I'm sure most of you would still admit.. teams, even flair teams like your Brazil's of old and Barcelona a few seasons ago or Bayern Munich a couple of seasons ago (last season they weren't exactly crap like
) need players that do the work that may go unnoticed because they don't do step overs and dance on the spot for a minute before moving the ball again.
Milner is one of those players who do the dirty work and makes it look easy. Also he's a very good attacking threat actually and will bomb forward and cause opposition teams a number of headaches because of his physicality.
He could be useful in a number of situations, imaging bringing him on just to help defensively when we are up a couple of goals, that alone would make you more comfortable sat there watching the game.
Last season we lacked that certain toughness when teams cut through our flanks and midfield at will because we lacked something there.. a cool focussed presence maybe, I am simplifying it a bit, we were caught out a a lot probably because we were so gung-ho in attack. It was amazing and breathtaking to watch no doubt about that.
Not sure if this deal is still in the cards or anything.
If we are still getting him, I'd welcome this type of sensible signing and see the merit of it. Players like Milner you need to win things, he'll do a job for us that is essential in the big games.
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