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michaelpearce Flag grays 12 Jan 17 4.15pm

very sad the man was a great manager not a bad england manager didnt get the breaks in international football easy to manage rich clubs he done it on a shoe string

 

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Nice bloke and i do recall hearing he wasn't well but I'm not going to rewrite history because hes died. He was an excellent manager at Watford and then there was villa, but he was a basic and awful England manager.

RIP

 


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Pussay Patrol Flag 12 Jan 17 4.56pm

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Nice bloke and i do recall hearing he wasn't well but I'm not going to rewrite history because hes died. He was an excellent manager at Watford and then there was villa, but he was a basic and awful England manager.

RIP

I don't think it's fair for his legacy to be his England stint, he took over after the success (some would call it) of Italia 90 and almost every manager since has presided over major underachievement

Would Capello be remembered for being a poor England boss?

 


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View Cucking Funt's Profile Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 12 Jan 17 5.23pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by Pussay Patrol

I don't think it's fair for his legacy to be his England stint, he took over after the success (some would call it) of Italia 90 and almost every manager since has presided over major underachievement

Would Capello be remembered for being a poor England boss?

He got done out of qualifying for the 94 World Cup by that cheating c*nt Koeman.

 


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View Kermit8's Profile Kermit8 Flag Hevon 12 Jan 17 5.39pm Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

He gave Carlton Palmer his England cap.

Respect.

 


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View matthau's Profile matthau Flag South Croydon 12 Jan 17 5.56pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

Originally posted by we can beat this lot

This is sad news. I had the privilege of chairing a Financial Services dinner some years ago with Graham Taylor seated beside me as guest speaker. He had just taken a role at Aston Villa as Director of Football and of course I took the opportunity to tell him I was a lifelong Palace supporter.
I also told him that Aston Villa had given some of their shirts to Palace back in the early 1900's which is why we first played in claret & blue - until Malcom Allison changed the kit to red & blue in the 1970's. He showed real interest in this history.
He was a genuine "good guy" and a real football man with some very amusing anecdotes. He still lived in Hertfordshire and had great memories of taking Watford up through the leagues and on to win the FA Cup. If only today's football managers celebrated success with such humility! RIP Graham

Our connection with Villa goes far deeper than that.

 

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View Stuart Shave's Profile Stuart Shave Flag Hampshire 12 Jan 17 6.16pm Send a Private Message to Stuart Shave Add Stuart Shave as a friend

A great football man and top bloke and a sad loss.

Treated extremely badly by the media during his time as England manager - the same media that no doubt will be paying respects tomorrow in the newspapers. I'm sure his family will have no need for that.

Also one of few England managers to give chances to players at unfashionable clubs. Geoff Thomas, Andy Gray, Ian Wright, John Salako, Nigel Martyn to name a few.

 

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View we can beat this lot's Profile we can beat this lot Flag Welwyn Garden City 12 Jan 17 6.19pm Send a Private Message to we can beat this lot Add we can beat this lot as a friend

You're right Matthau and I did give Graham the fuller detail ( that Edmund Goodman had moved from Aston Villa to become Secretary at Crystal Palace - with his one wooden leg etc) but kept my post shorter for the sake of brevity.

 


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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 12 Jan 17 8.14pm Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

Two things that I liked from Taylor: when constantly criticized about his 'boot it upfield and see what happens' tactics he retorted - 'what's wrong with a long pass?', and he also had the nerve to substitute Monsieur Smug from MOTD.

 

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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 12 Jan 17 8.22pm Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Nice bloke and i do recall hearing he wasn't well but I'm not going to rewrite history because hes died. He was an excellent manager at Watford and then there was villa, but he was a basic and awful England manager.

RIP

Three promotions from the 4th to the 1st in five seasons. And working with Elton, must have been quite an exciting time to be part of Watford.

He will be missed, particularly at Five Live.

Edited by Slimey Toad (12 Jan 2017 8.22pm)

 

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View kevlee's Profile kevlee Flag born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 12 Jan 17 8.46pm Send a Private Message to kevlee Add kevlee as a friend

An excellent coach and manager - England excepted. What he did with Watford wont be repeated for a long time.
Very good pundit on R5L and of course the man that transformed John Barnes.

 


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View PALACE FOR EVER's Profile PALACE FOR EVER Flag London 13 Jan 17 1.32pm Send a Private Message to PALACE FOR EVER Add PALACE FOR EVER as a friend

This is a great emotional tribute to Graham Taylor. [Link]

As Slimey Toad mentioned earlier about long pass/ball it talks about him describing a 'long ball' as a 'long pass'. I can't remember the player that's quoted but he says if he does a long pass to a player they say what a great pass that was, not a long ball.

Talks about how enthusiastic he was about bringing families into football with Watford.

What he achieved at Watford was excellent and don't forget his success at Villa.

The treatment he had (and other people) from the media was/is disgusting but that's how they work & how they get away with it is also disgusting.

 


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