KJT123 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I really, really like Amavi. I wasn't particularly excited about the Taylor signing. But the simple truth is that Taylor is so much better than Amavi at the moment. Defensively he is so solid. Very impressive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Huge improvement on Amavi. He's a busy defender, and his passing and movement isn't bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted April 23, 2017 If Gabby hadn't have come on and single handedly won the game today Taylor would have been my MOTM. Much better than Amavi in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Surprised no one put this up yesterday...it's good for us really. Gets a full summer break and preseason. Then we don't lose him in September just after season starts. Ban "Wales defender Neil Taylor has been suspended for two matches for his leg-breaking tackle on the Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman. Taylor, 28, was sent off for the tackle during Wales' goalless World Cup qualifier in Dublin in March. He will be banned for Wales' next two qualifiers against Serbia in June and Austria in September." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 28, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2017 5 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Surprised no one put this up yesterday...it's good for us really. Gets a full summer break and preseason. Then we don't lose him in September just after season starts. Ban "Wales defender Neil Taylor has been suspended for two matches for his leg-breaking tackle on the Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman. Taylor, 28, was sent off for the tackle during Wales' goalless World Cup qualifier in Dublin in March. He will be banned for Wales' next two qualifiers against Serbia in June and Austria in September." Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 It is good news. For Villa and also Ireland. Wales weakened for a further two games enhancing our chances of qualifying which we'll probably mess up anyway. Although we are missing Coleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Have to say he was superb today both defensively and in breaking forward on a number of occasions. Overall he has been excellent and has so far looked the best signing we made in January. In fact he is looking like the best left back we have had in years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Found this an odd signing at the time but very happy to have been proved wrong, often our best player since January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: Have to say he was superb today both defensively and in breaking forward on a number of occasions. Overall he has been excellent and has so far looked the best signing we made in January. In fact he is looking like the best left back we have had in years. Yep he's probably the best left back in the league. Seemed to have lost his way at Swansea, but could easily cope in the prem still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Had no worries when we signed him. Surprised at all the negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Will be the best defensive LB in he division. Goes about his job very quietly, but is calm on the ball and very hard to beat. Alongside Chester and Terry will form a formidable defence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcohen Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I think our entire defense overall this seasons will be great. Terry makes everyone better, passing out looks better already and discipline seems good in pre season. Taylor is a massive part of this. I think he will be better with Green in front of him in a 4-4-2 though. He was class in the first game linking with Green. Last night in a 4-2-3-1 (as I thought it was anyway, we lacked a bit of width and Amavi was very deep a lot of the time and didn't make many runs for Taylor, more coming deep to receive and then just giving it back to Taylor in a weaker position that he was when he first passed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Utter tosh today. At one point in the second half he actually squealed in a high pitched voice to try and put off the player instead of actually competing for it. Felt it summed up our performance perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Shambolic in every department today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Why has he been thrown onto corner kicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I can understand why Swansea barely played him after injury and let him go without any fuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Spotted at the test match today. I am happy to report he only drank water all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just reading this thread suns up Taylor. When he came he made us solid so it looked like a great signing but this year he's looked shaky added to the fact he is crap at attacking he's looking like another liability. He needs competition. Hopefully he's just started slowly this year and will get better but he needs to overlap Green a lot more to help out the attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Page 3, last post two weeks ago. Surprised no-one is pointing out what a crap outlet he was last night. It's unbelievable that we have about 4 right-backs and 3 right-wingers, but 1 left back and 1 left winger (who is, inevitably, injured). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Didn't think he was that bad to be honest - he's the least of our problems. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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