The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[Mazrim]

MON has made as many good decisions as he bad ones regarding our strikers and I hope he puts another one (or two) in the good column this summer.

Strikers in;

Carew
Harewood
Sutton
Heskey



so 1 good 3 bad?

No.

Championing Gabby.
Carew

Heskey
Harewood.

2 -2

Can i have a look at them..... oh yes, claret tinted specs! Very fetching!

How so? Which do you disagree with then?

Anyway, I'd rather have Claret and Blue specs than be blind.

[olaftab]

MON has made about same number of bad signings as  Fergie , not as many as Hughes/Mancini and no where close to Benitez

[LeeB]

Come on, Riss. When MON took over at Villa we weren't in any position to sign the sort of players that Spurs had at the time, let alone who they've signed since.

Come on?  Players like Kranjcar, Crouch, Bassong and Defoe are out of our league are they?  I'd suggest not personally.  If you're willing to blow £12m on Stewart Downing, then you can afford any of those.

Three of those followed their old manager into his new job, and we bought two better centre halves than Bassong anyway.

And from what I can gather Spurs were very much willing to spend that sort of money of Downing but we beat them to it.

[Villa'Zawg]

Come on, Riss. When MON took over at Villa we weren't in any position to sign the sort of players that Spurs had at the time, let alone who they've signed since.

Come on?  Players like Kranjcar, Crouch, Bassong and Defoe are out of our league are they?  I'd suggest not personally.  If you're willing to blow £12m on Stewart Downing, then you can afford any of those.

I'd rather have Carew, Milner, Ashley, Dunne and Collins,who cost about the same.

[march]

Missing out on £2m Kranjcar was poor.

Bargain of the season.

the fact he went to Spurs and Arry for JUST £2m would indicate other factors were at play

£2m for him to be frank was possibly the worse deal Pompey could make, they could have easily got £5-8m on the open market

[pauliewalnuts]

Missing out on £2m Kranjcar was poor.

Bargain of the season.

the fact he went to Spurs and Arry for JUST £2m would indicate other factors were at play

£2m for him to be frank was possibly the worse deal Pompey could make, they could have easily got £5-8m on the open market

Some of the stuff written on here about Redknapp is beyond belief.

We've already had "no, I refuse to believe Spurs wage bill is lower than ours, despite having seen the respective figures in the accounts of each club showing that this is in fact the case, there must be some other iffy accounting going on, or Harry must be slipping them money off the books" (of course, this being so easy to do in a PLC).

Now we have Redknapp getting a bargain in Krancjar, so, yes, of course, he must have colluded with Portsmouth, to give them as little money as possible for him. I'm assuming these are the "other factors" to which you refer?

I don't like Redknapp much, but to read the way he is discussed on here, we sound like bitter Albion fans or something, getting wound up and pissed off in a self righteous frenzy.

[VillaZogmariner]

Come on, Riss. When MON took over at Villa we weren't in any position to sign the sort of players that Spurs had at the time, let alone who they've signed since.

Come on?  Players like Kranjcar, Crouch, Bassong and Defoe are out of our league are they?  I'd suggest not personally.  If you're willing to blow £12m on Stewart Downing, then you can afford any of those.

I'd rather have Carew, Milner, Ashley, Dunne and Collins,who cost about the same.

But when you consider that Krancjar, for example, cost less than Sidwell, Heskey and Harewood.

[Monty]

We have better defenders than Bassong, Kranjcar was an example of a manager signing a player he knows how to get the best out of (see Petrov) and Defoe would choose Spurs over us every single day of the week.

As for Downing, to dismiss him at this early juncture is unfair.

[old man villa fan]

Missing out on £2m Kranjcar was poor.

Bargain of the season.

the fact he went to Spurs and Arry for JUST £2m would indicate other factors were at play

£2m for him to be frank was possibly the worse deal Pompey could make, they could have easily got £5-8m on the open market

Some of the stuff written on here about Redknapp is beyond belief.

