Gareth Taylor

better dead than red said:
Was it in her contract to pay her whilst she was out injured? It probably was in there if she's injured playing for City, or she has a crap agent. To me, why would she thank the club for doing something they are legally required to do? Should Kev thank them for paying him when he was injured? Is Rodri required to thank them now?

Of course they supported her while she was rehabbing her knee. She was essentially City's property. They bought her. She was an investment and it would make zero sense to have the club show her door because she was injured. They may as well burn money in the fireplace.

Honest question, if you think she isn't a good player, why do you care where she goes? I don't like United either but if you think she's no good you should be happy if she goes there, no?

If you don't agree with what she said, fine. However, don't say things that may you look like a fool because you don't like what she said. I assume you are smarter than that. That said, some people do have a saying about those "assume" though, don't they?
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Have a look at the League Table and see where City and United are. Why would we help a direct rival for a Champions League spot this season? On what planet would that be a sane decision?

She is a player that hasnt progressed at all and clearly isnt in our strongest XI or even near it at the moment. However she may get in their team - if shes that desperate to go there she can wait till the summer and walk to them for free. At the moment if shes that desperate just to play football she can go to Brighton and play there every week - its hardly football siberia and isnt the worst place to live, given she hails from the south of the country anyway. Her recovery from an ACL injury was certainly aided greatly by the facilities and care she received at the CFA, which is a far superior facility and operation compared to most Womens Teams in England. It enabled her to get back fit and play in the Euros and have her moment in the sunshine - something she will probably reflect on more when she writes the book after her career is over. A public hissy fit on social media to try and force a move, and scream "oh woe is me" isnt the way to go about things.

We are not some naive charity operation there to help that lot across town, unless all common sense has gone out of the window. I wouldnt give that lot across town the dirt off my shoes.

In regards to understanding how things work, having a good mate whos an ex-pro and 2 mates who are current professional footballers has given me a fairly decent window into how the game works. Your complete naivety on the game shines quite brightly though.
 
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Lee the Blue said:
Have a look at the League Table and see where City and United are. Why would we help a direct rival for a Champions League spot this season? On what planet would that be a sane decision?

She is a player that hasnt progressed at all and clearly isnt in our strongest XI or even near it at the moment. However she may get in their team - if shes that desperate to go there she can wait till the summer and walk to them for free. At the moment if shes that desperate just to play football she can go to Brighton and play there every week - its hardly football siberia and isnt the worst place to live, given she hails from the south of the country anyway. Her recovery from an ACL injury was certainly aided greatly by the facilities and care she received at the CFA, which is a far superior facility and operation compared to most Womens Teams in England. It enabled her to get back fit and play in the Euros and have her moment in the sunshine - something she will probably reflect on more when she writes the book after her career is over. A public hissy fit on social media to try and force a move, and scream "oh woe is me" isnt the way to go about things.

We are not some naive charity operation there to help that lot across town, unless all common sense has gone out of the window. I wouldnt give that lot across town the dirt off my shoes.

In regards to understanding how things work, having a good mate whos an ex-pro and 2 mates who are current professional footballers has given me a fairly decent window into how the game works. Your complete naivety on the game shines quite brightly though.
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Fine. I'll give you the benefit of the dout to superior knowledge because you claim it. I'm all right doing that. However, I'm guessing the game, treatment of players and contracts may well be different when your friend played and perhaps the WSL and City treat their players than a League 2 outfit for example. As for City's facilities being superior, I do know that. Some WSL teams don't even have proper changing rooms or showers for their womens teams.

I don't care to help the rags/ragettes either. However, you clearly don't rate her. I'd think you'd consider it subtraction by addition. Clearly, that is not the case.

Brighton would be a marvelous place for ber to play. I agree. I do think her scouse husband has something to so with her desire to stay "local."

You may wish to go and see who liked her post on Instagram. I've not gone through it all yet but at least one former City woman has, and she herself grew up as a Blue going to matches. There may be more going on than we know.

In any case, thank you for your thoughtful response. Enjoy the rest of your day.
 
waspish said:
Taylor must be the problem why we been losing all those players!
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Considering current, and former, City players such as Alex Greenwood, Esme Morgan, Ellie Roebuck, Ruby Mace and Georgia Broughton (I believe I've left some out) as well as other WSL players like Sam Kerr, Millie Bright and Alessia Russo have liked and commented in support of her, leads me to believe it is more than just Chloe having a strop.
 
