Gordon Taylor

[chesterbells]

Tbh, never really liked the guy. Too many cases of defending the indefensible over the years.
Sadly predictable that he's trying to hang on - when he's already been there far too long.

 

[The Pink Panther]

You know what, I've never met a football supporter who likes Taylor and I've never heard a footballer say they respect him and that he's done a great job

GTIAFC

 

[chesterbells]

You know what, I've never met a football supporter who likes Taylor and I've never heard a footballer say they respect him and that he's done a great job

GTIAFC

The new Irani

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Never liked the nasaly c(unt. Still just goes to show that the unions are no better than any of the other old boy networks.

 

[dom]

FFS!!!
Does this tw@t till have any influence... in which case his betting habits stink...

 

[chesterbells]

Never liked the nasaly c(unt. Still just goes to show that the unions are no better than any of the other old boy networks.

First sentence has great merit IMHO. Second irrelevant.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Never liked the nasaly c(unt. Still just goes to show that the unions are no better than any of the other old boy networks.

First sentence has great merit IMHO. Second irrelevant.

How do you work that out? They're all self serving, power hungry, greedy c)unts at the end of the day.

 

[chesterbells]

Never liked the nasaly c(unt. Still just goes to show that the unions are no better than any of the other old boy networks.

First sentence has great merit IMHO. Second irrelevant.

How do you work that out? They're all self serving, power hungry, greedy c)unts at the end of the day.

I just think his faults are all about him as an individual, rather than being a systemic failure of unions as a notion, which admittedly might be an interesting Cellar topic.
I do agree he has abused his position, but for me the particular dislike is all about his own smug, self-serving one-eyed attitude over the years ( one which I don't think applies to all union leaders in every situation)

Anyway, it's my fault for rising to the bait ;-)

 

[BlueHammer85]

I don't actually know much about him as a person , but I will say - during my gambling addiction I would warn my mates not to gamble and the dangers of getting into trouble. All the whilst i would go and make bet after bet, Does that make me a hypocrite ? Yes. but I genuinely didn't want any of my mates going down the same road

 

[Britpop95]

I don't actually know much about him as a person , but I will say - during my gambling addiction I would warn my mates not to gamble and the dangers of getting into trouble. All the whilst i would go and make bet after bet, Does that make me a hypocrite ? Yes. but I genuinely didn't want any of my mates going down the same road

That's the sign of you being a good mate to be fair if you pitch up with that kind of game so kudos to you.


Regarding Gordon Taylor I was a little surprised initially to hear about his problems but then it's one of those 'in hindsight' things that doesn't surprise me. There'll undoubtably be an Aladdin's Cave of footballers out there who keep all manner of problems a secret.......is too much money part of the problem? Yeah, probably - but not exclusively.

Far too complex a subject for me to wrap up in a forum post really but any kind of addiction can be a right bastard to shake off yet similarly anyone and everyone can do it if they put their mind to it.