Now I’m not sure if you all know about my feelings towards Ryan Taylor, but I’ll guess that you may have more of a clue by the end of the article. I’m not one to get on the backs of players and at times I can go too far defending them, but something about Ryan Taylor really really grates on me. Still, at least he wants to prove a point I guess;
“I’m always there and available for the gaffer. I know what he means by me being a different option. If he needs me, I’ll be there.” said Taylor. “Like any player, I’m not happy to sit on the bench. I want to show him I can play, and that I can be in that starting XI.”
Now excuse me whilst I vomit a little bit, but the thought of seeing him playing first team football for us in the Premier League makes me wretch. I wasn’t mad keen on him last season either, and that was in the Championship. A temporary sub is all he has ever been for us.
I just fail to see what Taylor can add to the team. He isn’t fast, can’t pass, can’t dribble and has somehow managed to gather a reputation for being a set-piece specialist, although as yet I’ve not seen any evidence of this in a black and white shirt.
The final straw for me was the Bolton game. I was in the Milburn Stand that game, blissfully unaware that Joey Barton, who I’d been watching warm up, was to be ruled out. When I saw Ryan Taylor trot out of the tunnel in his place I was less than impressed. I knew he’d balls something up
Sure enough, ten minutes into the second half, my hunch turned out to be correct as he miscontrolled the ball and then tried to snap a Bolton player in half. I said to the wife, who was doing her nails or playing with something sparkly at the time, that Taylor was an ‘idiot’ 😉 and that his lunge was a straight red. We know the rest……
Fast forward six weeks, and have we missed him? I’d say no, although others may disagree. Taylor does admit however that he has been disappointed to have been ruled out;
“It was six weeks, almost to the day I think, since I got sent off,” Taylor told the Gazette. “You never hear of a three-game suspension being six weeks. Normally, there’s a midweek game somewhere along the line so you play two in one week.”
“It’s just the way it went for me. I’d come back from an injury I couldn’t prevent, and then had a suspension 55 minutes into my comeback game, which wasn’t ideal. Hopefully, now I’ll get a few minutes on the pitch now I’m fully fit and free from suspension.”
Hopefully? For you maybe Raylor!
Bobby @ 68 I think Real will take them tonite
Big Dave(Quote)
Lesh – Yellow card???
toonsy(Quote)
Is it sad that Capello has to have prepared his comments before hand and read them like a script or is it a credit that he wants to do it in English and is just preparing beforehand to do his best?
I am not sure.
funkyjesus(Quote)
FJ – Largely irrelevant for me as I take no notice of it.
toonsy(Quote)
@Big Dud
Know weigh! Barca are supreme.
I have never in my life seen a better footballing side. They destroyed Arsenal.
I was mesmerised by that performance.
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
The scary bit is he makes more sense than Toshack.
Who the hell is Karim Benthema? What a gonk.
funkyjesus(Quote)
Agree BS, but I’m shouting for Los Blancos, 4-2 Madrid
richietoon(Quote)
Bobby I am all for a laugh and joke and a bit of Banter But if I have the decency to call you by your name would it be to much to expect the same in return 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
@lesh
Thankyou for saying I’m on top form. Some would say I’m scraping the barrel.
By the way, are you watching the build up to the Barca v Real game?
It’s embarrassing! Capello is being interviewed live and he is really struggling getting his point across. He’s reading from bits of paper as he’s obviously been told what questions they would ask.
I’ve seen the local asylum seeker talk better English! If capello was outside my supermarket with the big issue I would tell him to learn English before I gave him money.
Seriously that’s how bad it is!
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
DAVE no its not to much to expect m8 imo
icedog(Quote)
@Big Dud
Take it as Tongue in cheek.
No harm meant.
I get called booby all the time but the best one is Keith Lard.
Please remind me who tagged me that?
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
bobby…..witters?
richietoon(Quote)
@icechoc
I come from a working class background and clearly you are a student. Get into the real world and find out what micky taking is.
Lighten up.? 😉
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
@RichieGoon
Aye. Class.
If there’s one thing Twitters or twatters has said worthwhile on this blog it was that line.
Woo hoo hoo hoo 😛
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
STUDENT 😆 😆 😆 crawl-arseing gets you fk all
icedog(Quote)
Bobby – I don’t think calling people by their screen name is too much to ask. Once or twice was funny, but every time is just plain boring.
toonsy(Quote)
@ChocIce
Don’t get too familiar with me. I’m not your friend. Let’s get the rules set out from the start.
Stick with the nighty night club.
I will let you into the wide awake club when you toughen up. Probably in 5 yrs time when you’re 21.
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
Bobby I dont know who called you it but I know it wasn’t me as im not really in to name calling, and I know there is no harm meant and its tounge in cheek the same as if I called you Bob the knob. but I do find it very disrespectful that someone doesn’t have the decency to call you by your right name.
Big Dave(Quote)
@toonsy
Yellow card taken.
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
Bobby – No yellow card. Just my opinion 😉
toonsy(Quote)
BOOBY ****-ON wouldnt join your club if you were giveing 20quid notes away every day,you have pleased me with one comment,”ime not your friend”
icedog(Quote)
Ice – Don’t rise to it mate 😉
toonsy(Quote)
Bobby I have nowt against you or Troy and I can honestly say I enjoy most of the Banter. But the thing I like about this blog is that we can all have a bit of banter and wind eachother up but I think most of the bloggers have respect for others.
