Yorkie Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Plays his 450th game for the club on Monday night. Quality keeper... this season he's been as close to his best as he's been for the last two or three seasons, following them injury troubles. This one's for the older members, really... i mean - the only keepers I can compare with Given are the likes of Harper... erm, Krul? Pav? Tommy Wright? Karelse? So aye, best keeper we've ever had? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Me father reckons so, good enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Easily in my life time considering its between him and Pav. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Plays his 450th game for the club on Monday night. Quality keeper... this season he's been as close to his best as he's been for the last two or three seasons, following them injury troubles. This one's for the older members, really... i mean - the only keepers I can compare with Given are the likes of Harper... erm, Krul? Pav? Tommy Wright? Karelse? So aye, best keeper we've ever had? Great servant to the club. I would put him among the great premiership keepers there has been certainly in terms of consistency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Sadly better than shaka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Easily in my lifetime without doubt. Me Granda when he was alive reckoned that Simpson was the best though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Not only a great keeper as his save against Ireland showed, but the most loyal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Without doubt, up there with the Toon heroes, Shearer, Keegan, Peter B, Sir Bobby and the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Defo. He is a legend, and the fact some people will have a go at him for absolutely anything, see Richardson's free kick thread, is a fucking joke. Guess they won't realise just how important he is for us until he's gone. We'd be sitting bottom of the table right now if it wasn't for Given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Without doubt, up there with the Toon heroes, Shearer, Keegan, Peter B, Sir Bobby and the rest. not quite in Beardsley's league to be fair but aye, best keeeper in my lifetime, not that that's saying much like. Hooper, Srnicek, Hislop, Karelse, Harper, Wright are the others to make premiership appearances for us like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey_C_73 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 What about Hooper? He was pretty good in his day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Is it true hes a Doorman ? I bet hes shite everything got past him in his playing days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Is it true hes a Doorman ? I bet hes s**** everything got past him in his playing days hilarious aye he's a Doorman at Walkabout in Durham amongst other places, had a word with him 2 years back, real gentle giant tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Everytime I think of Hooper, the first thing I think of is that FA Cup defeat away at Luton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Everytime I think of Hooper, the first thing I think of is that FA Cup defeat away at Luton. his last game against Spurs for me. It's like he became a genuinely good keeper for one night only Luton game was shocking like, horrible misjudgement after horrible misjudgement. We played Wimbledon away a few days later and conceeded 4. The concensus was 'if there were guns in the croud he would have been shot' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hooper used to be into birdwatching if i remember rightly. My everlasting memory of him will be when we got beat at home to So'ton when there were no home fans allowed and Le Tissier scored (quelle suprise!) a free-kick when Hooper had positioned the wall to one side and then stood behind it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ice__Mag Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Is it true hes a Doorman ? I bet hes s**** everything got past him in his playing days hilarious aye he's a Doorman at Walkabout in Durham amongst other places, had a word with him 2 years back, real gentle giant tbh Yeah he works at Studio in Chester-le-Street aswell. He's good craic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 So many "better" keepers have come and faded (in the premiership) out since Shay has been here. Something that has annoyed me over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 So many "better" keepers have come and faded (in the premiership) out since Shay has been here. Something that has annoyed me over the years. why has that annoyed you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Carr Bramble Boumsong Babayaro Stayed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Well you get these keepers who are either very young or new to the league. They have a good season and suddenly they are "better than Given" who has done it year after year. Then these supposed better keepers fade away and 5 years later Shay is still one of the best in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Well you get these keepers who are either very young or new to the league. They have a good season and suddenly they are "better than Given" who has done it year after year. Then these supposed better keepers fade away and 5 years later Shay is still one of the best in the league. Absolutely spot on. Especially with Liverpool, from James to Westeveld to Dudek and now Reina - all proclaimed as better keepers and in my opinion none as good as him. James may have improved with age, but he's still an accident waiting to happen. If Given would have been at any 'top 4' club not only would he have a cupboard full of medals, he'd be rated without doubt as one of the best 'Premiership age' goalkeepers, instead of people saying those like Gomes and Almunia are better (see FM2009 attributes for details) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Well you get these keepers who are either very young or new to the league. They have a good season and suddenly they are "better than Given" who has done it year after year. Then these supposed better keepers fade away and 5 years later Shay is still one of the best in the league. fair enough. Cech and VDS remain better though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Both make quite a few shocking mistakes though (especially VDS), even when Given went through his rough spell I don't think he ever made a tit of himself as much as those two have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Well you get these keepers who are either very young or new to the league. They have a good season and suddenly they are "better than Given" who has done it year after year. Then these supposed better keepers fade away and 5 years later Shay is still one of the best in the league. fair enough. Cech and VDS remain better though I really think neither is better, Givens never made half the clangers these two have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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