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  1. MassiveAttack

    MassiveAttack Well-Known Member

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    BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport
    We've got some sad news to bring you Former England manager Graham Taylor has died at the age of 72
     
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    MassiveAttack, Jan 12, 2017
  2. Angelicnumber16

    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    Just read it.

    Bit of a shock tbh
     
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  3. wings-of-a-crow

    wings-of-a-crow Well-Known Member

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    I know he had the mickey ruthlesly taken whilst England manager, but what a job he did at Watford, rip
     
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  4. bcfcredandwhite

    bcfcredandwhite Well-Known Member

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    Sad news indeed.
     
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  5. Angelicnumber16

    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    I know he had the mickey ruthlesly taken whilst England manager, but what a job he did at Watford, rip

    And at Lincoln
     
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  6. johngalleyfan2

    johngalleyfan2 Well-Known Member

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    Another manager that just didn't have that extra something that makes them world class he did what he did at a time there was no £200m+ annual windfalls to rely on
     
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    r-i-p Graham a real gent and very good motivator and manager.
     
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  8. MassiveAttack

    MassiveAttack Well-Known Member

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    I hope the Sun 'newspaper' shows some respect, the turnip wasn't a nice story.
     
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  9. johngalleyfan2

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    OF ALL pics designed to humiliate that one sticks out vividly in my mind... regretably it did translate the moment in that moment in time .. I don't think there can be or has been such an appropriate/ unappropriate situation since
     
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  10. banksyisourhero

    banksyisourhero Well-Known Member

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    Nice enough bloke..

    Useless manager..

    RIP.
     
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  11. wizered

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    Old school type manager, was a gent and a honourable man, sad news.

    RIP Graham.
     
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    bcfcredandwhite Well-Known Member

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    They (The Sun) did it again with David James's donkey ears, after he upended Zidane causing a penalty in a game against France - of course conveniently overlooking the fact that it was a horrendous backpass from Gerrard which put James in that impossible situation.......
     
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  13. Loathsneyd

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    He wasn't though. His record at club level is pretty good. He was just another victim of the poisoned chalice that is the England job.
     
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    He was way out of his depth at England level.

    The documentary that followed him showed that very clearly.

    Club level.. did ok.
     
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    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    The "extra something" that Taylor didn't have as England manager was decent players available to him.
     
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    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    That is the most idiotic statement I've read on Not606. So useless that he took Watford from Div.4 to Div.1 in 5 seasons, then from Div.3 to the Premier League in 3 seasons, took Villa back in his first season and then finished runners-up in his first season back at the top level - pretty useless eh?

    Nice enough? You obviously never met him...
     
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    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    As I have already mentioned your assessment of his career is idiotic - I wonder how much you have achieved in your life?
     
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    banksyisourhero Well-Known Member

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    If you don't like my opinion don't ****in read it.
     
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    banksyisourhero Well-Known Member

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    And you call people idiotic??


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  20. smhbcfc

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    The Turnip story was a disgrace - but coming from that newspaper we should not be surprised

    I always thought that Graham Taylor was a bit like Bobby Robson in that he loved talking about football to anyone
     
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