Greg Taylor

Ryanm1984 · Dec 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM

Notorious said: ↑

Greg Taylor the John Cena of Celtic FC
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I wish we couldn't see him

Notorious · Dec 27, 2024 at 10:54 AM

Ryanm1984 said: ↑

I wish we couldn't see him
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Two legends of the respective sports

jambo_cfc · Dec 27, 2024 at 11:07 AM

Would play valle against st Johnstone but Taylor must play against rangers.

rangers will try to block balls going to McGregor again and Taylor is probably the best full back we have at dropping into midfield so more and likely we need someone extra dropping in there so he will be the best out ball for our centre halves

I know he’s not everyone’s ideal player but he is pivotal to the way we play especially when McGregor can’t get on the ball

StainseyBhoy · Dec 27, 2024 at 11:10 AM

The Huns will target him and interceptions from his sideways passes to McGregor, which is normally so vital in our build up, so we've got to think around that, either get him to stay wider and pass forward more or potentially play Valle

Lewis Kerr · Dec 27, 2024 at 12:26 PM

Callum McGregor said: ↑

He is a 'proper LB'. He's proven himself as being good enough over several seasons and none of the other left back signings have been able to shift him. If managers didn't rate him, he wouldn't have featured so frequently. Folk need to accept that he's been good enough, rather than trying to pretend he's only played because of recruitment failure.

6 is unbelievably harsh. A bargain of a signing who has been consistently good for 4 and a half seasons so far. This very thread has far more positive remarks about his contributions than negative.

A poor defender who struggles with the basics is just nonsense, same with the part about his build up play in Europe considering his part in the best performance of our season so far (Leipzig). Every one of our players lose possession in Europe, because it's a difficult level.

Average at best is a lot of *, he's been a stand out performer for us in so many games and consistently across full seasons. It's crazy that some just won't give him the credit he rightly deserves. He isn't regularly overlapping but that doesn't mean he can't do it (2-1 League Cup win vs Huns for example). Even much more recently he his a cross into Aberdeen's box at Pittodrie that helped us win the game.

I think he wants to go and I would love an improvement in his position (I'd love improvements in any position tbh), but comments like '* *' or 'average at best' are disingenuous relative to the level of performance he's put in during his Celtic career.
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I give him credit where it's due - it's not like he's been abysmal his whole time here and he's definitely had some great performances over the years. He was pretty consistent in Ange's era (particularly in 22/23).

Completely disagree with your summary of him though. I think 6/10 is a fair rating. We need better and he's by far the weakest "starter" in our team. I highly doubt he becomes a pivotal player for another team at a good level.

Bottom end Championship/League One at best.

Callum McGregor · Dec 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM

Lewis Kerr said: ↑

I give him credit where it's due - it's not like he's been abysmal his whole time here and he's definitely had some great performances over the years. He was pretty consistent in Ange's era (particularly in 22/23).

Completely disagree with your summary of him though. I think 6/10 is a fair rating. We need better and he's by far the weakest "starter" in our team. I highly doubt he becomes a pivotal player for another team at a good level.

Bottom end Championship/League One at best.
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Average at best and 6/10 isn’t giving him the credit he’s due. It’s absolute nonsense. He’s been a lot better than that. The weakest starter in our team is Scales.

LectersLuncheon · Dec 29, 2024 at 5:06 AM

Lewis Kerr said: ↑

I give him credit where it's due - it's not like he's been abysmal his whole time here and he's definitely had some great performances over the years. He was pretty consistent in Ange's era (particularly in 22/23).

Completely disagree with your summary of him though. I think 6/10 is a fair rating. We need better and he's by far the weakest "starter" in our team. I highly doubt he becomes a pivotal player for another team at a good level.

Bottom end Championship/League One at best.
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This. Nutshell.

He never shouldve been anything more than the back LB imo. Cover for an injured or rested LB, who can do a decent job domestically a la Ralston.

Again, for the cheap seats, its not like he's been an unmitigated disaster. Hes given mire than handful of great performances, and works his socks off.
But hes a * liability. Simple as that. Woefully exposed as a defender against any side with a semblance of quality.

Much like im sick of seeing Scales drag players down in the box because he * up a touch, im sick of watching Taylor make an * of bread and butter football.

I'd be happy to see the back of both of them.

murphy88 · Dec 29, 2024 at 8:45 AM

LectersLuncheon said: ↑

This. Nutshell.

He never shouldve been anything more than the back LB imo. Cover for an injured or rested LB, who can do a decent job domestically a la Ralston.

Again, for the cheap seats, its not like he's been an unmitigated disaster. Hes given mire than handful of great performances, and works his socks off.
But hes a * liability. Simple as that. Woefully exposed as a defender against any side with a semblance of quality.

Much like im sick of seeing Scales drag players down in the box because he * up a touch, im sick of watching Taylor make an * of bread and butter football.

I'd be happy to see the back of both of them.
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