| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago 13:35 - Jul 13 with 3453 views | Miaow |
Somehow I think Hirst will turn out to be the better permanent signing of the two.
Ashton knows how to get a good deal. |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 13:59 - Jul 13 with 3108 views | Bluespeed225 |
That is a mark of where we were then. WTF were they thinking. Posh still laughing I'd imagine. |  | | |
| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 14:01 - Jul 13 with 3105 views | Dyland |
HAHAHAAHAHHA... and FFSFFSFFSFFS... |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:06 - Jul 13 with 3089 views | Churchman |
I can’t believe it’s so long ago - but it is. What a total waste of space he was.
It’s hard to imagine Hirst turning out to be a worse signing than Taylor.
In Peterborough’s history of mugging off other clubs, that must be well up there. The gales of laughter must still be rolling around the P’Boro board room. |  | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:38 - Jul 13 with 3041 views | BlueBadger |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 13:59 - Jul 13 by Bluespeed225 |
That is a mark of where we were then. WTF were they thinking. Posh still laughing I'd imagine. |
Similarly, Accrington should have put up a statue of Paul Hurst outside their ground. |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:40 - Jul 13 with 3032 views | the_toff |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:38 - Jul 13 by BlueBadger |
Similarly, Accrington should have put up a statue of Paul Hurst outside their ground. |
They could share it with Shrewsbury.
£2m for Nolan and Nsiala ffs. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:44 - Jul 13 with 3004 views | chicoazul |
How does Hirst feel about a delicious Subway and Coke? |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:48 - Jul 13 with 2985 views | waveneyblue |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:44 - Jul 13 by chicoazul |
How does Hirst feel about a delicious Subway and Coke? |
Good to mix it with chronic toothache... apparently |  | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:50 - Jul 13 with 2970 views | TractorCam |
And hopefully our new Taylor from Peterborough is better value too. |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 15:59 - Jul 13 with 2838 views | Garv |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 14:06 - Jul 13 by Churchman |
I can’t believe it’s so long ago - but it is. What a total waste of space he was.
It’s hard to imagine Hirst turning out to be a worse signing than Taylor.
In Peterborough’s history of mugging off other clubs, that must be well up there. The gales of laughter must still be rolling around the P’Boro board room. |
Considering they re-signed him again later on, albeit on loan, I think that's probably not the case.
Taylor turned out to be a poor signing based on his injury record, his character, and the fact Mick thought we'd have a better chance with Nouble up front. He was a decent player who broke his foot in about his 4th game for us. |  |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:19 - Jul 13 with 2791 views | Churchman |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 15:59 - Jul 13 by Garv |
Considering they re-signed him again later on, albeit on loan, I think that's probably not the case.
Taylor turned out to be a poor signing based on his injury record, his character, and the fact Mick thought we'd have a better chance with Nouble up front. He was a decent player who broke his foot in about his 4th game for us. |
So Peterborough sold him for what, £1.5m then got him back for nothing. That deserves cracking open the boardroom bottle. Whatever they thought of him, I thought for the Championship he was a poor player and I did see all his home appearances.
The question is would McKenna sign him? No, not in a million years. Did McCarthy unload him? Yes. The fact that he thought dear old Frank might be a better option speaks volumes.
Taylor was one of the worst signings of the Evans era - in my view. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:29 - Jul 13 with 2747 views | Garv |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:19 - Jul 13 by Churchman |
So Peterborough sold him for what, £1.5m then got him back for nothing. That deserves cracking open the boardroom bottle. Whatever they thought of him, I thought for the Championship he was a poor player and I did see all his home appearances.
The question is would McKenna sign him? No, not in a million years. Did McCarthy unload him? Yes. The fact that he thought dear old Frank might be a better option speaks volumes.
Taylor was one of the worst signings of the Evans era - in my view. |
Course not, but they wouldn't be laughing at the fact they collected 1.5M for him, they clearly thought he was worth that and based on their history and what they collected for other players of a similar ilk, I'd make them right.
While I agree the answer is no, I'm not sure why the question should be 'would McKenna sign him'.
Comes down to opinions I guess, so I'm not telling you you're wrong - obviously. I just remember Taylor being our best player at the start of that season (which I appreciate is a relatively low bar). | |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:52 - Jul 13 with 2668 views | Churchman |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:29 - Jul 13 by Garv |
Course not, but they wouldn't be laughing at the fact they collected 1.5M for him, they clearly thought he was worth that and based on their history and what they collected for other players of a similar ilk, I'd make them right.
While I agree the answer is no, I'm not sure why the question should be 'would McKenna sign him'.
Comes down to opinions I guess, so I'm not telling you you're wrong - obviously. I just remember Taylor being our best player at the start of that season (which I appreciate is a relatively low bar). |
If you mean 2012 he made only three appearances before injury and we were awful just about every week. How Mick dug us out of that mess I’ll never know. If you mean 2013 I remember McGoldrick was far and away out best player at the time along with Murphy and Cresswell.
But as I say, it’s a long time ago and all I can really remember is when he did appear a little bloke running about now and again to zero effect. Just my view.
Of course Peterborough thought he was worth it. I don’t blame them for that. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 20:04 - Jul 13 with 2497 views | Wickets |
So we can safely say Ashton is a better negotiator than Simon Clegg ! |  | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:20 - Jul 14 with 2292 views | Garv |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:52 - Jul 13 by Churchman |
If you mean 2012 he made only three appearances before injury and we were awful just about every week. How Mick dug us out of that mess I’ll never know. If you mean 2013 I remember McGoldrick was far and away out best player at the time along with Murphy and Cresswell.
