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Offline four fornicholl

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Graham Taylor
« on: January 07, 2016, 11:29:55 PM »
his premiership world,what a lovely watch(ss1)
I liked him and he liked us

DONE
« Last Edit: January 07, 2016, 11:39:45 PM by four fornicholl »

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Re: graham taylor
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2016, 11:32:59 PM »
I love Sir Graham and would have him on the board any day of the week.

I also love capital letters on names and thread titles!

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Re: graham taylor
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2016, 11:40:07 PM »

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2016, 12:11:54 AM »
I was only a kid when he took over but that first season, his and mine stuck with me forever. As I got older I realised what a job he did at the Villa, a bloke with genuine class and genuine love for us.

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2016, 12:15:36 AM »
Is it just me or does Graham not look too well these days?

Did so much for us in the late 80's and didn't deserve the abuse he got when he came back.

How we could do with someone like him at the club now

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2016, 12:18:32 AM »
I always thought he looked a bit like Frank Sidebottom when he managed us.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2016, 12:30:41 AM »
Does he talk about his first spell at villa?

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2016, 01:14:06 AM »
I always think of his first spell as a case of 'what if' and how far he could have taken us had he not got the England job.  In McGrath, Platt, Cowans (albeit he had already been at the club) and Yorke, he probably made the four best buys in my time supporting the club. 
« Last Edit: January 08, 2016, 10:16:21 AM by tomd2103 »

Offline GarTomas

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2016, 03:56:39 AM »
Thanks for posting.

An interesting programme about him as it ignored arguably his best achievements in his 1st spell with us.  Always a man I've enjoyed listening too.

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2016, 04:06:05 AM »
Is it just me or does Graham not look too well these days?

Did so much for us in the late 80's and didn't deserve the abuse he got when he came back.

How we could do with someone like him at the club now

I know he had a fall about a year or so ago (fell down stairs and broke his arm I think), so perhaps he hasn't fully recovered from that yet?

Offline Chris Harte

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2016, 08:25:07 AM »
Did so much for us in the late 80's and didn't deserve the abuse he got when he came back.
Ain't that the truth. To be honest I didn't blame him for quitting second time around. It was a few weeks after he'd been booed at the end of our final home game when he tried to address the Holte. As far as standards had slipped at that point he should have been cut more slack by the support given his history.

We'd also just secured survival. What we'd give for that now.

Offline hipkiss92

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2016, 08:35:42 AM »
Did so much for us in the late 80's and didn't deserve the abuse he got when he came back.
Ain't that the truth. To be honest I didn't blame him for quitting second time around. It was a few weeks after he'd been booed at the end of our final home game when he tried to address the Holte. As far as standards had slipped at that point he should have been cut more slack by the support given his history.

We'd also just secured survival. What we'd give for that now.

We also won 11 games at home, how many seasons dose have to count back to get that total?

Offline Chris Harte

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2016, 08:38:26 AM »
We also won 11 games at home, how many seasons dose have to count back to get that total?
That was the last time we managed it I think. Most home wins under MON was nine I think. As for the others, not even close to that with the possible exception of D'Ohleary.

Offline rob_bridge

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2016, 08:40:00 AM »
Did so much for us in the late 80's and didn't deserve the abuse he got when he came back.
Ain't that the truth. To be honest I didn't blame him for quitting second time around. It was a few weeks after he'd been booed at the end of our final home game when he tried to address the Holte. As far as standards had slipped at that point he should have been cut more slack by the support given his history.

We'd also just secured survival. What we'd give for that now.

We also won 11 games at home, how many seasons dose have to count back to get that total?

He was way past his best though being honest. The game had changed - he also had the misfortune to have his second spell coincide when Blues got their act together (of sorts) for the first time in a quarter of a century+.

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2016, 08:55:39 AM »
I'll have a watch of that later. Probably my favourite Villa manager. The treatment he got when he was England manager was shameful.

 


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