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Darron Gibson - is he good enough for Everton?
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He wasn't good enough for United but is doing well/ok at Everton. So what? That's probably his level.
Will Trap start him in Poland though? He has seemed to have a liking for Gibson in the past.
He's already looking a lot better than the Championship player you predicted in post #3 of this thread. I wouldn't be surprised at all if people start to moan about him being moved on too soon, should he continue to progress at his current rate.
It's not really hard to be better than Rodwell, he's way too inconsistent.
Was skeptical of Gibson and Jelavic joining but both look like being really good signings so far, one thing that i've noticed about Gibson (his time at United maybe encouraged this) is that he sometimes tries to make too many Hollywood passes when he doesn't need to as he does the really simple things well and if he did that more often i think he would be good enough for United as a squad player.
Going on from LLMU saying he gives space for Fellaini to push further up is a blessing in disguise for us, Fellaini is brilliant at disrupting play and to have him doing that up the field allows us to get the one goal that we need as our defense is very good, Fellaini is decent at putting in low crosses in the box when he moves into those areas.
Was skeptical of Gibson and Jelavic joining but both look like being really good signings so far, one thing that i've noticed about Gibson (his time at United maybe encouraged this) is that he sometimes tries to make too many Hollywood passes when he doesn't need to as he does the really simple things well and if he did that more often i think he would be good enough for United as a squad player.
Going on from LLMU saying he gives space for Fellaini to push further up is a blessing in disguise for us, Fellaini is brilliant at disrupting play and to have him doing that up the field allows us to get the one goal that we need as our defense is very good, Fellaini is decent at putting in low crosses in the box when he moves into those areas.
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Really nice to see him play well for Everton. That twitter episode was a fecking disgrace.
Happy for him
To be fair, he probably is. Certainly offers more than Rodwell.
Thanks KM, and you are right about the twitter thing. Those numpties ain't really fans at all. Same as cocks that boo their team off when things start to go badly. Thankfully these things don't happen too often but when Fergie leaves and performances start to deteriorate (as the probably will) then you will see more of the scum crawling out from the woodwork with their own version of 'support'.
There's been quite a bit of talk over the last few summers about us signing Rodwell. This makes me think that this ain't such a hot idea.
Wow! Really pleased to see those posts from the Everton forum. I hope he does really well for them. There were times here when you could see that he could deal with the pressure of the big occasion, and perform. However, more often than not, he didn't seem to perform to the standard required here. He wasn't bad, but when most people form an opinion they seem to only pick up those things which confirm the opinion, and as a result judging by forum posts it seemed that he did worse than he did.
I hope there is a good reception when his name is read out at Old Trafford in a few weeks, never deserved half the abuse he was given by our fans.
Happy for him as well. Was never going to make it here IMO, got his head down and took the opportunities that came his way. Glad he is doing well at Everton and getting first team football.
Hope he gets a good reception when they play us.
Hope he gets a good reception when they play us.
Happy for him, he found his level.
Hope he has a great career...and doesn't score against us at OT
He scored the winner against City. Thats the largest cheer hes had (possibly louder than the goal against Munich 
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I like him and glad hes doing well. Still cant believe he got stick from "united fans" when he went on Twitter. Hope he has a good career with them and wins the FA Cup this season.
)I like him and glad hes doing well. Still cant believe he got stick from "united fans" when he went on Twitter. Hope he has a good career with them and wins the FA Cup this season.
Happy he's doing well, i always thought he was a great squad player for us, and still think that for his roll in the team he did a great job. Hell do well at everton, and he will definitely improve playing every week.
Defended him many times on here. I remember more than a few posts saying he was championship quality, probably the same people who slated Evans. fecking bonkers
Well done to the lad, has got a very promising future ahead of him.
There was a United fan on the world football phone in a couple of weeks who said we should sell Carrick and Evans. The fact that he wasn't from the area somehow made it even worse, wanted to phone in and tell him to feck off and support someone else. Then I remembered I was listening to a podcast.
Gibson was always going to have a great career in the premier league, you don't get to play for Manchester United 60 times unless you're hugely talented.
