WSL Aston Villa (A) 18/05/24:

SebastianBlue said:
The women generally look like they are just trying to get through the game without injury, resigned to the fact that they have already lost the league.

Low energy, from both sides. Really disappointing to see, to be honest.

I am sure Taylor apologists will say that the team improved over last season, and losing Shaw for the run-in had a huge impact, therefore bottling the league can be forgiven.

But I am not sure Taylor is really the cause of the relative improvement, a better manager would have figured out a way to better cover Bunny’s absence (and motivate the team), and I think Taylor’s lack of in-game nous will hold the team back generally over the next few seasons.

I also can’t see a Pep-managed team finishing the season so timidly, which for me, should be the standard to which all City teams aspire. For me, Taylor has been far too happy (or just indifferent) with how the title challenge went off the rails. In my mind, it shows he doesn’t have the natural mindset needed to be successful at the top level.

It may be harsh, but I am quite disappointed in how the latter stages of the season were managed.
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Is it time for Taylor to go ? Imo one of the best squads over the last decade has underachieved
 
SebastianBlue said:
If I see Taylor laughing and smiling at the final whistle, as he was after the Arsenal match, I am going to need to have the missus turn off my computer so I don’t catch a ban on here sharing my thoughts about him.

That small-time mindset should be nowhere near the team. You don’t become perennial winners by simply accepting graciously that you bottled the league but improved compared to last season. You aren’t setting the right expectations and demands of the players or the staff by declaring this a “successful” season because you finished second.

The women need to have the same expectations as the men: no trophies, especially from a position to win them going in to the final minutes of the penultimate game of the season, and going through the motions to end the season once the league has gone, is unacceptable.

Don’t care if I come off as a curmudgeonly ****. I want the women to be as dominant as the men—many of them deserve it for all of their hard work. Houghton certainly deserved a league title to sign off. And it is a disservice to all of them to not demand the same level of excellence (and sense of failure when they fall short) as the club does of the men.

Broadly proud of the players, but not Taylor.
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A manager shows their worth not only winning things but also when things go wrong.
When things go wrong Taylor hasn't got a clue.
He stands there looking lost, when he should be organising and motivating his team.
Hopefully they'll change it next season though they might hang fire with the female aggressor leaving Chelsea.
 
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