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"Regime were very unhelpful"  - well we may be in a mess but "unhelpful" ? Did he expect Newcastle to lie back and let him go easily after him and his agent went public ?

 

He was making that point exactly funnily enough, that he could have been persuaded to stay but the club just wanted the money and didnt even speak to him until the 26th of January.

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"Regime were very unhelpful"  - well we may be in a mess but "unhelpful" ? Did he expect Newcastle to lie back and let him go easily after him and his agent went public ?

 

He was making that point exactly funnily enough, that he could have been persuaded to stay but the club just wanted the money and didnt even speak to him until the 26th of January.

 

Doubt that. He'd made up his mind and wanted to leave but at no expense to himself. He's angry at the club because he's lost out on his 10% of the transfer fee because they made him hand in his transfer request. That's the only reason the deluded (sorry Citeh a big club? hahaha!) mercenary is angry.

 

Don't feel sorry for him.

 

 

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handing in a transfer request in the last few days of the window wasnt very helpful either.

 

Did he want his loyalty bonus as well?

 

Fuck off Given you're as greedy a cunt as any who'll move for money.

 

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I fail to see how City are ambitious by signing Chelsea's reserve left back and Craig Bellamy.

 

Sorry Shay you gave great service, but why you couldn't say a few more months is beyond me. When push came to shove you dropped us all in it.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but fucking hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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 shit, but the money was far more tempting at Citeh.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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.

 

If you can't see that Man City are a far better prospect and will have more chances of winning things in the next few years than us then you need to take your blinkers off.

 

The same ones you had on in the Blackburn attendance thread.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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

 

In a nutshell.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but fucking hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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.

 

not inconceivable, assuming his love for NUFC is what everyone makes it out to be, he thought his leaving might also generate enough funds for us to spend on the team in jan and help us stay up, knowing harper is more than capable to replace him and he'd want to leave in the summer anyways

 

just throwing it out there, not his fault the club pocketed the money

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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.

 

If you can't see that Man City are a far better prospect and will have more chances of winning things in the next few years than us then you need to take your blinkers off.

 

The same ones you had on in the Blackburn attendance thread.

Yes, they are a better prospect, but what will they achieve this season? Fuck all is the answer. He should have waited til the summer.

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will man city be challenging for trophies in the future? very likely.

 

will given be on the bench when said challenges are happening? very likely.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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

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Something some of you seem to forget is one of the most importent things, motivation. It was clear already after the loss against Liverpool, which Given branded the lowest point in his career, that he didn't had the motivation anymore to fight day in and out with a team that only went downhill. Also when he joined City he said that he was really looking forward to the training on monday, like he had not done that for awhile in Newcastle.

 

Based on this I think he left in just the right time. I rather have an eager Harper that now has the chance to show he can fill the void from Given, then having an unmotivated goalkeeper, that just wished he played in a better team.

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Fair enough, he wants to challenge for silverware and that, but f***ing hell, City are just as likely to win something this year as we are. He could have waited til the summer.

 

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

 

Try another gender Ahmed

 

Whatever you say sonna. But don't forget that he deserted us when we needed him.

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Something some of you seem to forget is one of the most importent things, motivation. It was clear already after the loss against Liverpool, which Given branded the lowest point in his career, that he didn't had the motivation anymore to fight day in and out with a team that only went downhill. Also when he joined City he said that he was really looking forward to the training on monday, like he had not done that for awhile in Newcastle.

 

Based on this I think he left in just the right time. I rather have an eager Harper that now has the chance to show he can fill the void from Given, then having an unmotivated goalkeeper, that just wished he played in a better team.

 

Exactly - I felt so sorry for him during that Liverpool game, You could see the pain on his face and that rant at the ref of his revealed his frustrations

 

He was sick of it - He stuck with us through many lows BUT this was one kick too many

 

 

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