Catalancs wrote: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/29072010/ ... falls.html He looks like someone on that pic!!

Catalancs wrote: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/29072010/ ... falls.html He looks like someone on that pic!!

James Milner still helpful?

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/chi ... o?from=CA3

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/chi ... o?from=CA3

With Ashley's policy, we would have no chance of matching his wages.

Can see us scraping it and staying up.

Off last seasons form, and all considered squad improvements, we still easily have the measure of Blackpool and West Brom, which means we only need to finish above one other team - and as shown last year, there are a lot of poor and very inconsistent teams in the bottom half of the Premier League so I'm confident that come May we will be out of the bottom three. If we can turn St James' into an intimidating fortress that teams don't like playing at, then that could make all the difference.

You've brought this up a few times now but still haven't answered my question about who called him helpful because it certainly wasn't me.

No you didn't but you where less than complimentary about him when he left Newcastle in fact i remember you were laughing the fact you'd got the fee you did for him. He's obviously progressed since he played for you because I take you you where happy to see the back of him at the time???

I reckon we got a good fee at the time. He has certainly continued improving since to justify a larger price tag than we sold him for, but £25-30m is ridiculous.

Like I've already explained numerous times, I laughed at the fee because £12m was too much for him. As much as I liked him at Newcastle, he had some glaring weaknesses. Some of those weaknesses have improved massively at Villa whereas some still remain. I wasn't happy to see the back of him because he was a player I liked, so much so that he was on the back of my away shirt the season before we sold him but £12m was more than he was worth. Villa are wanting £30m for him, that's also laughable because he isn't worth anywhere near that. Half it and it's in the right area. He isn't worth £18m more than we sold him for just under two years ago.

I liked Milner as a player at Newcastle and still like him as a player at Villa. I'm pleased for him that he's ironed out some of the faults in his game whilst at Villa because he always put in the effort for us and never stopped working, hence why he was one of my favourite players.

I think he's still gash, but oh well.

I really wish I'd have been listening when this was on FWIW I think Marlon King has every right to carry on his career. There's plenty of examples of footballers out there who have been given a second chance, one of them is at Bradford right now. What he did was a disgrace but he shouldn't be thrown on the scrapheap forever for it.

I really wish I'd have been listening when this was on FWIW I think Marlon King has every right to carry on his career. There's plenty of examples of footballers out there who have been given a second chance, one of them is at Bradford right now. What he did was a disgrace but he shouldn't be thrown on the scrapheap forever for it.