sne Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: I'd happily play left back for Villa for 1000 quid a week and a company car £1500 if you agree to drive Drinkwater around until he gets his licence back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, Tom13 said: Knockaert will do that to plenty of full backs. He'll do it some, for sure, but if managers - and it is now multiple managers, at more than one club - thought he would regularly do it in the Premier League, to Premier League full backs, he wouldn't be on loan at Fulham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 @StefanAVFC - didn't you upload a video of you playing once? And it wasn't you, but someone booted the ball over the bar? I remember you though. @everyone else - can confirm - Neil Taylor is slightly better than @StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I really thought the notion that Taylor was some sort of reliable defensive figure at this level would have evaporated at the sight of him helpfully showing the Championship's Anthony Knockaert onto his favoured foot on the edge of the penalty area the other day, but I guess old impressions can be hard to budge. He is a good solid defender....apparently, anytime....EVERYTIME a wide man gets near him he backs of 5 yards with each passing step and passes them off to the midfielder covering...but he is solid defensively. Even the Liverpool lad in year 10 gave him a roasting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) He's literally unable to cross the ball, honestly can't remember him creating even one goal for us from wingback and he so often negates all our play down the left side.Such a frustrating player to watch, he's not even a solid defender really. Edited January 9, 2020 by The Other Mat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Tom13 said: Knockaert will do that to plenty of full backs. Not decent premier league standard fullbacks, as he demonstrated when at this level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonVillian Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 He's shit but still prefer over that wet blanket targett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, LondonVillian said: He's shit but still prefer over that wet blanket targett Thankfully you're no where near the coaching staff. To prefer Taylor to Targett is just utterly bizarre. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonVillian Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Thankfully you're no where near the coaching staff. To prefer Taylor to Targett is just utterly bizarre. Targett bottles every single challenge and never tracks runners, also gets "injured" constantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 Been here long enough to know that you lads never change your minds or admit you're wrong, but here I go: I'd rather have a full back who knows how to defend than one who knows how to attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, AVTuco said: Been here long enough to know that you lads never change your minds or admit you're wrong, but here I go: I'd rather have a full back who knows how to defend than one who knows how to attack. Sadly Taylor is not that player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, sne said: Sadly Taylor is not that player. Didn't say he was, did I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) He is decent to defend though. Remember how Adama embarrassed Targett? When Taylor came on he did a decent job on him. Edited January 9, 2020 by villalad21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 hours ago, AVTuco said: Been here long enough to know that you lads never change your minds or admit you're wrong, but here I go: I'd rather have a full back who knows how to defend than one who knows how to attack. The new system though is a wing back system not full back so attacking is as important. Chelsea won the title with Moses and Alonso at wing back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Targett is such a better player it's unbelievable. Everything breaks down on the left hand side of the pitch when Taylor plays. Surely we have a kid in the u23's who's better than Taylor going forward? Who's our u23 left back? Edited January 9, 2020 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 In Magnum Force, Dirty Harry said "A man's got to know his limitations." I think Taylor does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 9 hours ago, The Other Mat said: He's literally unable to cross the ball, honestly can't remember him creating even one goal for us from wingback and he so often negates all our play down the left side.Such a frustrating player to watch, he's not even a solid defender really. Your right , every time he has the ball wide ( generally a nice weighed pass from Jack who has drawn in the defenders ) all he has to do his hit a ball into the box and EVERY time he hits one in with the power of a under 9 player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 10 hours ago, Nabby said: Your right , every time he has the ball wide ( generally a nice weighed pass from Jack who has drawn in the defenders ) all he has to do his hit a ball into the box and EVERY time he hits one in with the power of a under 9 player. I reckon some under 9s can probably get the ball to lift off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 10 hours ago, villalad21 said: He is decent to defend though. Remember how Adama embarrassed Targett? When Taylor came on he did a decent job on him. Adama is embarrassing lots of left backs at the moment. Taylor lost the ball in that same game and it resulted in Adama setting up Jimenez for their second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2020 14 hours ago, AVTuco said: Been here long enough to know that you lads never change your minds or admit you're wrong, but here I go: I'd rather have a full back who knows how to defend than one who knows how to attack. I'd agree with you if it was 1993 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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