James Milner

Amazing longevity to get to 40 as a professional footballer.
Just what we needed for a while.
That said, I still find it difficult that he criticised City and, indirectly praised the infamous coach welcome, after moving to Liverpool.
But I will still say thank you and enjoy your retirement.
 
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I will remember him for going to the scousers on a free for a huge signing on fee, and then instead of being honest about his motivation, finding it necessary to lie about it. And then finding it necessary to totally disrespect City in order to ingratiate himself with the cult. Very few ex City players get stick when coming back. Milner did and deservedly so.
 


Great career and good sign off. Wish him well.

Oddly enough, Milner never scored that many or that many memorable goals for us, but he was on the receiving end of two of the finest assists: Silva against Everton and Negredo against Fulham.
 
Gabriel said:


Great career and good sign off. Wish him well.

Oddly enough, Milner never scored that many or that many memorable goals for us, but he was on the receiving end of two of the finest assists: Silva against Everton and Negredo against Fulham.
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Did he overlap at the end of some decent interplay for Balloteli’s second at old Trafford in the 6 - 1 for an assist?
 
I never really understood the mad hype and love for him while he was at City and I've never really understood the mad hatred for him since he left.

He came in, signed a five-year deal, was a good rotation option to allow better players to be rested, was part of a huge period of change at City and left with some big trophies under his belt, then went to Liverpool at the end of his contract.

I found the mad clamour for him to constantly play and the constant praise he used to get for "putting a shift in" a bit baffling, to be honest. He was tidy, always 7/10, but rarely (if ever) produced genuine stand-out games like so many others did.

This constant need that both Milner and our fans seemed to share that he simply must play in central midfield was quickly exposed on the rare occasions it did happen. He was much better as a wide forward slipping into the channels and arriving late in the box.

But he was a solid professional and all he seemed to do after leaving City was praise his new Liverpool team. So what? He still speaks fondly of his time under Mancini and Pellegrini and had lots of good stories to tell when he did that episode of Kickback with Nedum Onuoha during the pandemic.

He came in, was useful, then left. Big deal. Hope he's happy in his retirement.
 
A genetically blessed athlete who made the absolute best of the talent he had. There's lots to admire in the career of James Milner. Good luck to him in his retirement.
 
youngbob said:
I never really understood the mad hype and love for him while he was at City and I've never really understood the mad hatred for him since he left.

He came in, signed a five-year deal, was a good rotation option to allow better players to be rested, was part of a huge period of change at City and left with some big trophies under his belt, then went to Liverpool at the end of his contract.

I found the mad clamour for him to constantly play and the constant praise he used to get for "putting a shift in" a bit baffling, to be honest. He was tidy, always 7/10, but rarely (if ever) produced genuine stand-out games like so many others did.

This constant need that both Milner and our fans seemed to share that he simply must play in central midfield was quickly exposed on the rare occasions it did happen. He was much better as a wide forward slipping into the channels and arriving late in the box.

But he was a solid professional and all he seemed to do after leaving City was praise his new Liverpool team. So what? He still speaks fondly of his time under Mancini and Pellegrini and had lots of good stories to tell when he did that episode of Kickback with Nedum Onuoha during the pandemic.

He came in, was useful, then left. Big deal. Hope he's happy in his retirement.
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I think he was a bit of a snide prick towards City after he left, when he’d received a lot
of love from City fans. That’s why I don’t like him.

I agree with your analysis of him as a player, he was decent enough and a solid squad player, wasn’t good enough for centre mid and Klopp further cemented that by not playing him there.
 
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