when I watch good Irish footballers. Same instinct at work. Watch him and see I'm right!

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Originally Posted by gastric

Stutts has his enormous gut

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Darron could empathise with that to be fair.

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Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Can never figure out if he is just trying to manage expectations or intent on talking himself out of another job, you would think whinging about the scale of the task ahead soon after being handed the Old Trafford dynasty and a team that walked to the title the previous year might have taught him on that front.

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David could do with learning to use a few different words "are (not) going to massively make a big difference" .
But if we look at what David might have meant to say, the new players are going to make a big difference but not a massive big difference:)

Didn't Sunderland want to sign Darron years ago but he chose to stay at Man U and scrap for a first team spot?

That was Stoke afaik

I see now it was in fact Sunderland, summer of 2011, they made a serious bid for him, Wes Brown and Josh, Newcastle even tried to muscle in on Darron.
I have a certificate from Tets absolving me from the mundane task of having to provide links as a support, due to my 100% track record of honesty and high moral standards.

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Originally Posted by gastric

I get a throbbing in my loin when I watch good Irish footballers.

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Could be septic bursitis. You need to keep an eye on that.

Former Ireland international and Sunderland player, Stephen Elliott, has written in detail about Gibson's career to date and the recent move to Sunderland: https://www.sportdec.com/app/article...9143f23jg2ft1k

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Originally Posted by Stephen Elliott

I experienced the potential of Gibson during the 2007-08 season when he came in as a young Manchester United lad on loan to my club back then, Wolverhampton Wanderers. It was there I got to see at first hand, the qualities he had at his disposal.

Even as a 20-year-old, you could see he had a great range of passing and fantastic technique. He had a real maturity beyond his years on the pitch as well. Our gaffer at the time, Mick McCarthy, was really glad to have him at club, even if Gibson did come across as a bit of a grump at times.

You got the impression that he didn't fully enjoy being in the West Midlands as he felt he was ready and should have been involved in the Man United squad. I suppose this probably told you all about the belief he had in himself and how he wanted to rise right to the top of his profession. It turned out to be a quite successful season for him, where he picked up some invaluable first team experience.

After returning to his parent club, it was no surprise that over the course of the next few seasons, Sir Alex Ferguson showed enough trust in him to give him some game time in a squad drenched with world class midfielders.

Although he never became a regular in United's engine room, he did score some important goals for them which included strikes in the latter rounds of both the 2010 and 2011 Champions League campaigns.

In January 2012, he left United in search of regular first-team football and moved across the M62 to join Premier League rivals Everton. Before this move, ironically enough, the Red Devils had agreed a fee with Sunderland but it had fallen through as Gibson couldn't agree personal terms. He got off to a flyer at Everton where he really enjoyed regular football. He hit the ground running and it coincided with the club going unbeaten that season in every match he played in.

Not a bad record to hold! It’s one that I’m sure Sunderland supporters will hope repeats itself over the course of the rest of this season.

During these early periods in his career, he had also developed into an important member of the Republic of Ireland national team. Everyone was talking about how he would become ‘the future’ of the Irish midfield. As a goalscoring midfielder, he had the makings of a long and successful international player. He was playing with so much confidence and you felt he could only get better.

Although his early experiences as a footballer were full of high potential, it seems that Gibson's career has come to a sudden halt. A lot of this is down to him struggling with fitness after picking up the dreaded ACL knee injury while playing for Ireland against Kazakhstan in 2013.

Since then, his Everton appearances have been sporadic. And when they have come along, it appeared as if he was trying too hard to prove he was back to himself and full fitness. This resulted in him constantly picking up other niggles that would ruin his multiple comebacks. It definitely stopped him improving on his promising introduction at Everton.

He is now back fit and has cut his ties with Everton after struggling for game time this season under new manager Ronald Koeman. After almost six years on from disagreeing personal terms, he will now be grateful to his old Everton gaffer for giving him a chance to resurrect his career on Wearside.

Going forward, if he can stay clear of injuries, he may well be the calming influence and catalyst for the Black Cats to keep up their recent impressive record of last minute Premier League survival. He certainly has the ability to make a big contribution.

