James Milner; £165,000 P/W

[bossy]

I have to stop writing 'put a shift in'.

[Paco]

I thought he was technically a lot better than he has shown.

[an tha]

He is just strugggling to adapt to life playing for a big club.....

[Jose Jones]

I thought he was technically a lot better than he has shown.

 

I think he's trying a bit too hard to prove his worth so has been overrunning things, getting caught out of position and rushing on the ball.

Unfortunately the best part of his game is football intelligence and spotting simple but effective passes so he's looking pretty shit now those have gone.  If he calms down a bit and focuses on his normal game he'll be better.

[Soleilrouge]

Milner will come good

[Phoenix]

Not the same player who completely changed the complexion of the game coming on when we were beating the crap out of city. I think he's basically a decent player made shite by Rodgers like everything else he touched.

 

Majority of his time at City was more like Saturdays game. Works hard, good technically but doesnt have that extra dimension to play in an attacking position at a bigger club.

[SammyAftershave]

You can't fault the lad for putting the mileage in but for what we're allegedly paying him I think we're entitled to expect quite a bit more. I thought he had a very poor day on Saturday (it happens) but his first touch, specifically, had all the deftness of what you might expect from Long John Silver after a particularly hard night on the rum. He's no Dirk Kuyt.

[Kevin D]

I think he's much improved, of late, but I'll never forgive him for scoring that penalty last night.

[moof]

At first I was pleased we were signing him, then I thought he was a bit agricultural and too similar to our other midfielders who can't pass a ball or do a tackle. But he's got bottle, and he works his arse off. I'm really warming to him. He's come up with some big moments for us, especially that pen last night.

[El Dangerous]

He is a victim to Rodgers obsession with having a midfield of Joe Allens. In isolation he's a very handy player but the fact him, Henderson, Allen and Lucas offer varying limited degrees of penetration (matron!) from midfield means he doesn't really stand out that much.

[moof]

He is a victim to Rodgers obsession with having a midfield of Joe Allens. In isolation he's a very handy player but the fact him, Henderson, Allen and Lucas offer varying limited degrees of penetration (matron!) from midfield means he doesn't really stand out that much.

Allen and Lucas are the only 'different' types of midfielder we have

[jimmycase]

Cant say I was impressed at us signing him. I think Ive posted in this thread about when we sold them mcmahon after he'd past his sell by date with us. Milner coming to us was just the reverse and signalled how far we'd fallen.

 

He does take a mean pen though.

[Russ Atmosphere]

He's a champ and he'll want yet another medal Sunday.

[Section_31]

Bog average but not as wet as most of the rest.

[Jairzinho]

Much better out wide than central.

 

Not a great player, but at least has a set of bollocks unlike most of our team.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

He's ok.

[TheHowieLama]

Mehlner

[Gnasher]

The only midfielder I would keep. At least hes a winner. The rest are bottlers bar Joe Allen who's injury prone so he can fuck off as well.

[El Rojo]

Probably the only player in our squad who might actually throw a few slaps back if he was set upon by some scobe outside a chipper. Good lad.

[Bjornebye]

Made up when we signed him. He still infuriates me. He was better than he is. 

[magicrat]

He's bang average which puts him head and shoulders above most of them

[VladimirIlyich]

Much better out wide than central.

 

Not a great player, but at least has a set of bollocks unlike most of our team.

Bog average but not as wet as most of the rest.

These.

[Hades]

To quote Kenny "he's a better player than I thought he was going to be".

[Paco]

7 goals 10 assists

[stringvest]

I thought he put in a really good performance today with and without the ball.