Topic: James Milner - El Burro Magnifico

[GreatEx]

Echoing the above, I usually tune out of player interviews very quickly (usually I just listen to foreign players for a few seconds to see how their English is) but James is a very articulate and insightful man with intelligence and humour. Despite being Boring .

[stoa]

Echoing the above, I usually tune out of player interviews very quickly (usually I just listen to foreign players for a few seconds to see how their English is) but James is a very articulate and insightful man with intelligence and humour. Despite being Boring .

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.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

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

[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.

[jillcwhomever]

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.