The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[MONCABA]

To be honest, who can blame either player? They left to get trophies and more wages. Both succeeded and we went backwards.

Their leaving was one of the many reasons that we went backwards.

[hilts_coolerking]

I never got the Barry hate.  He'd done very well for us a for a long time and deserved a go at a big club.  Milner was a bigger loss but we got silly money for him.

[Dave]

What was the difference between Villa accepting a £12 million bid for Barry from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them and Aston Villa accepting a deal worth £26 million for Milner from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them? Why is Milner more a snide than Barry?

Because Barry was on record saying he wanted to leave and told the fans so. However much it backfired at least he had the decency to say he wanted out, and after 11 years at one club I don't begrudge him.

I don't follow your logic. A player who handed in a trasnfer request under Gregory, who was off to Portsmouth until O'Neill came in and who pissed and moaned in the press about how much he wanted to play for Liverpool, having gone behind our backs with his best buddy Gerrard and Benitez (who was also gobbing off at the time) is somehow more snidey that Milner?

And presumbly Milner's attitude towards his transfer was also worse than both Downing and Benteke, both of whom were quite clear that they wanted to leave us, just as Barry was before them.

[saunders_heroes]

What was the difference between Villa accepting a £12 million bid for Barry from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them and Aston Villa accepting a deal worth £26 million for Milner from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them? Why is Milner more a snide than Barry?

Because Barry was on record saying he wanted to leave and told the fans so. However much it backfired at least he had the decency to say he wanted out, and after 11 years at one club I don't begrudge him.

I don't follow your logic. A player who handed in a trasnfer request under Gregory, who was off to Portsmouth until O'Neill came in and who pissed and moaned in the press about how much he wanted to play for Liverpool, having gone behind our backs with his best buddy Gerrard and Benitez (who was also gobbing off at the time) is somehow more snidey that Milner?

If Barry had not had the whole Liverpool come and get me plea and had just left quietly, as he did, for Man City, then at the time, I would have thought him less of a snide.

Nothing is ever perfect in life and you'll have your ups and downs where Barry is happy then unhappy then happy again. The only thing we do know is that he was at Aston Villa for 11 years till he finally left. Milner on the other hand looks like he jumped ship as soon as he could without as much as a backward glance at the fans or even a hint that he wanted out. I find that a bit snide.

[saunders_heroes]

What was the difference between Villa accepting a £12 million bid for Barry from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them and Aston Villa accepting a deal worth £26 million for Milner from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them? Why is Milner more a snide than Barry?

Because Barry was on record saying he wanted to leave and told the fans so. However much it backfired at least he had the decency to say he wanted out, and after 11 years at one club I don't begrudge him.

I don't follow your logic. A player who handed in a trasnfer request under Gregory, who was off to Portsmouth until O'Neill came in and who pissed and moaned in the press about how much he wanted to play for Liverpool, having gone behind our backs with his best buddy Gerrard and Benitez (who was also gobbing off at the time) is somehow more snidey that Milner?

And presumbly Milner's attitude towards his transfer was also worse than both Downing and Benteke, both of whom were quite clear that they wanted to leave us, just as Barry was before them.

Yet Downing is vilified whenever he returns but Milner is applauded like the prodigal son. Both clearly wanted out of the club.
The two of them are as bad as each other as far as I'm concerned.

[Smoke]

Placing him on some sort of plinth because he ended up here for 11 years and that makes him a beacon of honour within football really fucks me off.

Like I said before, the very moment a sniff of interest from any other club he couldn't wait to get out.


This doesn't mean Milner, Downing, Young etc are any worse for leaving either, the pricks.

How anybody can want to leave Aston Villa it's obvisouly an alien concept to me.

[hilts_coolerking]

Placing him on some sort of plinth because he ended up here for 11 years and that makes him a beacon of honour within football really fucks me off.

Like I said before, the very moment a sniff of interest from any other club he couldn't wait to get out.

No-one said he was a beacon of honour.  He'd done very well for us for a long time and I was grateful to him for that.

[Smoke]

IMO/AFAIR , Barry had 2 good seasons before he wanted to leave for Portsmouth, then a season later wanted to go to Liverpool, The season after that joined Man City. 

1998/1999 - 2002/2003  he played his fair share of games but we wouldn't have missed him had he left. a "Meh" player.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I used to know a bloke whose wife left him, and he used to get every single conversation around to his ex wife.  To say he was a bore is an understatement.  This thread is pretty much the same, but with Barry/Milner in place of that lad's wife.  Let's move on folks for heaven's sake.     

I want to talk about more about it. I think we need to add a debate on the merits of NRC to the mix to make it even better.

[Smoke]

Now you're talking, If NRC had handed in a transfer request he'd be a Hero!

[rob_bridge]

What was the difference between Villa accepting a £12 million bid for Barry from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them and Aston Villa accepting a deal worth £26 million for Milner from Man City, him privately agreeing terms and signing for them? Why is Milner more a snide than Barry?

Not a lot in my book.

We got more money for Milner as he had longer left on his contract and potential to get better.

Selling them wasn't really the issue based on a club practically doubling their wages as City could. Using the money gleaned rather unwisely was a much bigger issue

[Richard E]

I think we need to know more about Des Little's mate's ex missus. Why did she leave him? Was she a looker? Would we have taken her back in his shoes?

[Des Little]

I think we need to know more about Des Little's mate's ex missus. Why did she leave him? Was she a looker? Would we have taken her back in his shoes?

She left him for me, because I am loaded and I look a bit like Gareth Barry.  Shit.

[fbriai]

Does your mate look like that there Jimmy Milner as well?

[Ads]

Milner left first chance he got = snide, but Barry, who tried to leave unsuccessfully three times before he finally did isn't?

I like them both and wish we still had them. I had no problem with how they both left, ultimately it made sense for them and they have the money and medals to show for it, but Barry had far more episodes of snideyness than Milner, as his career at us shows.