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Maybe Ireland was the replacement....

Agreed. City are lucky to seemto have a bottomless pit. Villa will have to look at other ways to compete and I think the Arsenal style is probably the way they will go. Villa have an excellent Academy and if we can then add quality players to that we will be able to compete over a sustained period.

Read one post above yours.

You are correct Milner would want a wage rise. Lerner is happy to do that as he is a key player who plays regularly. Also we have lost Harewood, Shorey and Bouma this summer so there is space for Young and Milner to get new contracts. But no, at the moment no one is keen on Heskey, Sidwell or...

1)We don't have a manager yet. BUT we would take Ireland and change our formation. 2) Wages, as I explained above. -- Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:33 am -- But a deal has been agreed!!! It is the Ireland pay off holding it up. So it is not stalling over a price being agreed. It is over City...

Was it not Milner himself who put the deadline on it, because he was tired of City taking so long to negotiate with Ireland? So nothing to do with City tax.

MYSTERYMAN is a guy who has a lot of credibility. He is the most reliable ITK. He is like your 'Tolmie'. Everyone gets bad info once in a while. Also a lot of City fans think our owner or club is in financial crisis. This is just not true. Lerner has always wanted the club to be self sufficient...

Ha ha, did you not hear the news O'Neill has gone? We have Delfouneso and Weimann now.

I think he will still go BUT I think the longer City drag this on the smaller the chance he will go to City. Some interesting comments by Petrov today: "When you are a good player and teams want to pay £20million, £30million for you then you can do nothing about it. "He is giving everything...

It will be interesting to see if Milner plays for England, what if he gets injured? I think his "slight back injury might make a reappearance.

Unfortunately the flawed part is that none of the other teams have made much of a move to sign Ireland. O'Neill is always very cautious, both managers has said a deal is close. Both Ireland and Milner did not play against Valencia. It seems very close, rough figures will have been agreed. If...

What is SI like?

Is Ireland on the bench?

I think that the main feeling is relief. This has dragged on for so long now that it has become a bore. I think it is a slightly better deal for Villa IF O'Neill can put his arm around Ireland and make him feel special, like he has with Young etc. Keane would be a fantastic addition for Villa...

By the way I am a Villa fan. Milner average last year? You are speaking tripe, sir!

So you would prefer Bentley, Dorrans and Danny Rose over Milner?!? NURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are in the forms of loans issued to the owner (Lerner). Villa are financially healthy. Lerner only bought the club for £56m (or close to). He would make probably treble his money back if he decided to sell. Villa do have a decent sized amount of money to spend on transfers. The issue has...

I think a fair few teams would take Barry (Spurs, L'pool, Everton etc). The problem is no team would match the wages he is on.

Mancini can play him in goal if he wants. But I would think if he is paying £25-£30m for him he will play him in his best position. Which is CM. I think he will replace Barry.

Believe me as a Villa fan who has watched him last season...he is a centre Midfield player. He won PFA Young player of the year due to playing CM. He is a poor Winger.