James Milner

[Disco]

That game v Cov before he got sold he was class

[cubaricho]

Best thing he ever did was leave us, to be fair.

[OpenC]

I still find it difficult to reconcile the position that 2020 James Milner is in with the bloke who played for us. I just saw him as symptomatic of the direction of travel for Newcastle at the time, a slow and flair-free plodder.

 

Don't watch a lot of football any more and I've never been one for watching games that don't involve us so I don't really know how he's developed but he's clearly doing something right these days

 

[Guest]

Best thing he ever did was leave us, to be fair.

 

Yeah that Villa team was a nice little stepping stone for him. Good, attacking side.

[huss9]

that goal for us against manu at home.

[STM]

that goal for us against manu at home.

 

New years day was it? Or boxing day?

 

Huntington scored too.

[Rich]

Edgar?

[STM]

Edgar?

 

Aye that was it. Was sat in the Gallowgate.

[STM]

Our defence. Solano, Taylor, Huntington and Edgar.

[Yorkie]

Best thing he ever did was leave us, to be fair.

 

That's true and he's had quite a remarkable career, and when you see him play now you can hardly believe it's the same player. But the irony with that 'lowest ever point' is that, at it turned out that season, he's never played more games in a season than that one.

[My Silent Face]

I still find it difficult to reconcile the position that 2020 James Milner is in with the bloke who played for us. I just saw him as symptomatic of the direction of travel for Newcastle at the time, a slow and flair-free plodder.

 

Don't watch a lot of football any more and I've never been one for watching games that don't involve us so I don't really know how he's developed but he's clearly doing something right these days

 

Na that's off the mark like about the direction of travel at the time for Newcastle. He was signed under Sir Bobby and we were playing good football at the time and Milner played in Europe for us and was clearly a talented player.

 

Also I'm sure he scored against Man United the same game that Edgar did.

[OpenC]

 

Yeah, probably I saw him in that light at the end of his stay rather than the start.  I never saw any potential greatness in him, though, I will confess

[Skeletor]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme fucking Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

[Conjo]

It's way different to discuss the impact of Milner now and then. When he left we were still, for the most part, judging him against the level of SBRs team with Robert and Solano which is where the we expected the club to work to come back to and maybe even surpass. In that regard I don't think he was good enough and didn't really mind that he was sold. That being said I think it's fair to say he was not used in his best position here. He's just not fast enough, and didn't/doesn't really cross the ball that well to be playing on the wing. Of course, for the team we have today he could walk into any position in midfield or full back positions and be the best player in the team.

[Ste]

It felt like at one point that he would never stop representing the England U-21s.

[My Silent Face]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme f***ing Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

 

He was bought in purely for disciplinary reasons wasn't he to keep the brat pack of the likes of Dyer and Bellamy in check wasn't he?

[Pilko]

It felt like at one point that he would never stop representing the England U-21s.

 

him and Stevie Taylor were a right pair of Peter Pans

[Yorkie]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme f***ing Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

 

He was bought in purely for disciplinary reasons wasn't he to keep the brat pack of the likes of Dyer and Bellamy in check wasn't he?

 

Yeah. Worked great.

[Fenham Mag]

Might be just me but I see Milner as a pretentious fuck.

[Cronky]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme fucking Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

 

The underlying problem was that Shearer had become too powerful a figure within the club. I'm inclined to believe the account that five more promising candidates turned the job down, and Souness was the only one prepared to take the situation on.

 

I don't particularly blame Shearer for it. At a crucial point, Shepherd didn't back Sir Bob's judgement about the player, and it was downhill from that point.

[MickMack]

Might be just me but I see Milner as a pretentious fuck.

 

Yep, the high five with DeJong when he put one on Ben Arfa

[gazza ladra]

Think they were missing Gary Speed's influence as well. He was gone before Milner arrived, but I thought he must have played a role in keeping the brat pack in check.

[Yorkie]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme fucking Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

 

The underlying problem was that Shearer had become too powerful a figure within the club. I'm inclined to believe the account that five more promising candidates turned the job down, and Souness was the only one prepared to take the situation on.

 

I don't particularly blame Shearer for it. At a crucial point, Shepherd didn't back Sir Bob's judgement about the player, and it was downhill from that point.

 

I've never heard that before. Souness was Shepherd's man from the word go, was he not?

[huss9]

freddie paid for souness to come. if he'd waitied a couple of weeks he'd have had him for free. not that it would have made us any better.

[Skeletor]

Imagine if we had just never appointed Graeme fucking Souness. I remember the day he was appointed. I sent an email to Sky Sports News within a minute and they read it out on air pretty much straight away. How Shepherd thought that was a clever appointment I'll never know. He was useless at every club he managed, including his amazingly disastrous spell at Liverpool.

 

The underlying problem was that Shearer had become too powerful a figure within the club. I'm inclined to believe the account that five more promising candidates turned the job down, and Souness was the only one prepared to take the situation on.

 

I don't particularly blame Shearer for it. At a crucial point, Shepherd didn't back Sir Bob's judgement about the player, and it was downhill from that point.

 

I've never heard that before. Souness was Shepherd's man from the word go, was he not?

 

I remember the rumblings at the time that Shearer was the chosen one and Souness was brought in to fill time until Shearer retired and was ready to take over.