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Lyle Taylor - August 2025 signed for Chelmsford City (p295)

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  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    stoneroses19 said:
    Why are Rangers and Celtic suddenly linked to every player in lower English leagues? Never known them to be mentioned as rumours so much as the last 6 months or so. 
    Because, that is the level of football they play in
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    ross1 said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    Why are Rangers and Celtic suddenly linked to every player in lower English leagues? Never known them to be mentioned as rumours so much as the last 6 months or so. 
    Because, that is the level of football they play in
    One of those like/lol toss ups.
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,878
    If Toney is worth £10m, what is Bonne worth after scoring double figures in the championship? 

    Answer.... £1m as farnell wants a holiday home in Florida.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    edited July 2020
    Dave2l said:
    He's simply just a human being.

    Mixed bag of positive and negative behaviour. Objectively speaking. Shot himself in the foot with a very large shotgun a few months ago.

    I think he's currently being more of a bellend because he's in pain due to the fact that no one within the football fan public domain likes or respects him anymore.

    Ego is being rattled. It's a struggle. 

    He's fighting against it and not entirely sure what his next move will be.

    He contributed towards our relegation. It's partly because he simply just didn't care enough.

    Can't be forgiven.

    I'm still surprised bowyer said he was a player that needed the arm round the shoulder. 
    Couldn't take criticism. Was a tad sensitive. 

    I thought he'd have been the crazy outspoken dressing room gobby sort. 

    I think he’s a very complex character.

    A fella who used to be one of my best friends was quite similar in many ways. Very charismatic, intelligent etc but also very prone to making some odd decisions when it came to the people around him (friends, family, work etc) - and it usually comes down to ego. 

    Lyle strikes me as that type who is confident in himself that he doesn’t need to be gobby in the dressing room - because for the most part he had all the adulation/respect he needed from his peers and fans.

    But now that same respect isn’t there because he doesn’t have a club and his reputation has taken a hit. Remember when he was injured last season and he wasn’t playing? It’s no coincidence that’s when he became more outspoken on social media than ever. Something needs to fill the attention void. 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,864
    cafctom said:
    Dave2l said:
    He's simply just a human being.

    Mixed bag of positive and negative behaviour. Objectively speaking. Shot himself in the foot with a very large shotgun a few months ago.

    I think he's currently being more of a bellend because he's in pain due to the fact that no one within the football fan public domain likes or respects him anymore.

    Ego is being rattled. It's a struggle. 

    He's fighting against it and not entirely sure what his next move will be.

    He contributed towards our relegation. It's partly because he simply just didn't care enough.

    Can't be forgiven.

    I'm still surprised bowyer said he was a player that needed the arm round the shoulder. 
    Couldn't take criticism. Was a tad sensitive. 

    I thought he'd have been the crazy outspoken dressing room gobby sort. 

    I think he’s a very complex character.

    A fella who used to be one of my best friends was quite similar in many ways. Very charismatic, intelligent etc but also very prone to making some odd decisions when it came to the people around him (friends, family, work etc) - and it usually comes down to ego. 

    Lyle strikes me as that type who is confident in himself that he doesn’t need to be gobby in the dressing room - because for the most part he had all the adulation/respect he needed from his peers and fans.

    But now that same respect isn’t there because he doesn’t have a club and his reputation has taken a hit. Remember when he was injured last season and he wasn’t playing? It’s no coincidence that’s when he became more outspoken on social media than ever. Something needs to fill the attention void. 

    Indeed.

    Partially explains why this thread has 175 pages.

    In terms of "character", there's no one else quite like him in football at present.
    Troy Deeney is outspoken and a tad troubled. Plays upront. Bit similar I guess.

    It can and could be quite a lonely place. We know his actions are unnecessary but I don't think he can help it. If this was all sorted done and dusted...he would have had a club by now. 
    I think he basically pretty much just ran off!

    He's got the mood swing package and he randomly feels quite strongly about certain subjects.

    He also goes back on his word. I don't actually think it's a deep cunning thought process.

    Just don't think he's solid enough in the head.

    It's just empty and it's pretty sad.

    Such a frustrating annoying nobhead.

    The worst most unpredictable selfish thing about him hit home at precisely the wrong time!
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Just popping in for some good news...

    So.  No fatal electrocution dropping his all in one 3 power setting male grooming kit in the bath?

