Roeder Says Milner Works As Hard As Lampard

Last updated : 25 April 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor
Glenn Roeder: "I have to say young James (Milner) has come on leaps and bounds in the past couple of months and he has reaped the rewards for the amount of hard work he has done.

"He reminds me of the way Frank Lampard works in training and I cannot pay him any bigger compliment than that.

"In fact, there is no-one at our football club who trains harder than James Milner and Nicky Butt, and it is no coincidence they are both finishing the season strongly.

"James had three or four stitches inserted into his ankle at half-time on Sunday and it took a lot of courage for him to do what he did and go out there for the second half - and he gave Paulo Ferreira a very difficult afternoon.

"This is the same Ferreira who I saw play for Portugal against Belgium in Lisbon last month and who was so good, he looked a different class to everyone else on the field."