It'd be a laugh if Trap called up Ireland today as a replacement for Meyler.... after all the hoo haa I don't think there'd be muchOriginally Posted by JGKyne
public interest in him being near the team these days...
Hard to find either Ireland or Gibson very endearing....
Assist for Darren, didn't realise it at the time but I did immediately think it was
a great ball in into the danger zone where it just needed a tap to put it in the net
the tap being given by Mirallas.
[eta] described as a 'clever ball' by none other than Andy Townsend!!
GOAL- Everton 1-0 Oldham - Kevin Mirallas (15 mins)
Darron Gibson turns down the chance to shoot from range, and when the ball is recycled back to him, Gibson whips in a beauty of a cross from the right which Kevin Mirallas arrives on to perfectly to steer home his first goal in five months. Just the start Everton wanted.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
goal online here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxt4r9_eve1old0_sport
It is a quality pass alright
very poor defending but a great ball.
He disappeared for 15 minutes in the 2nd half when Oldham applied the pressure. He also missed a reasonably easy chance in front of goal. Overall though his performance was good and Coleman more importantly also impressed.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Thought the two of them were impressive.
Darron getting involved with controlling the game in the middle, keeping it simple and Coleman bombing down the right delivering a couple of nice crosses.
It was Oldham they were playing but nice to see nonetheless.
Darron was involved in a penalty shout but personally I thought it would have been harsh against him. Ball kicked at him from 5 yards.
Andy Townsend, however, thought it was a definite peno.
What the hell does he know!?
Folding my way into the big money!!!
I'd agree with Andy to some extent, that there was good shout for a penalty against Gibson, his arm was sticking out a bit and there was a chance that the ball would have landed with an Oldham player.
If the ball had been goal bound and struck Gibson in the way it did, I'd say the ref would have been much more inclined to call a penalty.
I thought it was never a pen. The ball was going up the pitch, not towards Everton's goal. It was a clearance that just hit him. Everton gained little advantage and there was no intent. A pen would have been a ludicrous decision I think, and Townsend lost the run of himself.
I was disappointed when Coleman was a bit cocky on the ball in his own box and gave the ball away cheaply instead of clearing it or putting it wide. I think he'd have been more careful against a stronger opponent.
Is Trap of the belief that Gibson is injured?: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/reca...away-1.1320380
The 25-year-old apparently informed Trapattoni that he does not want to become embroiled in the “controversy” that he believes a return to the fold would involve at the moment and the Italian says that he has no option in the circumstances but to accept the player’s decision.
Gibson had been expected to react positively to the call-up, with his club manager David Moyes and a couple of his club-mates strongly suggesting in recent weeks that he was ready to end his self-imposed international exile.
In a telephone conversation ahead of yesterday’s squad announcement, however, Trapattoni said that Gibson had informed him “he is not ready, he said that in the future he would be available again but not now, he is still injured”.
The manager made a point of telling Gibson that he had seen him play against Norwich and that he had played well but, he added, the midfielder insisted that he wasn’t ready: “He said he didn’t want the controversy and that he preferred to stay at his club; I have to respect his decision.”
Given Trapattoni’s repeated insistence that the players he picks have to want to play for him, the Italian was pressed on whether he would consider Gibson again.
“Why not?” he replied. “He is a good player and I won’t forget him.”
A little later he added, a little plaintively: “What can I do? That’s life. We need three bags of patience. A manager needs the player to go on to the pitch but if they won’t now then he knows that they might some time in the future. They are young and the manager knows this because he was a player once too. Perhaps one day these players will be managers; I hope so because then they will understand a little better.”
The 73-year-old insisted that he would look to call Gibson into his next squad in May too but it looks increasingly like the player may be simply biding his time until Trapattoni moves on.
Asked if he thought Gibson might want to play for Ireland but not him, the manager replied that he didn’t think so: “If that is what he thinks, he has not told me,” said Trapattoni.
Examiner today seemed pretty clear that Gibson was not ready mentally. Trap acknowledged that he had seen him play recently.
I think Gibson won't play until we have a new manager.
Could be that, but it could also develop into a scenario of, the longer he stays away the more difficult it is, to return.
For all that could be said against Roy Keane, when it came time for him to return, he had the 'moral courage' of his convictions and faced the circus.
I just finished watching the Everton/Stoke match. Gibson was in complete control of the game, pulling all the strings from midfield, spraying passes everywhere, making great tackles, and covering repeatedly for other players caught out of position.
I love Whelan but watching him go up against Gibson today made me realize just how limited a player he is in comparison. Not hard to see why Ferguson held on to Gibson for so long. He was probably hoping he'd turn into the player I saw today five years ago.
I watched Serena and Maria this afternoon and wished Serena was a man, played soccer, and was Irish.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
Doubt we'll be seeing Gibson in an irish shirt any time soon. Seems to enjoy the international breaks
“@WayneRooney: @D_gibson4 u been on sunbeds lad. Be careful that patch will burn haha.” Haha I was in Tenerife last week u ballbag!!!
Sickening!
Yep, Stephen Ireland part 2. Fu@k him, doesnt deserve to pull on the green jersey.
says the man with the hair plugs!
I hope a new manager will see the return of Gibson. Gibsons problem is with the manager, not with his country as was the case with Stephen Ireland. Still awful bad form from the lad but who knows what went on behind the scenes to lead up to this exile.
Agreed Colbert, he was imperious. Wilson and Coleman solid. Whelans yellow card was an example of sh!te touch and terrible pace.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Despite his present petulance, I would like to see him catch himself on, mature and return at some point in the future too. I agree that his problem is probably more to do with Trap (and his selection of certain players over Gibson) rather than specifically turning up or playing for his country, but was a specific reason ever given for Stephen Ireland's reluctance to play for Ireland? Did he actually say he had a problem with playing for his country? He still watched/watches Ireland games (unlike Roy Keane who now analyses simultaneous England games for ITV...); I think he just didn't feel a part of the whole set-up, which would possibly indicate some sort of psychological alienation for whatever reason. He seems to be quite a complex chap psychologically and I'm not sure things are as black-and-white as saying he just didn't want to play for Ireland because he was a self-centred brat or whatever.
Gibson was peeved that Paul Green got on as a sub in the Euros while Gibson didn't get on the pitch once, if I remember correctly. No disrespect to Green as I think he is a unbelieveably tireless worker, but he's not in the class on Darron Gibson.
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