Mike Williamson (now unemployed)

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Don't see how we can rely on Taylor, he's not a young lad any more and he's constantly injured.

[Gallowgate Toon]

We've only got 1 long term centre half at the club and that's MYM. We should be getting one in January and another one next summer, at least. I think Williamson's a decent short-term option but he should be gone by next the beginning of next season.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

We've only got 1 long term centre half at the club and that's MYM. We should be getting one in January and another one next summer, at least. I think Williamson's a decent short-term option but he should be gone by next the beginning of next season.

 

Agree, although I wouldn't have a problem with Williamson still being in the squad as long as he's further down the order.

[Al Moody]

We've only got 1 long term centre half at the club and that's MYM. We should be getting one in January and another one next summer, at least. I think Williamson's a decent short-term option but he should be gone by next the beginning of next season.

 

Agree, although I wouldn't have a problem with Williamson still being in the squad as long as he's further down the order.

 

[BrettNUFC]

CB is crucial now. Taylor is a liability, Willo is solid for only short periods, Colo gone at the end of the season. We need to find a strong physical presence to be put alongside MYM who will give us a bit of a tougher edge at the back. Who that is i really don't know but i'm sure our scouts are capable of finding it.

[Ronaldo]

Don't see how we can rely on Taylor, he's not a young lad any more and he's constantly injured.

 

Who said we could? He's still got far more of a future at the club than Williamson and Coloccini, whichever way you look at it.

[Ronaldo]

Who that is i really don't know but i'm sure our scouts are capable of finding it.

 

Yeah, the same scouts who bought a CB who wouldn't complement, nor by complemented by our only nailed-on starting CB. We should just spend good money on a proven CB from the Premier League and stop pretending the alternative has any more credibility.

[BrettNUFC]

Who that is i really don't know but i'm sure our scouts are capable of finding it.

 

Yeah, the same scouts who bought a CB who wouldn't complement, nor by complemented by our only nailed-on starting CB. We should just spend good money on a proven CB from the Premier League and stop pretending the alternative has any more credibility.

 

MYM was a great buy. Up there with our best purchases of recent times. We know we've got Colo's replacement sorted, it's not easy to replace him but we've found an absolute gem.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Who that is i really don't know but i'm sure our scouts are capable of finding it.

 

Yeah, the same scouts who bought a CB who wouldn't complement, nor by complemented by our only nailed-on starting CB. We should just spend good money on a proven CB from the Premier League and stop pretending the alternative has any more credibility.

 

MYM was a great buy. Up there with our best purchases of recent times. We know we've got Colo's replacement sorted, it's not easy to replace him but we've found an absolute gem.

 

Spot on, he'll turn out to be one of our best signings in recent history.

[Ronaldo]

Only if he's partnered correctly. No chance of that with the 3 present options.

[Guest neesy111]

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[AyeDubbleYoo]

I think MYM will be Colo's replacement, but what he needs is an upgrade of Taylor next to him. Someone who is comfortable on the ball but is designated to do the basics very well, can compete with a physical CF, good in the air,  will be positionally sound and allow MYM to go out and try to win the ball, covering behind him. 

 

Not impossible to find if you are willing to spend the money on it. Unfortunately, we aren't.

 

Well we've bought a lot of other class players, so let's hope we can find someone who fits our buying policy.

[alexf]

Feel Taylor has only survived at the club this long due to being a local lad. His injury record is ridiculous and getting worse each year.

 

I agree with most things you say on here Ronaldo and like you I do rate Taylor when he's on form and fit but feel like there seems to be an ongoing thing on here atm about how great Taylor is compared to the other options etc.

 

The problem every time though is he is never available when you need him. He's been taking up a valuable squad place and I think we'd be far better off getting rid and bringing in someone new.

[Skirge]

A bit harsh on Tayls, yes his injuries are a major pain in the arse and he does make some stupid childish decisions but on his day he can be a cracking CB.

Also I think him being a local lad is very important we don't have many left at the club even less around the 1st team.

