[Albion] James Milner

[jcdenton08]

His best game for us , excellent performance

Absolutely this. He was absolutely everywhere.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

So nice to see him played in a better position. We’ve had to push him into a role he can do a few minutes job in (amazing at PL level) but today was what we should be seeing more often. An important month for him coming up!

 

[macbeth]

best game he’s played for us so far

 

[curly69]

He was fantastic long may it last motm!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

James Milner plays a mean left wing.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I've been very critical of him, but he was great today. Please keep him in midfield and away from defence.

This, with Christmas bells on.

He was great last night, and it just makes it even more baffling that we’ve persisted with using him as a terrible full back!

 

[brighton_tom]

Yep very good last night. Effective in that wide position because even though he lacks pace he has bags of intelligence to know when to retain the ball and when to release it to JP or DW.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Turn the telly on, switch to Amazon Prime, scroll down and watch the post match interviews.
There is a lovely interview with Milner and Hinshelwood along with Glenn Murray and Les Ferdinand.

It's heartwarming stuff if you're an Albion fan.

Or watch it here:

 

[CaergybiGull]

As above, best game so far. Terrific. (And yes, that interview was good fun).

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I was concerned when I saw him in the team, assuming he’d be played in defence. I’m glad he wasn’t - he rolled back the years with an excellent performance.

 

[Marshy]

This, with Christmas bells on.

He was great last night, and it just makes it even more baffling that we’ve persisted with using him as a terrible full back!

Agreed, but we have been so short at full back its more because we have had too rather than maybe because we wanted too.
I dont think he has been that bad at full back either.
Hes just not Pervis/Joel or Tariq

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Rolled back the years.

Great player making good decisions in possession.

An example to all of our young players.

 

[Dibdab]

He’s been absolutely wasted at full back all season. The guy knows every trick in the book playing in midfield. That performance shows he could be a revelation second half of the season if allowed to play across the middle of the park.

 

[Zeberdi]

Another interview here - speaks highly of RDZ’s set up.

 

[Sirnormangall]

As others have said, great performance last night, his best of the season. Must be great to have him in the squad: won everything, experienced and can pretty much play anywhere. I think he’s now only around 20 appearances short of the EPL record - he deserves to break it.

 

[Mike Small]

He’s been absolutely wasted at full back all season. The guy knows every trick in the book playing in midfield. That performance shows he could be a revelation second half of the season if allowed to play across the middle of the park.

He looked like the player I hoped we signed. Funny he looked like it when he was FINALLY played in midfield, ironically in the place he started out 20 years ago. He's never played left back until he came to us! He can do a job to see a game out but not to start RDZ.

Really enjoyed his performance. From midfield he reads so much with all of his experience. Square pegs in square holes and all that.

 

[Weststander]

All the way back to the Luton game, plenty of folk here said he should just be a midfielder, lacking the pace at his age to be a PL fullback. Last night highlighted that.

 

[B-right-on]

Another interview here - speaks highly of RDZ’s set up.

You can see by his reactions that he'll play anywhere asked but much prefers the midfield and showed it last night.

On the other interview with Hinsh, he made his PL debut 2½ years before Jack was born. Nuts!

What an excellent signing by the club. Well done yet again to the recruitment team (and Lallana who called him apparently).

 

[hans kraay fan club]

He looked like the player I hoped we signed. Funny he looked like it when he was FINALLY played in midfield, ironically in the place he started out 20 years ago. He's never played left back until he came to us! He can do a job to see a game out but not to start RDZ.

Really enjoyed his performance. From midfield he reads so much with all of his experience. Square pegs in square holes and all that.

He played left back in about 40 games for Liverpool!

 

[Hugo Rune]

You can see by his reactions that he'll play anywhere asked but much prefers the midfield and showed it last night.

On the other interview with Hinsh, he made his PL debut 2½ years before Jack was born. Nuts!

What an excellent signing by the club. Well done yet again to the recruitment team (and Lallana who called him apparently).

Milner played against Jack’s Dad. Shame they didn’t run that in too!