But as I say, it’s a long time ago and all I can really remember is when he did appear a little bloke running about now and again to zero effect. Just my view.
Of course Peterborough thought he was worth it. I don’t blame them for that. |
2012 I meant. He was our only bright spark before that injury and when it was clear he'd got a bad one in that Wolves game there was a collective groan in the crowd. It was only three games, but he'd made a good impression.
He then had a year or possibly more on the side-lines. Most players would be forgiven finding it difficult to come back in the same shape and form. I think Taylor wasn't because people probably started to realise his character wasn't the best and didn't fit in with the ethos Mick wanted to create.
Meanwhile, Conor Chaplin will be disappointed to learn he loses marks for being a little bloke!  | |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:28 - Jul 14 with 2266 views | mr_bean |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 16:19 - Jul 13 by Churchman |
So Peterborough sold him for what, £1.5m then got him back for nothing. That deserves cracking open the boardroom bottle. Whatever they thought of him, I thought for the Championship he was a poor player and I did see all his home appearances.
The question is would McKenna sign him? No, not in a million years. Did McCarthy unload him? Yes. The fact that he thought dear old Frank might be a better option speaks volumes.
Taylor was one of the worst signings of the Evans era - in my view. |
A bad signing, yes, but not on the Jonathan Douglas level of bad. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:41 - Jul 14 with 2246 views | Steve_M |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:28 - Jul 14 by mr_bean |
A bad signing, yes, but not on the Jonathan Douglas level of bad. |
No, Taylor was worse. We paid a significant sum of money for him and got a return of one goal and one court case (Or was it two of each?). Douglas was past his best, ok in the first season but far too slow in the second but still contributed far more than Taylor. [Post edited 14 Jul 2023 10:21]
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| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 09:49 - Jul 14 with 2201 views | Funge |
| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 14:01 - Jul 13 by Dyland |
HAHAHAAHAHHA... and FFSFFSFFSFFS... |
To be fair, he looked very good against us when Posh beat us 7-1, although I think Don Bradman would've looked fairly handy against us that day.
I despise Lee Martin. |  | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:51 - Jul 14 with 2195 views | solemio |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 20:04 - Jul 13 by Wickets |
So we can safely say Ashton is a better negotiator than Simon Clegg ! |
Excuse me. Simon Clegg is an Ipswich legend. That means we're not certain whether he ever really existed. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 10:00 - Jul 14 with 2181 views | MattinLondon |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:51 - Jul 14 by solemio |
Excuse me. Simon Clegg is an Ipswich legend. That means we're not certain whether he ever really existed. |
In hindsight I do have a lot of sympathy for Clegg and whoever followed him - the overweight fella and the other fella. They were all installed in a role that they had no prior experience of and didn’t have a ready made team to help guide them. |  | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 10:55 - Jul 14 with 2132 views | Churchman |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:20 - Jul 14 by Garv |
2012 I meant. He was our only bright spark before that injury and when it was clear he'd got a bad one in that Wolves game there was a collective groan in the crowd. It was only three games, but he'd made a good impression.
He then had a year or possibly more on the side-lines. Most players would be forgiven finding it difficult to come back in the same shape and form. I think Taylor wasn't because people probably started to realise his character wasn't the best and didn't fit in with the ethos Mick wanted to create.
Meanwhile, Conor Chaplin will be disappointed to learn he loses marks for being a little bloke! |
I remember being distinctly unimpressed from the off, but given the team were stinking the place out maybe that’s the overriding memory.
Yeah, Chaplin loses marks for being small. So does Eric Gates as he’s the same height as Conor. As for Jay Tabb, let’s not go there (5ft 4). As somebody who’s only 5ft 9, I’m entitled to be ‘heightist’!😃
Actually Gates was a smashing player - a privilege to see play. Chaplin isn’t bad either. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 11:23 - Jul 14 with 2109 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 10:00 - Jul 14 by MattinLondon |
In hindsight I do have a lot of sympathy for Clegg and whoever followed him - the overweight fella and the other fella. They were all installed in a role that they had no prior experience of and didn’t have a ready made team to help guide them. |
If we didn't have Mick at the helm through that period god knows where we'd be now. | | | |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 11:27 - Jul 14 with 2096 views | chicoazul |
| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 09:28 - Jul 14 by mr_bean |
A bad signing, yes, but not on the Jonathan Douglas level of bad. |
No. It’s no exaggeration to say if Taylor is not in the top one worst signings of all time he is definitely in the top two. | |
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| We signed Paul Taylor for a similar fee, and that was 11 years ago on 11:47 - Jul 14 with 2059 views | Radlett_blue |
Taylor was an unbelievably lazy & bad signing. We paid up for him largely on the basis of one decent season at Posh & a good game against Town. He already had a reputation as a dodgy character, with disciplinary issues at his previous clubs. He scored 1 goal in 21 Town games & no goals in 28 games while out on loan to other clubs. |  |
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| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 12:08 - Jul 14 with 2027 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 09:49 - Jul 14 by Funge |
To be fair, he looked very good against us when Posh beat us 7-1, although I think Don Bradman would've looked fairly handy against us that day.
I despise Lee Martin. |
Jack Ainsley in the middle of our defence that day 
That was probably Taylor's best ever game of football. |  | | |
| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 12:28 - Jul 14 with 1987 views | Radlett_blue |
| PAUL TAYLOR!!! on 12:08 - Jul 14 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Jack Ainsley in the middle of our defence that day
That was probably Taylor's best ever game of football. |
Yes, that was Jack Ainsley's first league start. 2 months later, he was given a 2 year contract extension. Hindsight is easy, but another young player we kept for too long. | |
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