Matt Taylor

[Old_time_miller]

By heck this a crazy thread.

[pipppy]

Has Matt Taylor got a new job, Nick on Irish Traitors looks rather similar.

[UlleyMiller]

That's probably just someone cruising around to check MM on their phone after being ostracized from your 'digital free' pub

All because of an octogenarian who seemingly won't move with the times. Feels like I'm hearing this a lot...

[Old_time_miller]

Brin, remove this thread before it becomes as toxic as the thread title.

[MillerBill]

Until there's a change at the top,a change of manager will make no difference at all.

[Stovicmiller]

Until there's a change at the top,a change of manager will make no difference at all.

. Agree with the above.

[Stansmate]

Keep him away - ask the Bristol rovers fans what they thought !!!

[Timbertop]

Stansmate and other Taylor knockers. He endured terrible personal tragedy during his time at Bristol Rovers (given lengthy leave of absence ) and couldn’t be expected to to be focused on his job.Prospective new employers will be considerate of that dreadful period.On Sky Sports website there is an extensive interview with Taylor (Oct 13 last year) which you may like to read.

[Derbymiller]

Nobody called Matt please

[Stansmate]

I didn’t know about his tragedy event - good point you make .

His time with us was erratic to say the least but a return ? Can’t see it , why would he ?

[Yak]

I think people are saying that he could potentially fill in until the end of the season if MH finally gets the sack.
IMO he would be a massive upgrade in our current person.
Tbf anyone probably would be.

[Old_time_miller]

I have heard some tripe talked on here, but this takes the biscuit. Anyone else want this football lunatic back?

[UlleyMiller]

Stansmate and other Taylor knockers. He endured terrible personal tragedy during his time at Bristol Rovers (given lengthy leave of absence ) and couldn’t be expected to to be focused on his job.Prospective new employers will be considerate of that dreadful period.On Sky Sports website there is an extensive interview with Taylor (Oct 13 last year) which you may like to read.

I've nothing but sympathy for his personal situation, and I'd accept that he's a very intelligent guy who is articulate and knows the game, but that changes nothing about the fact that he was awful at Rotherham and hasn't shown that he's a good L1 manager.

If there's even a sniff of a chance TS is looking at options to fill a MH void to save us from the drop, an old hand makes far more sense than Taylor. Taylor lost 5 of his first 10 when he took over with us, and did the same with Bristol. He's not a 'hit the ground running' manager.

[Yak]

I've nothing but sympathy for his personal situation, and I'd accept that he's a very intelligent guy who is articulate and knows the game, but that changes nothing about the fact that he was awful at Rotherham and hasn't shown that he's a good L1 manager.

If there's even a sniff of a chance TS is looking at options to fill a MH void to save us from the drop, an old hand makes far more sense than Taylor. Taylor lost 5 of his first 10 when he took over with us, and did the same with Bristol. He's not a 'hit the ground running' manager.

I don’t want him back it would split the fan base even further which is not difficult to do.
To say he was awful well we took on some of the big boys in the championship and at times we beat them or pushed them close.
We played some great football too.
She’d Utd away springs to mind but Burnley away was a game we really looked like we belonged in the championship.
When he was sacked we weren’t sure of going down but TS didn’t like being told some home truths and reacted to 2 bad performances and results.
Like I said I don’t want him back but as has already been said if he was awful then this one in charge must go in the diabolical, horrendous, hopeless, pathetic, category.

[UlleyMiller]

I don?’t want him back it would split the fan base even further which is not difficult to do.
To say he was awful well we took on some of the big boys in the championship and at times we beat them or pushed them close.
We played some great football too.
She?’d Utd away springs to mind but Burnley away was a game we really looked like we belonged in the championship.
When he was sacked we weren?’t sure of going down but TS didn?’t like being told some home truths and reacted to 2 bad performances and results.
Like I said I don?’t want him back but as has already been said if he was awful then this one in charge must go in the diabolical, horrendous, hopeless, pathetic, category.

We'd lost 9 of 16 that season, the win against Coventry was the sole highlight (Norwich was decent, but taking the rose-tinted glasses off, Norwich were easily better that day). Taylor was sacked because we were playing horrendously and effort was missing (losing at the pig pen was one of the worst outings I've ever seen in 40 years). The prior season we had some great outings, but a lot of credit for that sits with what Warne left (we were 8th with a game in hand which could have put us up to 4th). Taylor oversaw a steady decline that season and almost a freefall the next (left us in 22nd, shortly after signing Ayala - a personification of his time).

Hamshaw has been bad for us. There have been signs he was getting it, but he's been far too stubborn, hasn't motivated the lads, has routinely failed to make an impact with subs/half time talks, has had a middling to poor time with transfers, and if he leaves, does so with us looking at very likely relegation. But despite how poor we are now, and contrary to some comments that L1 is an "easier league" (they're all relative unless you have Cardiff, Birmingham type resources), the gulf between MT and MH is barely worth discussion. Both have been a very bad fit, and both (in their own way, and to differing extents) took us backwards.

It's time to part with one, and definitely not to bring the other back. I've said on here recently that I think there's thinking upstairs that going down isn't necessarily a bad thing and I think the current situation supports that... but if I'm wrong, it has to be a Warnock type appointment where the guy knows it's until May only, and is well compensated for L1 survival. Huge effort then behind the scenes to secure a longer term fix from May.