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Sat 08 Aug 2010Not Given by nature to play cool
GOOD luck Marco Tardelli with his advice to Shay Given to “stay calm”. Even if Given is selected ahead of Joe Hart by Roberto Mancini at Manchester City, there has been damage done to the relationship between the Donegal man and his Italian manager.
Given has not played more than 500 club games and won over 100 Irish caps by being calm. He is generally a laid-back character but there is always something stirring beneath. It is a fiercely competitive nature.
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