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CC1 said:
He ruined his reputation when he moved to dippers by not keeping his big gob shut. His comparison of us with the dippers after he left was unforgivable
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I'm sure when we bought Millner Liverpool were in for him as well. It seemed nailed on he was going to choose them but ended up signing for us. We weren't as successful back then so could Millner have come to us for more money? If so it turns out he's been a double mercenary/greedy **** and played both clubs in his time
 
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CC1 said:
He ruined his reputation when he moved to dippers by not keeping his big gob shut. His comparison of us with the dippers after he left was unforgivable
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Milner didn't like losing in our penalty shootout league cup win. He was due to take their last penalty and was hoping to win it for them.
When he later scored a goal for Liverpool, he did an impression of Yaya's goal celebration, it turned a lot of City fans firmly against him. Seemed unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful.
 
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Plain Speaking said:
Milner didn't like losing in our penalty shootout league cup win. He was due to take their last penalty and was hoping to win it for them.
When he did later did an impression of Yaya's goal celebration when he scored a goal for Liverpool, it turned a lot of City fans firmly against him. Seemed unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful
Plain Speaking said:
Milner didn't like losing in our penalty shootout league cup win. He was due to take their last penalty and was hoping to win it for them.
When he did later did an impression of Yaya's goal celebration when he scored a goal for Liverpool, it turned a lot of City fans firmly against him. Seemed unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful.
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kaz7 said:
He is a kid still, settling into a new country !
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I thought he was twisting and turning Milner all afternoon. He just needs that final delivery ball or finishing to take the next step. I really like the look of Doku. Can’t believe people are getting on him
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Never heard a single justifiable reason why people boo Milner. Most of the reasons given are made up!

He was a good servant to our club in his five years with us. A number of MOTM performances over those years, some brilliant goals and assists, and was part of squads that won five trophies.

I’ve never booed him.

Mark it down with the booing of Distin, Dickov and Sturridge n’all for things we’ve looked stupid doing.
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Milner was never a regular starter for ourselves or the Dippers , he was a squad player , he is the archetypal "water carrier" he will fill in several postions but is master of none of them , how a player with such limited ability achieved so much is quite astonishing , and he deserves to be congrtulated for that feat , and if you got medals for honest endeavour he would have a draw full.
He burnt his bridges with our fans after his comparisons with our club and the Dippers , he was fully indocturated into the cult when his excuse for leaving our club was so he could play in midfield , and he never did at Klanfield
He is now stealing a living at Brighton for his last pay day , boring James Milner sums him up , an instantly forgettable footballer.
As for the booing , generally our club is exemplary and very few of our ex-players are booed , but it isnt stupid when a player disrespects our club , they get both barrels from me.
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CC1 said:
He ruined his reputation when he moved to dippers by not keeping his big gob shut. His comparison of us with the dippers after he left was unforgivable
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All Milner had to say was - "It's been great at City. Thanks for the offer of a new contract but I want to play more. " Then keep quiet about City at his next club.
He didn't do either. He decided to burn bridges and upset fans.
His choice.
 
City are still badly misfiring all over the park. The fact that we can't score from midfield shots outside the box - is a big concern for repeating the title again.
Last season we had 3 options. This season one and Brighton closed Rodri down quickly all game. Kev will be back but neither Kovacic or Nunes do anything on the shot front.
 
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SamBlue said:
I enjoyed another 3pm game, it finally pays off to have a season ticket and live million miles away.
Regarding the game, Phil was excellent, just excellent, hopefully with 3% more body strength he can go on runs like Kev in his prime, plus he was pinging passes everywhere.
John was again impressive and the role Pep is giving him is becoming stranger and stranger.
Josko and Jeremy are already part of the first eleven.
Only negative things, another game where we considerably dropped in the second half. It almost feels we are priming ourselves for February. And Jack is nowhere, I mean really nowhere close to be in the first 11.
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It's still a bit puzzling how Pep delays bringing on some subs. Doku was great first half, hung in to about the 60th and then was shot. Alvarez at 2 nil needed to be taken off at about the 70th for either Nunes or Kovacic.

Also, with everyone healthy and available Akanji is no longer the best choice in a first 11. As good as he's been since he arrived, he is behind both Stones and Dias as a CD...
 
That was a good job done in my opinion, the first twenty minutes suggested a drubbing, but this was Brighton, and they are potential top four candidates. So I ended up thinking the ref could have helped us by being even-handed, but you only have to watch the Match of the Day analysis to realise that City deserved the 21st home win in a row, a Premier League record. So sick of reading moaners on here, these are the best years to be a City fan, and I was around when Lee, Bell, Summerbee and the unsung heroes were around. I was also around when we got relegated to the third tier. Please enjoy the fact that we are up there with the very best, it might carry on, or it might not last, just revel in the moments of glory!
 
Watched at my friends in Mauritius, he likes a drink and can hold it well, me not so. We looked decent in the first half, couldn’t tell you about the second as could see three pitches. Mate said we massively dropped off and were lucky to escape with a win but the ref was a right prick. Accurate?
 
BlueAnorak said:
City are still badly misfiring all over the park. The fact that we can't score from midfield shots outside the box - is a big concern for repeating the title again.
Last season we had 3 options. This season one and Brighton closed Rodri down quickly all game. Kev will be back but neither Kovacic or Nunes do anything on the shot front.
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Certainly Kovavic and Nunes had no shots yesterday.
 
JewelZee said:
It's still a bit puzzling how Pep delays bringing on some subs. Doku was great first half, hung in to about the 60th and then was shot. Alvarez at 2 nil needed to be taken off at about the 70th for either Nunes or Kovacic.

Also, with everyone healthy and available Akanji is no longer the best choice in a first 11. As good as he's been since he arrived, he is behind both Stones and Dias as a CD...
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Puzzles me too - it's Peps only failure - he waits too long. He can clearly see the problem as he starts to pace but doesn't try and fix it, even when it's clearly broken. Only when we concede does he do somthing.
Edit: sometimes a shout to reposition players works, but I don't think he did that yesterday.
 
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Charliegull said:
Ferguson form is a strange one. He gasnt been right since his first injury this season, got over that back in side a couple of games in which his was off the pace, back out injured now back but not at his best.
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Probably not that strange after all..
Easy to forget how difficult it is to regain top form after just one injury never mind two.
Very very few players can step back into top form straight away.
I struggle to think of any player who did.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Puzzles me too - it's Peps only failure - he waits too long. He can clearly see the problem as he starts to pace but doesn't try and fix it, even when it's clearly broken. Only when we concede does he do somthing
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I often wonder if it has something to do with what he has planned for the next game? The game had become stretched and we were sitting on a 2 nil. I would think Grelish, Nunes and/or Kovacic would have been better options to see the game out than Doku or Alvarez...
 
Beanhead said:
Watched at my friends in Mauritius, he likes a drink and can hold it well, me not so. We looked decent in the first half, couldn’t tell you about the second as could see three pitches. Mate said we massively dropped off and were lucky to escape with a win but the ref was a right prick. Accurate?
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Yep.
 
JewelZee said:
I often wonder if it has something to do with what he has planned for the next game? The game had become stretched and we were sitting on a 2 nil. I would think Grelish, Nunes and/or Kovacic would have been better options to see the game out than Doku or Alvarez...
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I think there is a grain of truth in that.
 
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