[Ronaldo]

I think MYM will be Colo's replacement, but what he needs is an upgrade of Taylor next to him. Someone who is comfortable on the ball but is designated to do the basics very well, can compete with a physical CF, good in the air,  will be positionally sound and allow MYM to go out and try to win the ball, covering behind him. 

 

Not impossible to find if you are willing to spend the money on it. Unfortunately, we aren't.

 

Well we've bought a lot of other class players, so let's hope we can find someone who fits our buying policy.

 

Premier League players don't fit our buying policy.

[alexf]

A bit harsh on Tayls, yes his injuries are a major pain in the arse and he does make some stupid childish decisions but on his day he can be a cracking CB.

Also I think him being a local lad is very important we don't have many left at the club even less around the 1st team.

 

When was the last time he had his day though? Maybe the season we came 5th?

[Ronaldo]

Taylor's average game these days constitutes a pretty solid defensive performance, tbh. Decent on the ball, physically strong, good attacker of the ball in the air.

[alexf]

This is what I'm talking about. Are we supposed to forget the City game, the sunderland game last season, the liverpool 0-6? All off the top of my head that he has been involved in recently. Taylor is only decent once he gets a run of games under his belt for me. Always looks a little suspect when he's returning from injuries like he has the past year or so.

[BrettNUFC]

This is what I'm talking about. Are we supposed to forget the City game, the sunderland game last season, the liverpool 0-6? All off the top of my head that he has been involved in recently. Taylor is only decent once he gets a run of games under his belt for me. Always looks a little suspect when he's returning from injuries like he has the past year or so.

 

You'll have Ronaldo crying here, man. Leave it. We all know he's a liability, end of.

[Ronaldo]

A liability who's superior to Williamson in virtually every way when he's on the pitch.

 

Gotta love Brett projecting his own sexual interest of club personnel onto other posters who merely acknowledge a player being decent.

[Guest palnese]

[alexf]

This is what I'm talking about. Are we supposed to forget the City game, the sunderland game last season, the liverpool 0-6? All off the top of my head that he has been involved in recently. Taylor is only decent once he gets a run of games under his belt for me. Always looks a little suspect when he's returning from injuries like he has the past year or so.

 

You'll have Ronaldo crying here, man. Leave it. We all know he's a liability, end of.

 

I never said he was a liability. I just fear he's getting built up to be something he's not during this absence. I fear people may be a little disappointed when he comes back in and it takes him awhile to get up to speed.

[Ronaldo]

I'm saying he's a decent defender who obviously has more of a future with the club than Colo or Williamson, that's it. Nobody (apart from Tooj, obviously) has been more critical of him than me over the last decade.

 

I'd much prefer someone like Shawcross but we won't spend that amount of money.

[BrettNUFC]

This is what I'm talking about. Are we supposed to forget the City game, the sunderland game last season, the liverpool 0-6? All off the top of my head that he has been involved in recently. Taylor is only decent once he gets a run of games under his belt for me. Always looks a little suspect when he's returning from injuries like he has the past year or so.

 

You'll have Ronaldo crying here, man. Leave it. We all know he's a liability, end of.

 

I never said he was a liability. I just fear he's getting built up to be something he's not during this absence. I fear people may be a little disappointed when he comes back in and it takes him awhile to get up to speed.

 

Well let's hope he doesn't get back in and we keep performing the way we are. I honestly would love it if i never seen Steven Taylor running over to my corner doing fist pumps to the crowd before a ball has even been kicked ever again.

 

I think he’s alright, not good, not bad. He’s just always capable of doing something completely stupid. Benfica away/City away, he’s never going to learn now, he’s got past the age where he had potential. Dawson at Spurs is what Taylor could have been for us but they’ve both gone in opposite directions. Fans pine over him because he’s a local lad and hates on the mackems, if it wasn’t for this, people wouldn't give him the time of day.

[aussiemag]

Caulker would have been perfect IMO.