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Offline RogerS

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« Reply #3660 on: August 02, 2010, 08:10:25 PM »
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Cant believe the club have gone for the old "back injury" Thought that was only used by former "Rover workers" when they had been on the lash all weekend ........


As I recall, you could three weeks off on the sick at Rover for a broken Thermos.

Allegedly.

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« Reply #3661 on: August 02, 2010, 08:27:57 PM »
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Unconfirmed, but I've heard Milner's had a fall out with Martin, refused to play and will be gone by the weekend. Time will tell.


At a cheaper price too. This game we love is severely fucked.

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« Reply #3662 on: August 02, 2010, 08:32:22 PM »
If he is playing silly buiggers and refusing, let him have a  spell in the stiffs, spoil the wholesome boy next door image and see how he feels. Just wish manshite oil would implode, spoils the league totally.

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« Reply #3663 on: August 02, 2010, 10:31:01 PM »
I hope you are right dave, I'll be glad to see it all done a d dusted and get on with our transfers, if it is £24m it's still way over what he's worth.

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« Reply #3664 on: August 02, 2010, 10:37:58 PM »
How did Milner's medical go  today? <<winky>>

Offline Karl Bridges

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« Reply #3665 on: August 02, 2010, 10:42:46 PM »
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I'm sure that at the start of the friendly last night, the team line up showed Milner starting.

Whether that's because MON gave them the team expecting him to, but he then refused, I don't know.

^^ idle conjecture, by the way



The Birmingham Mail said it was a clerical error on the part of the organisers. Although you would have thought they received a team sheet rather than guessed the line up.

Offline PaulTheVillan

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« Reply #3666 on: August 02, 2010, 11:03:09 PM »
Has the fucker gone yet?

Offline PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt

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« Reply #3667 on: August 02, 2010, 11:12:10 PM »
So Martin doesn't know what is happening...

...so here is what you do Martin. Give them a deadline of Wednesday to get the deal done to the price you have in mind or tell them to shove their oil cash where the sun doesn't shine. Simple.

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« Reply #3668 on: August 02, 2010, 11:17:41 PM »
Yep simple, and lose £15m or more on him next season when he goes?cutting off your nose to spite your face!

It's in the interests of Aston villa to take £24m which is well over what he's worth and move on!the lad wants to leave so let him go and take the cash. Man city have offered far more than he's worth in any case !

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« Reply #3669 on: August 02, 2010, 11:18:18 PM »
Yep simple, and lose £15m or more on him next season when he goes?cutting off your nose to spite your face!

It's in the interests of Aston villa to take £24m which is well over what he's worth and move on!the lad wants to leave so let him go and take the cash. Man city have offered far more than he's worth in any case !

Offline old man villa fan

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« Reply #3670 on: August 02, 2010, 11:32:41 PM »
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Yep simple, and lose £15m or more on him next season when he goes?cutting off your nose to spite your face!

It's in the interests of Aston villa to take £24m which is well over what he's worth and move on!the lad wants to leave so let him go and take the cash. Man city have offered far more than he's worth in any case !


Do we really know what they have offered and what we will really accept.  There have been many amounts mentioned in the press but do we know that they are even close to what we would accept.  Maybe they are only at £18m.  If that is the case and Milner is playing his face up I would say no deal.  If it is at £24m, yes, I would say make the deal.

If he stays and we sell him next year, even if he only has 1 year left on his contract, there will be more than Man City that will want him and assuming he has a reasonable season his value will not drop below £20m.  There is still the January window as well.

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« Reply #3671 on: August 02, 2010, 11:35:42 PM »
Quote from: "old man villa fan"

If he stays and we sell him next year, even if he only has 1 year left on his contract, there will be more than Man City that will want him and assuming he has a reasonable season his value will not drop below £20m.  There is still the January window as well.


Do you know what, I was thinking about just that earlier today, and I'm not 100 percent convinced.

Maybe it is some kind of subconscious re-evaluation now it looks like he wants out, but he's had one very good season thus far, that's not really conclusive evidence of his quality.

I have to say, though, that I don't think anyone, even Man City, would pay 20m for a player with one year left on his contract.

If we're about getting as much money as we can for him, this is the time to sell him. I would say that if we were keen on keeping him, then we should turn them down, but it appears he's made it quite clear he wants out now, so i suspect there is no way back.

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« Reply #3672 on: August 02, 2010, 11:39:40 PM »
There is some ITK stuff floating about saying that the deal will be £19m + Ireland. Would be over the moon with that to be honest.

Offline PaulTheVillan

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« Reply #3673 on: August 02, 2010, 11:43:34 PM »
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There is some ITK stuff floating about saying that the deal will be £19m + Ireland. Would be over the moon with that to be honest.


That would be superb. That's at least £30m pounds worth of goods coming our way.

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« Reply #3674 on: August 02, 2010, 11:49:18 PM »
Aye.

Party hat and poppers all round.

I genuinely don't think there is much between Ireland and Milner ability wise. Milner is probably the steadier of the two, less prone to controversy.

But Ireland can do the unexpected, whether it's a defence splitting pass, rocking up to training in a pink Landrover or killing off both grannies in a single weekend.

If the deal is anything close to that I'd say that Citeh have been done up like a kipper. Again.

 


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