Ronaldo

aye, you wish Don't give me that nonsense man. Look at Italy's in 06 and France's in 98

Defoe is nailed on for it now. It'll be him, Rooney, Heskey, Walcott and Crouch. Bent is a possiblity

And you're saying the above could be the reason for Taylor wanting away? You're usually a good poster but this is just nonsense man.

take it you missed Kevin Nolan having an asthma attack after the hour mark on Wednesday?

An ounce of sense. See, even Jayson knows the score, well done son!

Shearers comments re Bassong were clearly due to him being on crap money(relatively) and only 1 year on his deal. Talking up someone you want to sign up long term is pretty normal. The comments were made to Uncle Harry, Shearer wasn't publicly talking him up He did publically state he wanted to keep him and sign him up for longer though. Pretty much the same thing tbf that isn't what's being referred to here, mate. Someone has got it into their head that a quote from Harry Redknapp is one of the reasons that Taylor might want to leave. Honestly

Taylor is older than Bassong, you do know that right? The 'relative novice' comment isn't really relevant here, as we're all painfully aware that it took Bassong 5 games to show himself to be better than Taylor. Clutching at straws to think that Taylor was offended by a f***ing quote from Harry Redknapp, honestly man . If he wants to piss off, then he can f***ing go, lets not make excuses for him

Maradona will pick Jonas whatever the weather man, just like he'll avoid Higuain like the clap

Shearers comments re Bassong were clearly due to him being on crap money(relatively) and only 1 year on his deal. Talking up someone you want to sign up long term is pretty normal. The comments were made to Uncle Harry, Shearer wasn't publicly talking him up

If Taylor had shown in 5 years what Bassong managed in 30 games he could quite easily have been offended. Shearer and Dowie's comments regarding Bassong surely have had no effect on Taylor man

I'd rather Geremi than Smith, Nolan or Butt. At least Geremi has an ounce of creativity

what an absolutely ridiculous post. Why on earth would Taylor see that as a kick in the teeth? He isn't quite stupid enough to believe he's anywhere near Bassong as a player. Yeah, the England u21 captain who has been universally praised throughout the mainstream media isn't going to think he's anywhere near as good as a recently called up cameroon international plucked from obscurity the year before... Whilst everyone on this board might recognise Taylor's flaws / Bassong's better all round game, I doubt Taylor trawls the net for his opinions on his own game. Not saying it's likely to be a reason for him to leave but to think Taylor openly recognises Bassong as this wildly better player is far more ridiculous. 'yes' or 'no' do you think Taylor would be offended to hear that Shearer rated Bassong more?

But when the buyers have money the sales are less severe. We are in a recession - more sales with better discounts Once we recover - less sales Everton are going to get £20m + for Lescott, we should be seeing at least £15m of that, there is no way Taylor is only half as good as Lescott and the relative prices should reflect that (not that I rate JL anywhere near the £20m bracket mind) half is being kind to Taylor. People forget that he played 5 years in the premiership without consistently looking like a solid premiership defender

what an absolutely ridiculous post. Why on earth would Taylor see that as a kick in the teeth? He isn't quite stupid enough to believe he's anywhere near Bassong as a player.

£6m if that doesn't get Ashley killed, nowt will

JONAS LIKES PLAYING ON THE LEFT! oh, in that case i'm wrong

Same as Shay Given, whose chance to go to a club going places came up and I don't blame him for grabbing it when he knew it might have gone by the summer. People mocked him "haha you're out the UEFA Cup, what a mug" well now we're in the Championship and Given will have a Premiership winners medal within three years so who's laughing? If we start to struggle in the CCC, and there's every chance, Taylor's stock will fall and he might not have a club as big as Everton come in for him again. Like Bassong, like Beye, I think he'd stay if the club wasn't being run into the ground but it is and why should he sacrifice his big opportunity to play for a club which is actively attempting to destroy itself? For years he's promoted himself as Mr Newcastle United, he now has a chance to prove it somewhat. If he believes he's good enough to play for England, surely he believes the top teams will still be in for him in a year when he's had an excellent season in the championship. Given was nearly 33 when he left, Taylor is 23. Disagree massively with the bit in bold btw, absolutely no chance whatsoever of that happening. He might well believe that - he doesn't know it though. He also doesn't know what else is going to happen between now and September 1st - if Ashley continues to asset strip, it might not matter how excellent Taylor is, if he's playing with the bairns and we're getting walloped every week, he's not going to be subject of bids from anyone in the Premiership. As for the bit in bold, that's a ludicrous comment to make. No chance whatsoever? They've got unlimited funds man! Did you say the same about Chelsea? Chelsea had an infintely better manager tbh and the spine of the team already in place. City need to find their Terry and Lampard, players with that ability and mentality don't grow on trees, no matter how much cash you chuck around. It's not that I don't think City have a chance to win the league btw, I just think that by the time they're in that position, Given will have been replaced by a better keeper. Ranieri infinitely better? If Hughes doesn't do the business, they'll just bin him and get someone from the continent on massive wedge exactly the same as Chelsea did. They won't replace Shay either, he's world class. Ranieri? I was talking about the manager who lead them to success and the players already there that helped form the spine of the team. Exactly, Ranieri was there when Abramovich took over. City will just bin Hughes like Chelsea did Ranieri when it becomes necessary so just saying "the manager's not as good" is pretty short sighted. How long down the line wil Hughes be replaced though? Success will take time for City, that's my point. And by that time, Shay will be older than 35, with ailing reflexes and agility, then what's he left with? Nothing world class, that's for sure. He isn't a world class goalkeeper and by the time City are in a position to win the league, Shay will be gone or on the bench.

