I don't believe one man makes a team and I don't believe 9 games make a season I've never begrudge a player who wants to move on to better themselves and I've never booed a returning player but I will say in this case I will go against all that and hold Lyle Taylor responsible for our relegation all he had to do was to commit to finishing the season out and he could have gone with his held high but instead he leaves our utter contempt and hatred.Hang your head in shame Mr Lyle Taylor
Lyle Taylor was under contract to play for Charlton. His refusal to do so is a slap in the face to his manager, colleagues, and club supporters.
My boycott, now entering its fifth year, prevented me from seeing him kick a football in Charlton colours. Given the recent situation, I'm thankful that I never saw him.
If he sets foot in The Valley again, may the boos be loud and long.
Well, if you think of the abuse Parker got after we agreed to sell him... I think Lyle is gonna get both barrels if he ends up playing against us again.
However, I highly doubt that if he's off to Rangers chasing a big bag of cash for playing against pub teams.
Lyle Taylor was under contract to play for Charlton. His refusal to do so is a slap in the face to his manager, colleagues, and club supporters.
My boycott, now entering its fifth year, prevented me from seeing him kick a football in Charlton colours. Given the recent situation, I'm thankful that I never saw him.
If Pigeon-turd head sets foot in The Valley again, may the boos be loud and long.
I had broken the boycott , as promised when the club was taken over!
At first I had worried that the feeling wasn’t the same, but really got back into Charlton and especially the unity of the ‘restart’...
but this relegation is a real kick in the nads, and I feel that the deep interest and passion for football and Charlton will be lost once again!
I don't believe one man makes a team and I don't believe 9 games make a season I've never begrudge a player who wants to move on to better themselves and I've never booed a returning player but I will say in this case I will go against all that and hold Lyle Taylor responsible for our relegation all he had to do was to commit to finishing the season out and he could have gone with his held high but instead he leaves our utter contempt and hatred.Hang your head in shame Mr Lyle Taylor
+1.
I have not once booed the side or a player (going back to the seventies, so plenty of opportunity). I've also never had a go at any player that went for more money, including Scott Parker. But Lyle just had to fulfil his contract. Not much to ask.
An extra two points against Cardiff would have been enough to keep us up. Might have got them if a certain striker had just honoured his contract as well.
Look at the effort all of the Barnsley and Luton players put in to stay up. Wigan players at risk of not been paid and still took it to the final day and inches away from staying up.
If ever there was an embodiment of our season Lyle is it, just like our owners (whoever they are) they couldn't give a toss about the club and have milked it for all its worth and just like the owners I have no doubt he won't give a damn about the result or relegation tonight. All Lyle had to do was see out the season and he could have left with his head held high in the same manner Bowyer and others have done but it was to much to ask.
It's hard not to get sentimental with players however I try my hardest not too as fundamentally the vast majority of players come and go, I think what sticks in the throat is the fact that no matter whether players love the club or see it as a job as Lyle often referred, the absolute bare minimum is turning up and putting a shift in and he couldn't even do that.
I've no doubt our so called owners will somehow make a tidy personal profit for themselves no matter what mess the club is in, in the same way I've no doubt a decent team will pick Lyle up on decent wages and he'll move on without giving our plight a second thought.
Football really makes you sick to your stomach sometimes.
An extra two points against Cardiff would have been enough to keep us up. Might have got them if a certain striker had just honoured his contract as well.
Well said. If he wanted to go and put his feet up on 1st July then so be it, but if he’d just played the first three games that was within his contract, genuinely could have been looking at 9 points from 3 games.
There was a moral obligation for players to extend to the end of the season, and for clubs to pay players until the end of the season (even the unwanted ones)
Yes the piece of paper said you were only meant to play until the end of June, but that wasn't written with a 3 month Covid interruption in mind. Thousands and thousands of key workers have made massive sacrifices for others (sometimes the ultimate sacrifice), it's not too much to ask for you to play 9 games of football
So I met Taylor the day England played and won on penalties to Columbia. He was a nice lad and full of himself, it was his first pre season with us. Anyway he got smashed off his face and I have pics of him asleep in a bar.
We have messaged over there years to laugh about it. I sent him a message last night and he sent a heart. Not sure if he is taking the piss of not
Edit: I did not take the pics, I was away with work and all the work lads were snapping
So I met Taylor the day England played and won on penalties to Columbia. He was a nice lad and full of himself, it was his first pre season with us. Anyway he got smashed off his face and I have pics of him asleep in a bar.
We have messaged over there years to laugh about it. I sent him a message last night and he sent a heart. Not sure if he is taking the piss of not
So I met Taylor the day England played and won on penalties to Columbia. He was a nice lad and full of himself, it was his first pre season with us. Anyway he got smashed off his face and I have pics of him asleep in a bar.
We have messaged over there years to laugh about it. I sent him a message last night and he sent a heart. Not sure if he is taking the piss of not
Why are you wishing him luck?
Had a few too many cans and it’s not my style to just call someone a c*nt
Whether it makes a difference or not I don't know but football clubs know alot about what goes in at other football clubs.
