Quote Originally Posted by Citizen Erased View Post
It was me that made the "love in" comment and once again I'll say that I don't resent MT at all.

What I do resent is people thinking he's some sort of football wizard who's superior to what's come before because he managed to fumble and stumble his way to a survival - after major backing from TS.

These same people won't hear the argument that so far he is simply Alan Stubbs with better PR.

Theres been maybe 12 good performances since hes taken over with too much dross of a squad that simply appears to have turned up on the day having never seen each other before.
Seems to be so much hyperbole on both pro and anti Taylor and yes, some of it does seem influenced by feelings towards the former manager. I think it hugely unfair to say that Taylor fumbled his way to survival 'despite major backing'. I think the major backing is a little over emphasised - we sold Barlaser (and therefore lost our best player sans Viking) and that funded the incoming deals and likewise, Wiles going out was spent on the summers incoming, although to be fair to the chairman, Taylor is indicating that he has been backed well beyond that also.

I think Taylor has a long way to go to proving himself at this level (as does PWE for that matter!) but I still think he needs time to gel the squad, see if the injury count comes down (yes the back 3 were a risk that looks horrendous now and I said we shouldn't do that as we signed them) and even above all else, he still has to live as Warne did with the fact that we have the lowest wage bill in the league by some distance (as far as I'm aware) and have to make do with the fact that we will only get players that no one else in our league wants and I think any manager bar the super few would struggle with that. And we couldn't afford them either! Let's see how it goes and if we go dowm, I'd stick with Taylor to have a shot at rebuilding.