Kinnear: No way Shay will leave Toon
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JOE KINNEAR insists Arsenal will not lure Shay Given away from Newcastle.
The Toon keeper has been linked with a January switch to the Emirates. But Magpies boss Kinnear is confident of keeping hold of the Irish star.
The ex-Wimbledon manager said: "There is no problem there. "He's very happy here, he's very comfortable at Newcastle United.
"He won't be leaving - he has no interest in that whatsoever. "He loves the football club - he's part of the city and that suits us because he's a world-class goalkeeper.
"Shay's performance against Liverpool was brilliant and that got picked up on. "But ask the Geordie fans and I think they already knew how good he is.
"They know their football, so to be one of their favourites says it all about how good he is. "He's the best goalkeeper in the Premier League by a mile."
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i was saying once cech reaches 32 years old. i know david seaman lasted till 41 years old, but even so 8 million for say 6 years of mediocrity is a waste of money. we have to become pragmatic and realistic not like arsene wenger. look at the number of goals given conceded, not the fantastic saves he made. what's the point of stopping point blank shots when you concede 5 in a game. i rather a keeper save 2 ordinary shots and keep a clean sheet. it's ridiculous these days. only keepers who have clean sheets and pull off good saves deserve recognition. or at least maybe conceding 1 or 2 goals the maximum.
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Why you dont blame the defence? If the defence lets you shoot 100 times, the keeper saves 90 times, he will still let in 10 goals. Whose fault?
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defenders 80% fault, goalkeeper's fault is still 20% for not coordinating, motivating and organizing the defence well enough and instilling confidence in the defenders/.
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Originally posted by mrvictor:
defenders 80% fault, goalkeeper's fault is still 20% for not coordinating, motivating and organizing the defence well enough and instilling confidence in the defenders/.
agreed. shay has to take some of the blame for liverpool's thrashing of them. -
Given needs to go: Toon turmoil is driving Shay out, claims lawyer's bombshell statement
Shay Given has rocked Newcastle by revealing he wants to leave the club
Newcastle were rocked on Thursday night as Shay Given’s future was thrown into doubt after 459 appearances for the club.
Given’s lawyer, Michael Kennedy, took the unusual step of releasing a statement that will surely bring to an end the goalkeeper’s loyal 11-year stay at St James’ Park under nine managers.
Kennedy said: ‘Shay is very despondent following the very poor performance of the team against Liverpool last weekend. ‘It was the lowest point of his football career and a performance that he would not wish to be repeated.
‘When he signed a new five-year contract in 2006 it was on the basis that the club would challenge for major honours, but on the present evidence all that he can see ahead with the turmoil on and off the pitch is a battle for survival.
'Having served the club loyally for over 11 years, Shay feels compelled to consider his position in the light of the interest being expressed in him by Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham.’
Kennedy, who also represents Roy Keane, is notoriously reluctant to speak publicly, so this is a sign of Given’s unhappiness with Newcastle’s season and of their prospects.
No bid for Given has been officially confirmed but Newcastle and the player face a decision as to whether Given appears in the FA Cup third round at Hull City on Saturday.
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley, having just taken the club off the market, has a major issue to deal with as Kennedy’s statement will resonate on Tyneside due to Given’s enormous popularity at Newcastle and because of his length of service — the 32-year-old Irishman has been at St James’ since Kenny Dalglish signed him in August 1997 from Blackburn.
This comes on top of Michael Owen’s decision last week to postpone signing a new contract at Newcastle, raising the belief that Owen will leave in June.
Cracks at the club are beginning to show. The thought of Newcastle also losing their talisman in Given will alarm supporters already more than sceptical about how Ashley is running their club.
After Alan Shearer’s retirement in 2006, Given became the one Newcastle player to whom the Toon Army felt a special loyalty.
Given feels the same loyalty to Newcastle fans but he is understood to have become increasingly annoyed by the club’s unreliability, particularly in the autumn when Kevin Keegan left St James’ in controversial circumstances.
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lehmann our dependable keeper was gotten at 32 for only 1 million. even cech cost 7 million only. i just hope arsenal look for someone else cheap and reliable, they should have bought gomes before he went tottenham. there were rumours of him going to arsenal anyway and i believe arsenal's goalkeeping coach would have taught Gomes how not to make those mistakes.
craig gordon was also linked to arsenal and he is a fine young keeper
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Originally posted by tripsky:
time for him to go... he is too good for newcastle
Couldn't agree more...Having said that, i think arsenal don't need given's service.. almunia is a very good 1st choice goalie.
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Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:
Couldn't agree more...Having said that, i think arsenal don't need given's service.. almunia is a very good 1st choice goalie.
23 goals conceded in 21 matches ain't good. lehmann accomplished 15 goals in 21 matches. don't blame too much on the defenders as well. almunia is a good keeper, but just like tim howard, he is more suited for clubs in the uefa rather than champions league. -
Kinnear: No way Shay will leave Toon