Player thread: James Milner (2014/15)

[FantasyIreland]

Good appraisal and good post Dax.

 

[City_Sean]

What more does this man have to do to earn a new contract? He's been arguably our player of the season, consistently playing his heart out in every game he's been involved in. He must of felt sick when he seen Fernando's name ahead of him against Leicester after Fernando's shocking performance against Liverpool. How can the club justify handing Kolarov a 3 year contract last Summer and not doing their utmost to tie up James? Okay maybe we're not hearing the full story, maybe Milner is holding out for a deal that the club feel is unrealistic but surely he's the last footballer in England who would do something like that. I'll be fuming if this guy is left go for nothing in the Summer and it could be one of the worst mistakes the club's made since the takeover!

1. He simply needs to sign the contract on the table.
2. He is no where close to being our player of the season: Aguero, Silva, Yaya, Clichy, and Nasri are clearly ahead for the season.

It has become the norm here, and also from commentators on TV, to laud Milner as the "player who doesn't get enough credit for how much he does or how good he is." Actually, he does. He probably gets more credit than he deserves. Everytime someone says 'he doesn't get enough credit' that Person is in essence giving him credit. I do not know any backup in the league that gets more credit than he does. And no, he shouldn't be a starter here, nor will he be at Chealsea, Arsenal, or Liverpool. Maybe on Per with Herrera at United who's on his first season, but wouldn't shake Blind. So pretty much he wouldn't be a starter on any top 5 team.

We saw him a few times at CM and he was disappointing. As a winger he is good, and industrious, but not Special. So how much more credit does he really deserve?

Decent player, but whether he stays or goes wouldn't affect our lot much. That's just the Gods honest truth!

Great post. For me he has to realistically look ay his options and admit that at any other top 6 club he wouldn't be a regular starter.

 

[BringBackSwales]

What more does this man have to do to earn a new contract? He's been arguably our player of the season, consistently playing his heart out in every game he's been involved in. He must of felt sick when he seen Fernando's name ahead of him against Leicester after Fernando's shocking performance against Liverpool. How can the club justify handing Kolarov a 3 year contract last Summer and not doing their utmost to tie up James? Okay maybe we're not hearing the full story, maybe Milner is holding out for a deal that the club feel is unrealistic but surely he's the last footballer in England who would do something like that. I'll be fuming if this guy is left go for nothing in the Summer and it could be one of the worst mistakes the club's made since the takeover!

1. He simply needs to sign the contract on the table.
2. He is no where close to being our player of the season: Aguero, Silva, Yaya, Clichy, and Nasri are clearly ahead for the season.

It has become the norm here, and also from commentators on TV, to laud Milner as the "player who doesn't get enough credit for how much he does or how good he is." Actually, he does. He probably gets more credit than he deserves. Everytime someone says 'he doesn't get enough credit' that Person is in essence giving him credit. I do not know any backup in the league that gets more credit than he does. And no, he shouldn't be a starter here, nor will he be at Chealsea, Arsenal, or Liverpool. Maybe on Per with Herrera at United who's on his first season, but wouldn't shake Blind. So pretty much he wouldn't be a starter on any top 5 team.

We saw him a few times at CM and he was disappointing. As a winger he is good, and industrious, but not Special. So how much more credit does he really deserve?

Decent player, but whether he stays or goes wouldn't affect our lot much. That's just the Gods honest truth!

Nasri has been better than Jimmy this season? Jesus f christ

 

[Dax777]

What more does this man have to do to earn a new contract? He's been arguably our player of the season, consistently playing his heart out in every game he's been involved in. He must of felt sick when he seen Fernando's name ahead of him against Leicester after Fernando's shocking performance against Liverpool. How can the club justify handing Kolarov a 3 year contract last Summer and not doing their utmost to tie up James? Okay maybe we're not hearing the full story, maybe Milner is holding out for a deal that the club feel is unrealistic but surely he's the last footballer in England who would do something like that. I'll be fuming if this guy is left go for nothing in the Summer and it could be one of the worst mistakes the club's made since the takeover!

1. He simply needs to sign the contract on the table.
2. He is no where close to being our player of the season: Aguero, Silva, Yaya, Clichy, and Nasri are clearly ahead for the season.

It has become the norm here, and also from commentators on TV, to laud Milner as the "player who doesn't get enough credit for how much he does or how good he is." Actually, he does. He probably gets more credit than he deserves. Everytime someone says 'he doesn't get enough credit' that Person is in essence giving him credit. I do not know any backup in the league that gets more credit than he does. And no, he shouldn't be a starter here, nor will he be at Chealsea, Arsenal, or Liverpool. Maybe on Per with Herrera at United who's on his first season, but wouldn't shake Blind. So pretty much he wouldn't be a starter on any top 5 team.

We saw him a few times at CM and he was disappointing. As a winger he is good, and industrious, but not Special. So how much more credit does he really deserve?

Decent player, but whether he stays or goes wouldn't affect our lot much. That's just the Gods honest truth!

Nasri has been better than Jimmy this season? Jesus f christ

perhaps you disagree. But here is the rub:
In terms of player of the season
Aguero is tops
Silva Clichy and Yaya are 2nd level likelys
Milner belongs to the third level with Nasri, Joe Hart, and Demichelis and Super Frank.

 

[unexpected item]

Some talk on twitter that Milner is going to sign a 3-year extension with us. Not found a link yet.

 

[City_Sean]

Rumours here that he's agreed to sign a new deal...

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[Davs 19]

Makes sense if we've offered him the 3 years he wanted.

I'm preparing to laugh that loud that my arse will probably fall off.

 

[Bill]

fingers crossed.

 

[malg]

Spot on Tax.

 

[bluechampion7891]

much rather he moves on to make room for youngsters but I would probably be in the minority here