The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[john e]

as players theres not a lot between Millner and Ireland in my view, i might even prefer Ireland to be honest,

 

Couldn't disagree more.

Ireland was awesome the season before...   would prefer both in the team to be honest..

He was about as awesome as Lee Hendrie at his peak.

but not as Orange

[Irreverent ad]

He is a very good player. But worth over £25m in my opinion, no.

Whilst i agree, it's not really the point. Lescott is never worth £24m, but Man City were stupid enough to pay it.

If Lescott is worth £24 million then Milner is worth 35.

Thats the point he is not. How can he be worth only £10m less than David Villa?

Different markets.

Hopefully this summer we can shop in these 'different markets' with £25m extra.

[Mazrim]

I like Ireland, he's a good player. But Milner has about 5 more strings to his bow and is a much better all round player.

So Ireland would replace some of Milners traits but nowhere near all of them. Add to that, Milner is probably the most down to Earth model pro there is whereas Ireland is potentially as mad as a sack of cats.

[Jimbo]

I like Ireland, he's a good player. But Milner has about 5 more strings to his bow and is a much better all round player.

So Ireland would replace some of Milners traits but nowhere near all of them. Add to that, Milner is probably the most down to Earth model pro there is whereas Ireland is potentially as mad as a sack of cats.

And Ireland's head looks like one of Kojak's lollipops.

[Monty]

What a load of old arse this is. The media should realise that it's time to stop treating Randy Lerner as if he were some normal chairman who says and does normal chairman things. When he says Milner won't go, he bloody well means it. MON is also more stubborn and likely to dig his heels in than almost any other manager in the league.

[Irreverent ad]

What a load of old arse this is. The media should realise that it's time to stop treating Randy Lerner as if he were some normal chairman who says and does normal chairman things. When he says Milner won't go, he bloody well means it. MON is also more stubborn and likely to dig his heels in than almost any other manager in the league.

Did he actually say Milner is not going anywhere though?

[richard moore]

I like Ireland, he's a good player. But Milner has about 5 more strings to his bow and is a much better all round player.

So Ireland would replace some of Milners traits but nowhere near all of them. Add to that, Milner is probably the most down to Earth model pro there is whereas Ireland is potentially as mad as a sack of cats.

And Ireland's head looks like one of Kojak's lollipops.

Remember the craze for those in the mid 70s? Everyone at school walking around sucking on one....

[Des Little]

I like Ireland, he's a good player. But Milner has about 5 more strings to his bow and is a much better all round player.

So Ireland would replace some of Milners traits but nowhere near all of them. Add to that, Milner is probably the most down to Earth model pro there is whereas Ireland is potentially as mad as a sack of cats.

And Ireland's head looks like one of Kojak's lollipops.

Remember the craze for those in the mid 70s? Everyone at school walking around sucking on one....

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[Concrete John]

He is a very good player. But worth over £25m in my opinion, no.

Whilst i agree, it's not really the point. Lescott is never worth £24m, but Man City were stupid enough to pay it.

If Lescott is worth £24 million then Milner is worth 35.

Thats the point he is not. How can he be worth only £10m less than David Villa?

But it depends what we value Milner at. If MON and Lerner think £25m would improve the team too a larger degree than keeping Milner then it does not matter who pays the money.

But if they think £25m could improve the team, then with £35m surely they could improve it more?

Our value of Milner as a player is only relevant if we are trying to sell him, which we are not.  As such, they not only have to meet what he's worth, but also add some on top to make us agree to a transfer we do not want to do.

[Monty]

What a load of old arse this is. The media should realise that it's time to stop treating Randy Lerner as if he were some normal chairman who says and does normal chairman things. When he says Milner won't go, he bloody well means it. MON is also more stubborn and likely to dig his heels in than almost any other manager in the league.

Did he actually say Milner is not going anywhere though?

He said things like "James will play at Aston Villa next season" and "we will do everything in our power to keep him". I think people are reading a bit much into the latter statement, whereas it's just an indication that the new contract will be pretty rewarding.

[caster troy]

This is really gut-wrenching. It will be awful to lose Milner.

Apart from the obvious downsides to all this, it will also ruin the World Cup for me. I was so looking forward to him being a star for England, as a Villa player. Now it will all be 'future Man City star James Milner' and we won't get a mention. The pride I had seeing Platty in Italia 90 was one of the main reasons I became such a huge Villa fan.

[john e]

This is really gut-wrenching. It will be awful to lose Milner.

Apart from the obvious downsides to all this, it will also ruin the World Cup for me. I was so looking forward to him being a star for England, as a Villa player. Now it will all be 'future Man City star James Milner' and we won't get a mention. The pride I had seeing Platty in Italia 90 was one of the main reasons I became such a huge Villa fan.

yeah, but you can still cheer on Heskey

[Rip Van We Go Again]

This is really gut-wrenching. It will be awful to lose Milner.

Apart from the obvious downsides to all this, it will also ruin the World Cup for me. I was so looking forward to him being a star for England, as a Villa player. Now it will all be 'future Man City star James Milner' and we won't get a mention. The pride I had seeing Platty in Italia 90 was one of the main reasons I became such a huge Villa fan.

yeah, but you can still cheer on Heskey

Has he took up the offer of The Green Mile stage play in the West End?

Worth three cheers for that.

[andyh]

This is really gut-wrenching. It will be awful to lose Milner.

Apart from the obvious downsides to all this, it will also ruin the World Cup for me. I was so looking forward to him being a star for England, as a Villa player. Now it will all be 'future Man City star James Milner' and we won't get a mention. The pride I had seeing Platty in Italia 90 was one of the main reasons I became such a huge Villa fan.

Maybe you should lay off the pies................... (winky)

[hackneyvillain]

He said things like "James will play at Aston Villa next season" and "we will do everything in our power to keep him". I think people are reading a bit much into the latter statement, whereas it's just an indication that the new contract will be pretty rewarding.

I just read that to say that he will be sold to a premier league club, thus meaning he will play an away game at Villa Park.  Could be wrong though.