Milner completes Aston Villa move

[Meenzer 14060]

Wonder what his reception is going to be like...

He'll get booed at first, without a doubt. Can't imagine it'd last all game or anything though.

[marci 0]

When is the final day of the window, did I read somewhere it had been extenderised?

Yes, it's been extended till Monday midnight.

[The Fish 9009]

Wonder what his reception is going to be like... I don't begrudge him leaving, pretty apathetic to the whole thing to be honest. I don't put him in the same bracket as N'Zogbia with regards to promise, and I don't have enmity towards him in the same way as I do Jenas... I just meh him.

 

really, whah did he say?

noh much, he was eahing a huna sandwich

 

 

you cock.

[Happy Face 29]

Just to be clear, this doesnt reduce the wage bill by 15k. It reduces it by 15k + what Milner was demanding.

 

...which was parity with Taylor = £35K/week

 

....but now we need to buy 2 £35K/week midfielders by Monday, rather than the one we were after previously.

 

Now we've got an extra salary and 12m to do it with, on top of what we had before.

 

Aye, if it is £12M for a lad who's not even been in his international squad, then we've raped the shit out of them. And if a few deals come off I'll be over the moon.

 

The positivity over this sale seems at odds with the panic strewn whining about the sparsity of our squad over the last week though.

[ChezGiven 0]

Just to be clear, this doesnt reduce the wage bill by 15k. It reduces it by 15k + what Milner was demanding.

 

...which was parity with Taylor = £35K/week

 

....but now we need to buy 2 £35K/week midfielders by Monday, rather than the one we were after previously.

 

Now we've got an extra salary and 12m to do it with, on top of what we had before.

 

Aye, if it is £12M for a lad who's not even been in his international squad, then we've raped the shit out of them. And if a few deals come off I'll be over the moon.

 

The positivity over this sale seems at odds with the panic strewn whining about the sparsity of our squad over the last week though.

 

I've been Zen.

 

There are a lot of our fans who really rate Milner (singing his name to come on etc) and there are a lot of our fans (on the internet) who dont have a clue about attracting top players to our club. Hence the fuss.

[Chaser 1055]

For MA, great £12m quid back into the club minus the money to Bates. For the fans what? Its not going in our pockets and the only return we'll see is if we replace what we've sold with players who are going to improve on that. I think now that another regular first team player has gone, im now thinking of pressing the panic button tomorrow morning rather than tomorrow afternoon. I hope and pray that the signings KK is talking about materialise and theyre not just last minute squad fillers which we've seen coming through the door as the window has closed in previous seasons.

[Snake 0]

For MA, great £12m quid back into the club minus the money to Bates. For the fans what? Its not going in our pockets and the only return we'll see is if we replace what we've sold with players who are going to improve on that. I think now that another regular first team player has gone, im now thinking of pressing the panic button tomorrow morning rather than tomorrow afternoon. I hope and pray that the signings KK is talking about materialise and theyre not just last minute squad fillers which we've seen coming through the door as the window has closed in previous seasons.

KK said that the Milner money will be his to spend but it didnt matter anyway because he had money to spend on who he wants.

 

Also said his phone hasnt stopped ringing from agents phoning him up but says he only wants top quality and would rather make do till January with this squad than sign rubbish

[toontoasey 0]

All will become clear in the next 4 days as to wether we have a mediocre season or a real belter in terms of ambition and moving the club forward.

[Happy Face 29]

For MA, great £12m quid back into the club minus the money to Bates. For the fans what? Its not going in our pockets and the only return we'll see is if we replace what we've sold with players who are going to improve on that. I think now that another regular first team player has gone, im now thinking of pressing the panic button tomorrow morning rather than tomorrow afternoon. I hope and pray that the signings KK is talking about materialise and theyre not just last minute squad fillers which we've seen coming through the door as the window has closed in previous seasons.

 

The previous window has shown Keegly would rather end it understrength than take on players he doesn't rate for the sake of having someone to warm the bench.

