Shay Given

[ciggiesnbeer]

Good luck to him.

[The Left Side]

Fingers crossed we get rid of his wage and best of luck to him except when he plays against the Villa.

[jcsutv]

Fingers crossed we get rid of his wage and best of luck to him except when he plays against the Villa.

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It will be like the old days giving him stick for time wasting from the Holte.  Good luck Shay, you know it's only banter!

[ozzjim]

He wasn't even getting splinter for us though. Maybe he has enough faith in his ability to think that if he is as a club that wants him he still has a chance to be number 1?

His faith is misguided then. He's a veteran goalkeeper covering another veteran goalkeeper who  ironically has actually moved to a club in the Champions League where he will start.

Liverpool don't even have the Europa League to give Given enough games to tick-over. I thought he wanted to play every week. It seems he values an ego-boost more.

I've more respect for Gareth Barry who has moved down a rung to get games.

Odd post Eamonn. Doncaster clearly could get nowhere near his wages. Moving from Villa and being in the match day squad will be better than he is doing here, and for all the money in the world, Mingolet is a dodgy keeper IMO.

[sid1964]

IF it is true, we will see how much Shay Given really wants to play football

I have my doubts!!! - 3 more years of doing nothing, is my guess

Who was the other Villa player who was going to sign for Liverpool, but they could not afford his wages??

[rob_bridge]

IF it is true, we will see how much Shay Given really wants to play football

I have my doubts!!! - 3 more years of doing nothing, is my guess

Who was the other Villa player who was going to sign for Liverpool, but they could not afford his wages??

Luke Young.

The amount of money Lambert's 3 predecessor's burnt on wages is staggering.

[Dave]

Fingers crossed we get rid of his wage and best of luck to him except when he plays against the Villa.

I don't think he's likely to be playing against anybody anytime soon.

[eastie]

Fingers crossed we get rid of his wage and best of luck to him except when he plays against the Villa.

I don't think he's likely to be playing against anybody anytime soon.

Maybe the odd cup tie unless mignolet gets a bad injury - good luck to him anyway .

[GarethRDR]

Good news, another big/long contract off the wage bill and possibly even a fee to boot.  Hope it gives us enough latitude to bring in one more.

[supertom]

Good luck to him. I guess he fancies he may get a sniff at some point. Mignolet is a good keeper but he has his dodgy moments. For Liverpool it keeps their number 1 on his toes. I also guess Given won't have to take a pay cut either.
I still think at his age he should have gone someone to be number 1 for a couple of seasons. Shays too good a keeper still, not to be playing every week.

[silhillvilla]

Good news, Bodymoor will be a little more spacious with his  ego removed.

[Clampy]

Good luck to him. He's been professional enough to realise that Guzan has been undroppable.

[Joshua Fineman]

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I've more respect for Gareth Barry who has moved down a rung to get games.

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Where's Barry gone? Must have missed that one.

[dave.woodhall]

Good news, Bodymoor will be a little more spacious with his  ego removed.

How do you work that one out?

[QBVILLA]

Usual stuff posted when a player moves from us. Given fell out of favour with the manager. He wasn't a bad player, wasn't an arsehole, didn't slag the club etc etc. Good luck to him and as for Barry, after 400+ games and 11 years for us he deserves the respect of the fans.