Topic: James Milner - El Burro Magnifico

[Kalito]

He should have stayed, he'd have gotten around the same amount of minutes.

Klopp wanted him to stay, as did Milner, but the Club didn't offer him a contract I believe ...

[Garlicbread]

Klopp wanted him to stay, as did Milner, but the Club didn't offer him a contract I believe ...

Love Milner a lot and wouldn't have minded in the summer if he stayed for another year. But in hindsight it was probably the right move, yeah he could fill in multiple positions but it's time for others to do that.

[DangerScouse]

Klopp wanted him to stay, as did Milner, but the Club didn't offer him a contract I believe ...

Which i find nuts. Who the fuck is vetoing Jurgen's position there?

[Red Beret]

The whole boring James Milner thing sums him up perfectly. Instead of trying to change that perception and doing something 'crazy', he just went along with it and decided he can laugh about it together with everyone else. A person who can laugh about themselves (to a certain extent) cannot be a bad person.

The fact that he got a door named after him at Kirkby shows the club got in on the act as well.

I love Milly, probably one of my favourite LFC players of the past 20 years. But it was time to move on. Yeah, he could have still done a job for us, but it would have meant taking up a squad place that maybe it's time for another player to have. But I'm sure we will have him back in a coaching role at some point. There's just too much affection between him and the club for it not to happen.

His LFC career isn't over, it's just on hiatus. Gardening leave, if you will.

[GreatEx]

Milner is awesome but he would have soaked up backup minutes that have allowed Endo and Gomez to thrive.

[rossipersempre]

Which i find nuts. Who the fuck is vetoing Jurgen's position there?

Think it's more likely he was offered a contract as part of the backroom staff but Milner felt (rightly so) he still has another couple of PL seasons in him. Beating Gareth Barry's record must be on at this point. He'll be back at the AXA in 2025/26.

[newterp]

To be fair - we had Milner last year and our midfield was a sieve. He can still play - and Brighton are entertaining but don't play as intensely as we do (I don't think).

It would have been nice to have him as a backup option for sure - but it's ok that he moved on too.

[Red Beret]

To be fair - we had Milner last year and our midfield was a sieve. He can still play - and Brighton are entertaining but don't play as intensely as we do (I don't think).

It would have been nice to have him as a backup option for sure - but it's ok that he moved on too.

Wasn't really his fault that though. The entire midfield went to shit all at once and he couldn't be everywhere. Players younger than him were letting the side down badly. He was never intended to feature as much as he did.

[jillc]

This is a superb interview with James, he always comes out of these interviews in such a good way and is always entertaining with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2waGCay9d4&pp=ygUgamFtZXMgbWlsbmVyIGZvb3RiYWxsJ3MgZ3JlYXRlc3Q%3D

[Garlicbread]

Seems his lad is in the Liverpool academy. And yeah that was a great interview.

[disgraced cake]

50% - Across the 632 Premier League matches that James Milner has appeared in, those games have featured 50% of the total players to have made at least one appearance in Premier League history (2,381/4,776). Mind-blowing.

 

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

[kavah]

Superb, and won the lot too. And still putting a decent shift in.

[thejbs]

Seems his lad is in the Liverpool academy. And yeah that was a great interview.

Wonder if he still speaks to him in Spanish.

[Garlicbread]

2nd part of the interview with Jeff Stelling. Milner's top 5 games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZmltmyoGFo

[MonsLibpool]

So Giggs' division 1 appearances don't count? It waters down the stats significantly.  He was literally playing against the same teams. But football was invented in 1992 I guess.

[Redley]

So Giggs' division 1 appearances don't count? It waters down the stats significantly.  He was literally playing against the same teams. But football was invented in 1992 I guess.

No-ones Division 1 appearances count or it'd be a completely different list.

[MonsLibpool]

No-ones Division 1 appearances count or it'd be a completely different list.

The focus on PL stats is disrespectful to the rich history of the football league (over a century). Effectively,  it's the same league as the first division so the split is very strange indeed.

It's like creating a Super League and disregarding the competition it's replacing (e.g CL) even if it's a similar concept

[Barneylfc∗]

The focus on PL stats is disrespectful to the rich history of the football league (over a century). Effectively,  it's the same league as the first division so the split is very strange indeed.

It always amused me with United fans singing "20 times, 20 times Man United" whilst simultaneously trying to get a dig at us about never winning the Premier League.

[BarryCrocker]

Get on the field 20 times next season and he takes the record of 653 off Gareth Barry.

jamesmilnerofficial
Delighted to extend my stay @officialbhafc, enjoyed playing with the boys in a historic season for the club. Very frustrated being injured for the past few months but working hard to be back ready for the start of next season and hungrier than ever to contribute to the success of the club💪🏼.
#bhafc🔵⚪️

https://www.instagram.com/p/C69c3ShrdTa/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=64afbfb2-998c-4b0c-8139-ef183eff9e97&img_index=1

[jillc]

Well done, James Milner. It's hard to believe how this guy just keeps going the ultimate professional.

[Fromola]

Get on the field 20 times next season and he takes the record of 653 off Gareth Barry.

Hopefully, but he's not made a matchday squad since January.  His injuries have got more frequent in recent seasons. It's whether he can stay fit for more than half a season to get the minutes.

Hopefully he does and we bring him back the year after when he would presumably hang up his boots.

[PaulF]

Hopefully he does and we bring him back the year after when he would presumably hang up his boots.

Al would tell you we're swapping him for Salah.

[ABZ Rover]

Started today to make it a record 23 Premier League seasons., and beat the blue shyte 3-0.

Enjoy your Ribena tonight James 🍷

[disgraced cake]

Nice crunching challenge on Mykolenko too 

[RJH]

635 Premier League appearances.

The entire Ipswich team apparently have 203. (and 73 of those are from Kalvin Phillips!).

And his current manager was 9 years old when Milner made his Premier League debut.

[RedDeadRejection]

Nice to see him start there today. Love the man.

[seandundee16]

His longevity is incredible and to still be playing top flight football is a fine achievement. He’s only 3 months younger than Wayne Rooney.

[Red Beret]

Unlike Ashley Old, Young James knows how and when to draw a card.

[So… Howard Philips]

His longevity is incredible and to still be playing top flight football is a fine achievement. He’s only 3 months younger than Wayne Rooney.

And looks twenty years younger.

[jillc]

Mr Incredible is James Milner. It's going to feel strange when he does leave football when he's played for so long.

[thaddeus]

Started today to make it a record 23 Premier League seasons., and beat the blue shyte 3-0.

Enjoy your Ribena tonight James 🍷

Taking the record away from Giggseh.  That was one of those records I didn't think would ever be broken so I'm delighted to have Giggseh removed from the record books.

I'm proud to say the club he spent most of those 23 seasons at was us!

[farawayred]

When (not if) he surpasses Barry's appearance record, I hope against the note is written "El Burro Magnifico"