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No Milner?

I say remove the ban on him just so that we can rip the piss.

definitely tighter than last time but think Manyoo will come away with 1 or 2 goals against us.

I dont actually mind Northern Rock, as you could say it was some kind of nickname for us. I definitely wouldnt want Sports Direct on the top though.

PR manager clearly needs a word in his ear.

Not the first time he's done it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcP0VlcpNxU

I dont think I got that far. Too Embarassing.

Cringeworthy.

If Bentley is worth £15m + £2m, then Milner is surely worth more than £6m just due to the inflated price of English players. Christ Dyer was sold for £6m and he doesnt even play!

On the wing. Ah, so he was. Just seem to remember him scoring a bit there and wonder if he was playing more centrally there. He did seem to come inside a lot more for Villa, setting himself up on the edge of the box.

Aston Villa back in hunt for Toon ace James Milner Aug 13 2008 by Alan Oliver, Evening Chronicle ASTON Villa are ready to come back in and test Newcastle United’s resolve to hang on to their England Under-21 winger James Milner. The talk from The Midlands is that Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill is ready to make a £6m offer for Milner – and this after he completed his seventh signing of the close season when he paid Rangers £7.8m for their Spanish central defender Carlos Cuellar. Cuellar was watched by Kevin Keegan and Terry McDermott in some of the Gers’ European games at the end of last season, but United instead turned to Fabricio Coloccini as their big-money buy for this problem position. The Chronicle reported last month that, after being linked with both Aston Villa and Liverpool, United’s top brass insisted Milner was staying at St James’s Park. And Keegan will do all he can to make sure Milner remains a United player in his paper-thin first-team squad, which could yet be strengthened by another player from Real Mallorca. But whether the United boss will let Abdoulaye Faye, subject of a £2m bid by Stoke City, head off to the Potteries remains to be seen. And United target Stephen Warnock today denied reports that he has handed in a transfer request. The 26-year-old England left-back said: "The reports are rubbish, I have not handed in a transfer request." In a separate development, reports in Italy claim Newcastle have signed former Chelsea midfielder Tiago from Turin giants Juventus. The Gazetta dello Sport newspaper believes the Portugese ace has joined on loan for a year, with an agreement to make the deal permanent later for around £8m. But one transfer that looks as though it will go through in the next 48 hours is not good news. For Manchester United have agreed to pay Spurs £25m for their Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, and he was in the North West today to discus personal terms. If the deal does go through the $64,000 question is whether Sir Alex Ferguson, with Cristiano Ronaldo already ruled out and with Wayne Rooney doubtful because of a virus, will hand Berbatov his debut against Newcastle in Sunday’s opener at Old Trafford. But United could soon be again competing with the likes of Man U for the big-money players if Mike Ashley finds a new business partner. And he could have found one with news coming out of the City that the United owner is due to meet Dell Computer Corporations chief executive Michael Dell this week.

Don't you find it strange the amount of people that do it themselves? Including yourself. Its like making a mountain out of a molehill. Kind regards, Attain Most addictively, Robchester

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Well it's ambitious all right..... 60,000-seater stadium. Dillusional at being Englands 2nd biggest club.

Although not knowing the full ins & outs of the Stoke deal, if the opportunity came and he turned it around only to face facts 3 months later is pretty low for him. He needs to be peddled to every Championship club for no more than £2m. We had £500k off Stoke for the loan so £2.5m on a player of that calibre is pretty good business for us.

I reckon itll be 2-0 unfortunately however, theres nothing to say we cant win

Dont know whats hes gonna be getting, only that he's house hunting at the moment

Surely the guy doesnt deserve to be booed if he's putting the commitment in but not getting the returns? Ok it does look like hes a way off from getting a goal, but im sure that after a year of not scoring, he's probably worrying about it as well. One goal and it could be completely different for him. If Owen isnt back 1st game and he's still here, he'll have a chance to do that against his old club where im sure he'll be fired up for it.

well he was at the game so I guess he has. On another note, i have been told that Saha has agreed terms with the unwashed. The source should be pretty good as its come from one of their players mouths themselves.

FT. Really encouraging to see a lot of effort from all of the attacking players. Mixed it up well, ran at them and had the ability to play a variety of balls in. Looked sharp throughout the game. Lets hope this KK ideology of some of the fittest PL players pays off. Duff looks a different player, Guthrie was industrious with Milner, and Guti looked tricky.

Milner 2-1 great shot from the rebound

Nzog seems to be pushing further up allowing Guti to slip inside. Smith still chasing his tail Edgar for Cacapa

Still a surprisingly high tempo to this. Doesnt feel like a friendly

Duffers!! 1-1

I cant get sound on my stream.