Sorry mate, I don't mean to be rude to you personally, but I just don't see anything in Gibson and nothing remotely close to the energy that McCarthy has shown, the footballing brain and remarkable fitness of Gareth Barry or the potential of Mo Besic.
Gibson, in my opinion, is at the absolute best nothing more than a grossly overpaid and over rated fringe player... and this extension will send a lot of - in my opinion - bad messages to the lads emerging from the U21s... that they may not get a chance while Gibson is around.
Still shaking head in disbelief at this and seriously hoping that someone, anyone comes in to buy him sooner rather than later.
Some people on here have always over rated Gibson mate
It was worse 3-4 years ago, when some were declaring him one of the best CM's in the whole league (Even
@MoutsGoat in a more optimistic time)
I personally think Gibson is a solid player. A 7.5 out of 10 if there ever was one
However, his fitness issues combined with his off the field antics out weigh his decentness on the pitch
At the end of the day, he has to be better than just good to justify all the headaches that come with him
That's why I personally wouldn't have kept him
I also think that Barry, Besic and McCarthy are all better options in the middle than him, and him being here will also be an obstacle to some of the good young CM's we have who are trying to break into the first team proper
So yeah, I wouldn't say he's a bad player when fit, but he's never fit so the point is kind of moot
