James Milner

Phelan's Pace said:
To him it's exactly like that. It's simply his job and nothing more. He has no reason to feel any affinity to this or any other club. I certainly don't feel anything towards my employer other than despair each and every day I rock up to the place.

I'll add, too, that footballers are mercenaries barring the odd exception. Delph and KDB certainly wouldn't have grown up giving us a second thought but they disrespected their clubs hugely to move here, Moreso Delph. I tried to say that earlier and was met with excuses for the pair of them and how they got their moves. They're mercenaries like Milner and like 99% of footballers the world over.
I'm hazarding a guess that the villa fans who booed Delph were likely to have been slated on here....
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I don't think Delph handled his move well at all. You can't commit and then leave. Had he been honest he'd still probably get booed by that Villa lot mind. I know it's just a job for a lot of them but that doesn't mean we have to accept it. You might be fine with Milner being a twat but I'm not. He's now just spent the afternoon talking about how playing for England is a dream, and being captain is an incredible honour. So there's still some love for the game on a personal level for him. You can be a slave to the money but still have respect for your former fans and club and not celebrate when scoring against them. Most manage that at least.
 
supercity88 said:
I don't think Delph handled his move well at all. You can't commit and then leave. Had he been honest he'd still probably get booed by that Villa lot mind. I know it's just a job for a lot of them but that doesn't mean we have to accept it. You might be fine with Milner being a twat but I'm not. He's now just spent the afternoon talking about how playing for England is a dream, and being captain is an incredible honour. So there's still some love for the game on a personal level for him. You can be a slave to the money but still have respect for your former fans and club and not celebrate when scoring against them. Most manage that at least.
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They all come up with the old shtick about honour and privilege, even the Granny Shagger, when yer play fer yer country. It's part of the build-up. But he was a twat the way he treated the club and ultimately the fans. Some fans seem not to be bothered about it, whilst others do. Won't be the first time opinion has been divided on this forum, and, as usual, neither side can claim they're right and stamp their imprint on the moral high ground.
 
supercity88 said:
I don't think Delph handled his move well at all. You can't commit and then leave. Had he been honest he'd still probably get booed by that Villa lot mind. I know it's just a job for a lot of them but that doesn't mean we have to accept it. You might be fine with Milner being a twat but I'm not. He's now just spent the afternoon talking about how playing for England is a dream, and being captain is an incredible honour. So there's still some love for the game on a personal level for him. You can be a slave to the money but still have respect for your former fans and club and not celebrate when scoring against them. Most manage that at least.
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Neither Delph or KDB did but with the latter you can maybe give him benefit of doubt he was set up and it was forced on him in public out of nowhere, but even so.
 
Would be interesting if that site that's leaking contracts has milners,its come out depay was signed a month before it came public
 
I think I hate the "good guy" narrative more than anything he's actually done.

There's nothing wrong with accepting you're not good enough to play at the highest level, squeezing as much money as possible out of your new employers and endearing yourself to a cult by paying lip service to its myths.

But lets not pretend that those things didn't happen.

"Wanted to play in my favourite position". Must have always dreamt of playing left back at Wembley then.
 
He did a job but have nothing more than a professional respect for him so this does not bother me. I am dubious as to the manor of his departure, namely possible marde arsedness but meh he is a footy player who was respected and liked a lot here but not "loved".
I know they have to back up their team mates but sometimes it may be best to just say "they are both great" and avoid the innevitable hassle.
Especially when it is rather patently a bare faced lie.
 
I think you just have to look at the Sterling and Delph situation... we can see it's just bitter cnuts spitting their dummies out, their previous fans felt they were deceived and cheated but really these players had their reasons just like Milner had his (how much do they really owe the fans when it comes to their own career?) the former both thought they were moving to the best club in the world(and they were right) and the latter thought he was moving so he could be the main man in the position he wanted to play in(not really panned out that way so far).
 
mat said:
he was on a committee with Woy and Wooney.

so he's deffo on the plane too.
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That will be a trio of fully fledged and over-hyped cnuts then.

How can an average , steady, unspectacular , player like Milner be considered as captain material for an International ( even if it is England ) team, when he can't even hold down a place in his
" favoured position " for a topsy turvy , no f*cking idea how they are going to play from game to game club like Liverpool ?

Played as a left back ffs by Klipperty, which demonstrates how his own managers rates him as a " midfield player " .

To be honest if I could give a sh*t about England, I would be upset because Hodgson has to be the most uninspiring and boring manager at the best of times, but as an " international manager " , he is so out of his depth imo, and at the European Championships, I will be amazed if we don't get seriously shown up.

Roy was obviously a very, very cheap option for the clueless f*cking FA .
 
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