Ask A Footballer

As many have mentioned before, this book feels a lot like something we could have predicted knowing it would be written by James.

The book is definitely not bad. It has some good insight and some funny anecdotes. Some questions are very good and chances you know everything addressed in the book is small.

But it is way too safe to be entertaining. The quotes and anecdotes are that old or known and the topics the book touches are too safe. And even when the book picks a daring topic it gets answered the most Milner way possible. With utmost respect for everybody and in the most professional way possible. There is not a glimpse of controversially in this book.

James is a great footballer and an example professional, and this book reflects the latter perfectly. It's a good mirror for James' professional career, which has always been trademarked by his love for the game, his professionalism and his lack of temptation for the pitfalls that some other footballers fall for.

James Boring Milner he is often called. I don't want to give him that name. He is not 100% boring, which he tries to prove real hard in the book. And I can't argue, I don't see him as all boring person. You get what you expect with James. Professionalism, a safe bet and somebody to give with a great work and off pitch ethic. Some may find that boring, but I think those qualities are admirable and often lost on footballers. Yet it doesn't make for the most intriguing reads.