I hope there's a clause in his contract saying he can't play against us this season. That worked out pretty well when we sold Tim Howard to Everton and we beat them 4-2 at Goodison on the way to the title on 2007.
When he first 'broke' into the Everton team, people overhyped him because he was English (as usual). If he really did have all that potential, he would not be at Everton now. However, over the seasons we have seen that he's injury prone and does not impose himself on games. More times than not, I've seen him let games pass him by completely. He doesn't seem to have the hunger to want the ball, and his performances always seems that he's just there to make the numbers.
I've always been convinced Rodwell would end up at CB.
You can't do that. Moyes almost got himself into bother when he suggested there was a gentleman's agreement not to play Saha.
Perhaps not officially, but Fergie might have said, "Look, to 'prove' there's nothing going on, if we've won the game, feel free to bring him on." Nothing has to be said beforehand about it, and both parties can deny any wrongdoing.
Delighted for him. I really liked him at United. He was just abit of a later developer, like Ian Wright or Darren Fletcher. He would still have performed a very useful role in our squad this season, but a player of his class deserves consistant first team football at a respected and 'tier 2' level club. It will sound sound patronising and its not mean to be at all, but only a few are of Manchester Uited quality. But just because he did not quite make that grade does not preclude him from being a great player.
For now, he has found the right level to flourish .... into the future, he can stay at that level, or more likely, in 2 0r 3 years time, when at his peak, I would not be surprised to see him back at an' tier 1' side in the PL or somewhere in Europe. Remember haw many of us laugahed at Modric a few years ago .... No reason why Gibson cant use that as a blueprint for his own career developemnt. You never know, he might end up back where he learnt his trade.
For now, he has found the right level to flourish .... into the future, he can stay at that level, or more likely, in 2 0r 3 years time, when at his peak, I would not be surprised to see him back at an' tier 1' side in the PL or somewhere in Europe. Remember haw many of us laugahed at Modric a few years ago .... No reason why Gibson cant use that as a blueprint for his own career developemnt. You never know, he might end up back where he learnt his trade.
Remember he fecked City over with a goal for Everton too.
Honestly, not that much. With Carrick a regular starter, I wouldn't have wanted to see Gibson alongside him.
Nice to see him doing well, the abuse he got was embarrassing. He's found the level in which he can shine, which was never going to happen at United.
He made a good start to his Everton career and looked like a very promising player, however we made the right decision not to spend a lot of money on him. Doesn't seem to have developed at all and won't go too far.
Surely a little more time in his Everton career is needed to declare he has found his level or is flourishing?
Neither of those statements mean a whole lot but he's doing very well for Everton. Playing Premier League football. This is something a lot of people - including you - implied was beyond him when he was still at United. This is obviously worthy of comment.
I think he's a bit of a poor mans Phil Jones (apart from the surging runs)
Rodwell is big and tall but technically speaking, I've never understood the hype.
I thought there was some controversy about him not playing Howard in the 4-2 in 2006/07 after the loan was made permanent too.
Knew he would do well at Everton. He's found his level there, just like Ben Foster found his. There was never any doubt he was a good player. He just wasn't good enough for United. When we discuss players here, the context is always united.
Remove the context and the perspective definitely changes.
Remove the context and the perspective definitely changes.
Thanks, KM. Always good to get insight from another clubs fans. Sometimes we're so far up our own arses on here, we can't see the wood for the trees (if that's not too disturbing a mixed metaphor). Some shameful abuse directed towards Gibbo on here. Could never see what he did to merit such treatment. Through the ranks, good pro, decent guy. Really happy he's made such a good start. Sometimes, they just need to feel loved, don't they?
I think he's doing well for them and will continue to do well for them.
He's a good player, not good enough for Utd but he has alot to offer a side like Everton.
He's a good player, not good enough for Utd but he has alot to offer a side like Everton.
When did I imply he couldn't play Premier League football? If you're going to make a statement, back it up.
I'm still waiting on you backing this up or admitting you were wrong. I guess I'll be waiting a long time.
His last loss in the league was April 3rd 2010 (23 games). He hasn't lost a game for Everton, after 10 games for them (7-3-0).