LooneyToonArmy Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 STEVEN Taylor has hit back at reports he is heading for the St James's Park exit door. The Newcastle United defender was today tipped to lead a January transfer window exodus, despite having just signed a new four-year contract. A report this morning claimed 11 players – including Taylor, Michael Owen, Shay Given and Mark Viduka – want to quit in the wake of Kevin Keegan's departure. But Taylor, in the Newcastle side beaten 3-1 by West Ham at Upton Park on Saturday, is adamant his future is on Tyneside, despite the turmoil which is engulfing the club. He told the Gazette: "I don't know where this has come from – it's news to me. "I'm happy at Newcastle United – I wouldn't have committed my future here if I wasn't. "I just want the fans to know the players are hurting and desperate to turn things around. "They've been fantastic and got behind us, despite everything that's been going on, and we want to give them something to shout about." Taylor held his hands up after the Upton Park defeat, admitting "sloppy" defending had cost United dearly. West Ham stormed to a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to Italian journeyman David Di Michele. And just eight minutes into the second half Newcastle were dead and buried, after Matthew Etherington added a third. Michael Owen struck back midway through the half, but the game was already lost. Chris Hughton's beleaguered side now go into Wednesday night's Carling Cup tie at home to Tottenham Hotspur on the back of three demoralising Premier League defeats. The sequence has also left United second from bottom of the league. A frustrated Taylor left east London on Saturday replaying the three goals back in his mind, believing he and his team-mates could have done more to stop them. For West Ham's second, Di Michele was given too much time to line up another effort by Taylor after his initial shot rebounded back off goalkeeper Shay Given. "We lost an early goal, and were disappointed with the second," Taylor told the Gazette. "It was in my area. Shay's made a save, and the ball's gone backwards. I've gone back to the line when I should have pushed out to the ball. "I'm used to protecting the goal more than anything. I had a habit of doing that when I was young, and I did it again. "The third goal killed us. We've conceded three sloppy goals, and we've got to put it right. We've only got ourselves to blame. "We're desperately disappointed, but the good thing is we can put it right on Wednesday." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Fair play to him to admit he was at fault for the goal.. People seriously need to cut him some slack, he's still 22 and got years ahead of him, he'll get better by time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Fair play to him to admit he was at fault for the goal.. People seriously need to cut him some slack, he's still 22 and got years ahead of him, he'll get better by time. It's nice to know he knows it is something he has to cut out. It totally eliminates any chance of an offside when he does that as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every fucking week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every fucking week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Taylor's fault KK waked tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tobiazvanderziaz Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Our central defense is the least to worry about these days if you ask me! We have no better options imo, and altogether I have been satisfied with Colo/Taylor so far this season... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every f***ing week. without fail. Yet some fools on here would still rather put his development before the team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Taylor was at fault for the 2nd goal, but so was Coloccini. I know that Taylor is alot of times in fault for goals, but i believe in him! He's still young and maybe we should've brought Campbell when Roeder was here. Taylor needs to develop his focussing more and more. I think he and Colo can be a great defensive pariing for us as long as we get this team back on track. Both have looked good until West Ham but people seem to forget that, and the off-field problems isn't helping the player no matter how professional they're! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Taylor was at fault for the 2nd goal, but so was Coloccini. I know that Taylor is alot of times in fault for goals, but i believe in him! He's still young and maybe we should've brought Campbell when Roeder was here. Taylor needs to develop his focussing more and more. I think he and Colo can be a great defensive pariing for us as long as we get this team back on track. Both have looked good until West Ham but people seem to forget that, and the off-field problems isn't helping the player no matter how professional they're! maybe? Coloccini turned his back, but the ball was already in the net just about. They can never be a great defensive duo when one of them is s**** and hasn't improved since he was 19 good before West Ham? so you're forgetting the fact that Taylor was shocking against Arsenal and Bolton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 What annoys me most about him even more than the starjumps and general lack of ability is the way he hesitates for no reason, it's as if he can't make up his mind whether to step up or drop back, so just does both and moves nowhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every f***ing week. without fail. Yet some fools on here would still rather put his development before the team Hilarious how this and other similar myths continue