Sniper Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 One of my favorite players and people who saw him play, hard as nails. An absolute steal from Swindon. Anyone know what the big man is up to these Days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Last I saw him he was working with Gary Johnson at Torquay, I saw him before the game and at half time hobbling badly on the pitch warming up the players. I think he left a year or so ago though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsocks Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Great player.one of the best centre halfs I've seen in a city shirt.flint was good but not patch on this guy put his head in anywhere and scored some good goals to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 What a player. Ironically when we bought him from Swindon at the age of 33 he was widely seen as over the hill and a waste of money. How wrong everyone was. Including, I confess, myself. Just has a look and he's not listed in Torquay's staff so Ralph is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 My favourite centre back in my time of watching City. Kalas is a close second though. There is a huge nostalgia hit with this though. He played for us in league 1 and got injured our promotion season and missed almost all of the season in the championship. (modern equivalent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Hard as nails; as the OP said, but in no way a thug, as many hard men were. Softly spoken as well. A terrific player for us; such a shame we didn’t sign him earlier in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Taylor In January 2018 Shaun Taylor returned to Torquay United as their new Head of Academy Coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 He would be in my best BCFC 11 with Hunter. Could have made a case for Biff, Psycho, or Flint.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Absolutely fearless, I remember a header v Millwall, Boxing Day 1997 where he literally threw himself at the ball. I think we paid £60k for him, only getting Wilbz on a free has been better business in my time supporting this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isawjonshaw Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Eddie Hitler said: What a player. Ironically when we bought him from Swindon at the age of 33 he was widely seen as over the hill and a waste of money. How wrong everyone was. Including, I confess, myself. Just has a look and he's not listed in Torquay's staff so Ralph is correct. I thought exactly the same! What a player he turned out to be for us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Definitely one of my two all time favourites. The only one who rivals him for top spot is Ade Akinbiyi. What a hard case he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 I think we have a bit of rose tinted glasses regarding Taylor just because he was a hard player. He was a good lower league player but never a top flight player. He was good at “getting stuck in” but lacking in real skill compared to David Rogers (yes he had skill), Louis Carey, Gary Collier, Rob Newman, Geoff Merrick, Liam Fontaine, Aiden Flint (yes he had skill as well) , Karleigh Osborne, Luke Ayling, Magnússon etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge1981 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: What a player. Ironically when we bought him from Swindon at the age of 33 he was widely seen as over the hill and a waste of money. How wrong everyone was. Including, I confess, myself. Just has a look and he's not listed in Torquay's staff so Ralph is correct. Waste of money? He only cost us £50k didn’t he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 4 hours ago, 22A said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Taylor In January 2018 Shaun Taylor returned to Torquay United as their new Head of Academy Coaching. Devon is his county of birth I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Robbored said: Devon is his county of birth I think. Yep. Bideford boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Edge1981 said: Waste of money? He only cost us £50k didn’t he? Story - as told to me by Scott Davidson... He said to Joe Jordan, 'do you want Shaun Taylor?' To which Jordan said, 'Absolutely, but Swindon will never sell him'. Turns out Swindon were enjoying one of those frequent periods of financial embarrassment and had been touting him around as being available. 50k later and the deal was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: I think we have a bit of rose tinted glasses regarding Taylor just because he was a hard player. He was a good lower league player but never a top flight player. He was good at “getting stuck in” but lacking in real skill compared to David Rogers (yes he had skill), Louis Carey, Gary Collier, Rob Newman, Geoff Merrick, Liam Fontaine, Aiden Flint (yes he had skill as well) , Karleigh Osborne, Luke Ayling, Magnússon etc. The game was different back then though, not many centre half's were as technically gifted as they are nowadays, didn't he get injured during the promotion season in 98 and we never properly replaced him (Julian Watts didn't count ) hence the subsequent relegation the following year. I agree that he probably would have been found wanting nowadays but at the time he would have been fine in the Championship or Division One as it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderwithtommy Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: I think we have a bit of rose tinted glasses regarding Taylor just because he was a hard player. He was a good lower league player but never a top flight player. He was good at “getting stuck in” but lacking in real skill compared to David Rogers (yes he had skill), Louis Carey, Gary Collier, Rob Newman, Geoff Merrick, Liam Fontaine, Aiden Flint (yes he had skill as well) , Karleigh Osborne, Luke Ayling, Magnússon etc. Karleigh Osbourne haha. Good wind up post, but I think you do Shaun a disservice. Was a key part of a very good Swindon team before he came to us. Underrated because of his style, better than most you list here comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: I think we have a bit of rose tinted glasses regarding Taylor just because he was a hard player. He was a good lower league player but never a top flight player. He was good at “getting stuck in” but lacking in real skill compared to David Rogers (yes he had skill), Louis Carey, Gary