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Souness jibe made Milner stronger

Sat 20 Jun, 09:10 AM


England Under-21 midfielder James Milner has revealed how Graeme Souness' remarks at Newcastle was among the setbacks making him a stronger player mentally.

The 23-year-old midfielder played for his beloved Leeds when they imploded, then moved to St James' Park where boss Souness said he would not be "buying a team of James Milners".

"It's not an ideal thing for your manager to say," Milner said. "The mentality from me was to prove him wrong, that is all you can do as a player. It's down to you to prove your ability and show those people who don't rate you that they are wrong."

He added: "You remember the lows more than the highs I suppose and it is how you learn from those."

It is only this season at Aston Villa where Milner has felt stability and it has coincided with a call-up to the England senior squad and playing a key role in the under-21s reaching the semi-finals of the European Championships in Sweden.

"Those setbacks help you mentally," Milner said. "It's how you show your character."

 

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  1. Neil Mcdodonald was "Cheese n wine", Wes­ Saunders was the "Glove puppet", Tony­ Cunningham was "Midnight" and Ian Dalziel was­ "Finger job"!, heres some more teatime­ teasers, Peter Withe, Kenny Wharton, Steve Carney and­ Lee Eastwood! Any takers?

    From Charles, on Sun 21 Jun 12:07PM

  2. the truth is that you are here and he is not­ .........enough said

    From ELIZABETH, on Sat 20 Jun 7:31PM

  3. twangers is back,twangers is back hello hello...been­ away for a week with Babs topping up me tan on my fine­ physique,and i come back on these pages and its the­ same boring patter..well im back so we might have a bit­ of humour now..lets have a quiz,i want the nicknames­ the gallowgate end (the 80's gallowgate) gave to­ the following players..
    Neil Mcdonald..Wes­ Saunders..Tony Cunningham..Ian Dalziel

    From leetwangers, on Sat 20 Jun 11:41AM
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    twangers is back,twangers is back hello hello...been­ away for a week with Babs topping up me tan on my fine­ physique,and i come back on these pages and its the­ same boring patter..well im back so we might have a bit­ of humour now..lets have a quiz,i want the nicknames­ the gallowgate end (the 80's gallowgate) gave to­ the following players..
    Neil Mcdonald..Wes­ Saunders..Tony Cunningham..Ian Dalziel

    From leetwangers, on Sat 20 Jun 11:40AM

  5. Take no notice son he is a silly sod who cant man­ manage a pub team hence he has been out of work for a­ long long time and now his name is never linked with­ any job not even a confrence team would take him on his­ influence is destructive it seems to say the least

    From Alex F, on Sat 20 Jun 10:03AM
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