The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[Dante Lavelli]

Monty, do you sleep?

[Monty]

I have been known to. Right now, though, I'm merely watching the NY Red Bulls - Spurs game, partly to scout Bob Keane and partly for the commentary, and that's why I'm up.

In recent times, that would have been when to put in a Milner-Chuck Norris joke about sleep being weakness or something, but no more.

[Ads]

Got a link Monty? I've got a dose of insomnia as well.

[Monty]

Fraid not, I'm watching it on ESPN on the tv. It's Fox soccer though, so there should be a stream easy enough to find, they're usually all over the place.

[Rigadon]

Can't see what the fuss is about with MON's comments. Shit raking from the press to sell their papers.  It's obvious Milner and his agent want out of villa. MON is rightly fighting the clubs corner. What else is he supposed to do? Bend over ?
It's unfair in the extreme  to use this situtuation which is being stoked by our friend Gary cock and his friends as a stick to beat our manager with.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Ireland, Hart and £8m* cash and they can have him.

Would love to get Hart, he's class.

*£8m proceeds towards another midfielder (Flamini or Hleb) and a new striker.

[Steve@ardenley]

my friend spoke with Milners agent at the PFA awards... He was working on a deal with Man City then... (contract wise)

I'm at bit unsure about O'Neil.. friends who work for Nike hear that the players don't particularly like him... Warnock is the latest to fall out with him (supposedly!)

But i don't blame him for coming out with those coments.

The thing that upsets me is that these players have more than enough money and you would have thought that their decisions would be goal driven e.g. playing in / winning the champs league...

I honestly thought that Milner would be the type of player that wouldn't move just for a bigger Salary...

Do we think Delph could step up once returning from injury?

[Chris Smith]

If Milner is "angry and upset" he can clear it up by making a statement saying that he doesn't want to go to Man City.

Will he do that? Will he fuck.

He wants to go, he just doesn't like the fact that Villa have got fed up with Man City trying to piss us about and have tried to force that matter.

I owe Kevin Gage an apology, seems you were right about him all along.

[BannedUserIAT]

Yep. Step up, then step out to Man City for triple wages.

[BannedUserIAT]

I really want to hate Milner for this but if someone offered me double the money, I'd be sorely tempted. Given what they're building, it's hard to see them failing to win things.

Who I truly detest out of this, is Man City. Hoovering up players left, right and centre. And then having Mancini come out and say that they no longer wish to be held to ransom because they're loaded. Well, scarf-wearing dick-face, if you're going to tap players up with promises of untold riches, you'd best be prepared to get bent over from the club you're trying to pillage.

[Dr Butler]

If Milner is "angry and upset" he can clear it up by making a statement saying that he doesn't want to go to Man City.

Will he do that? Will he fuck.

He wants to go, he just doesn't like the fact that Villa have got fed up with Man City trying to piss us about and have tried to force that matter.

I owe Kevin Gage an apology, seems you were right about him all along.

Spot on Chris.

UTV
The Doc

[David_Nab]

my friend spoke with Milners agent at the PFA awards... He was working on a deal with Man City then... (contract wise)

I'm at bit unsure about O'Neil.. friends who work for Nike hear that the players don't particularly like him... Warnock is the latest to fall out with him (supposedly!)

But i don't blame him for coming out with those coments.

The thing that upsets me is that these players have more than enough money and you would have thought that their decisions would be goal driven e.g. playing in / winning the champs league...

I honestly thought that Milner would be the type of player that wouldn't move just for a bigger Salary...

Do we think Delph could step up once returning from injury?

MON seems a marmite manager ..either the player loves him or hates him

[SteveN]

I'm starting to get beyond past caring who said what. Milner wants to go and Martin doesn't seem particularly keen to keep him.

I'm already there. I love and always will love the Villa but the attitude and pay of today's allegedly top players and managers just grinds on my threepennies.

I'd quite happily support a team this year that plays those coming through from within and finishes the season still in the premiership.  Having said that I only get to see us 2 or 3 times a season and could understand why those who pay to watch every game may feel differently.

[A|C]

Does it matter if players like MON?  I can't imagine that many players like/liked Clough, Fergie or Wenger but they're still excellent managers.

[5ft811st2 Durham]

I really want to hate Milner for this but if someone offered me double the money, I'd be sorely tempted. Given what they're building, it's hard to see them failing to win things.

The distinction is that Milner's already a millionaire and even if he stayed with us on a meagre 40K a week he'd never have to work again after he retires.

The truth is that he had a mediocre first season back with us and only came good when MON shunted him into centre mid 8 months.

He owes us some loyalty, but it hardly comes as a surpise that he doesn't see it that way.