Steven Taylor

[SUPERTOON]

Mate in Liverpool reckons they will bid for him now Carra and Hyppia are out.

 

Would you sell him??

[Kitman]

No

[Crumpy Gunt]

Makes a lot of basic mistakes.

[Wallace]

Absolutely not.  Allardyce is looking to buy more central defenders so why would he sell one especially when there are only a few days left in the transfer window.

[jack j]

Makes a lot of basic mistakes.

 

agreed if they offered 7 million plus i would sell him as long as we sign faye this week

[Guest Milburnthedog]

Agree he makes mistakes but he's young enough to learn and, no, I wouldn't sell him. If he hasn't reached potential be, say, 24-25 then if the right offer came along, I would then.

[Parky]

Well if clubs are being quoted £10m for Curtis and £15m for Micah, this might be the time.....But we would need to get another CD in. I'd like to see Capcpa and Roze build a partnership in the middle. But I wouldn't sell him for £6-7m no.

[lovejoy]

we are stupid if we sell.

 

 

i agree he shoud maybe be dropped to make way for cacapa as he has had a bit of a dodgy start to the season, but no way should we sell.

 

he's young and inexperienced, mistakes happen.

[Minhosa]

No way. Future England regular.

 

We've not had a player through the ranks as good as him for ages. Would send the wrong message too imo.

[La Parka]

Be mental to sell.

 

Worth keeping for sure.

[Kimbo]

No. Why people expect perfection from a 21 year old playing in an old mans position i don't know.

[Parky]

Selling is nothing to do with his performances but taking advantage of the market which is currently heavily stacked in favour of the seller.

[NSG]

No way we'd sell given how short we are at the back.

[Wallace]

Can't understand the negativity towards the lad.

 

I saw a comment yesterday about him not being as good as Cacapa - well of course he isn't - he is 21 and still learning whilst Cacapa is in his 30s and has captained a successful team for a number of years.

 

Considering all the problems over the years with our defence, it is amazing that we have a young lad who is considered to have the potential to play for England.  He may not be there yet but at least we are now getting in the experienced defenders and creating a good environment from which he can learn and hopefully develop.  If there has been no further improvement in a couple of years then maybe that will be the time to consider selling.

 

It is also very telling that the clubs who have been reportedly interested in him in the last couple of years are all better than us ie. Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd and Spurs.  If that is true, that tells me that they think we have a got a player with great potentlal here and we should do all we can to keep him.

[Parky]

No way we'd sell given how short we are at the back.

 

I don't think SA would sell if there wasn't another CD earmarked to come in.

 

Taylor is a good player and will get better but £10m and I'd let him go. YOu're only selling potential and not the finished product. Use a fair chunk of the money to get the finished product in....Europe is swimming with better CD's than Taylor.

[Guest Pie]

No way. Future England regular.

 

We've not had a player through the ranks as good as him for ages. Would send the wrong message too imo.

[Guest teepee]

no way - i like him as a player and his commitment.

 

and he will get much better over the next years. the only worry i have is how to accomodate him, cacapa and rozenhal when they are all fit.

[Guest toonlass]

No way-however we could offer them Carr and Ramage at a cut price seeing as they are below the weather, 

[TRon]

Your mate in Liverpool is on crack

[Guest Brazilianbob]

No way we'd sell given how short we are at the back.

 

I don't think SA would sell if there wasn't another CD earmarked to come in.

 

Taylor is a good player and will get better but £10m and I'd let him go. YOu're only selling potential and not the finished product. Use a fair chunk of the money to get the finished product in....Europe is swimming with better CD's than Taylor.

Your mate in Liverpool is on crack

 

Aren't they all?

[Razor]

If we sold him...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd be speechless. Utterly, totally, completely.

[Howaythelads]

For the right fee I'd sell. He's not as good as people make out. As has been said, he makes lots of basic errors, the type of errors the likes of Bramble was continually slated for.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Gonna be loads of silly rumours this week (like Ronaldinho to Chelsea).

 

Also heard a whisper (won't even give it rumour status though tbh) that ManU want Owen and we are going to replace him with Defoe. Can't see any of these happening, nor Taylor going to Liverpool

[Yorkie]

No way. Future England player.

 

We've not had a player through the ranks as good as him for ages. Would send the wrong message too imo.

 

Fixed his post. Now you can get rid of that smiley.

[Dokko]

Liverpool had a £5m bid/inquiry knocked back before he even played a game for Newcastle.

 

The fee now would have to be beyond £15m, i doubt Liverpool have that kind of cash lying about to throw at a young defender.

 

Sounds a crazy fee, but if Davies is worth £10m, then we should be looking at double that due to our EPL status, him being home grown and also being a better talent now, and a bigger potential.

 

He has his faults, but its quite clear he'll be a class act for many years to come, selling him would be a travesty, i don't think the club will ever do it unless his potential hits a brick wall like Aaron Hughes.