The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[eastie]

if he goes next season with just one yr on his contract the price will drop massively as well, we will have cash to spend besides the milner money and any other sales that we make , so we should be in a position to spend around £60m on incoming players , if we cant get decent players in with that outlay we may as well give up.

milner has been brilliant but his sale could give us the chance to bring in 3 or maybe more top players , carlton cole , no thank you!

ireland, wright phillips, richards maybe , i know a lot dont like robbie keane but he would be great for us up front, whoever mon goes for he should be able to bring in 4 players at around £15m each.

[django]

Its all feels very frustrating doesn't it, like tending a rose bush in your garden, you dig, water and prick your fingers waiting patiently for it to flower.... only just as it comes into bloom your neighbour comes and digs it up and plants it in theirs.

If it kept happening you might be tempted to give up gardening.

[Dave Cooper please]

The difficulty I have with replacing them is the very limited field we operate in transfer wise.

I am sure there are players in the world who would improve us but as we will likely be limited to buying from the domestic market again they aren't going to be too easy to find.

This basically.

We cannot replace Milner from the domestic market without paying probably more than what we get for Milner.
I know fuck all about players world wide, but surely there's a Milner out there somewhere?

[Concrete John]

Obviously there's a judgment to be made on Randy's part, in this example, as to whether the chance of getting Mourinho is high enough to justify the disruption it may possibly cause.  He may well conclude that in this case the chance isn't high enough to warrant it.  I accept that totally.  But my point is that Randy shouldn't be limited in his actions by how Martin would react.

So should Spurs do the same thing?  Should every club outside the top 3?

[Drummond]

Mad dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun. the 10am sun, 11am sun, 2o'clock sun.......

[Percy McCarthy]

There is no way MON will be able to spot potential stars like Milner and Ashley Young, buy them relatively cheaply, help develop their game, and turn them into real assets for Aston Villa.

Oh, er ... hang on a minute...

[ronshirt]

the chance of getting Mourinho

This could be decided one way or another quite easily. Ring him up and say in an American accent, 'Hello, Sir, this is Randy Lerner - Chairman of Aston Villa. Would you like to be our manager at your earliest convenience?'

[Guy M]

There is no way MON will be able to spot potential stars like Milner and Ashley Young, buy them relatively cheaply, help develop their game, and turn them into real assets for Aston Villa.

Oh, er ... hang on a minute...

Excellent point, well made. Short, sweet and blindingly accurate.

[hilts_coolerking]

So should Spurs do the same thing?  Should every club outside the top 3?

If you're suggesting that when Jose Mourinho says he's not happy in Italy and wants to manage in England again, the sensible thing for a top 6 Premier League club to do is totally ignore him then I'd have to disagree with you.

[hilts_coolerking]

There is no way MON will be able to spot potential stars like Milner and Ashley Young, buy them relatively cheaply, help develop their game, and turn them into real assets for Aston Villa.

Oh, er ... hang on a minute...

Excellent point, well made. Short, sweet and blindingly accurate.

Turn them into real assets for Aston Villa for how long though?  It seems that hanging on to these assets is going to be the biggest challenge.

[Dave]

There is no way MON will be able to spot potential stars like Milner and Ashley Young, buy them relatively cheaply, help develop their game, and turn them into real assets for Aston Villa.

Oh, er ... hang on a minute...

Excellent point, well made. Short, sweet and blindingly accurate.

Turn them into real assets for Aston Villa for how long though?  It seems that hanging on to these assets is going to be the biggest challenge.

It's certainly a challenge.

But even if we can't, tripling our investment is hardly a bad second choice.

[fringey]

There is no way MON will be able to spot potential stars like Milner and Ashley Young, buy them relatively cheaply, help develop their game, and turn them into real assets for Aston Villa.

Oh, er ... hang on a minute...

the same ashley young that was wanted by other teams like spurs or the same milner who we knew is a quality player when we had him on loan .
you do not pay 12 million on milner and not expect him to be good same with young .

I cannot believe the amount of people on here who think MON is the messiah and he cannot do anything wrong , quite frankly given the money he has had his transfer dealings are average at best .

[hilts_coolerking]

It's certainly a challenge.

But even if we can't, tripling our investment is hardly a bad second choice.

Absolutely, as long as it's ploughed straight back into the team.

[Dave]

the same ashley young that was wanted by other teams like spurs or the same milner who we knew is a quality player when we had him on loan .
you do not pay 12 million on milner and not expect him to be good same with young .

So why didn't others pay £12m for Milner then?

I cannot believe the amount of people on here who think MON is the manager and he cannot do anything wrong

Not this nonsense again. Who has said this? Anywhere?

[john e]

Just think at this rate,
 top teams will be fighting over Downing this time next year, i reckon about 20- 30-mill should do it