The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[supertom]

We certainly need to add some guile in our team, the sort of player with a brain to make us tick, and link midfield and attack. The kind of player who encourages those around him to play football, and who's always actively hunting the ball. A new Merson, Yorke or to a lesser extent Solano or Angel.

Play two solid CM's, and 3 attacking midfielders ahead. Gabby or Carew up top.

A 4-2-3-1, or a 4-4-1-1 would do me. 4-4-2 is shite.

I really do hope O Neill is going to change tac now. We struggled to score too often last year. There'll be games when the old 4-4-2, big and little combo up front will work, but we do need plan B, or perhaps new plan A is more like it.

[Concrete John]

Someone very close to the player ..

Thats all I know..


I just asked for an update..

I really hope it is true and MON gives our midfield a complete overhaul......

Yes it might be better to have two decent midfielders, as opposed to Milner doing the work of two. We don't want to be too reliant on him. Also, freeing up Ashley Young somehow is essential. Ash needs a bolt of inspiration.

I'm just pleased that it's gone deadly silent on the Young front. He's the sort of footballing talent we need to keep hold of.

He's a class above SWP and Lennon, but Young has lost his way a little. He desperately needs competition to keep him on his toes same goes for Downing.

Despite what some people think(myself included at first) I think it's a great opportunity to revamp Villa and push us on to the next level. I just hope MON takes advantage of it.....!!

Young's form was in and out last season, but when on song was as good as always.  I do think that might partly be due to the switching sides between him and Downing as both prefer the left.  Any new wideman this summer HAS to be better on the right and then we'd have some great options on the flanks.

As for the 'I know he's going thing' with Milner, known of us truely KNOW what's going to happen.  About 10 years ago someone could have posted about us signing Juninho - they'd have been right up to a point, but it still didn't happen in the end.  I think he'll go, but lets wait and see, shall we?

[Villa'Zawg]

Man City have signed David Silva according to the BBC. It's getting tight for positions in their midfield.

[Concrete John]

We certainly need to add some guile in our team, the sort of player with a brain to make us tick, and link midfield and attack. The kind of player who encourages those around him to play football, and who's always actively hunting the ball. A new Merson, Yorke or to a lesser extent Solano or Angel.

Play two solid CM's, and 3 attacking midfielders ahead. Gabby or Carew up top.

A 4-2-3-1, or a 4-4-1-1 would do me. 4-4-2 is shite.

I really do hope O Neill is going to change tac now. We struggled to score too often last year. There'll be games when the old 4-4-2, big and little combo up front will work, but we do need plan B, or perhaps new plan A is more like it.

I agree to an extent, but I think too much is made of the formation issue when it comes to breaking sides down at home.  When we are struggling to do this, it's usually due to the opposition playing a 5 and Milner, who's the attacking of our central two, gets caught ball chasing and not having the offensive impact he can.  The answer is to have a striker that can drop off and link the play, such as Keane, or get a more energetic/muscular holding player who can take more of the work load and allow Jimmy, or whoever replaces him, to get forward more.  That and a bit of added quality/movement and we wouldn't be seeing a problem with 4-4-2!

[JUAN PABLO]

Someone very close to the player ..

Thats all I know..


I just asked for an update..

and what price is he going for?

No Idea on the price mate, I sure thats between shitty and Villa at the moment.      
My source doesnt deal with Villas transfers in and out.

Im sure Jimmy is more bothered about his wages..

The price for him is all important.  Milner can say "I'm off" as much as he likes because he likes the wages being offered.  He's off when we get the price we want.  Not before.

His wage has been doubled..  But I think its a great deal If Villa can get nearer £30 million.
 
All Im saying I know nothing of the fee at the moment.

[VillaVA]

I don't understand why Milner wants to go to City when there's no CL and he will only get maybe half the games he gets at Villa...and when he does will find himself playing on the wing or at left back more often than not.

I haven't renewed my ST because he's going.  It took me an entire year to get over Barry going...I can't go through it again.  It will be Delph next year, and then whoever the new Delph is.

[Simon Jones]

I don't understand why Milner wants to go to City when there's no CL and he will only get maybe half the games he gets at Villa...and when he does will find himself playing on the wing or at left back more often than not.

I haven't renewed my ST because he's going.  It took me an entire year to get over Barry going...I can't go through it again.  It will be Delph next year, and then whoever the new Delph is.

It's probably due to the £80,000 + per week he could get

[SPENTFORCE]

Someone very close to the player ..

Thats all I know..


I just asked for an update..

I really hope it is true and MON gives our midfield a complete overhaul......

I can't see how anybody could hope its true. Why would you want us to lose our best player ?

Surely you'd prefer us to add to him to make us better ?

[PaulTheVillan]

Milner will be sitting at home now, checking his wage slip, seeing who is coming in at City (Silva, Toure, Boateng) and no doubt be packing his bags and looking for somewhere to live near Wankchester.

[Mazrim]

Or he'll go on holiday and relax a bit before coming back to rejoin his Villa team mates with a few new additions.

First one to say "I hope so but I cant see it" can punch themselves in the face please.

[mshurst]

I can see that happening ... but I can also see him fucking off.



Will a wall suffice, or does it have to be a punch?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Or he'll go on holiday and relax a bit before coming back to rejoin his Villa team mates with a few new additions.

First one to say "I hope so but I cant see it" can punch themselves in the face please.

I hope so, but I can't see it.

Agggh. My Dose!

[TaxDodger]

Surely Man City won't buy Silva, Toure and Milner? Where would that leave Barry, Kompany, De Jong, Adam Johnson, Vieria, Ireland, Michael Johnson, Vladamir Weiss and Wright Phillips? I know they need a squad but surely they don't need that many midfielders? Even if two or three leave they'd still have around seven midfielders who would expect to be playing every week.

[Toronto Villa]

I think any solid hopes of us keeping Milner have been dramatically reduced due his time spent in the wonderfully balanced and rational company of our band of English heroes. I can just imagine young James being shown photos of multiple houses, cars, women and inflated bank statements from the likes of Cole, Terry, Rooney etc.

Nothing at all wrong with the English game ...

[Walmley_Villa]

Bollocks to Milner and bollocks to the England team - I hereby resign as an England fan.