Craig 6700 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 EVERTON last night launched an £8m bid to sign Newcastle defender Steven Taylor – and that could clear the way for Joleon Lescott to join Manchester City. Taylor could be the latest star to leave St James’s Park following Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Oba Martins, Sebastien Bassong and Habib Beye. The former England under 21s captain Taylor is Moyes' No 1 target – even though the Everton boss still wants to hang onto Lescott. But City boss Mark Hughes yesterday insisted the deal is not dead and said: “People need to be able to get in a position where they can speak and discuss whether or not the situation can be moved forward and that hasn’t happened yet. Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/9...ade-for-Moyes-/ No quotes at all so most likely bullshit but if someone did come in with an £8m bid then I've no doubt he'd be off too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 well a bunch of kids would be perfect for Mr O learly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1265 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Well at least all those who have been calling to see the likes of Kadar and Tozer and Lua Lua are going to get there wish shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) That's him away then. I think Scottish Mag predicted this as soon as Man City started sniffing around Lescott. I've never been Taylor's biggest fan and I still think there are a lot of question marks about him (particularly at CB) but he would have been excellent in the Championship imo. Edited August 14, 2009 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 21144 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? Whether or not it's good money is irrelevant though isn't it? Another body down and more money in Ashley's sky rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6836 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If we keep selling these players then we are in serious threat of relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micktoon 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? .....and who are we going to play in defense pray tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If we keep selling these players then we are in serious threat of relegation. I know. Paper thin squad already man. 46 league games makes injuries inevitable and we seem to have had an injury crisis every year for about the last half dozen seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Colon 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? .....and who are we going to play in defense pray tell? Fuckin exactly - its mint seeing these numbers for players but not so good when we are getting raped on a saturday afternoon by Doncaster and Blackpool et al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6836 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If we keep selling these players then we are in serious threat of relegation. I know. Paper thin squad already man. 46 league games makes injuries inevitable and we seem to have had an injury crisis every year for about the last half dozen seasons. I can see the annual injury crisis coming as well. What happens when we cant field 11 fit professionals ?? Will the games be canceled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? Whether or not it's good money is irrelevant though isn't it? Another body down and more money in Ashley's sky rocket. There'll be no firesale though....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? .....and who are we going to play in defense pray tell? Fuckin exactly - its mint seeing these numbers for players but not so good when we are getting raped on a saturday afternoon by Doncaster and Blackpool et al Yep, plus it's like the property boom. People sell their houses and make a fortune....but all the other houses have gone up too! doh! If we had a decent owner who knew what he was doing (ie he had another Bassong or two lined up) I'd say it was a fair enough move.... but the pie boy will just be thinking "ooh wot a touch!" ... just like they do at Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Colo and Enrique won't be too far behind him...leaving us with no first team defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 If we keep selling these players then we are in serious threat of relegation. I know. Paper thin squad already man. 46 league games makes injuries inevitable and we seem to have had an injury crisis every year for about the last half dozen seasons. I can see the annual injury crisis coming as well. What happens when we cant field 11 fit professionals ?? Will the games be canceled? If that happens we can fully expect a heafty fine and points deduction......per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hova Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Colo and Enrique won't be too far behind him...leaving us with no first team defenders. BIG Ryan Taylor is all we need tbh. Once he slams the walls down, we don't concede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I think it would be a mistake to sell Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 taylors good enough for the championship, but he's not as good as lescott. everton would suffer. as for us, he's probably our best defender in the current squad. that really doesn't say much though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7698 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If we keep selling these players then we are in serious threat of relegation. I know. Paper thin squad already man. 46 league games makes injuries inevitable and we seem to have had an injury crisis every year for about the last half dozen seasons. I can see the annual injury crisis coming as well. What happens when we cant field 11 fit professionals ?? Will the games be canceled? Yep, it's only by virtue of our relative lack of injuries that we're able to field a reasonably decent side. Knock out two defenders, and two forwards and we'll really be struggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The dressing room needs characters who understand the club. If we're not going to sign any, it'd be a big mistake to sell someone like Taylor imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 £8m, fucking snap their hands off! Cant we give them Colo too? What difference does the money make? The club could sell him for £50m, but the fans will never get to see it (reinvested in the team), as it'll just disappear into the club/Assley's pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bob Almighty! 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Would be a MASSIVE mistake if this went through, relegation is on the cards if we keep losing these players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Here's what I don't understand. Ashley wants to sell the club. He values the club at £100m, which was probably reasonable at the time (i.e. before players started to leave in droves, with fan morale reasonable given the likelihood of Shearer coming in). Everything we've heard suggests that the offers have been below that figure and he's not willing to budge. Every player shifted on and every dropped point makes us less saleable. The longer he leaves us without a manager, with no decisions being made and no players replacing those sold the worse it gets and the less money he'll ultimately get. The longer he leaves it, the less chance of any manager worth his salt coming to the club and we are stuck with JFK who will act as a repellant for ticket sales. I've said it before, but this guy's business acumen leaves a lot to be desired. He must have got incredibly lucky to be as wealthy as he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 For me Taylor seems to be the captain of the club atm, even tho he isnt named such. Massive mistake to sell for 8m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 we're fucked if we sell Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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