Gizmo

Woohoo I might just have to Fawke out for it then.

He nearly dug himself into a hole with his long 'I love Villa Park because I used to batter Villa when I was Liverpool manager' thing but other than that I was suitably impressed.

Since it's very unlikely that Kevin will be offered the job I can't help thinking people are getting their knickers in a twist about absolutely nothing.

You wouldn't be the only fan who don't go to VP so it wouldn't be that much of a biggie. I think it would be most certainly, as the appointment of Bradley as manager will turn a lot of people away from going to home games. I'm sure i wouldn't be the only one delighted that they'd **** off.

That's quite a big place, can you be a bit more specific? :winkold: On his way to Milan Make of it what you will. I'm not doubting you thetrees, but how do you know Randy is in Milan?? He's able to track the movements of Randy's jet (cause he works at the airport I think). Doesn't mean Randy's IN the jet but it's pretty likely.

You "We've never heard of Bob Bradley so he's absolutely certain to be rubbish!!!!" guys make me laugh.

If we take money out of the equation I think it's fair to say that James Milner knows as well as we all do that he hasn't got a chance in hell of winning the Premier League with Aston Villa but if he goes to Man City it's probably just a matter of time. Sure he might want lots and lots of money (and since he already has lots and lots of money that's just greed) but he's going for football reasons too.

Eventually Man City will resign themselves to that fact that this is the case and they'll pay up. Most probably in the last few days of August. Which could leave us somewhat shafted? I think MON perhaps has to impose a deadline for this either way. A yay or nay at MON's price by the end of next week, or all negotiatrions are off for good, and we move on. To string this out up to deadline day will not do Villa any good at all. Or Randy knows (like everyone else knows) that Milner will bugger off at the end of August so he coughs up some transfer money on the basis that he'll get it back when Milner goes.

Eventually Man City will resign themselves to that fact that this is the case and they'll pay up. Most probably in the last few days of August.

He's still pretty likely to go. Today's developments are just part of the negotiations.

While I accept that this is likely the case, i'd love to know if we've ever actually bothered to sign that kind of player in the last 4 years or just not tried, assuming they wouldnt be interested Theres no harm in trying, as they say I suspect he had a go at getting Sneijder last year (that was my take on it anyway).

I doubt if there's any evidence at all that Man City (or anybody else) have ever even considered buying him. Man City actually did bid for him, it was formally announced by Villa after they turned it down.... Of course yes. I forgot that.

That's about the only factual thing I've read on the subject. Nobody knows anything. Even Villa's £30m asking price is just a mickey mouse number made up by somebody and taken as gospel. I doubt if there's any evidence at all that Man City (or anybody else) have ever even considered buying him. The only actual FACTS anybody knows is what James Milner said before the World Cup. ie: He thinks it's nice to be linked with other clubs but he's not prepared to talk about it. Such a killjoy ain't i

He wants to win things and would presumably want to be at the most likely club to do that (ala Dwight Yorke). Nowt wrong with that if you ask me. It's when players move just because they can add more millions to the millions they already have that I get pissed off (ala Barry).

tottenham improved when they sold there best players. The problem is with our manager. He wont be able to find the players to push us to the next level. Effectively you're saying that MON (the man who bought James Milner) is totally incapable of buying a player like James Milner. Think before you type!

how will he be letting us down?, his loyalty is to himself and to money, next season he will be where-ever the best deal for james milner is, if that is away from villa then so be it, he is a self employed professional footballer, and will always chase the best contract, its not letting anyone down, its just the way it is How would he be letting us down? Do you not think that he owes us more than 1 good season since we payed over the odds to resurrect his career, helping him to become one of Englands most established players? Personally, I think he does. Ok so at your work, a company has recruited you, paying you a bit more than you should be getting, then 1 year/18months later, a big competitor of theirs comes along and says - here's an extra 30k a week to come here and do exactly the same job? You would snap their hand off. I dont see why footballers are any different. We live in a world revolved by money, and if you want to improve your life and get paid more for your career.... 100% agree!! Think some people honestly believe that James Milner will be worrying about who he upsets if he accepts a wage packet thats doubles what he already earns. He probably would think the same as me if I got offered a similar increase Q. What about the customers where you work now? A. Errrm, yeah, deep down, I couldnt give a shite about them tbh. Ive got my own problems, bills etc He wants to win things - he doesn't want to add yet more millions to the millions he's already getting. He's said it many times and, call me naive, but I actually believe him. I'm sure the number one factor in his decision is where he's most likely to win things (unfortunately Villa isn't one of the front runners in that respect).

I'll second that (assuming you mean "who gives a **** about the sponsor").

A player can't be recalled from within in the same league outside a transfer window i.e January. Well a player can't be signed outside of a transfer window either. One of those rules is going to change in this instance - it's just a question of which one.

He's also a winner. If he doesn't win things here it seems inevitable he'll want to win something somewhere else. However there's plenty of cause for optimism about winning things at Villa (honest) so I doubt he'll be going any time soon.

He's not allowed to. Which is something that needs to change.

I think this sums it up. We know it was a red, Man Utd know it was a red, Villa know it was a red, everyone else knows it was a red, and I daresay on reflection, Dowd knows it was a red. Let's hope he remembers his cock up and rectifies it in future games.

There's a McDonalds near Snow Hill that is (according to their website) open at 5am. That's where I'm starting my day of drinking copious amounts of alcohol and eating crap.

I believe they still go via Wycombe. They just don't stop there. So yes.

We'd probably have the best defensive record in the league!! ....oh.... hang on....

Right could everyone stop buying Silverspoon tickets please - I hate queuing for the bar. Cheers