Mike Williamson (now managing MK Dons)

[Frazzle]

I thought Williamson did alright in the Arsenal cup game, you've got to take into account the players he was playing with as well.

[Ronaldo]

I thought Williamson did alright in the Arsenal cup game, you've got to take into account the players he was playing with as well.

 

Yes, but individual errors are individual errors.

[Frazzle]

I thought Williamson did alright in the Arsenal cup game, you've got to take into account the players he was playing with as well.

 

Yes, but individual errors are individual errors.

 

Still though, we used the crap midfield excuse to defend recent defenders.  If Williamson has Smith in front of him rather than Tiote he will probably look worse.  Williamson's been decent most of the season and seems to have looked worse without Tiote in the team.  I dunno if he's a long term solution but I think he's an alright player with decent players around him.  A lot of our players seem to look worse with the likes of Smith in the team.

[Ronaldo]

I think he's OK, never said owt less. But I think we can do better.

[junkhead]

I think he's OK, never said owt less. But I think we can do better.

 

But there's no harm in extending his contract? It's not like we pledge to start him every game till 2016

[Ronaldo]

I think he's OK, never said owt less. But I think we can do better.

 

But there's no harm in extending his contract? It's not like we pledge to start him every game till 2016

 

What are you talking about? I didn't mention his contract.

[junkhead]

I think he's OK, never said owt less. But I think we can do better.

 

But there's no harm in extending his contract? It's not like we pledge to start him every game till 2016

 

What are you talking about? I didn't mention his contract.

 

You mentioned that he has been looking iffy in at least half the Premier League games he has played, so naturally I thought you'd be against awarding a 5 year contract to somebody who is a liability half the time..

[Ronaldo]

I didn't say he was a liability, I said he was OK. I have absolutely no problem with him getting a 5 year contract - providing he's on a relatively low wage.

[junkhead]

In which case, I apologise for the confusion

 

 

 

..you were wrong about ANDY C though!!!

 

 

[Benwell Lad]

Mike Williamson was an excellent signing and has generally been very good for us since he arrived.

Anyone saying otherwise has not been watching him play and has forgotten some of the central defenders we had before him.

[magorific]

Wheres this love of Saylor come from, I know absence makes the heart grow fonder but he's s**** at cb, makes loads of mistakes, plus he's thinks he's Beckenbauer.

 

I can't remember Taylor making many (if any) mistakes on the scale of those committed by Colo and Williamson in the last fortnight.

Did you take a season off from supporting us last season? Taylor was outstanding before his injury.

 

[Ronaldo]

Wheres this love of Saylor come from, I know absence makes the heart grow fonder but he's s**** at cb, makes loads of mistakes, plus he's thinks he's Beckenbauer.

 

I can't remember Taylor making many (if any) mistakes on the scale of those committed by Colo and Williamson in the last fortnight.

Did you take a season off from supporting us last season? Taylor was outstanding before his injury.

 

 

Taylor's made plenty of errors far worse than Williamson and Coloccini. If it's a question of consistency alone, Taylor's the worst CB out of the four of them.

[magorific]

Wheres this love of Saylor come from, I know absence makes the heart grow fonder but he's s**** at cb, makes loads of mistakes, plus he's thinks he's Beckenbauer.

 

I can't remember Taylor making many (if any) mistakes on the scale of those committed by Colo and Williamson in the last fortnight.

Did you take a season off from supporting us last season? Taylor was outstanding before his injury.

 

 

Taylor's made plenty of errors far worse than Williamson and Coloccini. If it's a question of consistency alone, Taylor's the worst CB out of the four of them.

 

Plenty? Far worse? Sorry, you'll have to be specific, as I don't think you'll see a much worse episode than Colo v Elmander (Pts 1 and 2).

Was Taylor not consistent last season?

 

[Ronaldo]

Of course he was.

 

Then again, he had 5 seasons to look consistent in the PL - and didn't.

[The Merse]

I'll reserve final judgement on Taylor until he plays behind Tiote - he may look a really good - I hope he does - its  true to say his positional sense was questionable last time in the pl

[Dave]

The only defence Taylor has is that he's been thrown in with some properly garbage centre halves over the years, and behind some terrible midfields. Doesn't excuse his own lack of progress of course, but I'd be interested to see how he gets on alongside a natural leader and compatriot in Campbell (and with Tiote protecting).

[Ronaldo]

The only defence Taylor has is that he's been thrown in with some properly garbage centre halves over the years. Doesn't excuse his own lack of progress, but I'd be interested to see how he gets on alongside a natural leader and compatriot in Campbell.

 

Proper garbage, perhaps. Yet most of them have been prefered over Taylor at one point or another.

 

In fact, when you look at everyone who's managed us in Taylor's time, how many have had faith to start the lad regularly when there's been other options?

[ponsaelius]

The only defence Taylor has is that he's been thrown in with some properly garbage centre halves over the years, and behind some terrible midfields. Doesn't excuse his own lack of progress of course, but I'd be interested to see how he gets on alongside a natural leader and compatriot in Campbell (and with Tiote protecting).

 

 

Tiote has massively benefited everybody (Colo, Williamson, Nolan in particular). I'd be interested to see how Taylor gets on now.

 

Taylor gets far too much criticism on here in my opinion. I don't particular rate him  as anything above a middle/bottom PL centre half, which is pretty much what we can hope for atm.

[Geordie Ahmed]

I don't get the stick that Taylor gets - people make it out like he is a shit defender when that is far from the case

 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I don't get the stick that Taylor gets - people make it out like he is a shit defender when that is far from the case

 

 

Not so long ago people were talking about him as one of England's most promising CBs.

 

I don't think he's world class, but he's a good asset to the squad and probably as good as Williamson TBH.

[BeloEmre]

Signed new deal?

 

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/2924/6/williamson-shuns-spurs-sign-new-newcastle-deal

[Ameritoon]

I'd stick Williamson in there again with Saylor/Sol. He's had a rough few games, but he was fantastic the first two months. He's not the only player who's looked pretty shit the last few games (Tiote, Jonas, Colo, Guthrie/Loven/Smith)

[Kaizero]

He'll not be playing. If the FA banned Barton for what he did, Williamson will get banned for what he did or the FA will just be a bunch of hypocrites... oh, wait.

[Ronaldo]

Coloccini and Tiote have had one bad game each recently. The rest have played to their potential.

[Frazzle]

Who cares if the FA are hypocrites?  I'd rather we had less players banned