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5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

he should be studied milner, how he's kept his body going at the highest level for so long is remarkable 

He's certainly not having 10 pints and steaming in to the packet of a weekend is he :D

Posted
5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

he should be studied milner, how he's kept his body going at the highest level for so long is remarkable 

of course keeping in prime condition is a key factor

but he must have got relatively lucky for a footballer in that he can't have been injured much

be interesting to see how the likes of Giggs and Speed compare with those numbers

Posted
10 minutes ago, Zico said:

of course keeping in prime condition is a key factor

but he must have got relatively lucky for a footballer in that he can't have been injured much

be interesting to see how the likes of Giggs and Speed compare with those numbers

No doubt there’s some luck in it. No matter how well you look after yourself, it doesn’t stop you from being on the end of a bad tackle that puts you out for a year (and then becomes a recurring weakness).

I do remember reading an interview with him when he was about 33 (and so already being asked about longevity) and he said that every decision he makes in his life is to give himself the best chance of extending his football career, and that he’d start to lighten up a bit once he’s stopped playing - pretty sure it’s where the whole “boringjamesmilner” stuff on social media came from.

Posted
30 minutes ago, Zico said:

of course keeping in prime condition is a key factor

but he must have got relatively lucky for a footballer in that he can't have been injured much

be interesting to see how the likes of Giggs and Speed compare with those numbers

won everything there is to win at club level to

Posted
1 hour ago, Eddie said:

No doubt there’s some luck in it. No matter how well you look after yourself, it doesn’t stop you from being on the end of a bad tackle that puts you out for a year (and then becomes a recurring weakness).

I do remember reading an interview with him when he was about 33 (and so already being asked about longevity) and he said that every decision he makes in his life is to give himself the best chance of extending his football career, and that he’d start to lighten up a bit once he’s stopped playing - pretty sure it’s where the whole “boringjamesmilner” stuff on social media came from.

 

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

won everything there is to win at club level to

Just read he's still one game behind Gareth Barry's pl record appearances 

So be interested to know what Barry's numbers look like as well

Posted
6 hours ago, L/H White said:

he should be studied milner, how he's kept his body going at the highest level for so long is remarkable 

 

Because he has been a squad player most his career, only broke 30 league games in 40% of his seasons played.

About 25% of his career games he was a sub.

Posted
25 minutes ago, Pablo said:

 

Because he has been a squad player most his career, only broke 30 league games in 40% of his seasons played.

About 25% of his career games he was a sub.

training most days week in week out is the had part, the 90 mins on a saturday is the easy bit

Posted

Stevenage v Barnsley postponed tonight - I wouldn’t want to be scheduling Barnsley fixtures at the moment, can’t imagine there are many spare dates considering they’re already 3 games behind most of the league (4 behind us)!

Posted
11 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Stevenage v Barnsley postponed tonight - I wouldn’t want to be scheduling Barnsley fixtures at the moment, can’t imagine there are many spare dates considering they’re already 3 games behind most of the league (4 behind us)!

They must be running out of midweeks

Posted
12 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

They must be running out of midweeks

By my reckoning they’ll now have 3 weeks to the end of the season with just 1 game - every other one is 2 games a week 🥴

Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

By my reckoning they’ll now have 3 weeks to the end of the season with just 1 game - every other one is 2 games a week 🥴

I know Stevenage have played two more but with this needing to be rearranged and our match likely to be moved in March, they're not far behind either

(it also means we would have a 2-week break ahead of that run of tough April fixtures)

Edited by jmjhb

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