A good, solid, hard working player but without the flair or ability to be on that kind of level.
Quote from: TheSandman on November 20, 2010, 02:27:48 PMA good, solid, hard working player but without the flair or ability to be on that kind of level. Which was said about Lampard at a similar age.
Quote from: NZMAV on November 20, 2010, 01:17:09 PMDelph would be ruined as a player if he were a holding player. He can really attack, also, he can't tackle.Agreed, Delph is a box-to-box player. If he learns to tackle (he needs to if he wants to make it in the Premiership) he can maybe fill the Milner-shaped hole in our midfield.
Delph would be ruined as a player if he were a holding player. He can really attack, also, he can't tackle.
Quote from: OzVilla on November 20, 2010, 11:47:20 AMQuote from: TopDeck113 on November 20, 2010, 09:36:26 AMSometimes a club gets the best years of a player's career and even if they move on to something supposedly bigger and better, they never quite recapture what they had before. The same happened to Ugo, Southgate, Bosnich and Platt.Earned shed loads of dosh but they played their best football with us, engineered a move and suddenly they found out that perhaps life at the Villa wasn't as bad as they thought it was. Platt won the UEFA Cup, Italian Cup, Premier League and FA Cup once he left us and played for a couple of the biggest teams in the world.I'm pretty sure he doesn't have too many regrets about going.
Quote from: TopDeck113 on November 20, 2010, 09:36:26 AMSometimes a club gets the best years of a player's career and even if they move on to something supposedly bigger and better, they never quite recapture what they had before. The same happened to Ugo, Southgate, Bosnich and Platt.Earned shed loads of dosh but they played their best football with us, engineered a move and suddenly they found out that perhaps life at the Villa wasn't as bad as they thought it was.
Sometimes a club gets the best years of a player's career and even if they move on to something supposedly bigger and better, they never quite recapture what they had before.
Quote from: Mellin on November 20, 2010, 02:34:55 PMQuote from: TheSandman on November 20, 2010, 02:27:48 PMA good, solid, hard working player but without the flair or ability to be on that kind of level. Which was said about Lampard at a similar age. Milner doesn't score or set-up as many goals from open play as Lampard did at his age. He has a better engine maybe but technically I think he's lacking, plenty of perspiration but not enough inspiration to be truly top class.