peter taylor

[Motown Fox]

The only reason he gave Ellison a role at Old Trafford was because he looked like Jaap Stam and I think Taylor thought it a good idea to try and fool the united players :icon_eek:

 

[Hazzman]

We were truly down to the bones that day.

We had Royce in goal,
Rowett, Elliott, Gilchrist, Impey
Eadie, Lewis, Jones, Delaney,
Akinbiyi, Sturridge.

Subs which came on included Guppy, Benjamin and Ellison.

Lost 2-0 with them scoring twice in the closing stages. This hurt more after Wycombe, as I realise how much that loss meant to us. I seen on the same day, possibly the worst thing a city fan's done, spat at the disabled enclosure of Man United fans.

 

[bocadillo]

If anybody has any doubts about what Peter Taylor did for/to Leicester, they should read the Steve Walsh interview in the latest edition of THE FOX.

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

i read it yesterday made me laugh out loud super stevie walsh

 

[Dunc]

What did it say?!

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

well basically that he (pt) ruined the club had no idea and that walshie knew from the off that they wouldnt get on and was forced out the door

 

[bocadillo]

What did it say?!

It is several pages long - and far too much to quote here.

Essential reading for anybody who wants to know what was going on at the club (according to one of the senior players). Don't forget that Gary Silke makes his only living out of the proceeds of THE FOX and IMHO £1.50 is small price to pay for this interview alone.

Or perhaps we should wait for what will no doubt be a fuller version in Steve Walsh's book which he seems to be promising at one stage in the interview. He'll have to hurry though, else there'll be nobody left who remembers him!!

 

[highland fox]

well basically that he (pt) ruined the club had no idea and that walshie knew from the off that they wouldnt get on and was forced out the door

Kevin Pressman was forced out the door when Levein came.Took CL.4 members of the back room staff and a monkey wrench...and they had to get the door frame fixed.

 

[fosseboy83]

Kevin Pressman was forced out the door when Levein came.Took CL.4 members of the back room staff and a monkey wrench...and they had to get the door frame fixed.

pukka pie sales at the walkers plummetted after that

 

[Motown Fox]

Or perhaps we should wait for what will no doubt be a fuller version in Steve Walsh's book which he seems to be promising at one stage in the interview. He'll have to hurry though, else there'll be nobody left who remembers him!!

Stevie Walsh will never be forgotten.

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

Taylor is a decent coach at U21 level and with teams in the lower leagues, he does have a decent eye for a player at that level, sadly when he came to Leicester he was massively out of his depth and this showed, he pushed Walshie and TC out the door very early on in his tenure, and his judgement of players capable of making the step up in level seemed to deteriate(sp) and more of his signings appeared to be in hope rather than expectation.

Whilst since leaving Leicester, he has enjoyed relative success in the lower divisions albeit by re-signing many of his failed buys whilst manager of Leicester, I very much doubt he will ever manage a premiership club again. The level of failure IMO has never been so dramatic and IMO his reputation will forever be tarnished.

 

[frankw]

This is my first post in response to a superb thread. It made me laugh outloud, was informative and kept to the point.:icon_lol:
I look forward to hopefully making similar contributions myself.

 

[Scarby]

Lyth does Ok at Scarborough he is quite solid at this low division.

I also think Matt Jones coud have been a great signing, shame about the injuries at such a young age (like Lee Morris)!

Cresswell is a proven goalscorer at Championship level and im sure he could knock a few in at Prem level to.

Even though Ade never justified his 5 million transfer (which wasnt his fault) he was our top scorer for a season wasnt he? not saying it was a great transfer however!!

 

[fcukcov]

Welcome Frank. This quality of thread is generally the exception to the rule round here but keep posting. There is due to be another qualtiy thread in about three months. :icon_lol:

 

[highland fox]

Welcome Frank. This quality of thread is generally the exception to the rule round here but keep posting. There is due to be another qualtiy thread in about three months. :icon_lol:

Yeah,wing your way over to General Chat Frank and you'll no doubt see what fcuk is talking about.
Welcome by the way.
TALKING BALLS..YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE.....

