Greg Taylor

Wouldn't say it's irrelevant. Quite interesting that he's getting a new bathroom fitted at the moment. Strange thing to do if you're leaving the country.

 

I disagree it was a good finish but his positioning was woeful long ball over his head poor challenge on a player who was always cutting in in his left.

 

Is it? Add value rent out or whatever means nothing

 

I doubt his old bathroom was in a state.

 

Was a tad unlucky for first goal but where was he for second goal???

 

Unlucky??

He's 3 yards deeper than rest of the back 4 while looking along the line and then it's his usual weak defending.

2nd goal as corner we is about to he delivers he's standing smiling and making faces at Guerrero.

 

See him standing off every winger he comes up against back off to the point they saunter into the middle of the box fills me with all sorts of rage.

 

Can’t believe people are trying to claim he was unlucky. He jumped into a tackle in desperation and then turned his back to the ball and basically gave Elise a free shot.

It’s schoolboy stuff from him again. Consistently found out when we play in Europe. Never mind the fact he kicked the ball straight out of play for a Bayern throw at least three times in the first half.

Can’t wait until he leaves tbh.

 

Taylor has definitely been a bit more ragged this year, actually since his two mistakes against the Huns in the Cup Final, he's not been quite the same player.He was left for dead for the first goal, though I thought he may have slipped a bit in trying to recover, but posted missing again at the back post for the second goal. Weak link in the Champions League, would be inclined to play Schlupp there now and be damned. Expect him and Hatate to depart in the summer. We will be better for it too, with Tierney back.

 

This is such a dramatisation of what actually happened.

Taylor didn't really jump in, he reacted to Olise trying to knock it inside and it hit his knee and broke back to Olise to had all the momentum to go inside.

He didn't "turn his back to the ball' either, he chose the quickest way he could change direction to try and get back, but at that time Olise is inside and on goal.

Whether hes good enough in general or not, It WAS unlucky.

 

* the point

 

He’s not good enough, that’s not even up for debate. Neither is the fact it was poor defending from him.

Firstly, he keeps him onside, then he gets way too close to him, hence the bounce off his knee (not quite jumping in for a tackle I’ll admit but he’s still way too close and never in control of the situation) then he quite literally turns his back to the ball because his body shape was so poor in the first place and he’s left with no choice. It’s something you’re told as an 11 year old not to do in football. I don’t know how you’re even arguing against this? He runs the opposite way of the ball and turns his back?

You’re delusional if you think Taylor was unlucky there. It’s awful defending.

 

Because if the ball didn't fortunately break back into the path of Olise, we'd be saying it was good defending. That's why I think he's unlucky.

 

Why do people think the second goal is his fault? You don't stand in formation when defending corners.

 

I don’t agree with this because that doesn’t happen if he’s set and ready to defend in the first place, but what’s actually happened is he’s lost his concentration, kept Olise onside and then got too close to him to try and make up for it. Even with the bobble, it was just far too easy. Think of it from Olise’s POV - he literally took a heavy touch and still managed to find himself beyond Taylor.


If anything, if it did bobble away to safety I think we’d be saying Taylor got lucky because of the heavy touch from Olise. There was nothing good about what he did defensively there.

 

I disagree. He hasn't lost concentration, he's well aware of the situation. If you look at the lines of the pitch he's pretty much level with CCV and AJ until Upemecano is about to play the pass, it's then that he drops a yard deeper to match the run from Olise. Totally aware.

At that point he's running back at pace, trying to keep up with play and Olise tries to go inside with the first touch on his weaker foot. He doesnt control it and take him on, goes inside immediately, which doesn't allow Taylor to get set at all. It's actually really good wing play. Taylor gets a touch on it because he's managed to keep up with play and then the bobble happens.

It's a really tough situation to defend, great ball over the top, a really high class winger going at you.

Play offside and get it wrong he's absolutely slaughtered by us and his teammates. He HAD to track that run.

Stand offf a bit, maybe have more control of the situation but also giving Olise alot more time to take him on or pick a pass. The kind of passive defending he's been slated for over and over in the CL.

This time he tracks the run and gets tighter and Olise has a good bit of play and gets the luck of a ricochet despite GT getting a piece on the ball.

I'm not sure how any defender can get set in that situation. Olises first touch is designed to stop that and make things extremely difficult.

Maybe earned his luck but I maintain it was a bit unlucky

 

Even putting the goal aside the amount of passes up the line he put out the park was unreal must've been easily 4 or 5 minimum.