On the Back of

Man City's Man's post about rotation - and certain players getting game time week after week regardless of whoever we are playing - why do you think that Milner has been frozen out recently? He always gives 100% regardless of whether he has a blinder or not - and has been outstanding in several matches this season. What's up with that?

I felt really sorry for him recently when he looked so glum on the bench.

Aye lass, he was playing awesome and all of a sudden he has been dropped. Shocking to be honest, someone needs to have a word!

No theories then G-Sus?

He has rubbed Mancini the wrong way?! Or hasn't rubbed him the right way?!

Seriously though, he is hard working, not a piss head and was playing great for the first time in a year... This is why it is baffling!

Maybe he has shagged Mancini's wife/son?!

My theory is that he and RM have had a falling out behind the scenes - it seems to me that one area RM lacks managerial know-how is in man-management, hence having to move on players like Bellamy and Adebayour - I think a similar situation exists with Adam Johnson. This is where I don't think RM lets his two assistants have enough of an input - I have no doubt that Kidd and moonface can see the issues, maybe they do raise them, but I believe RM is too stubborn and, sometimes, pig-headed to listen to anyone else's views, my way or the highway sort of approach. Only my thoughts, could be a million miles from the truth, could be spot on, probably somewhere inbetween.

He disappeared right after he won player of the month if memory serves.

Must have had a falling out with Mancini, only thing I can think of.

There was that thing about him knocking on Mancini's door last summer and asking what he needed to do to get in the side after a debut season with minimal game time, after delivering this season I'd be thinking well fluck you then if I was him.

Won't be suprised if he leaves this summer to be honest, not that I'd want him too.

Well it's a crying shame if you ask me. He's hardly the disruptive type. If Judas can get back into the first 11 and Mario is given chance after chance and still falls short - wonder what Milner has to do FFS.

He still talks sense in press interviews too, must be killing him inside.

Maybe, he doesn't want to change a winning team for once (Yaya apart obviously).

shaken, we were winning when he was playing... and then he got dropped!

Ok, he's fell out with him then

We should be blooding him as a replacement for Gaz Baz if you ask me, can't see us getting much more than next season out of him as a first team regular.

Thank you shaken!

To me, it's fecking stupid buying all these young talented players that were excellent before they joined us and not playing them!

I think Milner is too much in the Barry mould, and not different enough to change games a la Nasri et al, don't get me wrong, he is a grafter who gives 100%, but for me Barry has been outstanding this season for the majority of the games, I also think De Jong's return to form has also knocked him down in the pecking order.