No Thanks
Taylor-Made? Not for me thanks. Come on Charlton, we can do better than this surely? Maybe it's just a rumour but there seems to be some considerable momentum behind this one with Hull's chairman describing Charlton as a 'definite threat' with regard to snaring their boss.Putting to one side his England experience (at full level and U-21) which frankly is hardly relevant, his only success has been achieved at the lowest levels (Gillingham, Brighton, Hull) and his only experience in the top flight was a disaster, the implications of which are still being felt.
As a reminder, after a promising start to 2000/01 (Leicester briefly topped the table in Oct 2000), they rapidly went into freefall losing 9 out of their last 10 games and capitulating to Wycombe in that famous Cup quarter-final. Their start to 2001/02 was bad enough to see him sacked and replaced by Dave Bassett who was unable to recover their season. Indeed the club's subsequent spell in administration can at least in part be attributed to some crazy Taylor signings, not least Adi Akinbiyi for £5m.
Indeed, Leicester's situation post-Martin O'Neill could reasonably be compared to ours right now (several seasons of punching above our weight), and the club has since experienced fully five first-team managers, a period of instability brought about by a disastrous first appointment. Charlton can't afford to make the same mistake.
If the club wants to opt for a 'safe pair of hands' then there are far safer ones out there than Taylor, and if the club wants to opt for a successful lower league manager, there are several hungrier, better and vastly more intelligent. He even makes Glenn Hoddle (another with Spurs and England links) positively appealing by comparison.
I won't say too much more at this stage, suffice to say we should all be afraid, very afraid. In the words of a good friend who rarely misses a Leicester game upon hearing of our potential interest, "..oh dear."
posted by New York Addick @ 7:31 PM
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Couldn`t agree more, NYA. This would be a disastrous step, sealing the club`s doom, I fear. The season ahead is likely to be difficult enough even for a talented and exciting new management team. (The fact is that dear old Curbs has left an almighty mess, the full scale of which escapes most people!) But the consequences of appointing Taylor will be unthinkable. You can`t mess up like he has at Leicester already and be given another chance ... unless you`re Glen Roeder or McLaren, of course!! Quite apart from being useless, Taylor is also a thoroughly unattractive individual who has all the inverse charisma of the slimy new England boss.
It beggars belief that a majority seems to support his appointment in a poll run by CAFC picks!
Give the Charlton job to anybody with balls who will generate some excitement and get the stands rocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i reckon the GM-Football being an ex-agent will be reponsible in part for bringing in new players because of his contacts, therefore the manager may be left more to coach the team than pick the players...if this is true then i reckon Taylor is one of the best coaches around and would be ok in the role...just depends on what the GM-Football role is all about.
Been away for two days and I do not find this encouraging news. Surely we can do better?