The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[Shrek]

So has anyone else noticed that Randy that has gone back on his word? Or is it just me?

What do you mean?

[BannedUserIAT]

I've never known a deal for making such fools of 'sources'.

Like this knob.....a funny read.

Blue Moon Clicky

[Mazrim]

So has anyone else noticed that Randy that has gone back on his word? Or is it just me?

What do you mean?

Yes, I'm looking forward to hearing this pearl of wisdom.

[LeeB]

So has anyone else noticed that Randy that has gone back on his word? Or is it just me?

What do you mean?

Yes, I'm looking forward to hearing this pearl of wisdom.

A pearl necklace of controversial opinion, no doubt.

He's so edgy and dangerous.

[Mazrim]

Well MON's gone now and you have to keep your eye in.

[Concrete John]

For arguments sake, lets take Jimmy's transfer value as £26m.  Most of you think he's not worth that, right?  Well, I do.

When I see him play, I see a young Steven Gerrard.  Great athleticism and strength, mixed with an ability to score and create goals.  If you take what he did in the 2nd half of last season and extrapolate it out over 38 games, then that's what I would be expecting from him.  If you further take into account the fact he's relatively new to the role and has age on his side, that further demonstrates exactly how good a player Man City are getting.  Plus he does have the added benefit of an impeccable on field attitude.  Imagine the performance he put in against West Ham, but him doing that for a full season?  Easilly a £26m footballer by today's standards.

The irony of it is, he'll never be that player at Man City, as he'll be in and out of the side and in different positions.  At a club like ours, we'd build the team around him (well, him and Ash) and he'd become a legend here. 

I suppose it's like buying a Ferrari, sticking it in the garage and then only driving it rarely to the shops and back.  It's worth what you paid for it, but you'll never get your money's worth out of it.   

[Concrete John]

So has anyone else noticed that Randy that has gone back on his word? Or is it just me?

What do you mean?

Yes, I'm looking forward to hearing this pearl of wisdom.

Well, I'm expecting an expansion of the 'MON wants to sell Milner' theory now that he's resigned and we're still flogging Jimmy.

[john e]

footballers have always moved on,

Andy Gray
Alan Mcanaly
David Platt
Dwight Yorke
Gareth Barry

James Milner,

thats just a few i have seen move on,
 money has changed football in a bad way, and maybe players are less loyal now than they were,
but its still not a new thing to lose our better players,

 by the way of the above list Yorkie was the most painfull

[Mr Diggles]

So has this deal gone through or not? I'm just wondering if Stephen Ireland has been named part of the squad for Thursday night - does anyone know whether he'll be too late for that?

[mshurst]

They don't hang around taking him off the squad list, do they?

[jembob]

footballers have always moved on,

Andy Gray
Alan Mcanaly
David Platt
Dwight Yorke
Gareth Barry

James Milner,

thats just a few i have seen move on,
 money has changed football in a bad way, and maybe players are less loyal now than they were,
but its still not a new thing to lose our better players,

 by the way of the above list Yorkie was the most painfull

I'm surprised that people are still expecting players to have much loyalty when it's just a job for them. The only people which have loyalty to a football club are the fans.

Milner has had his head turned by wealth and perhaps a bit of glamour and who could really blame a young bloke for chasing that? More than likely he'll be on £6M per annum and probably twice what he'll get at VP so the temptation is going to be great. We might like to think that he's not going for football reasons, however we all know that Citeh will continue to piss money up the wall on superstars and there must be an attraction to be able to play with some of the world's most talented players, even if they can't play as a team.

He probably made up his mind to go at the end of last season and while he had a storming end to it, we didn't really play much attractive football, and at the time looked like continuing with the same tedious style into this one. At that time the case for going to Citeh would have been quite compelling for him although I do wonder if he had his doubts towards the end. Perhaps things had gone too far for him to change his mind.

[taylorsworkrate]

In reference to the earlier tribute video of ireland, i know anyone can look good on youtube........ But if we get anything like that player, what a deal we have just done.  Two of his defence splitting passes had me a bit hot and bothered.  Lets really get behind this guy.

He has the potential to be as good as any in this league

[stevenjos]

Just remember Randy telling the press at the end of the season that Milner wasnt leaving thats all.

[dave.woodhall]

I was thinking about my dislike for City when I recalled this article from a few weeks back.  Part of the usual pre-season ramblings about how the teams will do.  I found the City entry to epitomise the arrogance that I despise in them

Manchester City

The problem for City this season is that we are fast becoming the club everyone wants to hate, rather than everyone's second team. Well I've got news for you, we don't want to be underperforming lovable old City. The only reason for disliking us is because we have money. Well sorry, but we don't care what you think. Nobody will ever win the league without money. How much did Man United pay for Berbatov? QED. Realistically, who can finish above us? Chelsea are struggling with the new Uefa rules on homegrown players, Man United haven't improved their ageing squad, while Arsenal and Liverpool would both struggle to finish in the top half if the league were slightly stronger. Last season 5th Prediction 1st

The new boys We've bought the best attacking left midfielder in Europe – David Silva; the best young defender in Germany – Boateng; the best box-to-box midfielder in the world – Yaya Touré; and the best left-back in Europe, bar Ashley Cole, in Kolarov. What's not to be excited about?

Men to watch Everyone. The only problem will be keeping them all happy. It remains to be seen whether we field different Premier League and Europa League teams.

Best youngsters Anga Dedryck Boyata should carry on from last season and put pressure on Kolo Touré, Kompany, Lescott and Boateng – or not.

Target for the boo-boys City fans have long grown out of booing their own players . We leave that to Arsenal to boo all their former favourites – who play for us.

Hate figure Man United and Spurs generally. Hopefully, this year we'll rise above the irrational hatred of other clubs and just support our own team.

Title winner Manchester City

Going down Blackpool, West Brom, Newcastle

From The Observer

If we were in their shoes I'd make that bloke sound like Gandhi.

[Dr Butler]

Just remember Randy telling the press at the end of the season that Milner wasnt leaving thats all.

I'm not sure but I think Randy just said that he was not for sale.