If I wanted to be called names and disrespected I would have just stayed on .org 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
TOONSY have never minded playing with children,when theres not much footy aboot,or footy storys
icedog(Quote)
Lack of Toon news about today
Wonder what the Sunday Sun is going to come out with tomorrow 😯 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Where is MO when he is needed 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
MO will be pissed somewhere by now 😆
richietoon(Quote)
MO will be tramp pissed in a bush somewhere I reckon 😉
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy 😉 😆
richietoon(Quote)
I know ed’s live affair is disturbing and it would be nice if Larsson fuked off to Spain so we wouldn’t hear about him again from him, but you could do a lot worse than him on a free. Perch and raylor for a mil or two for example.
He really can put a good ball in and the lad never stops running. Pure effort goal today aswell.
JerseyGeordie(Quote)
Toonsy I would say they will be full of **** as usual and maybe a half paragraph about Scholes assult on Zabaleta
Big Dave(Quote)
All the name calling and aggro on here, it’s silly.
Why can’t everyone be more nice and peaceful, like me.
funkyjesus(Quote)
JG I dont think that would stop his love affair with Larsson, well it didn’t stop him with his love affair with Skjelbred it only stopped when he found Larsson 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
I’m sure there will be 5 two paged articles on how Enrique is off to where ever they pick this weekend… 👿
JerseyGeordie(Quote)
FJ the new you 😆 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
“Why can’t everyone be more nice and peaceful, like me”…..god forbid 😉 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Dave, skjelbred never moved right? Maybe a shift is in the works 😕
JerseyGeordie(Quote)
thought ed would have run with this seeing things are slow.
http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/04/16/premier-league-transfer-news-sunderland-newcastle-moussa-sow/
icedog(Quote)
Ice, I think sow is beyond ed’s scouting reach 😉
JerseyGeordie(Quote)
A non-arguing Jock? 😯
toonsy(Quote)
The new me is a legend.
Anyone else find it strange how we seem to rarely win in the league these days yet its only today we lost ninth in the table?
It’s bizarre how long we kept that spot despite doing little to maintain it. If Wolves win their next game though, we’re right back into the outer reaches of that relegation scrap though, as we’d only be about 5 points off the drop again.
I have never seen a relegation battle where about 13 teams are involved, it’s ridiculous.
funkyjesus(Quote)
JG 😛 😛
icedog(Quote)
where not involved, 39 will keep us up 😉
richietoon(Quote)
JG I dont know what happened to him ever sense Larsson came on the scene he has been dropped 😀
FJ I wouldn’t go as far as a Legend 😆 your right about the way the league is like 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
Richie you dont get it right that often but I agree with you mate 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
RICHIE once again i find i agree with you,mind 3wks ago i was looking at 43,funny how we forget how hard it is to get off that slippery slide,been there slid doon it 😐
icedog(Quote)
That AndyMac on .org is going to have a breakdown if he’s not careful. It you keep trotting out the same shyte time after time eventually you will be consumed by hatred.
It wouldn’t surprise me if he was the next fecker to burst into shopping centre or summit and gan crazy 😕
toonsy(Quote)
Dave…..hope I am mate, survival will do but survival and finish above the scum, so much better 😉
richietoon(Quote)
I’d feel more comfortable with 40
JerseyGeordie(Quote)
TOONSY i just have a peek on now and again to see if clint has done a thread and comment on it otherwise i dont even read comments or post
icedog(Quote)
Toonsy 😆
Richie 😉
JG we’ll get more than 40 😉
Ice your a good judge 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
JG…..we’ll beat that mate nae botha……hopefully 😉
richietoon(Quote)
RICHIE stop trying to paint a rosey picture,stick to walls 😆
icedog(Quote)
ide feel more comfortable if we finish 11th 😉
batty(Quote)
dog you been pickin on the younguns 😆
batty(Quote)
BATTY me pick on anybody kna,anyway djg hasnt been on 😆
icedog(Quote)
batty…you’ll need to narrow it down a bit, “the young uns” is all the bloggers to Ice 😉
richietoon(Quote)
🙄 😆 thats nasty
Big Dave(Quote)
**** 0-1 🙁
richietoon(Quote)
Messi penalty 1-0
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
Barca just scored penalty
Big Dave(Quote)
Ha, X.L.Ent. Barcelona win the league tonight.
I am not sure how any neutral can want Barcelona to lose. They are the ultimate team, the best club team in history in my books and the template every fan wants his team to be like. Unless you liked the Sam Allardyce days, lol.
funkyjesus(Quote)
@Richie
Why don’t you want Barca to win?
Best footballing club in the world.
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
jose was right 10 men 😉
batty(Quote)
Batty did you get all your joinery work done 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
DAVE its al-reet you have to make allowances for these ship jumpers,hes even painted his walls red and white ive heard
icedog(Quote)
aye dave 🙂
batty(Quote)
bobby….wor lass is from Madrid so go to watch them when we’re there so sort of my second team
richietoon(Quote)
Ice the only positive I can see in it is that he turned his back on his hometown over the love of a woman, which isn’t as bad as over money 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Ice…bit of a low blow that like 🙁 😥
richietoon(Quote)
went reet of barca when chelski were robbed by them a couple of seasons ago 😈
batty(Quote)
RICHIE sorry m8,hope real come back and score 5.
first goal he has ever scored against real i think 😥
icedog(Quote)
Ice….not much chance of that, Barca are a different class to everyone else.
richietoon(Quote)
Barcelona got the goals and eliminated Chelsea. They didn’t rob anyone, Chelsea choked. The ref being a lemon in the game just tainted it all.
If Chelsea did that to Barcelona, it would be resilience and determination. The English team got done over, however, so it is robbery. Typical.
funkyjesus(Quote)
I see Gatesheads favourite son (since Gypsy left) has been calling me while I have been away?
Which alias is he on though? That’s the question. I have always thought my wife is bi-polar but a man having 4 personalities? Some serious issues there!
Night night booby 😉
Moreno(Quote)