Darron Gibson

Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

Yep.

And Mr. Ireland will probably fancy a game about three weeks before, only if he's asked nicely of course, in that helpful right on cue way of his.

Jesus, has it got that bad that you only have to win a beauty pagent to get capped

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Gibson ruled out for over a month.

Strangely enough, the diagnosis doesn't seem as bad from the BBC.

I'm actually going to Wigan v Everton in a few weeks and was kind of looking forward to seeing how himself and James McCarthy did against each other.

Trap said this about Gibson after Oman:

As for Darron Gibson, the manager said he is entirely open to the idea of including the midfielder in the squad but insisted that there can be no preconditions.

“I don’t bear any grudges but it is important that he gives us a signal; that he makes it clear he is available.

“I understand that he is disappointed but we cannot be disappointed that Gibson is not coming. If he is not then we must simply move on.

“If he is ready to return then I will be pleased but he must understand that I don’t pick players because they are famous or my friends.

“I pick the players that I feel I need for each game.

“He can look at the example of Kevin Doyle who has more than 50 caps but reacts with great dignity when he does not play and always comes the next time.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...323957966.html

Also says he might play a 3 man midfield.

Very fair points in fairness to Trap. Well said and surprisingly well articulated.

Gibson is back on Twitter: http://www.joe.ie/football/football-...tter-0028665-1

Didn't last long before the Norn Iron fans got on.

Alastair McCracken ‏@AllyG2603
@D_gibson4 you've never even gave a reason for your judas actions. Happy to steal training off the IFA then stab them in the back.
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Wonderful fans.

"Happy to steal training..."

Steal training.

Steal training.

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

Gibson is back on Twitter: http://www.joe.ie/football/football-...tter-0028665-1

What is with kids and twitter nowadays (I'm not John Giles btw!) Seriously, what is the attraction of twitter to these guys? Are they in the dressingroom saying I've got more followers than you or something. I'd love to know what that kid's major malfunction is?

Because they're people and they like social media?

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

Because they're people and they like social media?

Good luck to him and his like in their tweeting, I'm sure alot of good will come of it....

Originally Posted by Grafter

What is with kids and twitter nowadays (I'm not John Giles btw!) Seriously, what is the attraction of twitter to these guys? Are they in the dressingroom saying I've got more followers than you or something. I'd love to know what that kid's major malfunction is?

Some people like to express their opinions and engage in conversation with like-minded people in a semi-public setting. Apparently some of those people even sign up to message boards.

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Some people like to express their opinions and engage in conversation with like-minded people in a semi-public setting. Apparently some of those people even sign up to message boards.

Touche...

Footballers get plenty of attention on any public statement they make, and even a single negative thing in a sea of boring tweets gets them painted as some sort of social media loose cannon. But, at the end of the day, they are as entitled to use Twitter or Facebook or foot.ie as much as anyone else.

I personally think the news "stories" on footballer tweets are way over the top in terms of sensationalism and looking for stuff to manufacture outrage about.

Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter

Because they're people and they like social media?

Sure, but you can use facebook to keep in touch with folks, and an anonymous twitter account to follow anything that takes your fancy. They're really exposed to a lot of crap on twitter when they don't hide their identities.

Maybe they don't want to hide their identities.

And plenty of footballers just ignore the trolls. Not saying that Gibson is at fault for not doing so the first time - people react in different ways to abuse and that's fine - but people like Rio Ferdinand, Rooney etc have been Tweeting for ages, get 10'000 trolling messages for every positive one and have just kept on going.

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Maybe they don't want to hide their identities.

it would be pretty hard for them to do it anyway, with team mates all posting things like "follow @D_gibson4, he's back on twitter"

On his way back to the Irish setup apparently
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/s...ck-212617.html

That's positive. At last he's seen a bit of sense. Hopefully, he can put this embarrassing little episode behind him.

Was looking for an Anthony Pilkington thread to highlight the bit concerning him at the bottom of that piece but couldn't find one. Anyway, the concluding few paragraphs are quite interesting:

Meanwhile, Trapattoni said that Norwich’s Anthony Pilkington must decide if he wants to commit to the Republic before the manager can consider calling him into a squad.

"Pilkington in this moment we need to ask, ‘do you want to stay?’. We have this doubt situation," said the manager.

"He must answer us. But there is no contact because we have not the possibility because he is not our player."

Or perhaps more ambiguous/confusing than interesting... So, it appears that the ball is in Pilkington's court and we have not contacted him as he is "not our player"? Didn't he play under-age for us though? Why wouldn't we have had the possibility even if he "is not our player"? Or is Trap saying we will be contacting him? :/

At least he's on the radar, I suppose.