Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
He blew out 3 games.
9 games. Football contracts in their spirit run until the end of the season
Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
He blew out 3 games.
3 games or 9 games mate he owed it to his team mates to see his contract out imo. Unforgivable behaviour in a team sport
As I have said many times, what he did was wrong but I understand why he did it. He is looking after himself, why care about people he'll unlikely meet again.
I admit it's probably the way I look at things and it's a minority view but when you play for a team you give 100% for the team. Even more so when you are a professional and have signed a contract. He sat out and basically watched his team get relegated, maybe the same would have happened if he played but if I was in that situation there is not a chance I could do that and I think it says alot about a person who can
Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
He blew out 3 games.
9 games. Football contracts in their spirit run until the end of the season
Spirit or otherwise, my understanding it was 3.
One of those three was Cardiff where we mustered 0 shots on target from 8 attempts.
If Lyle plays in place of André Green there (or in place of Chuks) we probably at least hit the target and potentially we survive.
A lot of pressure on him, but as our talismanic striker, he could and should have tried to prove he could handle it.
Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
He blew out 3 games.
9 games. Football contracts in their spirit run until the end of the season
Spirit or otherwise, my understanding it was 3.
Contracts ran to the end of June, as that was when the season should have long been finished
Because of Covid, a once in a century event, the season was delayed until after June. Those games in July were part of the 2019/20 season, the transfer window was still shut for example, the sponsors were the same etc
In such awful circumstances for society, footballers had a moral duty to make themselves available until those games had been played. Nearly every other player did so, the only other high profile individual I can think of elsewhere who didn't was Ryan Fraser.
Worth mentioning also we paid him for all the weeks he was sat on his arse after getting injured playing for his clown national team Montserrat on their council pitch
Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
He blew out 3 games.
3 games or 9 games mate he owed it to his team mates to see his contract out imo. Unforgivable behaviour in a team sport
As I have said many times, what he did was wrong but I understand why he did it. He is looking after himself, why care about people he'll unlikely meet again.
Considering his highest profile moments were in our shirt and he couldn’t wait to dump on his beloved Wimbledon quick enough to get here I’d say he proves time and time again what a classless knob he truly is, generally an arse splinter receiver in tier 2 and as that guy said- it won’t be long before he’s slopping around in tier 4 with his “beloved” Wimbledon. Not fit to clean King Clive’s boots!
Tbh as much of a dick he is for what he did, I don't understand why people complain on sm when someone they've been giving grief... dares to have a pop back.
This is true. If he actually had any sort of humility about him he would've apologised long before now over what he did and i think most people would've moved on. He obviously thinks he did nothing wrong so he will always get stick but as the old saying goes,'dont feed the troll'. He loves the attention.
Everyone knows somebody like him in everyday life.
Never in the wrong. Always quick to deflect when called out. Often goes hand in hand with extreme insecurity.
And the one thing that would hurt them the most is a lack of attention.
Agree with the second paragraph 100%, but will never disagree with what he did. He has been panned from a supporters view. I'd f*** my bosses off for 4x my present salary.
So would I, in fact I’m doing exactly that in a few months, once I complete my current contract, despite being desperate to leave now.
Considering his highest profile moments were in our shirt and he couldn’t wait to dump on his beloved Wimbledon quick enough to get here I’d say he proves time and time again what a classless knob he truly is, generally an arse splinter receiver in tier 2 and as that guy said- it won’t be long before he’s slopping around in tier 4 with his “beloved” Wimbledon. Not fit to clean King Clive’s boots!
Starting every game for Birmingham at the moment and still one of the best strikers we’ve had since the Prem years.
Tbh as much of a dick he is for what he did, I don't understand why people complain on sm when someone they've been giving grief... dares to have a pop back.
This is true. If he actually had any sort of humility about him he would've apologised long before now over what he did and i think most people would've moved on. He obviously thinks he did nothing wrong so he will always get stick but as the old saying goes,'dont feed the troll'. He loves the attention.
Everyone knows somebody like him in everyday life.
Never in the wrong. Always quick to deflect when called out. Often goes hand in hand with extreme insecurity.
And the one thing that would hurt them the most is a lack of attention.
Agree with the second paragraph 100%, but will never disagree with what he did. He has been panned from a supporters view. I'd f*** my bosses off for 4x my present salary.
But he would have got that contract anyway, he should have still played out his contract with us, at the least those 3 games that weren't even a Covid extension, but just his actual contract he agreed.
What he did was the equivalent of throwing a sticky for a week or two before handing in your notice and then never showing up again afterwards.
That's a dick move even if it's to people that you're "unlikely.to meet again".
Not to mention the digs now over the league we're in etc when that's partly his fault.
Clubs do not play players so not to activate contracts. It's a two way street.
Yep, we were very close to Andy Petterson, cafc bombed him out with 1 game to go of a payment clause to Luton. We do it for contracts and club payments.
Funny how when Lyle did or said shitty things about other clubs during his time with us it was 'top bants' or 'top shithousery'
Now he's doing/saying things about us, he's a scumbag.
Personally always felt he was/is a crap human being, but a good footballer at this level. What he's doing now is no surprise, he's done it throughout his career
Lyle is a knob-head alright. Annoyingly, he's playing very well for Brum at the moment. He shouldn't insult us...but we are a bit of a clown club at the moment. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two.