Of course they are gonna support her, they are her friends. And we all know players have had issues with Taylor in the past. But that doesn't mean she gets to decide where she goes, she is under contract and if she wants out it would be under whatever terms the club decides. For example, Esme or Sandy, I would assume they wanted to leave earlier but they had to present an offer that was ok for the club, and they ended up going abroad for game time. Roebuck had to see her contract out. From what we have read, the club is letting her join Brighton, but she only wants United. I'm all on board the Taylor out train, but I have no sympathy for her when she says she is after game time and she is not taking the chance she's given
 
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krak said:
Of course they are gonna support her, they are her friends. And we all know players have had issues with Taylor in the past. But that doesn't mean she gets to decide where she goes, she is under contract and if she wants out it would be under whatever terms the club decides. For example, Esme or Sandy, I would assume they wanted to leave earlier but they had to present an offer that was ok for the club, and they ended up going abroad for game time. Roebuck had to see her contract out. From what we have read, the club is letting her join Brighton, but she only wants United. I'm all on board the Taylor out train, but I have no sympathy for her when she says she is after game time and she is not taking the chance to play
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This is 100% spot on (providing the Brighton/United rumours are true)
 
I’m sad that Chloe wants out of City, but naturally her own personal happiness must be her overriding consideration. Clearly she feels that she can only achieve this is away from us and we shall have to accept that she wants to leave. It seems that she wants to go to the Ragettes, but will she even get into their starting XI? We don’t know what’s been happening between her and the unnamed person she has had disagreements with. We don’t know if she has been unfairly treated and we don’t know if she is being tempted away by persons who have their own interests above Chloe’s. She first came to my attention when she was at Everton and I was delighted when she joined us. Her quirky style of penalty taking, her little routine she performs when walking onto the pitch and even the game of “guess what colour hairband Chloe Kelly will be wearing this week” in our family have all made her one of my favourite City players. Recently her form seems to have dipped, her game time has been limited and from her recent appearances even the hairbands seem to have gone now too! I wish her every success in her future (except against City of course!) and would like to thank her for her time at our club. We’ll miss you, Chloe Kelly.
 
better dead than red said:
I agree with you and @krak. The fact that current players are publicly supporting her instead of just keeping quiet does make me wonder.
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It seems other players also think she hasn't been treated fairly based on that, and I would agree with them. I don't think she deserved it at all and I feel sorry for her. She will be missed, I loved her time here

But in my opinion, looking at it from the club's perspective and thinking just about football, the club is right to not let her go to United
 
She might well not have been happy about not being a regular, but due to injuries etc, she still got chances.

But whenever I've seen her this season, she's been totally ineffective. Not a player desperate to prove the manager wrong, just a player who doesn't want to be there. She's looked liked she's been sulking, this post of hers does nothing to make me think otherwise.

If she doesn't want to be here, well in 6 months she doesn't have to be. Not sure the way she's been playing will convince the best clubs to sign her though.
 
krak said:
It seems other players also think she hasn't been treated fairly based on that, and I would agree with them. I don't think she deserved it at all and I feel sorry for her. She will be missed, I loved her time here

But in my opinion, looking at it from the club's perspective and thinking just about football, the club is right to not let her go to United
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I do not disagree. Over the last few years, there has been something of an exodus of good to very good players.

I'd imagine some left for playing time or family reasons, etc. Some keep saying how great the women have it here at City. I do wonder if it isn't so great. And very possibly, it not being great begins with Gareth Taylor.
 
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To be throwing her toys out of the pram because the club won't let her move to the rags of all clubs shows an alarming lack of awareness. Smh

If she was that arsed about making the squad for the Euros she'd suck it up for 6 months and move to Brighton. Hard to have much sympathy for her over this I'm afraid.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Just for that alone, she should be made to stay and sit on the bench and never play again.
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She frustrated by the situation, not all of her own making, so I think that's a bit unfair, but some of it is. Her form fell off a cliff and she was rightly left out, and she hasn't done much to help her chances when she's had chances.

It's sad to see her time at City end this way, but best for all to go now imho, I'll still wish her the best though.
 
cleavers said:
She frustrated by the situation, not all of her own making, so I think that's a bit unfair, but some of it is. Her form fell off a cliff and she was rightly left out, and she hasn't done much to help her chances when she's had chances.

It's sad to see her time at City end this way, but best for all to go now imho, I'll still wish her the best though.
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Even at the rags?
 
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