beasley14 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Wow, he's looking like the keeper we all thought he could be after his pre season heroics a few years back. Looks like we could save ourselves another 50k per week if he keeps this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Looks like we could save ourselves another 50k per week if he keeps this up. If he keeps this up he will want and deserve 50k a week and we'll be looking to sell Given and bring in an understudy to Guzan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 And to think, he had pretty much packed his bags during the summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnock1984 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Bye Bye Given, Brad is our man!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillz Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Another solid performance today and once against proving he has the quality to be a good if not great PL goalkeeper. However i think the real test for Guzan is once this 'honeymoon' period is over, when he is dropped or makes a mistake. Will be important that he responds well and performs as well as we now know he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Looks like we could save ourselves another 50k per week if he keeps this up. If he keeps this up he will want and deserve 50k a week and we'll be looking to sell Given and bring in an understudy to Guzan. Just signed a new contract though so it won't be any time soon. Still would save us some money in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 at half time in the Everton game, I turned to me mate and claimed that I could have stopped the Piennar goal. (I'd definately have stopped the Fellaini header).....Brad's save from Dyer today proved those are stoppable. Given wouldn't have got to that anymore. Yes good point. From memory the Pienaar goal wasn't quite as high as the Dyer shot. Given just dosen't have the spring or agility to save those type of shots anymore, Guzan does and he's much more commanding so he deserves to be number one. I do think Given will look to move on otherwise he'd have just stayed at City as back up to Hart. No idea who'd want to pick up his wages though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 feel sorry for Shay as he's a good guy to have but happy for Brad! Expect Shay to move on in Jan, maybe to Arsenal on a short term deal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Given would definitely not have saved that Dyer shot. Not only is Guzan more agile but he's also 3 inches taller, which makes all the difference. Fantastic performance once again and as good as Given was last season I can't see him getting back into the team for quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafella Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Love the video clip on page before as it just shows the top corner and fingertips lol - what a save! I was gutted when we let him go in the summer. Knew he was going to be a quality keeper. Thank god Lambert has sense and sorted that out quickly before he got snapped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Happy Guzan is finally reaping his rewards. I've always been a fan of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Brad is Dead, Long live Brad. Excellent performance yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Looks a different player to what he did before. We need to shift Given and get a back up like joe Lewis for brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I remember going to an open training session at VP and Guzan and Friedel were going through their drills, and I remember asking myself why Guzan wasn't starting! His reflexes, speed and recovery were all on a diffrent level from Friedels! Friedel really looked he age in comparrison. When it comes to Raw ability he's is top class, I think the problem with him has always been reading the game his kicking and communication. With Vlaar and Clark at the back who are both good communicators on the pitch its really helping him. Brad can concentrate on what he is good at, shot stopping. Also his kicking has improved a lot over the last 3 seasons. He is great on penalties as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Get rid of given, no point having a backup keeper on 50k a week. Who would buy him? I think Given would probably have to take a massive pay cut so he probably won't want to move. We might have to sit him on the bench for 4 more years earning 50k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Get rid of given, no point having a backup keeper on 50k a week. Who would buy him? I think Given would probably have to take a massive pay cut so he probably won't want to move. We might have to sit him on the bench for 4 more years earning 50k a week. he is in the second year of a 3 year contract, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 looked great yesterday - and those saves turned the match. Got to be honest I don't yet see him as our long term no 1 keeper - I don't know why just a hunch. However I hope he proves me wrong. He is still only young in terms of a goal keeper ...26 is he ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 From my memory we signed him on a 5 year contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Get rid of given, no point having a backup keeper on 50k a week. Who would buy him? I think Given would probably have to take a massive pay cut so he probably won't want to move. We might have to sit him on the bench for 4 more years earning 50k a week. he is in the second year of a 3 year contract, No, he is in the second year of a 5 year contract. Aston Villa are delighted to confirm that Shay Given will be unveiled tomorrow as the club's new goalkeeper, having agreed a five-year deal to June 2016. The 35-year-old Republic of Ireland international completed a medical over the weekend and the formality of his signing this morning. Link I am pretty sure that he took a pay cut per year to move to Villa, and thus we compensated with a longer contract so he would fetch the same amount. Would think it will be harder to shift him now. Can see a loan from January if we pay some of the wage, then it would probably be up to him to play well and earn interest from some that can pay him a decent amount the next three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 It is literally unbelievable that we gave him a 5 year contract. This will be his last big move. He will lap up the cash and sit on the bench. 50k/week down the drain when Guzan is probably on about 10k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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