We've already had "no, I refuse to believe Spurs wage bill is lower than ours, despite having seen the respective figures in the accounts of each club showing that this is in fact the case, there must be some other iffy accounting going on, or Harry must be slipping them money off the books" (of course, this being so easy to do in a PLC).

Now we have Redknapp getting a bargain in Krancjar, so, yes, of course, he must have colluded with Portsmouth, to give them as little money as possible for him. I'm assuming these are the "other factors" to which you refer?

I don't like Redknapp much, but to read the way he is discussed on here, we sound like bitter Albion fans or something, getting wound up and pissed off in a self righteous frenzy.

You're right in what you say about what they can do as a PLC.  I think it was more to do with the speed of payments for players that had transferred between the clubs previously.  Portsmouth needed money and if, for instance, Spurs still had outstanding payments to make on Defoe or Crouch an early payment could have got Portsmouth to reduce the Kranjcar fee.

[TheSandman]

Milner dismayed as Villa decline to budge on £30m price tag for City switch

By Derek Hunter Last updated at 11:40 PM on 31st July 2010

Villa 3 Feyenoord 1

James Milner's relationship with Martin O'Neill came under further scrutiny after the Manchester City target failed to feature in Villa's win over Feyenoord.

Despite a move to City being no closer, the England star had to watch from the sidelines in Portugal after being left out of O'Neill's squad for the Guadiana Cup clash.

Villan of the piece: Milner is wants Eastlands switch sorted

Transfer talks between the two clubs remain deadlocked with Villa valuing the 24-year-old at £30m, while City's only bid to date is £20m.

O'Neill's decision to omit him leaves further question marks over relations between the pair after Milner was upset by the Villa manager's claim the player had "intimated" he wanted to leave.

Although the new campaign is less than a fortnight away, he is yet to kick a ball for Villa in pre-season.

Milner was involved in Villa's pre-match warm-up, however, and he received a subdued reception from the 500 Villa supporters in the Algarve.

Luke Young, who this week rejected a move to Liverpool, was another notable absentee with the wantaway defender sat alongside Milner in the dugout – at the opposite end to O'Neill, who is yet to spend this summer after being told he must sell to buy.

Marc Albrighton has been the star of Villa's pre-season and he took just five minutes to give them the lead with a 25-yard rocket.

Feyenoord levelled nine minutes later, however, when Luc Castaignos lashed in from close range amid Villa appeals for offside.

Stewart Downing spurned a golden chance when he raced through, while Georginio Wijnaldum hit the woodwork just before the break for the Dutch giants.

The excellent Albrighton crossed for Emile Heskey to head home after 73 minutes before fellow substitute Steve Sidwell made sure with a screamer six minutes later.

Villa face Benfica in the final game of the three-game tournament tonight with the winner taking the trophy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1299301/James-Milners-30m-Manchester-City-hold-Aston-Villa-wont-budge-price.html#ixzz0vIvBpWLU

[Somniloquism]

Where in the article does it say Milner is dismayed. There are not even quotes from a close friend. And the caption under the picture "Milner is wants Eastlands switch sorted" shows how bodged this story is.

[eastie]

Maybe mon doesn't want to risk him getting an injury as he was quoted yesterday he fully expects city to be back with another bid.

[abc123cox]

Maybe mon doesn't want to risk him getting an injury as he was quoted yesterday he fully expects city to be back with another bid.

MON has confirmed on official site that he has a strained back injury and that was the only reason he was left out, and Young had a tight thigh so thats why he was left out....

reporters should wait until answers are given before the tripe they write about

[Ross]

Maybe mon doesn't want to risk him getting an injury as he was quoted yesterday he fully expects city to be back with another bid.

MON has confirmed on official site that he has a strained back injury and that was the only reason he was left out, and Young had a tight thigh so thats why he was left out....

reporters should wait until answers are given before the tripe they write about

And because its on the official site, it must be true?

[jasevilla]

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MON has confirmed on official site that he has a strained back injury and that was the only reason he was left out, and Young had a tight thigh so thats why he was left out....

[/quote]

Total rubbish,everyone knows why they didnt play,but i wouldn't be surprised if Milner plays against Benfica in some part if we are struggling.