Agree 100% you cant blame the bloke for going for more money. BUT I can blame him for refusing to see his contract out and that probably got us relegated
10 games without 14 1st team players available around Xmas/New Year was at least as important , if not more so. If I remember correctly we won once in those 10,a goal line clearance that hit Davison on the back and went in to beat Leeds 1-0 at the Valley. On the run in vs Reading Aneke scored good goal ruled offside. We lost and that that point would have saved us and brought Reading down into the scrap. So basically those 3 games you quote were no more important than any others, probably less important than these two events but don't suit your narrative. Taylor was a good quality striker at 1st div level, and did what anyone else would do to get a x4 salary increase. Just calm down and move on.
Lyle is a knob-head alright. Annoyingly, he's playing very well for Brum at the moment. He shouldn't insult us...but we are a bit of a clown club at the moment. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two.
He's done well, but not that well - he scored 3 in 4 to start with and since then he's got 2 in 8 games hut both were penalties.
Given he's 32, I'd look elsewhere if I was a Championship chairman/manager looking for a striker in the summer, although I think he'd do a decent job in League One (again), or in the SPL.
Lyle is a knob-head alright. Annoyingly, he's playing very well for Brum at the moment. He shouldn't insult us...but we are a bit of a clown club at the moment. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two.
He's done well, but not that well - he scored 3 in 4 to start with and since then he's got 2 in 8 games hut both were penalties.
Given he's 32, I'd look elsewhere if I was a Championship chairman/manager looking for a striker in the summer, although I think he'd do a decent job in League One (again), or in the SPL.
Not interested in having him back here though!
Like with us, even when he’s not scoring he’s by far Birmingham’s best player. He’s a talisman at that level and they’re all desperate to sign him.
Lyle is a knob-head alright. Annoyingly, he's playing very well for Brum at the moment. He shouldn't insult us...but we are a bit of a clown club at the moment. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two.
He's done well, but not that well - he scored 3 in 4 to start with and since then he's got 2 in 8 games hut both were penalties.
Given he's 32, I'd look elsewhere if I was a Championship chairman/manager looking for a striker in the summer, although I think he'd do a decent job in League One (again), or in the SPL.
Not interested in having him back here though!
Like with us, even when he’s not scoring he’s by far Birmingham’s best player. He’s a talisman at that level and they’re all desperate to sign him.
You may be right.
I just think I'd be aiming a bit higher as a Championship club than a 32 year old who has only ever got 20 odd goals at Championship level (in 3 years), including regular penalties.
At L1 level, I think he'd do a very good job for someone.
He loves that he is living rent free in a large number of our fans' heads. He's not the first and certainly won't be the last to act the prat at our club. Time for everyone to move on and stop reacting to everything he does, it's embarrassing all round.
Considering his highest profile moments were in our shirt and he couldn’t wait to dump on his beloved Wimbledon quick enough to get here I’d say he proves time and time again what a classless knob he truly is, generally an arse splinter receiver in tier 2 and as that guy said- it won’t be long before he’s slopping around in tier 4 with his “beloved” Wimbledon. Not fit to clean King Clive’s boots!
Starting every game for Birmingham at the moment and still one of the best strikers we’ve had since the Prem years.
Yes he was good for us until he became way to “big” for us. Didn’t really cut it at “Big School” and I don’t imagine Birmingham have much in the way of great strikers so it’s no surprise he starts. It’s reasonable to assume he will eventually wind up at somewhere like Wimbledon.
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If Lyle plays in place of André Green there (or in place of Chuks) we probably at least hit the target and potentially we survive.
A lot of pressure on him, but as our talismanic striker, he could and should have tried to prove he could handle it.
Because of Covid, a once in a century event, the season was delayed until after June. Those games in July were part of the 2019/20 season, the transfer window was still shut for example, the sponsors were the same etc
In such awful circumstances for society, footballers had a moral duty to make themselves available until those games had been played. Nearly every other player did so, the only other high profile individual I can think of elsewhere who didn't was Ryan Fraser.
No matter how much more money he's making as a result of his actions, that is not warranted whatsoever.
Zero respect for him.
Not fit to clean King Clive’s boots!
What he did was the equivalent of throwing a sticky for a week or two before handing in your notice and then never showing up again afterwards.
That's a dick move even if it's to people that you're "unlikely.to meet again".
Not to mention the digs now over the league we're in etc when that's partly his fault.
the remainder was up to him and i dont blame him for what he done.
age isnt on his side and will be most money he will earn.
lets rememeber we got relegated by a point.
i also agree that whilst playing for his national team ( his choice ) he was injured and didnt play a large part of the season.
swings and roundabouts i feel.
Taylor is still a cnut though
Now he's doing/saying things about us, he's a scumbag.
Personally always felt he was/is a crap human being, but a good footballer at this level. What he's doing now is no surprise, he's done it throughout his career
Given he's 32, I'd look elsewhere if I was a Championship chairman/manager looking for a striker in the summer, although I think he'd do a decent job in League One (again), or in the SPL.
Not interested in having him back here though!
I just think I'd be aiming a bit higher as a Championship club than a 32 year old who has only ever got 20 odd goals at Championship level (in 3 years), including regular penalties.
At L1 level, I think he'd do a very good job for someone.