    Bollox! 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    So I thought I would type his name into twitter to see if there were any rumours and I saw 2 forest fans arguing about him, this one made me laugh acting like forest are a massive club, I love when he says he wouldn't dare refuse to play for them 🤣🤣






  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    edited July 2020
    I saw Taylor's first game for us: a pre-season friendly against Crawley played at East Grinstead.  In the second half his foot was injured in a challenge and he was subbed off.

    At the final whistle he was the only player to come over to the fans for a chat and a laugh.  You could tell immediately that he has personality, charm, even charisma.

    Compare that with the 'shyness' of Solly.  Awarding the role of long-term club captain to a man obviously short of communication skills was a stupid misjudgement.

    From Taylor's Tweets about sleepless nights, we know he came to wrestle with his conscience about deciding not to play.  He made an appalling decision that broke all ethical codes.

    But for Lifers to doubt the sincerity of his charity work, or to wish him personal harm, is simply brutish and crass.  Those Lifers are merely third-rate - just like the club itself.


      
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Viewfinder said:
    I saw Taylor's first game for us: a pre-season friendly against Crawley played at East Grinstead.  In the second half his foot was injured in a challenge and he was subbed off.

    At the final whistle he was the only player to come over to the fans for a chat and a laugh.  You could tell immediately that he has personality, charm, even charisma.

    Compare that with the 'shyness' of Solly.  Awarding the role of long-term club captain to a man obviously short of communication skills was a stupid misjudgement.

    From Taylor's Tweets about sleepless nights, we know he came to wrestle with his conscience about deciding not to play.  He made an appalling decision that broke all ethical codes.

    But for Lifers to doubt the sincerity of his charity work, or to wish him personal harm, is simply brutish and crass.  Those Lifers are merely third-rate - just like the club itself.


      
    Sorry buts that's rubbish

    We dont know he actually had sleepless nights.

    I could tweet I had a sleepless night after have a solid 9 hours, just because he tweeted it doesn't make it true and personally I don't believe it and think he was looking for sympathy.

    I personally haven't doubted his charity work or wished him harm, but I hate the bloke and think he is a class a prick same as Solly
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,878
    paulie8290 said:
    So I thought I would type his name into twitter to see if there were any rumours and I saw 2 forest fans arguing about him, this one made me laugh acting like forest are a massive club, I love when he says he wouldn't dare refuse to play for them 🤣🤣






    When were the last time Forest were in the premier league? Massive club!!!!
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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Dizzle said:
    Bournemouth coming down, and losing Wilson they might be interested
    Unlikely as that's one of the myriad of clubs he's Taylor has previously failed at.
  • Comeonyoureds
    Comeonyoureds Posts: 175
    paulie8290 said:
    So I thought I would type his name into twitter to see if there were any rumours and I saw 2 forest fans arguing about him, this one made me laugh acting like forest are a massive club, I love when he says he wouldn't dare refuse to play for them 🤣🤣






    All you need to say is Pierre Van Hooijdonk
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    That's easy for you to say.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Todds_right_hook said:
    paulie8290 said:
    So I thought I would type his name into twitter to see if there were any rumours and I saw 2 forest fans arguing about him, this one made me laugh acting like forest are a massive club, I love when he says he wouldn't dare refuse to play for them 🤣🤣






    When were the last time Forest were in the premier league? Massive club!!!!
    Don’t forget they won the European cup twice about 700 years ago - not that they like to mention it. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,878
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    Not arguing that, they aren’t as big as what they think they are. Slap bang average championship club (I would take that)
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    Give them our troubles and couple seasons in league one, see how big they are then.... 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,809
    Todds_right_hook said:
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    Not arguing that, they aren’t as big as what they think they are. Slap bang average championship club (I would take that)
    Forest are a much bigger club than us (christ they've won the European cup twice in my lifetime!) fallen on hard times in recent years (who hasn't) and may not be too much between us at the moment (other than a division), but let's not kid ourselves.

  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,878
    Elthamaddick said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    Not arguing that, they aren’t as big as what they think they are. Slap bang average championship club (I would take that)
    Forest are a much bigger club than us (christ they've won the European cup twice in my lifetime!) fallen on hard times in recent years (who hasn't) and may not be too much between us at the moment (other than a division), but let's not kid ourselves.

    Me saying they are not a massive club is not me kidding myself. I said they are a slap bang average championship club (which I would take right now- again, not kidding myself).

    they haven’t been in the premier league this century And we are in the third decade!

