peter taylor

[Chrysalis]

That season where we were top after 8 games, one of the home games was on sky, I think home game against everton and I remember leics stringing over 20 passes together before shooting a volley from range into the back of the net that was far from dire football. However I didnt witness the other 7 games. I thought taylor did well with o'neill's players but he didnt have the same ability to motivate players when things were bad and also lacked the ability to tame collymore who was an outstanding player. His new signings were of poor quality as well and massively overpaid, I dont knock him down for elliot's long term wage packet since if we didnt get relegated noone would have even noticed it and elliot did do well in his early year's at the club. But selling lennon and not properly replacing collymore were probably the 2 biggest things that affected the team's ability.

If we didnt get relegated I think we may have been in a position where he would have been told to sell a player or 2 to balance the books but we defenitly would not have gone into administration and the players sold would have had higher sale value.

 

[Granite Fox]

I think MON knew it was time to go - the inevitable selling of Heskey was a key factor (brilliant with Collymore in the 5-2 thrashing of the Mackems). I think MON then knew it was over and that offers we could not refuse (or the players would want to leave for) were going to be coming in.

I think MON knew he had taken us about as far as he could and he should try something at a higher level. It was going to be difficult for whoever took over from MON (and still is today), although Taylor right royally foojed it up for us. As someone has said he is obviously a good coach, but can't sign players at Premiership level and couldn't motivate us out of a trough.

I am sure he is a far better manager today due to his experiences at our expense.

 

[webmaster]

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.

Royce may not have cost a transfer fee, but he was reported to be on around £10,000 a week, on a long contract. That's a ridiculous amount of money for a club like Leicester to commit to a back-up goalkeeper. Then a year after signing for us he became third choice.

 

[Jari Rantanen's Shorts]

Royce may not have cost a transfer fee, but he was reported to be on around £10,000 a week, on a long contract. That's a ridiculous amount of money for a club like Leicester to commit to a back-up goalkeeper. Then a year after signing for us he became third choice.

If that was the case I'd like to scratch Royce from the excusable list as well then!

 

[Hazzman]

I am sure he is a far better manager today due to his experiences at our expense.

Exactly but normally manager make their mistakes at small division clubs with lesser effect. It was silly Elsom that made a wrong choice in inexperienced (top level anyway) Peter Taylor.

 

[Fox Fan]

Royce may not have cost a transfer fee, but he was reported to be on around £10,000 a week, on a long contract. That's a ridiculous amount of money for a club like Leicester to commit to a back-up goalkeeper. Then a year after signing for us he became third choice.

When he went on loan to QPR, their manager at the time said something to the effect of 'hes a great keeper but we can't take him off Leicester's hands because alone hes on more than the other 3 keepers at the club are put together.'

 

[Fox Fan]

That season where we were top after 8 games, one of the home games was on sky, I think home game against everton and I remember leics stringing over 20 passes together before shooting a volley from range into the back of the net that was far from dire football. However I didnt witness the other 7 games. I thought taylor did well with o'neill's players but he didnt have the same ability to motivate players when things were bad and also lacked the ability to tame collymore who was an outstanding player. His new signings were of poor quality as well and massively overpaid, I dont knock him down for elliot's long term wage packet since if we didnt get relegated noone would have even noticed it and elliot did do well in his early year's at the club. But selling lennon and not properly replacing collymore were probably the 2 biggest things that affected the team's ability.

If we didnt get relegated I think we may have been in a position where he would have been told to sell a player or 2 to balance the books but we defenitly would not have gone into administration and the players sold would have had higher sale value.

Didn't John Robertson (one of MONS coaches) leave at the same time too?

I think one of the major factors in the downfall of the club was general lack of fitness, this was something MA commented on shortly after arriving.

 

[Martyn]

I think MON knew it was time to go - the inevitable selling of Heskey was a key factor (brilliant with Collymore in the 5-2 thrashing of the Mackems). I think MON then knew it was over and that offers we could not refuse (or the players would want to leave for) were going to be coming in.

I think MON knew he had taken us about as far as he could and he should try something at a higher level. It was going to be difficult for whoever took over from MON (and still is today), although Taylor right royally foojed it up for us. As someone has said he is obviously a good coach, but can't sign players at Premiership level and couldn't motivate us out of a trough.

I am sure he is a far better manager today due to his experiences at our expense.

I always think about what would have happened if MON was still here when we got the cash windfall fron ntl & had £20m to spend.