The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[H00513R]

Don't forget your skirts son.

[eamonn]

I never fully took to Milner the way many did. Thought we overspent - like I think Citeh have now. There must be a dearth of old-fashioned, tireless, energetic English players with a decent shot. For him to command the transfer fees he has, I'm obviously not getting something about Milner. Maybe it's because I tend to take to the more technically gifted players at the Villa - all the better if they're homegrown, which is why I'll always have a soft spot for those foolish men Lee Hendrie and Luke Moore...
 
He's too offensively-minded to be a sitting midfield player but he doesn't have the vision or consistency in his passing to be an attacking one. So he's somewhere in between. Barry was in a way too - but he can spot a pass far better than Milner and his left foot helps give balance.
Until he moved into the middle last season, he seemed to do a lot of huffing and puffing on the wing without much end product. Sure it's great to have a player who will run all day but when they don't have to, because of a superior touch or a quicker mind when it comes to football, all the better. Which I think Ireland has over Milner, quite comfortably.

Even on Saturday, though he played well, I thought he was quiet at the start, and thought he might be going missing a bit due to the crowd's initial reaction. He went on to have a good game but, his finely taken goal aside, I honestly thought that Downing, Young, Petrov and Albrighton played better.


Mac summed it up best on the other thread - Milner was consistently a 7/10 player, Ireland will geneally be a 9 or a 5. If he feels wanted and is given a run I reckon there'll be a lot more of the former. But with a tight defence, hopefully a stong backbone to midfield, be it NRC, Petrov, Delph eventually, hopefully we'll have a platform for him to prosper. He has the bit of magic that makes a player worth the admission price we've been craving for years. Young and Albrighton/Downing can provide it on the wing, now we've someone who can do it in the middle, something MON didn't seem to place too much importance on.

[VillaAlways]

Just watched his interview on the City website.Notice he's already calling us Aston Villa even the interviewer was calling us Villa.Banging on about how long and drawn out it was and how it was an easy decision.Hmmm strange comments from a man that supposedly denied saying he wanted to leave.

[D.boy]

Who cares anymore. The deals done and we have got the better side of it. Time to move on.

[Monty]

Just watched his interview on the City website.Notice he's already calling us Aston Villa even the interviewer was calling us Villa.Banging on about how long and drawn out it was and how it was an easy decision.Hmmm strange comments from a man that supposedly denied saying he wanted to leave.

The music they had at the beginning is hilarious. Seems they think Milner's a porn star.

[VillaAlways]

Just watched his interview on the City website.Notice he's already calling us Aston Villa even the interviewer was calling us Villa.Banging on about how long and drawn out it was and how it was an easy decision.Hmmm strange comments from a man that supposedly denied saying he wanted to leave.

The music they had at the beginning is hilarious. Seems they think Milner's a porn star.

LOL

[TimTheVillain]

'Get ready to win the Premier League' Mancini

You know, he couldn't give a flying fuck about Villa - we were a steppin stone to a bigger pay cheque and the hope of a trophy.

Move on -  but jeez, do i want Ireland to prove himself to be the better player.

[pmk1981]

all i want is villa to beat man city twice this season.  Ireland scoring home and away and what would make it even more enjoyable is that milner is on the bench !!! :-)  ugly money grabbing chav

[The Man With A Stick]

all i want is villa to beat man city twice this season.  Ireland scoring home and away and what would make it even more enjoyable is that milner is on the bench !!! :-)  ugly money grabbing chav

A Dunne header from an Ireland cross would do me.

[Toronto Villa]

Milner is saying what he has to say on signing for a new team. He's playing to a different audience now. The arrogance of Man City and the stuff that comes out of their is cringeworthy. They talk like they've arrived, which couldn't be further from the truth.

[pmk1981]

So then I think Milner is doing a cracking job keeping that man city bench warm !!
(£) (£)
    @
.........

[TheSandman]

I was saying to my dad earlier that the only thing keeping me from Schadenfreude at Milner's expense was our lowly position.

We are up a few now so I think I can muster a broad smile.

 

[pmk1981]

The thing is he is shit on the wing and excelled as a box to box midfielder and at man city they don't play that sort of formation

Bygons be bygons send Ireland back and pay man c the money back and pretend it never happened lol

[Dante Lavelli]

Man City play with very definitive defensive midfielders and attacking midfielders (strangely they seem to include Toure in the later) and as we know Milner is somewhere in between the two.  A great all round player but he doesn't excel at anyone discipline which means his face will never quite fit at Man City.

Poor lad.

[lovejoy]

Why is it footballers sell their livelihood for a few extra quid rather than staying somewhere to make a difference and improve themselves. the career is so short can they afford to warm benches. No wonder England are so rubbish given the bhig team can afford the but cant afford to play them.