Maybe that tells you just how bad the "deep lying personal problems" were/are (?)And here we are years later and none the wiser to these deep lying personal problems that culminated in his exit and career decline.
I doubt it.I wonder if there's more to why Hughes elected so hard to have Given in goal over Hart?
I can't understand the criticism and apparent gloating by some here at the demise of Joe Hart and it makes me a little ashamed to be a Blue. What did he do to us to deserve such treatment?
There was a time he was the top keeper in the UK at least and arguably in the top three in the world. I remember him single handedly keeping us in games, including crucial saves in our 2012 and 2014 title winning campaigns, without which we wouldn't have won the title. His form did start to waver towards the end of his time here and for England and since he left us it hasn't really recovered. Who knows why?
Since he left he has had nothing but praise for us and has never bad mouthed us. He will go down in history as part of the group of players who after thirty five barren years got us winning trophies again and helped tear down that hated banner at the swamp. A little bit of respect wouldn't go amiss.
He got many clean sheets virtue of being stood behind a very solid defence, IMO that was the story of Joe Hart.
I genuinely cannot fathom why any Blue wouldn't have the utmost respect for Hart. Whether he was a truly world class keeper seems to have dominated the narrative as to his legacy when, in reality, it's sort of besides the point. Hart was instrumental in our success and represented our club brilliantly. It's sad to have seen how things have gone for him but that doesn't take away from how much of a legend he is for this football club. I can't wrap my head around it.
I had a lot of mates who were b`ham fans, they said that Joe was worth 15 points that season and talked really highly of him.I doubt it.
At the time, Joe was just a kid and went on loan to Birmingham; Shay was a proven Premier League quality goalkeeper.