The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[abc123cox]

Just been speaking to good old Steve Stride (remember him lol) and he let slip that an announcement will be made regarding James milner at dinner time tomorrow.

ps he does still work at Villa!!! i thought he left but no, he does something in the communications part.

will upload photo i took with him in a while, if anyone wants to see.

he wouldn tell me anything about the announcement though, he just said he couldn't say anything! but he was smiling if that helps anyone....he had photo's took with about 10 of us!!

ps get down villa for the England / Villa shirt combo, it looks mint and at £15.00 not bad price.

[TheSandman]

He left a few years back (maybe immediately after Randy came in?) but I'd assume he'd still know people and what's going on.

[abc123cox]

He left a few years back (maybe immediately after Randy came in?) but I'd assume he'd still know people and what's going on.

he was at the players entrance gate, he had a villa tie on and when we asked him what he was doing he said he was still working in communictaion with the villa!

he spoke about deadly's son he also still works at villa!

[Concrete John]

Milner's off with England, so surely nothing major could be announced?

[abc123cox]

He left a few years back (maybe immediately after Randy came in?) but I'd assume he'd still know people and what's going on.

he was at the players entrance gate, he had a villa tie on and when we asked him what he was doing he said he was still working in communictaion with the villa!

he spoke about deadly's son he also still works at villa!

i was just reading through villa archive and he resigned as director in 2007, but it advises that he will still be involved with the villa in some way.

[Ryu]

Could have approached him and/or his agent around September /October time and arranged a time to meet. They may well have suggested to waot after the World Cup in which case its a moot point.

Of course its hindsight. but, we're not paid to look at the minutae of the playing staff and decisions about their future. The manager is. Or the CEO, Director of Football, or whoever is in charge of that side of things.

Sorry, but you don't start to arrange a new contract just over a year into a four year deal.

If we had switch him to the centre a year ago would you be saying we should have approached his agent a couple of months after signing him?

He's had a good year in the centre but i think he would have had a good year wherever. I maintain that where he is playing is not his best position so I could counter what your saying that if we played him as a right-sided midfielder we would have been offering an extended contract a lot sooner because he would have been even more productive.

As for arranging contracts there are cases of new contracts been offered all the time especially when a player has made a massive improvement the season before. That hasn't happened in Milner's case granted but his progression was assured as the more mature he became. Also, by dropping the attempt at playing as a winger.

But, as I said, Capello made his feelings known last season, Milner was cracking in goals and getting plaudits by October/November, and it became very clear that he would be a mainstay of any club should as he gets older and more experienced.

That's when it was time to act.

I don't think signing him on a new contract would make that much difference.  Fabregas is arsenel's captain and has 4 years left of a 6 year contractc, I think.  He couldn't be more of a 'mainstay'. He still looks likely to leave.  

On another point is Milner leaving for certain?  Everybody seems quite resigned even though no offer has been accepted.

[Concrete John]

On another point is Milner leaving for certain?  Everybody seems quite resigned even though no offer has been accepted.

I think it's a case that if Man City really want him they'll just keep upping the bid until we can't say no.

[Ryu]

On another point is Milner leaving for certain?  Everybody seems quite resigned even though no offer has been accepted.

I think it's a case that if Man City really want him they'll just keep upping the bid until we can't say no.

This is true enough but if we keep turning down bids they may look elsewhere.  They must be after loads of other midfielders and even they can't expect to get ALL their targets, can they?

I hope we hold out, anyway.

[richard moore]

Looking at SSN just now, it appears they are after anyone and everyone from overseas - must be a mercenary's dream come true. Going to be fun and games there watching what happens when such diehard one club players like Tevez, Adebayour and Bellamy start realising they might not be first choice...

[olaftab]

Just been speaking to good old Steve Stride (remember him lol) and he let slip that an announcement will be made regarding James milner at dinner time tomorrow.

Is that Dinner time as the Queen would  have it say   at 8.00PM tonight or Dinner time as in School dinners?

[PaulTheVillan]

Obviously bull shit.

[richard moore]

Just been speaking to good old Steve Stride (remember him lol) and he let slip that an announcement will be made regarding James milner at dinner time tomorrow.

Is that Dinner time as the Queen would  have it say   at 8.00PM tonight or Dinner time as in School dinners?

Knowing footballers as one does ma'am, I expect it means lunchtime which those working class types often refer to as dinner ;-)

[MoetVillan]

dinner at 8pm?  what the f?  surely that will mess up tea?  and the whole space-time continuum?

[BannedUserIAT]

So, what of this announcement regarding James Milner then?

[KevinGage]

Divorcing Ashley Blake, I think.

I've got that wrong haven't I?