Popular Post dounavilla Posted June 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: I do think Milner is very overrated by Villa fans if I am honest. He was a decent player with a brilliant engine but never got the hype that he was awesome for us In his last season when he played center midfield I thought he was superb and was thoroughly gutted when he left. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Just now, dounavilla said: In his last season when he played center midfield I thought he was superb and was thoroughly gutted when he left. I was so frustrated that MON didn't see earlier that Milner would be better used as a CM. Was banging on about it for ages. It should have been obvious to anyone who watched him play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted June 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, dounavilla said: In his last season when he played center midfield I thought he was superb and was thoroughly gutted when he left. Yes exactly this point, still remember him scoring in his last match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, dounavilla said: In his last season when he played center midfield I thought he was superb and was thoroughly gutted when he left. Yep, I used to get frustrated when he played wide and would keep hitting the backside of the defender four yards in front of him when trying to cross it. Through the middle he was excellent. It's a shame since he moved on he's been just a utility player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomvilla7 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Downing told he can go. He wasn't great last year in the Prem but he might prove valuable at championship level over a 48 game period. Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Bomvilla7 said: Downing told he can go. He wasn't great last year in the Prem but he might prove valuable at championship level over a 48 game period. Clicky No thanks - well past his best , I'd rather see green get a run 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carewjust4u Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Zatman said: I do think Milner is very overrated by Villa fans if I am honest. He was a decent player with a brilliant engine but never got the hype that he was awesome for us Come on mate, he's played for city (won the title), played for england, and now is an integral part of Liverpool under Klopp. He was amazing as a CM for us also, it was frustrating he didn't stay to show us what he could do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammoth10 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Bomvilla7 said: Downing told he can go. He wasn't great last year in the Prem but he might prove valuable at championship level over a 48 game period. Clicky Really don't fancy us playing 48 games this season, unless you're counting us getting knocked out of both cups at the first attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Bomvilla7 said: Downing told he can go. He wasn't great last year in the Prem but he might prove valuable at championship level over a 48 game period. Clicky If he's not good enough for Middlesbrough then he's not good enough for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Bomvilla7 said: Downing told he can go. He wasn't great last year in the Prem but he might prove valuable at championship level over a 48 game period. Clicky If that were true, then why would Middlesbrough who are now in the championship want to keep him? He is past it. Brough was to get back to the prem, and they felt they don't seen Downing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Downing wasn't exactly ripping up the Championship when Boro got promoted either, he was hailed as the missing piece to get them out of it but it was Gaston Ramirez who came in to get them out of the shit when Downing did his usual bottle job. Good player in his day, but very much infulfilled. Either he had serious motivation issues or he was just a bit of a wimp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swollef Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, villa89 said: 31 minutes ago, villa89 said: If he's not good enough for Middlesbrough then he's not good enough for us. Bert says Hi Edited June 22, 2017 by swollef double quote 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Zatman said: I do think Milner is very overrated by Villa fans if I am honest. He was a decent player with a brilliant engine but never got the hype that he was awesome for us Completely disagree. In my opinion, tough call between him and Barry as to our best central midfielder in the last... however long. When O'Neill switched him to play there, he was brilliant. Not only was he brilliant, but he had the attitude to match. Top guy, ol' Jimmy Milner. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Eastie said: No thanks - well past his best , I'd rather see green get a run He's too young, turns 19 next month, he's got great potential but he can't be relied upon yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2017 23 minutes ago, swollef said: Bert says Hi The difference being that 'Bert' was part of a transfer and not a 'told you can go'. Plus he had just got them up, not brought them down. So in fact the 2 couldn't be much different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He's too young, turns 19 next month, he's got great potential but he can't be relied upon yet Nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 You don' win nothin' wi' kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 13 minutes ago, Phumfeinz said: Nonsense. why is it? It seems that I'm shot down whether I highly praise young players like in the past or whether I'm perhaps a bit cautious like in this instance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 22, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: You don' win nothin' wi' kids. Not true, Adam Johnson came first once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phumfeinz Posted June 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 minute ago, sir_gary_cahill said: why is it? It seems that I'm shot down whether I highly praise young players like in the past or whether I'm perhaps a bit cautious like in this instance The part that 19 is too young. Agreed that nobody should be relying on a 19 year old but we have enough talent in the squad that we wouldn't be relying on him. I'd much rather see us playing Green that springing cash on the likes of Downing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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