No. I have never seen them playing. Ever.
Do you think I base all my opinions on what Dunphy says? Cop on. And he was not a late sub on Wednesday. He was an early sub. And in relation to that match, Andy Reid/Lee Carsley would at least have contributed something rather than simply stand in the centre circle and give the ball away over and over again. Plus, Gibson is not box to box. He is too slow to be.
Can people not have an opinion on a player or something? What the hell is that about? There are threads every week on whether the likes of Anderson, Berbatov, Nani and Valencia are good enough. There are threads every week slagging off John O'Shea. But when Darron Gibson is mentioned, you get annoyed at that?
Maybe a stint on loan would do him some good? He did ok at Wolves without setting the world on fire but he had injury problems.
To be fair he is box to box. It's just when he finally reaches the box, the 90 minutes are up...
To be fair he is box to box. It's just when he finally reaches the box, the 90 minutes are up...
I have never said anything of the sort, don't be a tit.
Well when you make threads like this, then it definitely makes it look like you do prefer Gibson. In fact, you said that you had been thinking for a while that you would rather see Gibson's name on the teamsheet, regardless of the fact that you though Anderson had more potential. Maybe you went back on your argument after the opening post, but to be honest I didn't read it after that because I honestly don't believe there is any comparison between Gibson and Anderson. Preferring Gibson on the teamsheet over Anderson is in my opinion "muppetry of the first order".
Obviously nobody knows who is going to have a career at United and who won't. My point was that I believe that players such as Matty James and Davide Petrucci have far more to their game than Darron Gibson does. There is nothing wrong with speculating as to who will have a future at the club and who won't. In my opinion, Petrucci certainly has a better chance.
So you think Darron Gibson has a great future ahead of him at United?
Because it's a stupid "debate", which wasn't helped when you pluck names of other youngsters seemingly at random - almost all of whom don't even play in the same position - and claim they will take his place in the squad.
It would be surprising (and disappointing) if the expensive players like Nani and Berbatov don't make it, which is why they cause so much debate.
He only played ten minutes or so. The timing of the thread had absolutely nothing to do with how he played in his brief little cameo. It was something that has been on my mind for a long time. And only some people got their backs up, most actually gave their opinions. One clown dismissed it just because Eamon Dunphy doesn't think Gibson is good enough for international football. What it has to do with Dunphy I'll never know. The opinion is based on the last 4 years, and not the ten minutes he played yesterday.
Fair enough. Fwiw, I don't think he'll make it either.
I said I've been watching his progress for 4 years or so. MUTV shows most of the reserve games. You can watch him there. Also, I have seen him a lot for Ireland. Plus I used to go to a lot of the U21 matches before they started moving them all over the country. I have seen enough of him to form an opinion. Obviously it's only my opinion, and it may well turn out to be proved wrong.
To be fair to Petrucci, he was making an imprint on the reserves before his injury. Don't think there's much doubt that he'll be in the reckoning for Ole's team again after he's had a run of games either.
This is the problem before we even debate his talent. Not only this, but you've also got Hargreaves to come back some time within the next 3 or 4 years, which is when Gibson should be coming into his own. Not only that, but I find it impossible to think that at least one of one our younger midfielders won't go on to be fairly special.
That's one thing he can do, score belters. That's his best asset.
No one is comparing them, just saying let the professionals at the club asses him.
