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Lyle Taylor - August 2025 signed for Chelmsford City (p295)
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One of those three was Cardiff where we mustered 0 shots on target from 8 attempts.ElfsborgAddick said:
Spirit or otherwise, my understanding it was 3.killerandflash said:
9 games. Football contracts in their spirit run until the end of the seasonElfsborgAddick said:
He blew out 3 games.AndyG said: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
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.1 -
Contracts ran to the end of June, as that was when the season should have long been finishedElfsborgAddick said:
Spirit or otherwise, my understanding it was 3.killerandflash said:
9 games. Football contracts in their spirit run until the end of the seasonElfsborgAddick said:
He blew out 3 games.AndyG said: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
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.3 -
And yet even though he made the extremely selfish decision to do what he did, he's now calling us a "clown club".
No matter how much more money he's making as a result of his actions, that is not warranted whatsoever.
Zero respect for him.6 -
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 pitch17
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It’s called being a decent human being.ElfsborgAddick said:
As I have said many times, what he did was wrong but I understand why he did it.AndyG said:
3 games or 9 games mate he owed it to his team mates to see his contract out imo. Unforgivable behaviour in a team sportElfsborgAddick said:
He blew out 3 games.AndyG said: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 is looking after himself, why care about people he'll unlikely meet again.7 -
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!7 -
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.ElfsborgAddick said:
Agree with the second paragraph 100%, but will never disagree with what he did. He has been panned from a supporters view.cafctom said:
Everyone knows somebody like him in everyday life.Redvalleyeast said:
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.shine166 said: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.
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.
I'd f*** my bosses off for 4x my present salary.3 -
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Clubs do not play players so not to activate contracts. It's a two way street.2
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Starting every game for Birmingham at the moment and still one of the best strikers we’ve had since the Prem years.Bod said: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!1 -
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.ElfsborgAddick said:
Agree with the second paragraph 100%, but will never disagree with what he did. He has been panned from a supporters view.cafctom said:
Everyone knows somebody like him in everyday life.Redvalleyeast said:
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.shine166 said: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.
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.
I'd f*** my bosses off for 4x my present salary.
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.
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the 3 games - he was wrong and it was a breach of contract
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.1 -
That's an unbelievably shocking quote from Taylor. He's dead to me (for the second time).0
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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.ElfsborgAddick said:Clubs do not play players so not to activate contracts. It's a two way street.
Taylor is still a cnut though0 -
Has he said something recently?bolloxbolder said:That's an unbelievably shocking quote from Taylor. He's dead to me (for the second time).1 -
'just stick to worrying about your clown club ' in a tweet , seems more an insult on clowns if i'm honestPrincessFiona said:
Has he said something recently?bolloxbolder said:That's an unbelievably shocking quote from Taylor. He's dead to me (for the second time).
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If a clause like that is in a contract then that contract has not been broken.ElfsborgAddick said:Clubs do not play players so not to activate contracts. It's a two way street.0 -
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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 career3 -
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.0
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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.AndyG said: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 relegated0 -
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.thewolfboy said: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.
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!0 -
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.North Lower Neil said:
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.thewolfboy said: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.
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!0 -
You may be right.ElliotCAFC said:
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.North Lower Neil said:
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.thewolfboy said: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.
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.0 -
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.10
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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.Scoham said:
Starting every game for Birmingham at the moment and still one of the best strikers we’ve had since the Prem years.Bod said: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!Still a total knob though.0 -
There you go Lyle, if you were not such a selfish prick you might have won Steve Cooper over and be playing premiership football next season.2
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He was on the pitch celebrating….Hartleypete said:There you go Lyle, if you were not such a selfish prick you might have won Steve Cooper over and be playing premiership football next season.2
