dazby wrote:I'm going to hang my hat on this, please feel free to ridicule me if I am wrong.
Milner will be average, Ireland will be a star.
no doubt Milner will look a bit average but in reality will contribute a lot.
i hope Ireland gets his mojo back and has a good season at Villa.
I do think though that it is rather silly to just take the angle that we should be comparing the two players.. all you are doing by making that comparison is keeping open both the wound and the argument. Ireland coudn't get himself into the team in a consistent way and was cutting a dejected figure. Although sad to say it he really didn't look like he was going to turn that around.. and so would be as good as useless to us. Even if he does amazingly at Villa it doesn't prove anything, it doesn't mean he would have done so in this City squad with Mancini.