Wiekens said:On a different note, he also told me that when Owen Hargreeves went to have the pre op for his knees in Germany, the consultant told him that he was going to operate on his better knee first. He then told my mate, that the better knee is still one of the worst knees he has ever come accross in football! Excellent news.
Cambridgeblue said:V MYSTERYMAN said:Your loaded a bit like us paying the paper bill for the month upfront so the money isn't the issue . Milner will be player of the season at your place and he will show the prima donnas on the pitch what needs to be done not mouthing off to em like Bellamy . However if you honestly asked me would I take the deal you bet I would . We wouldn't get above 20 mill off anyone else so I aint got no probs with it . Ireland negotiated an exec box as part of the deal for his grandparents to use for the games so already we are making him feel at home .
Just wanted to take this opportunity to once again say thank you for your posts... they have been interesting, seemingly accurate (in terms of the Ireland swap, we'll know for sure by then end of the day) and respectful. We get a lot of fans of other teams coming on here and making tits of themselves but you have been fantastic... I'd be more than happy to buy you a pint when we player Villa.
Hope the impending transfer switch doesn't mean the end of your posting on bluemoon as it is always nice to get an outsiders views of whats happening with our club. We're over the moon with the transformation of our club but sometimes it feels as if the entire press and all of the other teams are against us.
Oh and hope you thrash Spurs when you play them... can't stand that fish faced twitchy bastard.
StephenIrelandsGoldfish said:alera said:Really am quite surprised and pleased this deal happened in the end. Really thought it would fall through as, Ireland didnt want to go to villa clearly, wanted to stay in Manchester with his family, no manager at villa. Asked for a daft pay off (Which the club seemed willing to make in the end)
VIlla already lost their mangaer over this deal, now they have lost their best player in the end as well. Affter Villa (and Milners) performance on Saturday and the way they gave him such a good reception they must be a little disappointed hes going in the end ?
Looking at the assists from Saturday and last season Milner seem to score a fair number of villas goals and is there most creative player assists wise. They have Ireland now but it going to take time for him to settle and more importantly get match fit. Performance could suffer in the short term for them.
I guess the money will compensate in the end it will give their new manager so cash to spend, remains to be seen how much of it ends up with the manager though, the chairman seems to have pocketed all the money Villa have brought in for transfers so far this summer (SHorey etc).
You are wrong in so many ways...