Good hardworking player. But not necessarily a gamechanging signing.
James Milner | Signed for Liverpool
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Good signing for Liverpool I reckon - but also paves the way for Sterling to potentially leave this summer.
Can we all please take a step back and just be thankful.
There was a week or so where we were being linked with him.
Thank feck for that.
There was a week or so where we were being linked with him.
Thank feck for that.
If he's genuinely going there to play CM then they're paying a fortune for a player who hasn't played there consistently in years. That has to be a risk.
I'm scared for our top 4 safety now 
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So from 6 HG players in first team City dropped on 3 now. Wonder will they buy or get those from their own ranks.
How much of that judgement is due to his boringmilner twitter accountHe's a solid player that won't do them any harm, but he's so boring. Imagine being linked with Depay and getting Milner insteadIt's like being linked with Thiago and Kroos and going for Fellaini. Imagine that...
I can't believe that Milner is causing a divide. This place is comedy gold sometimes. He's a typical Liverpool signing and it was obvious for a long while now that he would end up there. Good signing on a free as he's versatile and works his bollocks off. He's no more and no less than that. How can't people agree on this one? Beyond belief.
Turns 30 at the beginning of next year. That's mental. Feels like he was playing for England U-21s just a few years ago.
Good solid player. But they've still gone from Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard to Allen, Milner & Henderson.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
I know I feel like he should still be selectable for the U21s, he's only 2 and a half months younger than Rooney!
So they've just replaced Gerrard. They have improved already.
How anyone thinks this is a good signing is beyond me. An extremely limited player who specialises in no position and adds very little to a team apart from some pointless hard yards. Someone suggested a pool line up with Henderson and Milner in it. How's Coutinho supposed to feel about that? To get the very best out of a trequartista you have to have a midfielder that'll help him and earn him space to get stuff done. Not players that are just going to dump the ball into his feet and hope for the best.
Bad start for Pool in the transfer window. While they have big ambitions the work in the transfer market just doesn't show it. They needed an upgrade in all midfield positions and haven't done so while losing 150k a week.
Bad start for Pool in the transfer window. While they have big ambitions the work in the transfer market just doesn't show it. They needed an upgrade in all midfield positions and haven't done so while losing 150k a week.
Who are they going to get that will be a big upgrade and would come to Liverpool?
Banega? Oliver Torres?
You think Torres will leave Atletico for Liverpool?
He never plays, is likely on tiny wages, doesn't have big interest...yet, and has a certain Koke ahead of him in the pecking order who is devoted to the club and suits their current playing style better.
Not preventing Liverpool from making more signings. If they do get their hands on excellent players then this would be an additional plus to their transfer shopping.
Hes fooking shite
just look at this
just look at this
Remembered that. To be fair, he is decent and will be better than whatever other rubbish they have currently. But hardly is going to be a game changer.
The weird one for me is Ronaldo - he's 30...30!
Yet in my mind it only feels like a couple of years ago that he was a lanky teenager with no end product. Time flies.
That is literally impossible.
A hardworking, versatile and experienced in the PL player on a free is a good move. He won't improve the level of the starting 11 much but they need the width, plus he can't do any worse than Gerrard this season, can he?
He's made from good stuff in terms of being an honest pro, a hard worker and a decent player to boot, but Liverpool won't be usurping any of the top four clubs with players like this.
From what I've been reading, Milner is viewed as a replacement for Gerrard, however the problem is that it's not a replacement for peak-Gerrard, but rather the weak-as-piss-Gerrard we saw stumbling through this season just gone.
From what I've been reading, Milner is viewed as a replacement for Gerrard, however the problem is that it's not a replacement for peak-Gerrard, but rather the weak-as-piss-Gerrard we saw stumbling through this season just gone.
I reckon he's looking to play centrally. He's certainly not worth the wage he'll be earning as a winger.
This! So glad he has finally signed for someone else, otherwise my eyes would seriously hurt seeing Young, Fellaini and Milner in a United line up at once!
Yeah, I know, I meant squad width. Depth.
Ah. I've never heard it called that before!
How much of that judgement is due to his boringmilner twitter account
Nah, as a player he's dull as feck.Yeah, I didn't think about it. Both are used in my native language.
Joe Cole mk II, please. 
To be honest no-one is certain what's been offered by both clubs. Think about the theoretical example for Milner what do you think is better: a 5 year contract on £120k a week or a 3 year contract on £160k a week? If that were the two options then it's probably understandable why he's left, irrespective of playing time.
I suspect he'll have a far more secure contract at Liverpool than he would get at City. He's probably thinking if he gets a bad injury at 32 his contract would be up at City and he'd be on the Football scrap heap. At Liverpool he'll have the security of a 5 year contract until well into him being 34.
Tony Evans, Times journalist and big Red-Dipper, has likened the Milner signing to Cole. Thinks £100k+ a week for a near 30 year old, glorified utility man is a lot of money. Can't help but agree.Joe Cole mk II, please.
Imagine if your midfield options were Lucas, Henderson, Milner and Allen. They haven't got one iota of creativity between them.
Hard Working .. Yes
Vastly Over Rated ..Yes
He will do ok because that's what he is.
Hard working and consistent and not worth 120k a week IMO
Vastly Over Rated ..Yes
He will do ok because that's what he is.
Hard working and consistent and not worth 120k a week IMO
Knowing Liverpool's mentality at times they may hail him as new Steven Gerrard.
Decent signing for them. Makes a lot of sense for both parties.
The first page of his signing announcement on RAWK, you'd swear they signed Vidal the way they're going on.
He's a good signing for Liverpool. He'll instantly be one of their best 3 or 4 players. They'll justify it by saying that paying him £120k a week is no different than buying him for £14m and paying him £65k a week. This has some truth to it, although I'd argue that his wages now make him have almost no value and in 12-18 months if they want to offload him they'll have to pay a portion of his wages to get him off the books (like Joe Cole).
To me this risk of having an ever declining player who you can't get rid of probably outweighs the benefit of not paying a transfer fee. Although that's coming from a United fan whose team can go out and spend £60m on Di Maria; not from a Liverpool fans point of view who were probably looking at Milner on a free or Tiote for £10m.
He is so overrated.
That is just not true. He works his socks off, is a good passer of the ball and makes very intelligent runs from midfield, especially behind the opponent's defence. Two seasons ago, he came on at Anfield when it was 2-0 and within ten minutes, City had equalized and he was the changing factor for them. He alway puts a shift in, he's got lots of PL experience and came on a free, how anyone can argue this isn't good business for Liverpool is truly beyond me.
Also, where did you get the 150K part? Pretty sure that's not true, and even if it's true, we can afford it because we saved like £10m on a transfer fee.
Yeah, like Oliver Torres would want to join Liverpool, totally... And Banega is not physical enough, and I am probably even faster than him.
A peak-Gerrard replacement would cost £50m in today's market, and such a player would never want to join us.
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