getting churned out every time Taylor is mentioned. Who the fuck does, honestly? The same as when people "excuse Taylor cos he's a Geordie", that's utter toss n'all. He gets slated on here more than many other players in our squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every f***ing week. without fail. Yet some fools on here would still rather put his development before the team Hilarious how this and other similar myths continue getting churned out every time Taylor is mentioned. Who the f*** does, honestly? The same as when people "excuse Taylor cos he's a Geordie", that's utter toss n'all. He gets slated on here more than many other players in our squad. York a lot of people on here (and especially at the game) are happy for him to be in the team, it's nowt short of madness. How many times does he want to let us down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 He's at fault every f***ing week. without fail. Yet some fools on here would still rather put his development before the team Hilarious how this and other similar myths continue getting churned out every time Taylor is mentioned. Who the f*** does, honestly? The same as when people "excuse Taylor cos he's a Geordie", that's utter toss n'all. He gets slated on here more than many other players in our squad. York a lot of people on here (and especially at the game) are happy for him to be in the team, it's nowt short of madness. How many times does he want to let us down Everything you post on here is exaggerated horribly. You have said you think Cacapa is 5 times the player Taylor is and Ronaldo (obese crock legend one) would still be 10 times better than Viduka. Get some fucking perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3117/frankentaylscopy2jv5.jpg http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/frankentaylscopy2jv5.jpg/1/w320.png imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 How often does Taylor have an excellent game? How often can u say he played really well? Far more often he has a shitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Milner and Taylor have been our designated scapegoats for a while since we got rid of the easy targets like Bramble/Babayaro/Carr. There's been a great deal of revisionist history done on Milner since he left. I expect the same thing to happen to Taylor if/when he moves on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Milner and Taylor have been our designated scapegoats for a while since we got rid of the easy targets like Bramble/Babayaro/Carr. There's been a great deal of revisionist history done on Milner since he left. I expect the same thing to happen to Taylor if/when he moves on. I think comparing the two is very harsh. I think Milner lived off goals like Man Utd and glimmers of potential, Taylor hasn't had moments like that he can call on so has been judged far harsher when really hes quite a good defender who needs flaws ironing out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Milner and Taylor have been our designated scapegoats for a while since we got rid of the easy targets like Bramble/Babayaro/Carr. There's been a great deal of revisionist history done on Milner since he left. I expect the same thing to happen to Taylor if/when he moves on. I think comparing the two is very harsh. I think Milner lived off goals like Man Utd and glimmers of potential, Taylor hasn't had moments like that he can call on so has been judged far harsher when really hes quite a good defender who needs flaws ironing out. His biggest flaw is leaving his man and heading kamikaze style back towards his own goal line. How he's going to master such a massive lack of judgement I don't know tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 He's at fault every f***ing week. without fail. Yet some fools on here would still rather put his development before the team Hilarious how this and other similar myths continue getting churned out every time Taylor is mentioned. Who the f*** does, honestly? The same as when people "excuse Taylor cos he's a Geordie", that's utter toss n'all. He gets slated on here more than many other players in our squad. York a lot of people on here (and especially at the game) are happy for him to be in the team, it's nowt short of madness. How many times does he want to let us down Everything you post on here is exaggerated horribly. You have said you think Cacapa is 5 times the player Taylor is and Ronaldo (obese crock legend one) would still be 10 times better than Viduka. Get some f***ing perspective. I also admitted both were exaggerations so I dont know what your point is. Ronaldo would be comfortably better than Viduka. An overweight Ronaldo still scores goals when you give him the ball, Viduka only does it against the lesser defences Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 He had a decent start at Old Trafford and has been shite since. Bassong should get a run and see how he does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I'd rather see Bassong at LB under the current circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Bassong and Colo looked excellent against Coventry City in the last round of the CC. The back four in general that day looked good before Beye started struggling with the injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Taylor in another battlecry in todays Chron http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/09/24/taylor-believes-team-owes-the-supporters-72703-21890340/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toon Argy Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 he's such a brown nose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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