Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: City reject Mills, happy to talk a good game instead of playing it, washed-up at just 3
A news agency ran a story on Tuesday night with Danny Mills backinghis manager Mark Hughes to achieve success at Manchester City.[LNB][LNB]Yes, that is correct, HIS manager. You may have heard Mills a fairbit on the radio and thought he had quit the game to become a pundit.[LNB]You could also be forgiven for thinking he might have dropped downthe leagues to finish his career after falling well out of favour atEastlands.[LNB] [LNB]Letting his mouth do the talking: Manchester City non-player Danny Mills[LNB]But no. Mills is still at City, a club he last played for three years ago, and is likely to be there until his lucrative contract runs out in the summer. [LNB]For more than half the length of the deal he signed when he joined them, he has not had a look in and the Press Association story said he has long since given up playing for them.[LNB]This is a former England international who is 31 years old, by no means a pensioner by the game's standards, and yet he has allowed a large chunk of his career go to waste.[LNB] More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Palace look set for mid-table mediocrity so Warnock blames West Ham, Scudamore and refs[LNB]18/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Emirates spat proves Wenger and Brown are a disgrace to their profession[LNB]18/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Don't you ever learn Ledley? Spurs won't make lapdogs of the Big Four by winning two games in a row[LNB]18/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Just like the way he went down, Pedersen's excuse is thoroughly unconvincing[LNB]17/03/09 HATCHET MAN: O'Neill for England? There's only one deal on the Villa manager's mind here[LNB]17/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Clumsy and aggressive: Olsson won't save West Brom with his new tactics[LNB]17/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Don't blame Benfica for wanting nothing to do with Middlesborough flop Alves[LNB]17/03/09 HATCHET MAN: Jagielka heads the race for easy money in the aftermath of the Carlos Tevez affair[LNB]17/03/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE[LNB] Mills was due to be commenting on City's UEFA Cup game against Aalborg on Thursday night, reduced to a completely peripheral spectator and apparently comfortable with it.[LNB]But it is only supposed to be foreign mercenaries who adopt this kind of attitude, according to one of the common misconceptions out there.[LNB]Outspoken and sometimes overly aggressive, Mills may not be many people's favourite player yet he could still do a good job for someone. If he put playing the game ahead of talking about it, that is.[LNB] [LNB]
