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Lyle Taylor - August 2025 signed for Chelmsford City (p295)
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….yes, something from him like “I will always be sad that, ultimately, Charlton didn’t manage to stay in the Championship” would at least show some sense that (a) he cared and (b) he acknowledged his decision impacted so many others negatively. The fact that those words weren’t said says everything about his mindset, morals and attitude. Such a shame that it ended that way as there’s no getting away from the fact that the was probably the best striker we have had since, probably, Yann.Siv_in_Norfolk said:I wish they'd acknowledged that Charlton were subsequently relegated at the end of that interview2 -
I think he was prolly on a big whack of £20k a week at Forest and obviously no on is paying anywhere near that .
I’m sure if he accepted £7.5k a week there’d be a few takers , football doesn’t give a fcuk re anyone’s morals if they’re decent
look at the drink drivers , alleged rapists , the Marcus Maddison’s , they all got taken on .
If the price is right he’ll be there , problem is he has to battle with his ego to take a big cut .7 -
What he doesn’t say is that he was offered a new contract at Charlton that would have been about half of what he got at NF. So if he did get injured he wasn’t going to be club less or skint. 1 point more in them last 6 games would have kept us up - can’t forgive or forget that - shame as he is just the type of striker we could use this season2
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I remember at the time that this was going on with Taylor not playing, because of the chance of injury ruining a big money move.We played Birmingham City and a young teenager came off the Brummie bench and scored a equaliser.That teenager was called Bellingham, wonder what happened to him?3
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Pretty sure Lukas Jutkiewicz scored the equaliser. I do remember Bellingham skinning Pratley to set the move for the goal up thoughusetobunkin said:I remember at the time that this was going on with Taylor not playing, because of the chance of injury ruining a big money move.We played Birmingham City and a young teenager came off the Brummie bench and scored a equaliser.That teenager was called Bellingham, wonder what happened to him?
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Bellingham scored at The Valley in the reverse fixture. Might have been our first defeat of the season?3
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As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.10
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I'm not sure how many times we can all have the same debate, but for what it's worth:Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.
Hundreds of other players were out of contract at the end of that season and didn't do the same. Even just for us - Sarr, Lockyer are two off the top of my head.
He could have played, left at the end of the season and got the same contract anyway. He uses fear of injury as the excuse, but hundreds of footballers play every year despite being at the end of their contracts and hoping to get a contract/move the next season. Again, Sarr, Lockyer - stayed, played, got a move anyway.
If every player acted like Lyle Taylor did, we'd have any players looking to leave on a free downing tools before the end of a season.
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I am tended to agree, if you are good then football forgives. I think the big difference with Taylor is he bottled a fight and whilst characters like Lee Hughes, Marlon King and Joey Barton got second chances and in Bartons case about 20 chances but you absolutely cannot accuse any of them of being bottlers, the managers who took them on after they got released knew they were getting players who would turn up and perform, with Taylor you'd always be questioning him when the week before a 6 pointer if he was mincing about clutching his thigh or holding his back because it isn't in question, he has chosen to pussy out of a fight before and that will never leave himoohaahmortimer said:I think he was prolly on a big whack of £20k a week at Forest and obviously no on is paying anywhere near that .
I’m sure if he accepted £7.5k a week there’d be a few takers , football doesn’t give a fcuk re anyone’s morals if they’re decent
look at the drink drivers , alleged rapists , the Marcus Maddison’s , they all got taken on .
If the price is right he’ll be there , problem is he has to battle with his ego to take a big cut .
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Absolutely, someone told me once its like a golfer refusing to play the back nine in case they lose a golf ball, its that much of a non-issue.North Lower Neil said:
I'm not sure how many times we can all have the same debate, but for what it's worth:Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.
Hundreds of other players were out of contract at the end of that season and didn't do the same. Even just for us - Sarr, Lockyer are two off the top of my head.
He could have played, left at the end of the season and got the same contract anyway. He uses fear of injury as the excuse, but hundreds of footballers play every year despite being at the end of their contracts and hoping to get a contract/move the next season. Again, Sarr, Lockyer - stayed, played, got a move anyway.
If every player acted like Lyle Taylor did, we'd have any players looking to leave on a free downing tools before the end of a season.
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My favourite Charlton player since Jann Kermorgant. (And Mrs. Grumpy's).
The club was a basket case and he prioritised his own interests and those of his family. Not very admirable I agree but compared to the scumbag moral behavior of many young professional footballers a pretty minor sin.
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was doing punditry on 5 LIve last evening .. very eloquent, but very all about me me me1
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you never heard of TalkSport?SporadicAddick said:Rare to have two c*nts on the radio at the same time.13 -
There’s also another counterfactual that might have played out.
What if Taylor played those eight games and scored let’s say six goals? Suddenly he ends the season having saved a fairly poor team from relegation, he’s the form goal scorer in the division and he’s caught a lot of attention just before the summer transfer window opens.
Seems certain a Premier League team comes in for him that summer as a no brainer free transfer gamble, potentially offering him £40k+ a week and makes him a default starter in the top division.If he’d backed himself he might have earned more than double what he picked up and also played in the top flight.Instead he settled for his career fizzling out in the championship, couldn’t be bothered to go out on loan somewhere when not picked in Forest’s premier league squad and now has no takers. I have a feeling he’s holding out for Sheffield United getting desperate and taking him on a free but no one wants a waster. He’s exposed himself not just at Charlton but by his behaviour last season. The guy has no hunger.7 -
Next time I quit a job Im taking the Lyle Taylor approach, Im refusing to work my notice so I don't get injured for the new job.9
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Making_all_the_noise said:There’s also another counterfactual that might have played out.
