The Peacemaker

THE war of words has given way to peace in our time – Darron Gibson and Giovanni Trapattoni are once again singing from the same hymn sheet.

More or less.

The day after Ireland had beaten Armenia in their opening European Championship qualifier, Trapattoni talked up the somewhat dubious merits of Paul Green’s performance in that game and, when pressed as to whether Darron Gibson would make a better option, spoke at length about the player’s need to develop more bite. It was an attribute the manager suggested Gibson would be more likely to pick up playing regular first-team football.