She is only good when opposition wingers roast Bronze and Daly (who cannot defend) and whip in high crosses to diminutive strikers. Pretty much the last Euros. Popp of Germany would have revealed all of Millie Bright’s inadequacies but as we all know Popp was injured and missed the final…..lucky Sarina Wiegman. With her more talented centre back mate Leah Williamson missing who is going to pair up and direct this extremely limited footballer?? The genius Wiegman played Alex Greenwood as a substitute full back in the Euros!!
Houghton and Greenwood or Greenwood and Morgan or Houghton and Morgan is such an obvious set of combinations.
Wiegman will go with Bright and liabilities……Wubben-Moy, Jess Carter and Niamh Charles………….
Rose Lavelle was one of the most disappointing signings by City. Entirely down to the totally useless Gareth Taylor.
Bollocks. It's one of the few big fuck-ups on his watch that wasn't on him, he played the right players at the right time and it almost paid off - whoever signed Lavelle should have got a slap, it was an absolute waste of time.This tells you everything about Taylor… limited as a player and completely out of his depth as a coach. Lavelle was a gift and Taylor marginalised her… it’s like Pep sidelining KDB for Kalvin Phillips.
Out of curiosity, have you ever watched Rose Lavelle play football? Not an odd five minutes here and there but really watched her play?Bollocks. It's one of the few big fuck-ups on his watch that wasn't on him, he played the right players at the right time and it almost paid off - whoever signed Lavelle should have got a slap, it was an absolute waste of time.
Bollocks. It's one of the few big fuck-ups on his watch that wasn't on him, he played the right players at the right time and it almost paid off - whoever signed Lavelle should have got a slap, it was an absolute waste of time.
Yes. She's an incredibly talented foootballer, she's also significantly and consistently better for the USWNT than she has been in club football - whether for us or in the NWSL. She was also far less impressive that season than Sam Mewis, Caroline Weir, and Keira Walsh in midfield, and Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly out wide. Not to mention the injuries.Out of curiosity, have you ever watched Rose Lavelle play football? Not an odd five minutes here and there but really watched her play?
Yes, the point was bollocks. But christ, if that came across as me saying he's never fucked up then something's got badly lost in translation. He's a shit coach and he's fucked up plenty, I've spent enough time miserable at the Academy Stadium or ranting about him on here over the last few years to know. That doesn't mean every fuck-up during his reign is his fault though.Bollocks…? Is that you Gareth. Sorry you took offence but, Lavelle is world class in the womens game and it’s most certainly not his only fuck up… what about his management of Raso this season? Or is she bollocks too?
Yes, the point was bollocks. But christ, if that came across as me saying he's never fucked up then something's got badly lost in translation. He's a shit coach and he's fucked up plenty, I've spent enough time miserable at the Academy Stadium or ranting about him on here over the last few years to know. That doesn't mean every fuck-up during his reign is his fault though.
Raso I can take or leave personally, she's a decent player but like Beckie before her she was never going to replace Kelly, and she's too good to be back-up forever so she was always going to leave sooner than later. I'm sure he could have managed it better but it's not top of my list of issues with Taylor or the women's set-up at the moment.
No argument here mate, I 100% agree with you.The problem is we have lost Raso and the reappointment of Taylor probably means Kelly will be out the door too before very long. We will lose Hemp too, as we lost Walsh, Wier and Stanway - the club blames the salary cap but that doesn’t seem to impact Arsenal or Chelsea… we just don’t seem to be able to retain our better players and the club needs to understand why? City women have lost their way, we have been eclipsed and we need better leadership and vision… and I can’t imagine leadership and vision ever being used in the same sentence as Taylor (except here)!
Fair enough. You watch a lot of NWSL then?Yes. She's an incredibly talented foootballer, she's also significantly and consistently better for the USWNT than she has been in club football - whether for us or in the NWSL. She was also far less impressive that season than Sam Mewis, Caroline Weir, and Keira Walsh in midfield, and Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly out wide. Not to mention the injuries.
Nothing against her but she should never have been. signed. She's a 10 and there was no spot for her, we'd have had to change the shape entirely and re-build around her - for the sake of one season that she mostly wasn't fit for. That's not how to run a football club properly.
I'm pretty confident it was by accident, but Taylor did the right thing letting in-form players (mentioned above) play in their natural positions rather than tearing things up to try and fit her in.