 

[fcukcov]

It can be a little Royston Vasey round here.

 

[Jari Rantanen's Shorts]

Peter Taylor was, is, and always will be a muppet.

True story - apparently he promised to do a Norman Wisdom impression if the U-21s beat France last week: we all know he has already acted like a clueless imbecile for two years while he was here.

Of the signings he made, Walker, Rowett and perhaps Sturridge were good signings. Delaney and Mancini were OK - they could have worked (OK, they didn't, but they were cheap punts), as was Royce - free for a back up GK.

Akinbiyi would have been OK for a lot less (at least he tried - yes he was crap, but he put in some effort). Jones would have been OK if was wasn't injured all the time, but he had been injured most of the time beforehand so it wasn't the brightest to pay that much.

Cresswell has been good at Preston, but he was truly shocking for us.

Davidson was OK, knock the million off the price and he would have been OK as well.

The rest were simply shite.

Reassuring that webbo can remember how bad we actually were when we were the media darlings for being a plucky little club at the top of the league: the standard of football was appalling, and before anyone says the Wycombe result was the beginning of the end, we were just as bad twelve months beforehand.

People forget that during England U21's supposed run of great form before we appointed the 'great' man (from memory they had only lost 2 out of 20 games) they had only won something like a quarter/a third of those games, and the goalscoring record was dire.

In answer to the original post, while what we see now is not Taylor's fault in terms of the players being his signings, it is directly his fault as he managed to dismantle a team that O'Neill had put together, and felt that could easily have qualified for Europe on league position. FWIW the board also deserve a lot of criticism for sanctioning the deals that were made during this time.

 

[Fox Fan]

Peter Taylor was, is, and always will be a muppet.

True story - apparently he promised to do a Norman Wisdom impression if the U-21s beat France last week: we all know he has already acted like a clueless imbecile for two years while he was here.

Of the signings he made, Walker, Rowett and perhaps Sturridge were good signings. Delaney and Mancini were OK - they could have worked (OK, they didn't, but they were cheap punts), as was Royce - free for a back up GK.

Akinbiyi would have been OK for a lot less (at least he tried - yes he was crap, but he put in some effort). Jones would have been OK if was wasn't injured all the time, but he had been injured most of the time beforehand so it wasn't the brightest to pay that much.

Cresswell has been good at Preston, but he was truly shocking for us.

Davidson was OK, knock the million off the price and he would have been OK as well.

The rest were simply shite.

Reassuring that webbo can remember how bad we actually were when we were the media darlings for being a plucky little club at the top of the league: the standard of football was appalling, and before anyone says the Wycombe result was the beginning of the end, we were just as bad twelve months beforehand.

People forget that during England U21's supposed run of great form before we appointed the 'great' man (from memory they had only lost 2 out of 20 games) they had only won something like a quarter/a third of those games, and the goalscoring record was dire.

In answer to the original post, while what we see now is not Taylor's fault in terms of the players being his signings, it is directly his fault as he managed to dismantle a team that O'Neill had put together, and felt that could easily have qualified for Europe on league position. FWIW the board also deserve a lot of criticism for sanctioning the deals that were made during this time.

Creswell played for us around half a dozen times, and I think most of these were as subs. So how do you know he was crap?

 

[Jari Rantanen's Shorts]

Creswell played for us around half a dozen times, and I think most of these were as subs. So how do you know he was crap?

And in those 14 games when he played for us (10 as sub) he was absolutely awful. This is why didn;t play any more than 14 games in the seven months he was with us, and why we sold him for less than we paid for him. Considering he only scored three times for Preston in around 14 games, his form was not exactly shit-hot that year.

Whether he was good before/after we had him is not my point: he was crap for us. I know he was crap for us because he was running around trying tricks and flicks that failed and taking terrible shots in front of my eyes. That is how I know he was crap FOR US.

 

[bocadillo]

That is how I know he [Richard Cresswell]was crap FOR US.

A bit like Ade Akinbiyi?

So perhaps Peter Taylor wasn't even such a good coach then - he doesn't seem to have got as much as out these two players of his own choosing as other managers have been able to do.