Greg Taylor

They targeted him all game. It was a tinpot version of the tactics European teams used.

People can’t keep harping on about Maeda’s defensive work in the game without acknowledging why it was required in the first place.

 

Ffs!

Minus Sakala beating him in a sprint once and a couple of bad passes he was fine over the 90 minutes.

 

Genuinely went from Haksa’s, to Jota’s to this and the three was you * moaning

 

They hardly touched the ball to target him all game.

Plus they never targetted anything, they skelped balls into our half from the back lol

 

People need to be realistic, to get a full back who has all of:

• Pace
• Stamina
• Composure
• Tactical awareness to play the inverted full back
• Dangerous with assists/goals in other box
• Defensively solid when defending our own

Would cost £20m+ (if not more)

Taylor did get done for pace by the gap-tooth but so would most other full-backs, it's the only attribute he possesses.

We limited them to few chances other than breaks & set pieces and Taylor put in the ball for our winner. He can be happy with his contribution on the day and in what is shaping up to be potentially another brilliant season.

 

We got a perfectly good fullback on the other side for buttons.

If ‘most other’ fullbacks would’ve also been done by Sakala, he’d be at Real Madrid.

People just can’t be objective with Greg Taylor.

 

AJ? He looks solid so far but still doesn't offer what Taylor does as a full package and I'm sure he'd be the first to admit it.

Doing someone for pace and putting it to actual good effect are 2 different things (see Oliver Burke)

Sakala is a headless chicken with little actual ability, so no he wouldn't be playing for Madrid.

 

You said ‘most other’ fullbacks would get ‘done’ by Sakala, which simply isn’t true.

Taylor is also far from a ‘full package’. He lacks pace and physicality for a start.

 

Got done once first half by pace and nothing came from it..

He's been better than that usually but I'll take his bit of play for the opener as a nice wee sweetener ay

 

Don't get me wrong...I think guys like Ralston and Taylor can be improved upon, despite how much both have so drastically improved.

But I appreciate, trying to find an improvement on Taylor as a LB is definitely an incredible tough ask, as it feels like LB is one of those positions that comes with a premium because of how rare great players are there.

 

I actually said "got done for pace by the gap-tooth"

We won, Taylor played well and set up a goal....enjoy it

 

Hatate did, not Taylor. He did the great run and pass for the first goal.

 

Aye, that was a brainfart.

 

THE scale of Celtic’s dominance over Scottish football over the last decade or more was writ large – literally, and painfully for anyone of a Rangers disposition – in the scenes of jubilation behind the east goal at Hampden on Sunday.

In response to a protest banner produced by Rangers fans at Livingston a week prior that implored their club to up their game having won just two major domestic honours in 11 years, the Celtic fans unfurled one of their own, reading: ‘22 trophies in 11 years, we set the standard’.




Judging by those wild scenes, as full-blown fireworks somehow made it past a security detail at the national stadium to whom many a fruit shoot has fallen afoul in the past, those Celtic supporters certainly haven’t become jaded by the steady stream of silverware that has flowed into their trophy cabinet over that time.

Worryingly for Rangers and their other domestic rivals, it appears that not even maintaining his perfect personal final record with an 11th consecutive win has diminished Celtic captain Callum McGregor’s appetite for more, a point he hammered home to his teammates in the midst of their on-field celebrations.

As teammate Greg Taylor revealed, his skipper won’t allow complacency to creep in or to threaten that dominance, not that anyone in green and white is getting sick of lifting trophies in any case.

“Just winning a trophy for this club is the best feeling,” Taylor said.

“Callum made a good point on the pitch – you don’t get tired of it because it’s the best feeling in the world.

“Winning trophies, it’s what the club demands. The support on Sunday, I thought they were outstanding. They deserved it.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it, to be honest. It’s such a difficult thing to do. People don’t realise that. We’re fortunate that we’re at a club that you get the chance most years to compete. But it’s getting that over the line…




We are in a very fortunate position. Everyone in that changing room realises that.

“Complacency is the one thing you can’t label this group of players of being. We treat every game the same. We have always got the same belief that we can play our football.

“Equally we have got the same respect for all our opponents. That won’t be any different come Sunday [at St Mirren].

“We’ll enjoy this because winning trophies isn’t easy, so we deserve to enjoy this success.”

The Celtic fans may well have made their point at the weekend, but Taylor didn't feel it was necessary for the players to do the same away from the field of play, despite bullish soundbites from the likes of Rangers forward Fashion Sakala giving them ample reason to revel in rubbing their rivals’ noses in their victory.



I don’t think we are about making points to other teams,” he said.

“Rangers are as good opponent. It was a difficult game.

“We just focus us on ourselves and set our own benchmarks in terms of a level of performance. Hopefully we can continue to do that as the rest of the season goes on.

“I felt we deserved to win it. In the first half we had good control of the match. We were the dominant team.

“When we got the second goal, after that we maybe got a wee bit slack in our play and Rangers obviously came back into the game.





At 2-1 in a Cup Final, it’s inevitable that you feel as if you are holding on a little bit. But we did that, and we could have scored a few more.

“We stood up to the challenge in that spell. They play a lot of direct balls, they fight for everything and they have got strong and quick players at the top end.

“So, we knew it wouldn’t be easy. There are always going to be points in the game against a good opponent where they have spells but we’re just glad that we played our football and come out of it with the trophy.”

And so, the Celtic bandwagon rolls on. The last domestic rival to manage to put even as much as a twig into their spokes was their opponents this coming Sunday, as they return to the scene of their only league defeat back in September of last year.

Another loss would hardly constitute a sign that the wheels could come off, mind you, but Taylor is determined not to allow another slip in Paisley upset their impetus.




The momentum we have is massive,” he said.

“I think our form has been pretty consistent since the World Cup break. I think we are getting stronger as we go on. We’re learning the manager’s philosophy better and better and hopefully that can continue.

“We’ve brought in players in January who are contributing massively. Hopefully that can continue.”

 

Hilarious how much you’re ignoring the ‘for pace’ bit he said.

 

Does it matter how they’d ‘get done’?

There’s plenty of slow full backs dealing with much better players than Sakala.

We’re now at a stage of blowing smoke up Sevco players in order to defend Greg Taylor. Utterly bizarre.

 

Forum’s resident troll making an * of himself again.

Should have been banned a long time ago.

 

I note you described Maeda’s performance on Sunday as ‘selfless’. Can you please elaborate on that?

Why was our left winger having to constantly track back and clean up? I didn’t see Jota needing to do the same on the right.

 

Away and * yourself.

 

Taylor was done bcoz he thought the pass was going to sakalas feet so went to close him down the pass was then played in behind and he's quicker so obviously beats him for pace. Taylor had a decent game and is probably our most consistent player with CCV.