AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Shay was a pretty bad sale, although he obviously wanted out. The money we got for Milner I thought was a great deal, I still think he's massively overrated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Can't post the link from mobile unfortunately VI but if you search Newcastle and search by date on the left hand side, it's about 5 stories down and says 'ten hours ago'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I thought the Shay deal was a good one for us. we got a few million and it's not like he was a massive miss. Enrique leaving would hurt us a lot more. It really depends on what sort of club Ashley wants to build here. He's been right to get us operating on an even financial keel but we can be so much more than that if he has some ambition and vision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Given is a huge miss. Miles better than Harper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCONA Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Given is a huge miss. Miles better than Harper. I bet he regrets leaving. Even though he'll be on more money he could of stayed here and been a legend, now nobody cares about him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Can the club please hurry up and give this man a new contract? It's scary to think he could leave for nothing in 2012... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Enrique signing a new 5.5 year contract would be better than any new signing we could make this transfer window, imo. Should be the club's number one priority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I thought the Shay deal was a good one for us. we got a few million and it's not like he was a massive miss. Aye, we only got relegated. Other than that, not a massive miss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I thought the Shay deal was a good one for us. we got a few million and it's not like he was a massive miss. Aye, we only got relegated. Other than that, not a massive miss. Tis but a scratch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The relegation was a good thing IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The relegation was a good thing IMO Indeed. Can't wait for the next one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The relegation was a good thing IMO Indeed. Can't wait for the next one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I thought the Shay deal was a good one for us. we got a few million and it's not like he was a massive miss. Aye, we only got relegated. Other than that, not a massive miss. Was it because of poor goalkeeping we got relegated? I thought Harper did quite well when he came in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Haper did OK, but I'm sure Given would have got us the one extra point that we needed to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I think the lack of goals was probably the main reason we went down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I think the lack of points was the reason we went down. Had we had more we would have stayed up for sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I think the lack of points was the reason we went down. Had we had more we would have stayed up for sure! That was the least of our problems that season tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Agree. I also think if we had conceded less goals, we would have survived. So, if we had scored more, conceded less AND got more point, we had not get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Shay leaving was obviously a big blow in the relegation season. To suggest we might have picked up one more point if he'd been playing is hardly stretching a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Maybe Given could have plucked the points out of our rivals desperate clutches in a heroic Billy the Fish manner in the last two games of the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I just don't think we sold enough matchday pies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Shay leaving was obviously a big blow in the relegation season. To suggest we might have picked up one more point if he'd been playing is hardly stretching a point. So you believe that Ashley's decision to sell Given cost us relegation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Shay leaving was obviously a big blow in the relegation season. To suggest we might have picked up one more point if he'd been playing is hardly stretching a point. So you believe that Ashley's decision to sell Given cost us relegation? Not entirely, I'm just saying Shay being at the club might have kept us up. It was certainly one of the factors. In any case, I got the impression that the player himself was exceptionally keen to leave, thinking he would be first choice keeper at the new Man City superclub. So he has to shoulder part of the blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Shay leaving was obviously a big blow in the relegation season. To suggest we might have picked up one more point if he'd been playing is hardly stretching a point. So you believe that Ashley's decision to sell Given cost us relegation? Not entirely, I'm just saying Shay being at the club might have kept us up. It was certainly one of the factors. In any case, I got the impression that the player himself was exceptionally keen to leave, thinking he would be first choice keeper at the new Man City superclub. So he has to shoulder part of the blame. Which is why I didn't think it was a bad deal to sell Given at the time. We didn't get relegated due to selling Given any more than because Owen didn't score goals, or Barton not playing, or N'Zogbia being sold etc. I would say there were far bigger factors like failure to buy in the January window or hiring Kinnear instead of a proper manager. Selling Given was one of the decisions which probably impacted the least because Harper came in and did well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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