Fox in a Box Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Peter Taylor says it was not through a lack of effort that things did not work out during his reign as Leicester City manager. Taylor returns to City with his new club Crystal Palace tomorrow (3.0) for only the second time since his near two-year tenure ended in 2001. And he admits he was surprised at the reception he received at the Walkers Stadium as boss of Hull City towards the end of last season. The England under-21 manager said he expected it to be more hostile. "I have got to say my first return was one that I was not looking forward to," he said. "The fans were kind to me, and it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be . Hopefully, they did realise it was not through a lack of effort and that I worked my socks off at Leicester to put it right. "I am looking forward to a game of football tomorrow and to getting back to winning ways." Taylor's side go into the match after two defeats, and he reckons a lack of concentration in defence is to blame. "We have been giving goals away," he said. "I think most managers could grudgingly accept teams scoring good goals against you. "In our case, we have been giving goals away and, clearly, it's something we have to put right. "It's a lack of concentration. What we have to do is keep reminding players that they have to concentrate for the 90 minutes, no matter where the opposing team has the ball. It's good habits." Taylor is sweating on the fitness of some key players. Winger Jobi McAnuff is definitely out after undergoing a hernia operation earlier in the week. Defenders Danny Butterfield (ankle) and Matt Lawrence (toe) are also injury concerns, as are midfielder Mark Kennedy (Achilles), and forwards Dougie Freedman and James Scowcroft (both hamstring). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janx Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 No it wasnt lack of effort, it was spending a shed load of cash on a total bag of wanq and not being able to get them to play well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phube Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Like I said at the time I don't hate PT, he didn't do it maliciously, he was just incompetent!! You can't abuse people for being crap, it's not their fault!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Fox Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Like I said at the time I don't hate PT, he didn't do it maliciously, he was just incompetent!! You can't abuse people for being crap, it's not their fault!! Your crap...lets abuse you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woznotwos Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 No it wasnt lack of effort, it was spending a shed load of cash on a total bag of wanq and not being able to get them to play well.... wanq...now thats what i call posh ,is it where you lift your little finger during said action????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Fox Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Tbh i hope he gets pletny of stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 I'm glad McAnuff is out, he was their best player in both games against us last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloucesterfox Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 I don't know if this has been linked to elsewhere on the board, if so sorry, but it made me smile and then feel like coming up and help giving him a hard time. pound note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ithuriel Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 i dislike pleat more because in pleats mind he never does wrong and his commentating is really annoying when matches are shown on the t.v. get the names right for starters you twonk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox in a Box Posted 20 October 2006 Author Share Posted 20 October 2006 I don't know if this has been linked to elsewhere on the board, if so sorry, but it made me smile and then feel like coming up and help giving him a hard time. pound note 25,000,000 he had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phube Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Your crap...lets abuse you I hope you're being funny with that grammar... If not read my There, Their and They're thread in GC!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Bottom line: He's just not a very good manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 He was overpaid and over-rated. Like a lot of others. But the Board deserve their share of criticism for sanctioning such shit purchases. If Board members were football people as well as business people they would, or should, have known better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 He was overpaid and over-rated. Like a lot of others. But the Board deserve their share of criticism for sanctioning such shit purchases. If Board members were football people as well as business people they would, or should, have known better. My main critisism of the board is not that they allowed him to spend the money on crap, after all I'm sure we would hate the board to interfere with who is purchased and who isn't but that they allowed him so much so soon. They should have let him prove his purchasing ability on a couple of medium cost players before giving him a free hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatesheadfox Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 he bought rubbish, then was handed more money to add to the rubbish with even worse players. the board were irresponsible for how much they allowed him to buy and his judgement was very poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Aw, I feel really sorry for him. No, really. No, not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Aw, I feel really sorry for him. No, really. No, not really. :thumbsup: You're a truly compassionate person, Louise. Isn't this almost exactly what he said when he brought Hull to us last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 well it will deffinatly be hostile from where im sitting and he deserves nothing less imagine where we could be now if he hadnt wasted all that money on a shower of 5hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 He deserves the stick I'm afriad. He was the one who chose the crap that was brought in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh1884 Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Didn't he come out with this crap last season when we played Hull at home? Broken record, clearly he's still bitter that we didn't appreciate his unique brand of management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Didn't he come out with this crap last season when we played Hull at home? Broken record, clearly he's still bitter that we didn't appreciate his unique brand of management There's nothing bloody unique about it. Any useless tosser can go out and piss 23m quid on shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 There's nothing bloody unique about it. Any useless tosser can go out and piss 23m quid on shite. yeah he quite simply f****d us up and should forever hear about it we are still lucky to have a club no thanks to p***r t****r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 yeah he quite simply f****d us up and should forever hear about it we are still lucky to have a club no thanks to p***r t****r The previous board must take some of the credit - they did sanction the transfers, afterall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simi Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 i dislike pleat more because in pleats mind he never does wrong and his commentating is really annoying when matches are shown on the t.v. get the names right for starters you twonk. could not agree more. i hate him o much "and the grass is looking very green" - who cares, STFU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 20 October 2006 Share Posted 20 October 2006 Where's my ****ing post? Am I not allowed to say something nice about Taylor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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