Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[SoccerHQ]

Milner was the glue that held us together in 09/10. Look at how our midfield has declined since he left, immediately and still to the present day although with Sanchez and maybe Cleverley that will be the strongest we've been in that area for sometime.

[paul_e]

There's a lot of revisionism on here, plenty of people thought we were getting a better player back in that Milner deal, if Ireland had played anything like we hoped no one would mention milner.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't really remember many people saying Ireland was a better player than Milner.

A good player underpriced in his part of the deal, maybe, but better than Milner? i don't remember it that way.

[ROBBO]

Too slow to play as a winger but even so his tracking back was the best i have seen from any Villa player.

[ozzjim]

Victor Machin Perez is the latest twitter name to be banded about, anyone got a clue who he is?

[Dave Cooper please]

I don't really remember many people saying Ireland was a better player than Milner.

A good player underpriced in his part of the deal, maybe, but better than Milner? i don't remember it that way.

No, it seemed more "Well if me really have to lose Milner to a bigger club at least we are getting a decent player in exchange". Okay so even that was utter bollocks but it seemed the general gist at the time.

[ozzjim]

I think 20 million plus Ireleand most thought was a decent deal having seen Ireland 18 months previous score 10-15 league goals and look pretty impressive. Little did we know he would be the laziest waste of talent you could wish to inherit.

[steamer]

Townsend in some respects was Milner before Milner. He had almost everything you'd want in CM. Strong, aggressive, great left foot. A really good leader too.

Talks complete bollocks now mind you, but he was a super player and captain.

Whenever I hear Townsend, which is most weekend, At every opportunity he talks up or try's to be positive about the Villa.
I would not consider that as talking bollocks.

[kippaxvilla2]

Have we signed James Milner?!

[Holte Sweet]

Wouldn't that be for the third time.He must be a glutton for punishment.

[Gareth]

There's a lot of revisionism on here, plenty of people thought we were getting a better player back in that Milner deal, if Ireland had played anything like we hoped no one would mention milner.

I remember saying it...all that cash & the player I wanted that summer in....

The disgusting lack of interest / effort of the 'player' coupled with the heightened expectation is why I utterly despise everything about Ireland.

1 Milner is worth 100 of that footballing parasite....I know that now!!!!

[Percy McCarthy]

There's a lot of revisionism on here, plenty of people thought we were getting a better player back in that Milner deal, if Ireland had played anything like we hoped no one would mention milner.

I remember saying it...all that cash & the player I wanted that summer in....

The disgusting lack of interest / effort of the 'player' coupled with the heightened expectation is why I utterly despise everything about Ireland.

1 Milner is worth 100 of that footballing parasite....I know that now!!!!

I remember posting about what a shame it was that Milner was going the other way as they'd have been a great midfield partnership. What a load of old bollocks.

[Risso]

I don't really remember many people saying Ireland was a better player than Milner.

To my eternal shame, I did.  But then I was going off the Stephen Ireland of the 2008/09 season, who was absolutely superb, scored goals, made assists and put in loads of tackles. 

But anyway, Andy Townsend was much, much, much better than James Milner.  I'm not wrong about that.

[Chris Jameson]

Must admit at the time I thought it was a good deal but was going on the Stephen Ireland of previous seasons, as I say I like Milner but he wasn't 'all that'.

[dave.woodhall]

Was Milner better than Des Bremner?