Taylor will get a decent contract elsewhere, but our relegation will taint him a little. If he had played on and scored the goals to keep us up other clubs would see that Taylor provides value so may have got a better contract then he may he be offered at this point now.
More goals, more money. Simple. By quitting clubs don't know if he can last a Championship season. He will easily get a contract elsewhere, but if he had played, scored and kept us up I am sure it would've been more than he'll be offered now.
So I met Taylor the day England played and won on penalties to Columbia. He was a nice lad and full of himself, it was his first pre season with us. Anyway he got smashed off his face and I have pics of him asleep in a bar.
We have messaged over there years to laugh about it. I sent him a message last night and he sent a heart. Not sure if he is taking the piss of not
Edit: I did not take the pics, I was away with work and all the work lads were snapping
Let down his charlton team mates, management, club staff and fans. The man is rotten to the core!
This. Taylor’s greed has cost Morgan and doughty (unless sold) championship football. They are now playing at a lower level against lesser opposition, in turn, the club (under sensible owners) could have sold them for good money and used the money to strengthen the squad.
If the snake had played, would we have got that extra point? I appreciate that this is an impossible question to answer but I think yes. The spell against reading where we couldn’t break them down, a second against Birmingham might have happened with taylor playing and his movement.
I blame mouthall and chums for this needles relegation but a finger should be firmly pointed in lyles direction too.
this relegation is hard to take as the other two, we were in trouble all season. This season we were one step ahead until the 93rd minute at Birmingham. Taylor would have kept us clear. Does he care, like shit he does because this isn’t Wembley and he isn’t climbing towards the wheelchair enclosure with the sky cameras on him.
i hope he fails, but the sad thing is, he won’t care because he will have £‘a in the bank to massage his ego.
Whoever gets him is welcome to him. I hope his gentleman bits drop off.
The morning after the least surprising relegation in my Charlton supporting life i continue to rue the fact that ONE GOAL, just the ONE, would of changed our outlook catagiorically today.
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My boycott, now entering its fifth year, prevented me from seeing him kick a football in Charlton colours. Given the recent situation, I'm thankful that I never saw him.
If he sets foot in The Valley again, may the boos be loud and long.
However, I highly doubt that if he's off to Rangers chasing a big bag of cash for playing against pub teams.
but this relegation is a real kick in the nads, and I feel that the deep interest and passion for football and Charlton will be lost once again!
I have not once booed the side or a player (going back to the seventies, so plenty of opportunity). I've also never had a go at any player that went for more money, including Scott Parker. But Lyle just had to fulfil his contract. Not much to ask.
Would put 11 youngsters out and offer a 5 year deal to whichever one could end his season first.
If ever there was an embodiment of our season Lyle is it, just like our owners (whoever they are) they couldn't give a toss about the club and have milked it for all its worth and just like the owners I have no doubt he won't give a damn about the result or relegation tonight. All Lyle had to do was see out the season and he could have left with his head held high in the same manner Bowyer and others have done but it was to much to ask.
It's hard not to get sentimental with players however I try my hardest not too as fundamentally the vast majority of players come and go, I think what sticks in the throat is the fact that no matter whether players love the club or see it as a job as Lyle often referred, the absolute bare minimum is turning up and putting a shift in and he couldn't even do that.
I've no doubt our so called owners will somehow make a tidy personal profit for themselves no matter what mess the club is in, in the same way I've no doubt a decent team will pick Lyle up on decent wages and he'll move on without giving our plight a second thought.
Football really makes you sick to your stomach sometimes.
Yes the piece of paper said you were only meant to play until the end of June, but that wasn't written with a 3 month Covid interruption in mind. Thousands and thousands of key workers have made massive sacrifices for others (sometimes the ultimate sacrifice), it's not too much to ask for you to play 9 games of football
I’m certain he will regret this decision in time to come.
Even Ched Evans managed to get a club.
Taylor won’t give a shit and not will the next club
Edit: I did not take the pics, I was away with work and all the work lads were snapping
Taylor will get a decent contract elsewhere, but our relegation will taint him a little. If he had played on and scored the goals to keep us up other clubs would see that Taylor provides value so may have got a better contract then he may he be offered at this point now.
More goals, more money. Simple. By quitting clubs don't know if he can last a Championship season. He will easily get a contract elsewhere, but if he had played, scored and kept us up I am sure it would've been more than he'll be offered now.
this relegation is hard to take as the other two, we were in trouble all season. This season we were one step ahead until the 93rd minute at Birmingham. Taylor would have kept us clear. Does he care, like shit he does because this isn’t Wembley and he isn’t climbing towards the wheelchair enclosure with the sky cameras on him.
i hope he fails, but the sad thing is, he won’t care because he will have £‘a in the bank to massage his ego.
The morning after the least surprising relegation in my Charlton supporting life i continue to rue the fact that ONE GOAL, just the ONE, would of changed our outlook catagiorically today.
Nice guy? Maybe
Up his own arse? For sure
Cnut? Completely and utterly