Time for a change??

[cerbera45]

I think he did a great job at U21 England level as well

It always helps when you have the cream of young English talent to choose from.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

It always helps when you have the cream of young English talent to choose from.

i don't know where to start with that one

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

It's been widely reported that Judas Fry was promising moves to Birmingham with big wage increases to our top players at that time, and that distraction must have been a huge hindrance to Spud. But at the same time, he did have some great talent available, and probably the most enthusiastic and rabid crowd behind him that I can recall in my 33 years supporting the club. The fact that Steve Thompson was also able to get far better results than Taylor from the same group of players also doesn't reflect well on him.

It would reflect worse on him if he hadn't learnt the lessons from his first stint in management.

I still wouldn't particularly want him as manager in the championship but it's hard to argue with his credentials at this level.

He worked with Barrett at Gillingham and I think also with Maher before that so maybe him grooming one of those to replace him when he gets to retirement age is the way to go? There would certainly be a lot of local goodwill behind a combination like that.

 

[Firestorm]

Peter Taylordoes very well with teams he inherits (the failure at RH was largely down to the number of players who either went with Fry or wished they had)
However the following seasons, where Taylor gets players and builds his own team have be unmitigated disasters

 

[LCBB72]

Peter Taylordoes very well with teams he inherits (the failure at RH was largely down to the number of players who either went with Fry or wished they had)
However the following seasons, where Taylor gets players and builds his own team have be unmitigated disasters

The trouble was that Peter Taylor at Roots Hall was the wrong man at the wrong time .

 

[IloveShrimp]

Whether it was the manager or the players, I can't think of a manager that has taken us backwards as quickly as PT - our fall from grace that season was massive. Every time a good player went out, he brought some garbage in.

This. Worste thing to happen to SUFC at that time.

 

[Fairport]

Peter Taylor seems to be one of those managers who is a decent coach but when it comes to signing players (Egan apart!) his record does not seem very good. In many ways Phil Brown is similar given that very few of his signings have been very impressive apart from Ben Coker.