Poor James Milner.
He really can’t win. When he tries to say or do something in public, he is lampooned for being boring, but on occasions when he simply wants to blend into the background, we stands out like a sore thumb.
Thursday night saw Liverpool host their end-of-season Players’ Awards 2016. It was perhaps somewhat premature seeing as they may yet win the Europa League in Basel on May 18, but busy schedules must.
It was Philippe Coutinho who cleaned up in terms of actual awards, winning Fans’ Player of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season, the Performance of the Season (vs. Man City in November), and the Goal of the Season (vs. Man United in the Europa League).
But for many the sideshow that was most entertaining was the shoddy appearance of poor Jamie. You’d think there was no way of getting it wrong – each player in attendance wore the same official club suit. But it was the uneasy manner in which the England man wore it that caused so much mirth.
It’s basically everything about him, from the ‘I don’t belong here’ sideways glance, the naughty schoolboy demeanour, the f*cking atrocious tie effort, and the painfully uncomfortable way he holds his arms. As you can see below, everyone had a difference take on his awkward stance…
James Milner. So awkward. pic.twitter.com/0sN4IYSDDR
— Lizzie Ward (@lifeoflizzie) May 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/jak144/status/730838520097603584
https://twitter.com/benanderson112/status/730836375956754432
https://twitter.com/ynwa_club/status/731076478125936640
https://twitter.com/josh_carvalho13/status/730840999258390529
https://twitter.com/Maldini/status/731036051494604800
Everyone give james milner a goodbye wave and a have a good day. First day of secondary school, bless him pic.twitter.com/ZjgkVlxfUU
— BC 🔴 (@BlairCornwell_) May 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/Terry_Nutkin/status/730843622208360450
https://twitter.com/talkingbaws/status/730857186247778305
James Milner does not know what to do with his arms without something to awkwardly lean on #LFC pic.twitter.com/tVzNQl1IBQ
— Football Rascal (@FootballRascal) May 13, 2016
James Milner there, wearing some fake arms pic.twitter.com/7jdX210BNu
— Suse (@okSuse) May 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/AdamdodaDay/status/730840843343527936
