Andrew 4219 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) i reckon he'll retire tbh and theyre expecting forster gone to celtic permanently at the end of this season. getting one in now as a backup rather than two next season makes sense in a way Until Krul gets injured and we have a League 1 keeper and Sodeberg as back up true but keeper injuries are freak injuries really unless youre talking about chris kirkland. harper played 45 of our 46 CCC games as number 1 then he and krul swapped about a bit this season but they still played massive numbers of games one after the other its the same for most clubs and most keepers, they tend not to get injured a great deal thats why chelsea have hilario and turnbull or whoever it is as backups, theyre not particularly good but they'll sit on the bench most of the season without moaning while cech is number 1 Edited August 30, 2011 by Semimental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5906 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 i reckon he'll retire tbh and theyre expecting forster gone to celtic permanently at the end of this season. getting one in now as a backup rather than two next season makes sense in a way Until Krul gets injured and we have a League 1 keeper and Sodeberg as back up true but keeper injuries are freak injuries really unless youre talking about chris kirkland. harper played 45 of our 46 CCC games as number 1 then he and krul swapped about a bit this season but they still played massive numbers of games one after the other its the same for most clubs and most keepers, they tend not to get injured a great deal You dont half talk some shite. Keepers go down low for 50/50 balls all the time. Given missed ages with a serious internal injury. Cech got a fractured skull. Keepers get injured all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4219 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 i reckon he'll retire tbh and theyre expecting forster gone to celtic permanently at the end of this season. getting one in now as a backup rather than two next season makes sense in a way Until Krul gets injured and we have a League 1 keeper and Sodeberg as back up true but keeper injuries are freak injuries really unless youre talking about chris kirkland. harper played 45 of our 46 CCC games as number 1 then he and krul swapped about a bit this season but they still played massive numbers of games one after the other its the same for most clubs and most keepers, they tend not to get injured a great deal You dont half talk some shite. Keepers go down low for 50/50 balls all the time. Given missed ages with a serious internal injury. Cech got a fractured skull. Keepers get injured all the time cite more then before either of those injuries given had played 36-38 pl games for us in every season except his first which he played 29 in. only once did he play less than 20 in the PL for us until we sold him cechs record is the same for chelsea, only twice has he played less than 30 of their PL matches. Reina since his breakthrough season at villareal has NEVER played less than 33 league games a season, for the last 4 years hes not missed one PL match for liverpool Friedel played 38 Pl games for the last 7 seasons, played 36 and 37 the seasons before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4855 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Elliott has signed a 5 year contract according to Miles Starforth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 confirmed on .cock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Don't think this is bad business. Harper is nearing the end and Forster wouldn't sit on the bench to Krul. Plus if we spent 'big' cash on a keeper, Krul is likely to leave. So as back-up, it's ok. Pards worked with him at Charlton so must know if he can cut it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Maybe there's something we don't know(not surprising), maybe there's something in the wind about Krul, maybe there's something in the wind about Harper. Why would Elliot sign with us to be a 3rd choice keeper if Krul & Harper stay. Why would Elliot sign with us to sit on the bench every week as 2nd choice behind Krul if Harper is away. If Elliot was a starter at Charlton why would he sign for a club knowing he wouldn't be 1st choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Anyone seen his Twitter? Seems a bit... wacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 What's his @thingy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Maybe there's something we don't know(not surprising), maybe there's something in the wind about Krul, maybe there's something in the wind about Harper.Why would Elliot sign with us to be a 3rd choice keeper if Krul & Harper stay. Why would Elliot sign with us to sit on the bench every week as 2nd choice behind Krul if Harper is away. If Elliot was a starter at Charlton why would he sign for a club knowing he wouldn't be 1st choice. Krul is going nowhere man. To be honest none of us know what's really happening with Harper. Either way Harper is near the end of his career. They clearly don't rate Forster and might well have doubts about Soderberg so this guy will come in to fight with Krul I imagine. Don't forget that he was a League One keeper. The draw of the Prem is that massive that some players are wiling to come in knowing they'll reside on the bench more often than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16635 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I cba looking through the thread. BUT A lad here who is a ST holder at SJP was telling me, Harper is our second highest paid player behind Colo? He recons every time Shay Given got a wage rise it was written in his contract he got one too and now he is on £75k? WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Tell him he's talking absolute fucking bollocks. Apparently Shay wasn't particularly well payed in his time here, relatively obviously (think he was on about £30k per week). On top of that, why the fuck would the club grant Harper that demand when he's basically always been a reserve? Secondly, he got a new contract something like 2 years ago. Are you telling me Ashley agreed to give him £75k a week? The shite people talk man. Is this bloke a taxi driver btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Tell him he's talking absolute fucking bollocks. Apparently Shay wasn't particularly well payed in his time here, relatively obviously (think he was on about £30k per week). On top of that, why the fuck would the club grant Harper that demand when he's basically always been a reserve? Secondly, he got a new contract something like 2 years ago. Are you telling me Ashley agreed to give him £75k a week? The shite people talk man. Is this bloke a taxi driver btw? I do believe there could be some truth that his salary was linked to Given's though. SBR hinted that Harper was the best paid back up keeper in British football in his book, but at the same time I don't believe Given was ever on more than £50k here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16635 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Aye, I thought it was pony like. I dunno where he got it from like. Wouldnt suprise me though, no wonder he is happy to sit on the bench! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Fucking hell, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Not being offered a new contract, wants to play on and has interest from the Championship. A few mackems having a bash at Caulkin on twitter about his praise for Harper. @Joey7Barton@CaulkinTheTimes don't let the nugget get to you George. Nobody can ever Q Steve Harper. He's a toon man through and through. #loyalman he was a vital part of the group that pulled Newcastle out of the championship. Anyone Q'ing his ambition is foolish... unlucky that Shay was at the top of his game and never moved. Harps should of had at least an England call up IMO good outfield player too. To balance the piece, I have to mention his red kipper and his awful dress sense! #harps @CaulkinTheTimes @Joey7Barton ha ha. I don't understand the ambition thing. As if he didn't push himself to the limit every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19823 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 great servant to the club. unlucky not to be number 1 for so long behind given then when he finally gets his shot, it coincides with krul's emergence as a top class young keeper. but a very solid number two over the years. should get a testimonial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4855 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Aye. Could have played for England with the shower of shite we've had in goal between Seaman -> Hart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Good luck to him. He's been a good servant to the club (although I think a bit more ambition on his part would have won him an international call up) but we now have two better keepers than him. Think he does deserve a charity match (the concept of testimonials for premiership players is a bit out dated now) to show out appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) He's a prime example of a player who has near as damn it given up a career as a professional footballer to earn a lot of money watching professional football from the bench/stands. He's put money before ambition so let's have no more nonesense about a testimonial because he would probably want to sit on the bench or in the stands for the game. Edited March 21, 2013 by essembeeofsunderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 That mean they consider Alnwick good enough for 3rd choice then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13845 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 They must have other targets after missing out on Butland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 He's been well paid for 20 years to give up any ambition he had,if he ever had any, of being a regular first team player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 He's been sitting on the bench for £25k a week or something though. Fair play to him though. Like you said, we've been lucky to have such an able stand in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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