GORDON NEARLY OVER INJURY NIGHTMARE

Craig Gordon has finally overcome his injury nightmare at Sunderland by returning to first-team action after the appointment of manager Martin O’Neill.

Steve Bruce has largely looked upon Craig Gordon as someone who does not have the potential to be the first choice for Sunderland. However, with Steve Bruce gone, Craig Gordon can finally hope to reclaim the top spot at the Stadium of light. He was a £ 9 million signing during the Roy Keane days and is widely regarded to be the best Scotland goalkeeper. However, injury problems have limited the number of appearances the Scotland international has made in recent seasons, but he recently came back from the injury to make an appearance for the Sunderland reserve team.

Sunderland reserves recently beat Arsenal reserves 2-0, and it was a match that finally saw Craig Gordon back in action. He has been out with an injury for more than 11 months. He has to suffer the knee injury back in February and has not made an appearance since then. His final appearance for Sunderland came on February 12 against Tottenham. Martin O’Neill will be hugely boosted by the news that he is best goalkeeper has returned from the spell on the sidelines.

During this time, Craig Gordon has seen a number of other players keen to take over his position as the Scotland No. 1. This includes Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor, who is currently the number 1 for Scotland. He will be facing intense competition from Craig Gordon once again given that he is on the road to recovery. Martin O’Neill confirmed that the Scotland international is not far from making into the first-team. So far, Craig Gordon has made 40 international appearances for Scotland, and his international experience will certainly boost Sunderland in the fight against relegation.

GORDON STILL INJURED

Craig Gordon has had quite a lot of bad luck when it comes to injuries and he has not been able to represent Sunderland since the defeat at the last game which ended in the score of 2-1. However Sunderland coach Martin O’Neill still has hopes that Craig will manage to make it to the number one position once he fully recovers from his injuries.

However he also made sure that he mentioned that Craig definitely has a lot of effort to put in to make sure that he manages to make it to the first team of the Sunderland’s and finally manage to hold a position in the Scotland squad.

The knee injury of Craig Gordon will probably be recovered within the end of this year, but there might still be some time before he finally recovers from the arm injury he obtained during the clash with Jermain Defoe of Tottenham way back in 2009.

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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is to talk with Scotland manager Craig Levein regarding Craig Gordon’s injury problems.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is to speak with Scotland manager Craig Levein with regards to Craig Gordon&aposs injury troubles. – by SunderlandAFC11 (Macca)

Steve Bruce is to talk with Scotland manager Craig Levein regarding Craig Gordon’s injury problems.

Steve Bruce is to chat with Scotland manager Craig Levein relating to Craig Gordon&aposs injuries problems. – by NeilMiner (Neil)

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