Collier, Rob Newman, Geoff Merrick, Liam Fontaine, Aiden Flint (yes he had skill as well) , Karleigh Osborne, Luke Ayling, Magnússon etc. Crikey ! I know it's opinions but I'd have Taylor ahead if nearly all of them. I've never known a player for City that could find a team mate with a pass or header with such consistency as him. Even in a 50/50 challenge he would always knock it down in the direction of a team mate. He was pretty much the reason we got relegated from the championship after missing most of the season with injury and Dyche wasn't anywhere near his quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: I think we have a bit of rose tinted glasses regarding Taylor just because he was a hard player. He was a good lower league player but never a top flight player. He was good at “getting stuck in” but lacking in real skill compared to David Rogers (yes he had skill), Louis Carey, Gary Collier, Rob Newman, Geoff Merrick, Liam Fontaine, Aiden Flint (yes he had skill as well) , Karleigh Osborne, Luke Ayling, Magnússon etc. Add k. Curle and s. Caulker.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Taylor was a legend. I still think had he not got injured clattering into the post on Easter Monday at home to Watford, we’d have gone on to win the league and have had a better chance of staying up in 98/99. Instead he was replaced by Watts, who was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Met Shaun Taylor in a pub out our way a few years ago. Really nice bloke. Loved City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, ciderwithtommy said: Karleigh Osbourne haha. Good wind up post, but I think you do Shaun a disservice. Was a key part of a very good Swindon team before he came to us. Underrated because of his style, better than most you list here comfortably. You may laugh at Karleigh Osbourne but he was a regular in the team, and ahead of Flint, until he had a terrible injury on the pre-season tour of Africa. By the time he had recovered the City defence had become settled and he couldn’t get back into the team. He was a skilful player It’s all about opinions, but if Taylor was , “better than most you list here comfortably”, which of the list were worse than him? (Rogers, Carey, Collier, Newman, Merrick and Ayling all played in the top division in England and Magnússon was an Iceland international and played for CSK Moscow. Even Fontaine played approx 250 games for City and he was going to sign for Southampton (?) until he failed a medical. It was only at the end of his time at City did his form suddenly go) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 ST was a terrific signing for us given his age but the Championship at 34 may have been a step too far. My memory of that season was Carey, who had been just as good asTaylor in League 1, being found out a bit at the higher level (Lee Hughes being a particular opponent he couldn’t deal with). I thought it was lack of pace at the time but under GJ when we went up he was excellent, so it may just have been that particular disaster of a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, steveybadger said: ST was a terrific signing for us given his age but the Championship at 34 may have been a step too far. My memory of that season was Carey, who had been just as good asTaylor in League 1, being found out a bit at the higher level (Lee Hughes being a particular opponent he couldn’t deal with). I thought it was lack of pace at the time but under GJ when we went up he was excellent, so it may just have been that particular disaster of a season. One thing we can credit Shaun Taylor with is bringing Carey on and teaching him so much. A young CB couldn`t wish for a better teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Not a bad centre half who was a left winger when he first started playing senior football. He was a Plymouth boy who travelled around a few North Devon teams before going to Exeter City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 I remember when we signed ST from Swindle and i honestly thought "what the **** are we doing" I always thought he looked very odd on the pitch with his gumshield and headband (sometimes). How wrong i was! I instantly understood why he'd been such a hero at The County Ground. Oooh Shaun Taylor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobintheRed Red Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 10 hours ago, B1ackbird said: He would be in my best BCFC 11 with Hunter. Could have made a case for Biff, Psycho, or Flint.. Il go back a little furthur Dickie Rooks Hard Bastard and jack conner R.i.p great in the air . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 5 hours ago, pongo88 said: You may laugh at Karleigh Osbourne but he was a regular in the team, and ahead of Flint, until he had a terrible injury on the pre-season tour of Africa. By the time he had recovered the City defence had become settled and he couldn’t get back into the team. He was a skilful player It’s all about opinions, but if Taylor was , “better than most you list here comfortably”, which of the list were worse than him? (Rogers, Carey, Collier, Newman, Merrick and Ayling all played in the top division in England and Magnússon was an Iceland international and played for CSK Moscow. Even Fontaine played approx 250 games for City and he was going to sign for Southampton (?) until he failed a medical. It was only at the end of his time at City did his form suddenly go) Taylor did play in the top flight. Magnússon and Osborne not fit to lace his boots. Different era nowadays, less physical contact with strikers so much easier to be a ball playing defender in this era. He was a defender of his time and in that era football was very much 442 in England and play off the Number 9 and Taylor was brilliant at our level at that role. Next you will say David Luiz is better than Tony Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 6 hours ago, 2015 said: Taylor did play in the top flight. Magnússon and Osborne not fit to lace his boots. Different era nowadays, less physical contact with strikers so much easier to be a ball playing defender in this era. He was a defender of his time and in that era football was very much 442 in England and play off the Number 9 and Taylor was brilliant at our level at that role. Next you will say David Luiz is better than Tony Adams David Luiz is better than Tony Adams Joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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