What if Taylor played those eight games and scored let’s say six goals? Suddenly he ends the season having saved a fairly poor team from relegation, he’s the form goal scorer in the division and he’s caught a lot of attention just before the summer transfer window opens.
Seems certain a Premier League team comes in for him that summer as a no brainer free transfer gamble, potentially offering him £40k+ a week and makes him a default starter in the top division.If he’d backed himself he might have earned more than double what he picked up and also played in the top flight.Instead he settled for his career fizzling out in the championship, couldn’t be bothered to go out on loan somewhere when not picked in Forest’s premier league squad and now has no takers. I have a feeling he’s holding out for Sheffield United getting desperate and taking him on a free but no one wants a waster. He’s exposed himself not just at Charlton but by his behaviour last season. The guy has no hunger.
And if I was a club interested in him, I'd have worried how bad the injury was that he didn't want to risk playing any football.1 -
In work so can't listen to the clip and I know I'll forget to watch it later - What does Bowyer say about the whole thing? Without the creative license on what he said please haha,0
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He only needed to play against Cardiff and he'd have increased our chance of winning.grumpyaddick said:My favourite Charlton player since Jann Kermorgant. (And Mrs. Grumpy's).
The club was a basket case and he prioritised his own interests and those of his family. Not very admirable I agree but compared to the scumbag moral behavior of many young professional footballers a pretty minor sin.
Instead we had Chuks and Andre Green starting...
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He had said on a previous interview ESI halved a contract offer he was given prior to peanut head 'taking over'.801912601 said:What he doesn’t say is that he was offered a new contract at Charlton that would have been about half of what he got at NF. So if he did get injured he wasn’t going to be club less or skint. 1 point more in them last 6 games would have kept us up - can’t forgive or forget that - shame as he is just the type of striker we could use this season
Whatever people may think of Taylor, he knew of the geezer from the past and has a very low opinion of him.2 -
Nailed it, close thread.Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.5 - Sponsored links:
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Given that he later signed him for Brum, you can probably guess what he said.LonelyNorthernAddick said:In work so can't listen to the clip and I know I'll forget to watch it later - What does Bowyer say about the whole thing? Without the creative license on what he said please haha,1 -
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Also he mentions 2 players he spoke to. 1 (Solly) also refused to play. Shows the type of company he keeps.Gary Poole said:On the face of it that all seems reasonable from what Taylor says. However he is not giving the full story. He was under contract at the time so really was obliged to play. He also had conducted his career by letting contracts run down and moving on without a fee to increase his own wages signing on fee and taking the risk of an injury at the wrong time. Add to that the fact that he injured himself playing in an international on a possibly sub standard pitch and all the evidence still points to him being a c*ntThe other one was Jason Pearce though , not quite the same narrative with him.0 -
He's a disgrace of an individual and full of bullshit. Thankfully not everyone is like him.North Lower Neil said:
I'm not sure how many times we can all have the same debate, but for what it's worth:Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.
Hundreds of other players were out of contract at the end of that season and didn't do the same. Even just for us - Sarr, Lockyer are two off the top of my head.
He could have played, left at the end of the season and got the same contract anyway. He uses fear of injury as the excuse, but hundreds of footballers play every year despite being at the end of their contracts and hoping to get a contract/move the next season. Again, Sarr, Lockyer - stayed, played, got a move anyway.
If every player acted like Lyle Taylor did, we'd have any players looking to leave on a free downing tools before the end of a season.
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Expect to be in a minority but I’d love to see him back. I don’t think he’d have a negative affect on the dressing room, quite the opposite.Hated him at the time… now I half respect his honesty.4
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Bollocks, tons of footballers see out their contracts like professionals.ElfsborgAddick said:
Nailed it, close thread.Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.16 -
Nah, f**k him.Lurker said:Expect to be in a minority but I’d love to see him back. I don’t think he’d have a negative affect on the dressing room, quite the opposite.Hated him at the time… now I half respect his honesty.
Not only is it like going back to a cheating ex when you should move on and find someone who is less of a twat, he's also 33 and hasn't played in a year, no guarantees we'd be getting the same quality of player we had last time.3 -
Nothing to respect about him.Lurker said:Expect to be in a minority but I’d love to see him back. I don’t think he’d have a negative affect on the dressing room, quite the opposite.Hated him at the time… now I half respect his honesty.1 -
Talal said:
Bollocks, tons of footballers see out their contracts like professionals.ElfsborgAddick said:
Nailed it, close thread.Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.Seeing out the contract to then take a signing on fee. In many instances this will be the case, and into the bargain stopping a club get a transfer fee.It works both ways.0 -
What would happen if our team gave him a 12 month contract, hypothetically thinking would we forgive him if he got us 20 goals and promotion, would the fans suddenly stop going?
What he did was morally wrong, footballers or those from any other profession which [pays more than I can dream of earning will always put them and their families first!
I was gutted and upset, but if he came back and made it up to the fans, I think we genuinely forgive people and move on with our lives, I have been supporting this club since the 70's, but I rarely find the time to get to games nowadays, but would have no objection!
As mentioned he is 33 so it won't happen, and was Bowyer at Brum and took him back?4 -
Funny how so many are desperate to make excuses for him. Shows how low people's expectations are...ElfsborgAddick said:Talal said:
Bollocks, tons of footballers see out their contracts like professionals.ElfsborgAddick said:
Nailed it, close thread.Kindoncasella said:As if anyone else in this thread wouldn't of done the same as Lyle. He is probably financially set for life now.Seeing out the contract to then take a signing on fee. In many instances this will be the case, and into the bargain stopping a club get a transfer fee.It works both ways.
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