He strikes a ball as well as anyone I've seen, so he may give the forwards a helping hand with some important goals from midfield. I know he will enjoy playing at the Stadium of Light and i just hope the supporters get to see the best of him.

It would also be a good thing from Republic of Ireland's point of view as a fit Darren Gibson would definitely be an important member of Martin O'Neill's squad. His experience would be really beneficial with some big World Cup Qualifiers coming up over these next few months.

At the age of 29 now though, you get the feeling this is a make-or-break move in defining where Gibson’s career is going to go. I really do hope it goes well!

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On the bench today against palace

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

On the bench today against palace

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Came on in the 52 minute for his Sunderland debut with them 4-0 up

First league start since April for Gibbo.

"Gibson promises much but delivers little."

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport...lysis-12592441

Well the less said about Saturday's game the better. I don't think 3 CBs is the way to go with Gibbo playing the deep CM role. 4 at the back next time Moysie.

On a trivia note, Saturday marked the first time that Gibson has lost a home PL game that he started. Granted it was only his 26th home PL start but there you go.

For a 30-year-old, that's a depressingly small total.

Yep, only 84 PL appearances in total. You're aging him a wee bit Charlie. Still only 29!

Having a pretty good game against City. Took him 15 minutes to touch the ball but since then he's been a fulcrum. Every pass is hitting its mark and he's got a few important interceptions.

Sunderland trailing 0-1 after conceding just before the break.

O'Shea blameless for the goal.

Took him four games to go off injured this time.

Let's hope it's not too serious.

Sunderland trailing 0-2 now.

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Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks

Having a pretty good game against City. Took him 15 minutes to touch the ball but since then he's been a fulcrum. Every pass is hitting its mark and he's got a few important interceptions.

Sunderland trailing 0-1 after conceding just before the break.

O'Shea blameless for the goal.

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24 completed passes out of 30: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone...wrapper-anchor
three interceptions: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone...wrapper-anchor

He did lose the ball with a few clearances when they were swamped in their own half and with a couple of long balls but I wouldn't worry about that.

His performance dipped a little in the second half, and he was guilty of playing the percentages - causing consternation to a teammate at one stage - but I don't think he was any worse than Larsson or N'Dong.

He seems to be catching shrapnel off Sunderland fans on the RTG forum, but I don't know what they are expecting with him. His role is to sit in front of defense, the same job Whelan does for Stoke, and I thought he did a fairly good job stemming pressure and getting blocks in.

If they want to scapegoat someone they should scapegoat Borini who was utterly anonymous apart from missing a trademark sitter in the first half.

Defoe was game but he can't do it all himself.

Injury not thought to be too severe.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/03/06...gibson/page/1/

Gibson speaks about his drink driving episode - http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35612808.html

Still time for Darron to surpass Keith O'Neill's 93 league starts, 30 league sub appearances and pulling out injured a record 25 times from the Irish squad.

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Originally Posted by geysir

Still time for Darron to surpass Keith O'Neill's 93 league starts, 30 league sub appearances and pulling out injured a record 25 times from the Irish squad.

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http://www.the42.ie/stephen-geoghega...24189-Apr2017/

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Injury concerns over Tony Cascarino and Keith O’Neill caused Mick McCarthy to turn to the Shelbourne striker, who travelled with the squad to Macedonia under the impression that he was likely to be required at some stage during the game. Cascarino and Jon Goodman were picked to start up front, but Geoghegan was ready to play a part.

Although Alan McLoughlin headed the visitors into an early lead, it turned out to be a memorable game for all the wrong reasons for Ireland. En route to their first ever victory in World Cup qualifying, Macedonia went 3-1 up — aided by a couple of dubious penalty decisions — and Ireland ended the game with 10 men following Jason McAteer’s kung fu demonstration. David Kelly’s late goal was a merely a consolation.

Geoghegan: “It was pretty clear beforehand that Keith O’Neill was injured but he declared himself fit anyway. I thought I was going to be one of the subs, but he was on the bench instead so I missed out.

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