Gareth Taylor

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Have we ever made a managerial change during a season for the Women's team?

We've only had two managers for the WSL team - NC and GT.

 

[chesterbells]

Saw the thread title and thought he’d announced he was stepping down. Of course, he won’t, because I’m assuming there is plenty of financial incentive not to do so.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Surely he would have a modest input - a manager must be involved in some capacity however small. He has form in not playing certain players Lavelle and now Losada and Blakstad.

Today what made me most mad about Gazza is we get the lead and instead of bringing on Losada to play keep ball, instead of bringing on Casparji to play as a proper fullback he instructs them to keep bombing forward leaving tons of space for the counter, which Villa used - it was perfect for them. That is why he should be fired.

Absolutely. Yer get the lead and then do what other teams have done for seasons - stifle the fuckin' life out of the game. Drop one point in this league and any title's gone. Yer win the league by beating your competitors - latterly The Arse and CFC. I think this year the Ragamuffins are gonna show us up.

 

[Laertes]

Surely he would have a modest input - a manager must be involved in some capacity however small. He has form in not playing certain players Lavelle and now Losada and Blakstad.

Presumably, but it's a big leap from that to overseeing it or being responsible for it. Again, not trying to defend him too much here, he's still shit. I just don't think the signings are his business.

Today what made me most mad about Gazza is we get the lead and instead of bringing on Losada to play keep ball, instead of bringing on Casparji to play as a proper fullback he instructs them to keep bombing forward leaving tons of space for the counter, which Villa used - it was perfect for them. That is why he should be fired.

Fully agree with this though fwiw.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Is Taylor more underwhelming as a manager or a player?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think the major problem with GT is that he doesn't know who his best starting eleven are. We don't see or hear too much about the women on the OS, and I've no idea what is happening in training but I always think he picks a starting eleven with the notion that this bunch might win, rather than 'there's no fuckin' way we're gonna lose this'!

 

[Blackley_Blue]

Taylor is useless, but I don't think the powers that be are arsed enough about the women's (and girls, oops there I go again) game for us to be properly successful.

 

[born2bblu]

I rest my case when it comes to Taylor’s tactics and character. Somehow I feel bad for him because the man doesn’t have it to coach a kids team at any decent level, not to mention City’s women team. The one to blame is the one who appointed him and still keeps him in charge for a third year. Someone instructed Taylor to follow Guardiola’s style and play from the back, so the clueless coach does it all the time regardless of having the players capable of doing that on the pitch and regardless of the game’s situation. It is disappointing to see him still coaching this team despite being inept, and at the meantime at least 3 top players are gone.

And if the miracle happens and Tayler is finally sacked, I hope we get an experienced coach with a track record of success, and not someone who just got her/his coaching badge. And that applies to Christiansen, Houghton, Scott, etc. (as some posters have been suggesting). This will never happen with the men’s team and, in my opinion, City’s women team deserve to be managed similarly.

 

[Cotontoquinn]

I have suggested Steph Houghton and Izzy Christiansen as ‘future’ City coaches. They need to work under an experienced coach. I really rate Steph and Izzy and would be well annoyed if City do not approach them quickly and get them on the coaching staff.
Who should replace Taylor?? I don’t have enough knowledge of the European ‘contenders’. Are there any UK based candidates?
If they have to conform to some City template of how to play the game - as Taylor seems to try - then forget it. There is no womens team that does this.
The Celtic manager - Fran Alonso- has done a decent job with limited resources. The Hearts manager - Eva Olid - is gorgeous. Both are Spanish and would get my vote.

 

[Stopfordia]

The Celtic manager - Fran Alonso- has done a decent job with limited resources. The Hearts manager - Eva Olid - is gorgeous. Both are Spanish and would get my vote.

Yes, let's give a woman the job on the basis of her looks; no mention of whether she's any good or not. What a pile of sexist crap. Frankly, I would ignore anything you have to say about women's football on that basis alone.

Also, being Spanish does not equal 'being a great coach' - I mean, Birmingham had a Spanish coach a couple of years ago and she wasn't any good, so she got sacked. Arsenal and Spurs have had Spanish coaches for their women's teams and they got sacked because of poor results.

Also, the Celtic women's team are full-time professionals, so your 'decent job with limited resources' spiel is not hugely convincing. Honestly, that makes me think David Moyes at Everton - surely if you want the City women's team to succeed, you need to think higher than that.