Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'd guess the club wouldn't offer him a worse contract anyway. I'd say his auld lad is pricking about again. I've not(personally) seen him playing in a while-he always seems to be injured when I'm at a game. Centre back is defo a position that you get a better feel for a player, when you're watching a match from the stands, as opposed to tv. Can any match-goers fill me in on how he was playing recently? Last season he was good, but so were Coloccini, Williamson and Kadar. I have no faith that Taylor will cut out the arm waving and improve to a level where he's not a liability in the top flight though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnieq 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 He's a bit of a Glen Johnson of a defender.. But i imagine his stock will rise with a good manager... that's my worry. if we let him go, he's bound to turn into a full england international. would be typical - look how good milner became after he left us. Or Bramble more-so, although that was out-of-the-blue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scully 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 fuck him the greedy cunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) I think people expecting Taylor to develop are forgetting he's played over 100 top flight games or something. I've frequently heard it was down to partnerships as well when he didn't perform but Bassong gave the lie to that one. Milner is a red herring too because many of us thought CM was his position and that's where he's thrived (KK tried him there pre-season too iirc) as he lacks the pace to play wide and he isn't significantly better as a player than he was here either. And he's overrated. Good player mind. Milner that is I expect Taylor's stock to fall once he no longer has the local hero thing to fall back on. Edited August 25, 2010 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think people expecting Taylor to develop are forgetting he's played over 100 top flight games or something. I've frequently heard it was down to partnerships as well when he didn't perform but Bassong gave the lie to that one. Milner is a red herring too because many of us thought CM was his position and that's where he's thrived (KK tried him there pre-season too iirc) as he lacks the pace to play wide and he isn't significantly better as a player than he was here either. And he's overrated. Good player mind. Milner that is I expect Taylor's stock to fall once he no longer has the local hero thing to fall back on. I dont rate him that hightly. Decent by our own standard but being home grown has made him be elevated above his real value. Quite prone to errors iyam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 As we don't know what the other players are getting salary wise, its difficult to say if his reported wage demands are too high. You have to wonder how much the likes of ameobi is on and how much perch is getting. Or Williamson. Taylor is by no means the only player out there who thinks his worth is more than his employers might. If he can get more going somewhere else then thats the business. He might have looked at smalling and said FFS, If he can get that, so can I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Isn't Collo on 80 or so per week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Isn't Collo on 80 or so per week? Indeed he is but it's a moot point as we're now operating under different financial restraints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Isn't Collo on 80 or so per week? Indeed he is but it's a moot point as we're now operating under different financial restraints. Moot indeed, having said that it makes you wonder what happens to likes of Colo, Guti and Enrique as their bumper contracts run down. Colo's hardly going to be happy with an offer to half his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Isn't Collo on 80 or so per week? Indeed he is but it's a moot point as we're now operating under different financial restraints. Moot indeed, having said that it makes you wonder what happens to likes of Colo, Guti and Enrique as their bumper contracts run down. Colo's hardly going to be happy with an offer to half his wages. Indeed. Hopefully they'll see sense and take a cut or we'll be in a position where we can afford to resign them on similar deals. Highly unlikely I know but that's the only way I can see them staying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Why would opting to sign at a much reduced salary be seeing sense? If somebody is willing to offer him the same salary as he gets now to move on I'd say it would be senseless to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5059 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Surely £40k is more than ample to play for your "own" club. He really needs to sack his dad as his agent. That is of course if the club are telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Surely £40k is more than ample to play for your "own" club. He really needs to sack his dad as his agent. That is of course if the club are telling the truth. He has, he's with Paul Stretford though, out of the frying pan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4263 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 he'll be in for a rude awakening when he sees what other clubs are willing to offer him, looking at the likes of everton/blackburn who are likely to fancy him neither will offer him more than 40k because hes not more than 40ks worth of player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Man 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think this is a good move really. Far to injury prone, and Williamson is probably better than him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4006 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 At the moment the only club I could see paying him that much who might be interested is Spurs - maybe its a week too late since they signed Gallas - though I was reading that Woodgate could be perma-fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26802 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 SSN's move to HD hasn't done David Craig any favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Carroll and co. should club together and buy him a pair of those giant hands Kenny Everett used to wear as a parting gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 SSN's move to HD hasn't done David Craig any favours. His mouth looks like a high speed collision of piano and Scania... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Should receive a reasonable fee for him. Young, highly-rated and played regularly for the England U21s. This is probably for the Tiote funds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Taylor = Geordie Dabizas tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 87 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 i can see ashley getting rid and not replacing him. don't mind him going if he's relaced with better quality. but will that happen? we're still a striker and midfielder short imo and we could be on the verge of dispatching a centre back that can also probably cover right back better than either perch or simpson. Campbell, Colocini, Williamson, Perch and Kadar can all play CB so it's not our weakest position. not our strongest either when you look at that lot Where do we have more strength in depth then? Midfield, without question.. was gonna say grounds keepers or stewards. ... maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think people expecting Taylor to develop are forgetting he's played over 100 top flight games or something. I've frequently heard it was down to partnerships as well when he didn't perform but Bassong gave the lie to that one. Milner is a red herring too because many of us thought CM was his position and that's where he's thrived (KK tried him there pre-season too iirc) as he lacks the pace to play wide and he isn't significantly better as a player than he was here either. And he's overrated. Good player mind. Milner that is I expect Taylor's stock to fall once he no longer has the local hero thing to fall back on. The thing is these days playing Cd isn't as straight forward as it used to be and a fair amount of intelligence/anticipation is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Why would opting to sign at a much reduced salary be seeing sense? If somebody is willing to offer him the same salary as he gets now to move on I'd say it would be senseless to stay. He's on £35k at the moment isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Carroll and co. should club together and buy him a pair of those giant hands Kenny Everett used to wear as a parting gift. All in the best possible taste, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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