    Wimbledon, Coventry and Wigan have all won the fa cup since the forest glory days of 40 years ago. Does that make them giants of English football.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    edited July 2020
    RaplhMilne said:
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    Give them our troubles and couple seasons in league one, see how big they are then.... 
    Lol, that is the whole point, they have not had the trouble we have had and not spent as much time in League 1. They are a bigger club, end of.
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  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    Stig said:
    Take off the rose tinted glasses guys. The sad truth is that by any measure they are a club of higher stature than us.  For those that are in any doubt, I give you Exhibit A.  
    It is true. Forest are a far bigger club - even without the evidence of Exhibit A. Never mind rose-tinted, some folk on this forum have a psychedelically warped perspective.   
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    edited July 2020
    The size of a football club changes over time. 
    There was a time in charltons history when we won the F A Cup and finished 2nd in the top division. 
    We also had the largest ground in the country and recorded some of the highest attendances. 
    Does  that make us a massive club now.
    Of course not.
    But by the same token Forest having success under Clough  40 odd years ago has no bearing on today either. 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,439
    Who cares what size a club are? They're all important in the pyramid.

    Any fan of a club outside the Prem generally cares about their team.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    blackpool72 said:
    The size of a football club changes over time. 
    There was a time in charltons history when we won the F A Cup and finished 2nd in the top division. 
    We also had the largest ground in the country and recorded some of the highest attendances. 
    Does  that make us a massive club now.
    Of course not.
    But by the same token Forest having success under Clough  40 odd years ago has no bearing on today either. 
    Spot on. By the Forest fans' logic Sheffield Wednesday really are entitled to think they are a massive club. Won the league 4 times and FA Cup 3 times. Sadly for them all before 1936.
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    blackpool72 said:
    The size of a football club changes over time. 
    There was a time in charltons history when we won the F A Cup and finished 2nd in the top division. 
    We also had the largest ground in the country and recorded some of the highest attendances. 
    Does  that make us a massive club now.
    Of course not.
    But by the same token Forest having success under Clough  40 odd years ago has no bearing on today either. 
    Agree with you, mostly. What does have a bearing on relative 'size' of Forest and Charlton is the fact that we are in the third tier, and they missed the play-offs to the Prem on goal difference. The gulf is massive. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    And Huddersfield won the league three years running.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Viewfinder said:
    blackpool72 said:
    The size of a football club changes over time. 
    There was a time in charltons history when we won the F A Cup and finished 2nd in the top division. 
    We also had the largest ground in the country and recorded some of the highest attendances. 
    Does  that make us a massive club now.
    Of course not.
    But by the same token Forest having success under Clough  40 odd years ago has no bearing on today either. 
    Agree with you, mostly. What does have a bearing on relative 'size' of Forest and Charlton is the fact that we are in the third tier, and they missed the play-offs to the Prem on goal difference. The gulf is massive. 
    Yep at the moment I have to agree. 
    But if we get new owners the fortunes of both clubs could easily be reversed. 
    I actually think that if all 92 clubs were put into some kind of order of their size then both Forest and Charlton would be in the 2nd tier. 
    So although Forest may be a bigger club it's not by that much.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    iaitch said:
    And Huddersfield won the league three years running.
    And haven’t lost a match for 15 years 
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    blackpool72 said:
    Viewfinder said:
    blackpool72 said:
    The size of a football club changes over time. 
    There was a time in charltons history when we won the F A Cup and finished 2nd in the top division. 
    We also had the largest ground in the country and recorded some of the highest attendances. 
    Does  that make us a massive club now.
    Of course not.
    But by the same token Forest having success under Clough  40 odd years ago has no bearing on today either. 
    Agree with you, mostly. What does have a bearing on relative 'size' of Forest and Charlton is the fact that we are in the third tier, and they missed the play-offs to the Prem on goal difference. The gulf is massive. 
    Yep at the moment I have to agree. 
    But if we get new owners the fortunes of both clubs could easily be reversed. 
    I actually think that if all 92 clubs were put into some kind of order of their size then both Forest and Charlton would be in the 2nd tier. 
    So although Forest may be a bigger club it's not by that much.
    A lot of ifs and buts and wishful thinking in there, Blackpool!  But I dig your optimism.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    iaitch said:
    And Huddersfield won the league three years running.
    And have been unbeaten in the league for 30 seasons.

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