why are we not buying shay given???

louis2 · Post by **louis2** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:56 am

4 million quid, got to be the bargain of the summer.
or will we still have manuel and the polish plumber on the bench....

psychoangus · Post by **psychoangus** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:02 am

"Because it would 'destroy' Fabianski and Szczesney's progress."

C'mon, we all know the score now.

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:24 am

I can understand why we wouldn't be buying him now. Chesney made great progress last season, and Flappy is an ok deputy.

What I can't understand is why we didn't buy him when he left Newcastle.

spike241 · Post by **spike241** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:52 am

I think he'd be good back up for Szczesny but that won't be enough to tempt him here.
Apparently we had a goalie (can't remember who) on trial who 'is an improvement on Almunia'. Not difficult, I know. It was in some blog on SS so probably old news and a load of crap but does anyone know if that was true and what happened?

louis2 · Post by **louis2** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:58 am

i know ws is turning into a great keeper, but last season both ws and flappy were injured.. ended up with dads army onthe bench and manuel(the worst keeper i have ever seen) between the sticks.
WE NEED A TOP CLASS KEEPER.

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:09 am

Too late for Given now, he is too injury prone due to his shoulder problem, so I would steer clear

Pistols · Post by **Pistols** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:21 am

I thought we were supposed to be after Craig Gordon?? Maybe our mackem friend has heard something.

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:28 am

Because we have an idiot of a manager who in 15 seasons has bought one good keeper.Anyone who sticks by Almunia as number 1 for 3 seasons with all his cock ups knows fuck all about keepers.I am a big fan of Szczesny and he will be a great keeper one day but he still has a lot to learn and who better to learn from than Given.But Wenger would rather rely on the Polish clown Flappy as number 2

We should have bought Given when he left Newcastle

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:59 am

why are we not buying shay given???

WHAT!!????

When we've got the likes of such geniuses as almunia and flappy....???

alanalansunderland · Post by **alanalansunderland** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:26 am

Given did not sign for us from Newcastle because he / his family did not want to move south and because Man City offered him vastly more in terms of wages.

We did try very hard to sign him.

The facts are that we do our 'shopping' either in the bargain bins or we wait until Man City, manure, and Chavski have picked the players they want and we then pick up what is left.

Cahill is a case in point, Bolton are waiting to see if one of the above trump our bid before accepting ours - simples

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:54 am

It might also be due to the fact the guy is on over Â£90,000 a week.

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:16 pm

northbankbren wrote:It might also be due to the fact the guy is on over Â£90,000 a week.

and is waaaaaaaay past his best

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:33 pm

Someone posted ages ago that they had met Given on a night out after he went to City and asked him why he didnt go to Arsenal - i think he said that he would have loved to move to arsenal but we never came in for him ?

fadidaeus · Post by **fadidaeus** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:37 pm

Agreed that Given is past his best. With Stekelenberg off the market now I'd actually start looking into signing Ben Foster, Brum need to sell some players so he shouldn't cost too much. While I think Szczesny will eventually be a great keeper I think he's still got a lot to learn & a lot of mistakes to make & it may make sense for him to make them on loan to a smaller Prem team or a championship team instead of for the first team for whom mistakes would be too costly.

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:37 pm

brazilianGOONER wrote:
northbankbren wrote:It might also be due to the fact the guy is on over Â£90,000 a week.
and is waaaaaaaay past his best

Just like 41 year old Van Der Saar was last season

I would have 61 year old Stevie Wonder in goal infront of Flappy