QuoteYet players have played for underaged teams and moved before. His comment is telling in the current context.Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Getting worried now you are agreeing with me.
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Yet players have played for underaged teams and moved before. His comment is telling in the current context.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
So you are saying the fact he calls Derry, Derry, rather than calling it Londonderry is more of an indication that he wants to play for the Republic of Ireland than the fact that he plays for the Republic of Ireland.
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The last man to coach Darron Gibson in Northern Ireland colours feels the Derry teenager will not be the last to go south of the border.
Kenny Shiels was in charge of the under-17 side when the Manchester United defender decided that his international career lay with the Republic.
Shiels though knew that from a young age, Gibson had his heart set on playing for the Republic.
"He enjoyed his time with us but he always wanted to play for the Republic," he explained.
"He came into our squad for the European under-17 Championships but at that time the rules stated that if you played representative football at under-17 level you were disqualified from playing for another country.
"That has been changed to under-21 now and Darron didn't want to disqualify himself."
I can't believe all this has come from one slip of the tongue from Alex Ferguson. Gibson has only played for the Republic, he's never given any indication he wants to play for anyone except the Republic and suddenly we're all desperate for him to prove it!
As Shakespeare put it, "Much ado about nothing".
He didn't play in the Celtic Man U friendly match though when a lot of
youngsters played, as I recall, I wonder is he was injured?
Opps I just checked and he came on in the 70 minute after I had stopped
watching. But I think I recorded the match on my PC.
Wonderful things computers
Absolutely, yes. Given the fact that Derry was called LondonDerry in the article and Gibson said Derry and said that he supported a LOI team (Derry) lends credence to the notion that he is committed to the Republic.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
I agree that it lends credence but its not more of an indication than the fact he does play for the Republic of ireland
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And that he says he wants to continue doing so!
In order of importance as "evidence" I'd say it's something like:
1) he already plays for us
2) he says he wants to continue playing for us
3) people close to him say he only wants to play for us
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87) he calls his home town "Derry"
Agreed. I was, however, making the point in the context of the article itself.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
Sorry lads, you've lost me on this one!
in light of the pointless debate above do we think stan has picked gibson in a sort of lewis emanuel,terry dixon type way, i.e. make sure he commits to us?? its hard to see him making any contribution this year, but maybe stan's reconnaissance trips to antwerp have unearthed a priceless truffle. that is if he did actually go of course. presuming he did, and has also watched whelan, mcphail and such perhaps the cynical approach is misguided..
What division in Belgium do Antwerp play as I cannot see them...
Gibson did not impress in the B International. If Staunton is playing him just to stop him declaring elsewhere means easier to get capped as "convertee" than playing only qualified for one country...
Maxol was right, the whole organization 'iz a farrrrrsssseeee'
I was at the B match, and it was hard to really say who did well. P McCarthy was the stand out "solid" performance, but outside of him, I thought Gibson was lively and effective. I am a ManU fan, have always associated Darron with being a Republic player.
"as always i will be focused on coaching and training my team" Rafa B
I agree with olegunnar, I was at the B game, and while most on the pitch were solid, very few stood out as exceptional.
If I had to pick one, I would have gone with McCarthy, thought he coped very well in defence on the night.
They are in the 2nd division
What division in Belgium do Antwerp play as I cannot see them...
Gibson did not impress in the B International. If Staunton is playing him just to stop him declaring elsewhere means easier to get capped as "convertee" than playing only qualified for one country...
Pull my finger!!!
Midfield is a real problem area for us.With all the hopes pinned on Garvan and to a lesser extent Ireland I had forgotten about this lad, lets hope he proves to be a gem.
So a player whose highest level of football is 2nd division Belgian football gets an irish call up.Has Staunton even seen him play or is Gibson taking Alan O'Briens "wild card" squad position...?
He's also played for United in the League Cup, I'll leave it up to you to decide if second division Belgian football is higherSo a player whose highest level of football is 2nd division Belgian football gets an irish call up.
well he's definately seen him play in the B international
from fai.ie
And he's spoken to Alex Ferguson about including him in the squad:He impressed me in the “B” International even though he only played about half the match. He had a niggling knee injury but is over that and played for his club at the weekend.
What I like about him is that he's an all-round midfielder. He's got plenty of potential - a big strong lad who has a bit of everything needed to be a player
From this I'd imagine Gibson is unlikely to play, but Staunton is still taking advantage of the opposition to bring him into the squad.I had a chat with Alex Ferguson about Darron Gibson, who is on loan in Belgium with Royal Antwerp. He thinks it will do him the world of good to come over and train with us and see how he does.
Alex doesn't feel he's ready for International games at this moment in time, which is a fair call from a man of his experience but we'll take him to get him part of the squad.
Like I pointed out in the squad thread, he's taking flak for bringing some players into the squad, and using the opportunity to experiment, whereas if he'd made no changes then he'd be taking flak for not experimenting.
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