Same as Shay Given, whose chance to go to a club going places came up and I don't blame him for grabbing it when he knew it might have gone by the summer. People mocked him "haha you're out the UEFA Cup, what a mug" well now we're in the Championship and Given will have a Premiership winners medal within three years so who's laughing? If we start to struggle in the CCC, and there's every chance, Taylor's stock will fall and he might not have a club as big as Everton come in for him again. Like Bassong, like Beye, I think he'd stay if the club wasn't being run into the ground but it is and why should he sacrifice his big opportunity to play for a club which is actively attempting to destroy itself? For years he's promoted himself as Mr Newcastle United, he now has a chance to prove it somewhat. If he believes he's good enough to play for England, surely he believes the top teams will still be in for him in a year when he's had an excellent season in the championship. Given was nearly 33 when he left, Taylor is 23. Disagree massively with the bit in bold btw, absolutely no chance whatsoever of that happening. He might well believe that - he doesn't know it though. He also doesn't know what else is going to happen between now and September 1st - if Ashley continues to asset strip, it might not matter how excellent Taylor is, if he's playing with the bairns and we're getting walloped every week, he's not going to be subject of bids from anyone in the Premiership. As for the bit in bold, that's a ludicrous comment to make. No chance whatsoever? They've got unlimited funds man! Did you say the same about Chelsea? Chelsea had an infintely better manager tbh and the spine of the team already in place. City need to find their Terry and Lampard, players with that ability and mentality don't grow on trees, no matter how much cash you chuck around. It's not that I don't think City have a chance to win the league btw, I just think that by the time they're in that position, Given will have been replaced by a better keeper. Ranieri infinitely better? If Hughes doesn't do the business, they'll just bin him and get someone from the continent on massive wedge exactly the same as Chelsea did. They won't replace Shay either, he's world class. Ranieri? I was talking about the manager who lead them to success and the players already there that helped form the spine of the team. Shay will last 2 seasons and they'll replace him. He's all about shotstopping (as we know) and that wont last long past 34. They wont win the league this season or next, they're too far behind Chelsea and Liverpool

Getting Bale would allow us to play Jonas on the RW

Campbell might come in, the chances of Kilgallon coming in are nil. Nil is an exagerration. But as I acknowledged 5 posts ago, unlikely

Taylor out, Kilgallon and Campbell in - I can live with

he's at least a real winger

in all seriousness i'd love us to go for Darren Ambrose and Kilgallon, not going to happen though

Same as Shay Given, whose chance to go to a club going places came up and I don't blame him for grabbing it when he knew it might have gone by the summer. People mocked him "haha you're out the UEFA Cup, what a mug" well now we're in the Championship and Given will have a Premiership winners medal within three years so who's laughing? If we start to struggle in the CCC, and there's every chance, Taylor's stock will fall and he might not have a club as big as Everton come in for him again. Like Bassong, like Beye, I think he'd stay if the club wasn't being run into the ground but it is and why should he sacrifice his big opportunity to play for a club which is actively attempting to destroy itself? For years he's promoted himself as Mr Newcastle United, he now has a chance to prove it somewhat. If he believes he's good enough to play for England, surely he believes the top teams will still be in for him in a year when he's had an excellent season in the championship. Given was nearly 33 when he left, Taylor is 23. Disagree massively with the bit in bold btw, absolutely no chance whatsoever of that happening. He might well believe that - he doesn't know it though. He also doesn't know what else is going to happen between now and September 1st - if Ashley continues to asset strip, it might not matter how excellent Taylor is, if he's playing with the bairns and we're getting walloped every week, he's not going to be subject of bids from anyone in the Premiership. As for the bit in bold, that's a ludicrous comment to make. No chance whatsoever? They've got unlimited funds man! Did you say the same about Chelsea? Chelsea had an infintely better manager tbh and the spine of the team already in place. City need to find their Terry and Lampard, players with that ability and mentality don't grow on trees, no matter how much cash you chuck around. It's not that I don't think City have a chance to win the league btw, I just think that by the time they're in that position, Given will have been replaced by a better keeper.