Shay Given

[gervilla]

Excellent goalkeeper. I'll be glad when the deal is confirmed.
I'm a bit worried though, can he shout " Away" as loud as Brad ?

[supertom]

I'd be delighted. I've always been a Given fan. Largely for the Bozzie-esque shot stopping.

Btw, wasn't it Given who got his pants pulled down, figuratively speaking, by Dion Dublin, all those years back? Dubbers I think was still at Cov, and Given had just rolled the ball a few yards in front of him to kick it down field after all the players had retreated back, little realising Dublin was behind the goal line, sneaking up on him. That was classic stuff from his well hungedness.

[citizenDJ]

Given is a good goalkeeper and I think he'll be fine for us if he comes. I don't see too much difference between him, Foster, Green or Robinson on truth, but his experience just about puts him ahead of the others, I think, although Robinson is experienced too.

[Cuz]

good signing

[Guy M]

Delighted, best keeper available

In the UK market you mean. And other than the younger, better and more sellable to a big club Ben Foster.

It's strange, but I seem to remember a certain manager who only seemed to shop within the UK and at the experienced end of the market getting a lot of stick.

[hartman_1982]

Delighted, best keeper available

In the UK market you mean. And other than the younger, better and more sellable to a big club Ben Foster.

It's strange, but I seem to remember a certain manager who only seemed to shop within the UK and at the experienced end of the market getting a lot of stick.

I believe Given is the Best GK we could realistically get form any where. Can we also not abuse AMC for only buying from England after his first signing as well please? It is a tad ridiculous.

[Toronto Villa]

Delighted, best keeper available

In the UK market you mean. And other than the younger, better and more sellable to a big club Ben Foster.

It's strange, but I seem to remember a certain manager who only seemed to shop within the UK and at the experienced end of the market getting a lot of stick.

Goalkeeper in my opinion is the one position that experience is really useful. Shay Given for 3-5 years is still a very good deal. If you spend big money on Foster and he suddenly drops a Scott Carson you're fucked in many ways. Look at Craig Gordon up at Sunderland, a bullet that we kind of dodged. Given is a proven and very safe bet at a decent price that will have the respect of all of the players at the club because they've all seen him play very well indeed over the years.

[hartman_1982]

Honestly don't understand why so many think Foster is better than Given, he just isn't!

[mr woo]

Good signing I think. Probably our best keeper since....Erm....Friedal.

Seriously though, isn't it great we don't sign keepers like Sorensen and Enkelman any more.

[Neil Hawkes]

Am I mising something, has he actually signed?

[supertom]

Honestly don't understand why so many think Foster is better than Given, he just isn't!

True, there's no comparison. Foster had a good season for Birmingham, though shipped a lot of goals still, but Given's been around for donkeys and been, when he's played, mostly excellent. I think he's world class at his best and an ideal replacement for Big Brad. Foster I just don't see as being that much better than Carson or Green. He's not a patch on Robinson in my opinion, and at the moment I'd put Given and Robinson on par. Given was a cut above all of them a few years back. IF he has indeed recovered from his injury, he can get back to that form.

[mr woo]

Not signed as yet, but will do once pay off sorted with Man C (is the general consensus)

[mozza]

Am I mising something, has he actually signed?

He was 'given' the Bodymoor Heath tour today but I don't think the £££ and medical was on agenda
- first job for new club Doctor McGuinness (quite apt ain't it)

[Cleybrooke]

I hear he want's 90k a week.  Maybe a little rich.

[gervilla]

I hear he want's 90k a week.  Maybe a little rich.

Unless he is clueless, and I doubt he is, he should know he wont be getting that in B6.