I think he was a sound fellow. He is always willing to show his appreciation to the crowd at the end of a game particularly the away ones. I met him briefly in the Faroe Islands and he was grand.
We tend to believe that words enable thought. But words can also substitute for thought.
- Richard A. Posner
Sideways move at best if it does happen. Redknapp will lead Spurs to the glory of mid table, fail to take them any higher and be gone before the end of next season.
The ball is round and has many surprises.
I've met Shay on two occasions and he was friendly, accomodating and very down to earth.
He does a huge ammount of charity work and has raised over £2 Million for Macmillan Cancer Relief in the last few years and is raising awareness and funds on a weekly basis.
Also runs the Shay Given Foundation for kids in Ireland & Newcastle.
From an Ireland perspective, i'm not sure that a move from Newcastle to Spurs would be of any benefit.
i see our two friends havent been back to back up their slander of shay
It would be a major surprise if Shay was anything but a thoroughly sound bloke and indeed all round good egg.
Is Foot.ie involved in some sort of bizarre puritanical festival at the moment? There's 2 threads defending the upstanding and undeniably sound moral fibre of the Irish players past and present.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Given won't move. He's had the chances before to move to bigger clubs, but has always spurned them. As far as I know, his family are settled in Newcastle and he's happy being a big fish in the small pond.
I think this is a blatant attempt by Redknapp to unsettle a player and engineer a move to swoop for him.
I've only met him on one occasion,
He was in a nightclub in Templebar I asked him what he thought of the game which we'd won 3-1 against Andorra, and he said
"ah go f urself", he sat at our table due to the college ladies we were with, and it was nothing like any of us were annoying him,
he was with the chaos doherty and mark kinsella at the time,
and they were sound though!!
case closed
why the f#*k would i make that up ,
I was as surprised as anyone would be, I always thought he was a genuine guy and very appreciative of the fans, from his onfield demeanour.
Hence here here
I have great time for Given as a sportsman, and goalkeeper. But off the field, he's an incredibly arrogant, pompous knob with a massive ego, so going to Spurs seems like the perfect place for him to go.
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