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The
32-year-old, who made a fine debut against Middlesbrough on Saturday,
supplanted Joe Hart but he is giving encouragement to both Hart and
Kasper Schmeichel based on the welcome they have given him and from
what he has seen from working with them at Carrington.
Given was
a similar age to Hart & Schmeichel when understudying Tim Flowers
at Blackburn Rovers in the mid-1990s, and he’s convinced both will make
the most of their talents in long careers.
Shay says, “Both Joe
and Kasper were fantastic last week. It must have been difficult for
them, they have both played in the first team and seen an older,
experienced keeper step into the team.
“I would like to think I
can help the other guys to improve. I was at Blackburn behind Tim
Flowers, and I learned an awful lot off him, and I hope that the guys
here do as well from me. They will be better goalkeepers in the future
and for this club.
“They are both 21, which is still young, and
they could have 20 years left in the game. They both have big futures
ahead of them.”
After a first week at City that started with his
arrival and ended with his eye-catching debut, his second week sees him
away on international duty. As soon as the 2010 World Cup qualifier is
over he heads back to prepare for a tough away assignment at Fratton
Park, and previewing another busy few days Shay adds,
“A lot of
the lads are playing in friendlies, but our game is not, it is a World
Cup qualifier. It will be a hugely important game for us, and after
that I am looking to the recovery plan here at City. It will be a case
of get the right fluids in for Saturday, and the right recovery as well
because it’s another big game for us at Portsmouth.”
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