Agree with this. I think that the club would have responded better had he waited until the summer. It would have shown more loyalty to have stayed and fought with us to keep us up. I think the money swayed it to be honest. Had he gone to Arsenal I could have bought his "moving for a chance of success" line, however Man Citeh are no better than we are, as the result at Stoke showed.
He was here for 12 years - thats pretty damn loyal, do you want him to get NUFC tatooed on his arse to reinforce it?
He has left us cos he knows we are deep in it - he wants to get out while he can and i dont blame him for that.
As for moving to Citeh - they are a million times more ambitious than us and thats why he joined them
He was paid a hell of a lot of money by Newcastle for 12 years too. Yes I would have expected him to stay and help us get out of the s***, but the money was far more tempting at Citeh.
If you believe it was all about money then you need some help lad
Its no wonder we are a fuckin mess when legends like Shay Given are being slated - we should be thanking him for 12 years of BRILLIANT service, sticking with us when he could have easily gotten himself a move to a bigger club to earn bigger money
I hope he gets a standing ovation the next time he comes to SJP - although the way its going its most likely to happen in a Cup fixture
If you think I am a lad then you need some help lad!
He spat his dummy out when he was dropped from the team a couple of years ago and wanted to leave. He got straight back into the team when he was fit despite Harper doing a perfectly fine job standing in for him. He should have stayed until the summer.
Lad, mate, uncle - whatever the point remains.
Given is a legend and has been brilliant for us - Im certainly not going to forget all his years of service and start discrediting him