[Chaser 1055]

For MA, great £12m quid back into the club minus the money to Bates. For the fans what? Its not going in our pockets and the only return we'll see is if we replace what we've sold with players who are going to improve on that. I think now that another regular first team player has gone, im now thinking of pressing the panic button tomorrow morning rather than tomorrow afternoon. I hope and pray that the signings KK is talking about materialise and theyre not just last minute squad fillers which we've seen coming through the door as the window has closed in previous seasons.

KK said that the Milner money will be his to spend but it didnt matter anyway because he had money to spend on who he wants.

 

Also said his phone hasnt stopped ringing from agents phoning him up but says he only wants top quality and would rather make do till January with this squad than sign rubbish

 

After a promising start, we should be trying to build on that. If you take away some of the first teamers, theres absolutely nothing beyond them.

 

Who will play right midfield now? Guti?

[NJS 3984]

Can anyone guess why "in for 4 or 5" translates to "see where 2 or 3 go" - does that mean offers are in which are unaccepted but still on the table which we might get a callback for?

Edited August 29, 2008 by NJS

[David Kelly 1117]

It does sound like Keegan is actually quite confident of making signings and honestly I can't beleive he would have risked leaving the squad this weak if he didn't think he was going to get more players in.

Whether those players are of the quality to move us forward remains to be seen.

 

I don't fancy our chances tomorrow now like (not that I ever really did). If you take Milner, Martins and Duff out of the starting line up for the last two league games, we have Enrique, Owen and Geremi to bring in. Leaving us with (Possibly) Cacapa and Edgar with Premiership experience and Bassong that's played one game for us. It really does bring home how small the squad is.

[David Kelly 1117]

For MA, great £12m quid back into the club minus the money to Bates. For the fans what? Its not going in our pockets and the only return we'll see is if we replace what we've sold with players who are going to improve on that. I think now that another regular first team player has gone, im now thinking of pressing the panic button tomorrow morning rather than tomorrow afternoon. I hope and pray that the signings KK is talking about materialise and theyre not just last minute squad fillers which we've seen coming through the door as the window has closed in previous seasons.

KK said that the Milner money will be his to spend but it didnt matter anyway because he had money to spend on who he wants.

 

Also said his phone hasnt stopped ringing from agents phoning him up but says he only wants top quality and would rather make do till January with this squad than sign rubbish

 

After a promising start, we should be trying to build on that. If you take away some of the first teamers, theres absolutely nothing beyond them.

 

Who will play right midfield now? Guti?

Either that or Geremi on the right with Jonas playing off Owen. Looks like a weak line up for tomorrow any way you look at it.

[Park Life 70]

If we don't have 3 new players by Tue morning I'll eat my cock.

[Happy Face 29]

Shades of Keegan defending the Cole sale in his quotes this afternoon.

 

Never doubted him, then or now.

 

[Snake 0]

If we don't have 3 new players by Tue morning I'll eat my cock.

Quality players hopefully

[Bombadil 0]

Great bit of business if we replace him, which shouldn't be hard to do.

[NJS 3984]

Shades of Keegan defending the Cole sale in his quotes this afternoon.

 

Never doubted him, then or now.

 

 

That's the one thing I do have against the man - he wrote off a season in January which I don't think was fair on the fans as well as selling a real hero of mine.

 

Football has changed a bit since then before someone says that all seasons are semi-pointless now.

[Happy Face 29]

Shades of Keegan defending the Cole sale in his quotes this afternoon.

 

Never doubted him, then or now.

 

 

That's the one thing I do have against the man - he wrote off a season in January which I don't think was fair on the fans as well as selling a real hero of mine.

 

Football has changed a bit since then before someone says that all seasons are semi-pointless now.

 

The next couple of transfer windows made up for it though I guess.

[Craig 6308]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7588360.stm

[Craig 6308]

Keegan had a flight at 3pm today? Where's he off to then?

[triggy99 0]

Keegan had a flight at 3pm today? Where's he off to then?

 

London?

[Park Life 70]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7588360.stm

[Ketsbaia 0]

Top interview from KK. Something must be happening behind the scenes if he's went from "not confident at getting people in" to "3 or 4 players before the end of the window"

[ewerk 26441]

Keegan had a flight at 3pm today? Where's he off to then?

 

Monaco, with a suitcase full of cash and a contract with Arshavin's name on it.