bannedfromHandV Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 He's a liability, really hasn't been the same player since suffering his own serious injury a few years back. Sad to say as he had some cracking games for Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Think he did okay tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Crap. Byran do the right thing mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Vwry average display tonight where he was missing for most of the game and we where lucky not to be heavily punished. Kept losing his man, not closing down enough and for me is he's one player I would be replacing as soon as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Jesus. He looks like he has just been released from a POW Camp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Looks unfit and has done for quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Nobody has anything to say about Taylor's performance today? He actually looked like he has played football before. I thought he was pretty solid at left back. Nothing glamorous going forward, but he wasn't a calamitous mess at the back either. It's something for him to build upon. If we can keep everyone injury free, our Defense might not be as big of a problem as we all feared it would be, at least until January. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, KMitch said: Nobody has anything to say about Taylor's performance today? He actually looked like he has played football before. I thought he was pretty solid at left back. Nothing glamorous going forward, but he wasn't a calamitous mess at the back either. It's something for him to build upon. If we can keep everyone injury free, our Defense might not be as big of a problem as we all feared it would be, at least until January. I thought he acquitted himself very well indeed, still a good footballer at this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, KMitch said: Nobody has anything to say about Taylor's performance today? He actually looked like he has played football before. I thought he was pretty solid at left back. Nothing glamorous going forward, but he wasn't a calamitous mess at the back either. It's something for him to build upon. If we can keep everyone injury free, our Defense might not be as big of a problem as we all feared it would be, at least until January. Reports sounded like he had a good game though if no mention of a defender in updates is usuallly a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Reports sounded like he had a good game though if no mention of a defender in updates is usuallly a good thing He was excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He was excellent He wasn’t excellent. He was decent, switched off a couple of times to allow someone behind him. But the majority of time he defended well. First half went forward and linked with Albert, second was more reluctant to go forward, especially when Kodj came on his wing which is understandable as Kodj didn’t help him well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Caughf under the ball a number of times as someone got behind him, first real pass of the day was spooned straight into the trinity. I don't even know how that was possible from how he struck it. ...but he is a left back, the only left back and playing him immediately makes us more balanced. People talk about CB cover but I imagine Smith will be on high priority for fullbacks who are comfortable on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 he was always going to be up for a match against his old club. lets see if he can do it week in week out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 5 hours ago, KMitch said: Nobody has anything to say about Taylor's performance today? He actually looked like he has played football before. I thought he was pretty solid at left back. Nothing glamorous going forward, but he wasn't a calamitous mess at the back either. It's something for him to build upon. If we can keep everyone injury free, our Defense might not be as big of a problem as we all feared it would be, at least until January. He looked like the player with over 100 premier league appearance and over 40 international caps. I never did understand why he turns to shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 6 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: He wasn’t excellent. He was decent, switched off a couple of times to allow someone behind him. But the majority of time he defended well. First half went forward and linked with Albert, second was more reluctant to go forward, especially when Kodj came on his wing which is understandable as Kodj didn’t help him well. Spot on, he did OK, but had some dodgy moments. That said, we looked a lot more balanced with a left back at left back and a right back at right back, who would have thought that would have been the case? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21, 2018 He was nervous, which made me nervous. Luckily for no reason really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I suggested in the pre match thread that i thought Smith would play him if nothing more than to add balance to the team. He did ok, nothing spectacular and there were a couple of mistakes but by and large i think he iis still a better option than Hutton due to balance. I suspect he will get a run of games now, hopefully he will get a bit of confidence back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Had a decent game I thought and nice to have a left back playing at left back. Made up for Kodjia falling asleep here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 and that's why Kodjia should play up front or nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 On 28/08/2018 at 17:28, YLN said: Jesus. He looks like he has just been released from a POW Camp If anybody listens to the Owain Tudor Jones podcast called The Long man's Football World Podcast then there's a 2 episode one with Taylor which has a good insight into him and an explanation for the tired eyes. He also had the snip in the summer and has 4 kids. He's got his head screwed on. Well worth a listen. More relaxed and open than the usual 5 minute interview they are forced to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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