Demitri_C Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Definitely deserves his own song in my opinion. a villa legend no question. Your certainly no turnip to us big T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted January 12, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2017 Where there was darkness, he brought colour and light. RIP Graham Taylor... 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VILLAMARV Posted January 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, veloman said: I said at the time of it happening that I had met Graham Taylor when he came to the prison I worked at, to give encouragement to the officers who were doing a sponsored 'row' for a charity(think it was air ambulance). He shook hands and I mentioned about his 2 (arguably) best signings - Platt and Rambo. All he said was how pleased the Chairman was with the profit when we sold them ! I thought he was a brilliant bloke to take time to speak to me (a nobody). I wonder if there is an ounce of guilt in the (so called) 'journalists' of the Cockney press that pilloried him when with England . RIP I doubt Kelvin McKenzie is capable of empathy unfortunately. 2 hours ago, Raver50032 said: Sad news indeed. Wonderful memories of his first stint with us. Very badly treated as England manager - he had a lot of crap to select from in truth and the media, hounded and hounded. Shame on them. May you rest in peace Graham - Up The Villa... people are most often quick to forget what was happening with Gazza at the time after his sparkling world cup. I think he played about 10 games in 3 years. Remember the booing of John Barnes at Wembley? terrible business. I also remember saying he should hook Lineker off in that game he is pilloried for doing so in, as he was playing awfully and had hardly been involved AND while we're on it - Lineker didn't equal Charltons record for England because he missed a penalty against Brazil in a friendly IIRC not because someone subbed him against Sweden. He did pick Carlton Palmer a lot though, so I shall stop defending him too much!! The decision not to send Koeman off in that England game in '93 was it? Is one of 3 moments with England that still annoy me to this day, the other 2 being the Lampard 'ghost goal' and The hand of god (not God). To have been the only person who has ever or will ever know what being at the centre of that particular media circus felt like (And this was post Hillsborough, power mad, Sun at it's worst kids), and to remain an open and caring man is a mark of his undoubted class and dignity imo. Edited January 12, 2017 by VILLAMARV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 A lot of tributes for big Tays even Ellis despite his age was on sky giving him praise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 A really nice bloke, who will be missed, who also happened to be a great football manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted January 12, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2017 R.I.P Villa Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 sad day for everybody, I was too young to remember his first reign, he did bring God to the club and God himself would tell you he was in absolutely no shape at the time and Taylor re-invigorated him. One thing is I have never met him but from interviews and other stories he sounds like an absolute gentleman and not some act that people in the game portray for the cameras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted January 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2017 Absolutely gutted The first Villa manager I remember and still the best. What he did in his first spell here was astonishing. Took over a wreck of a club and got us promoted at the first attempt after a poor start. First season back in the top flight was a season of consolidation (but we put 13 past small heath in 3 cup games!) and in his third season we nearly won the league. We were the best team in the country for a long spell that season and was only inexperience and a lack of a goalscorer which cost us. McInally had been sold to Bayern Munich in pre season and we went into the season with Ian Olney (youth striker) up front before Cascarino was purchased with 10 games to go (rumours are he wanted Sheringham but Doug wouldn't pay the fee). We lost to a Liverpool team packed with stars like Barnes Beardsley, Aldridge, Houghton, McMahon and a returning Ian Rush. Our team was a rag tag bunch of discarded older players (Paul McGrath, Derek Mountfield), canny lower division signings (Stuart Gray, Chrissy Price, David Platt, Ian Ormondroyd) and youth (Ian Olney, Tony Daley). GT purchased all of them and also a young lad from Trinidad and Tobago called Dwight Yorke who he spotted on a beach! We spoke about club legends recently and I mentioned the 3 players who are the best I have ever seen down the club - all three were purchased by GT. Platt, McGrath and Yorke. Plus he brought Cowans back home from Bari. The vast majority of his signings worked out well. Am I right in thinking he purchased Rambo McInally as well? What an eye for a player! He was an absolute legend for what he did here between 1987 and 1990 and he's up there in my eyes with the likes of Ron Saunders, Eric Houghton, Jonny Dixon, George Ramsey, William McGregor and the other giants in our wonderful clubs folklore. What is staggering is that it won't just be us Villa fans dishing out plaudits like this. If anything his achievement at Watford was even greater! - fourth division to the first in five seasons and runners up in the league and FA Cup. At Watford! GT is a legend for 2 clubs and there aren't many people who that could be said about. RIP Graham. You made me love Aston Villa and football when I was a snotty nosed kid on an Erdington estate and I will always love you for that. 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 30 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: Where there was darkness, he brought colour and light. RIP Graham Taylor... Did you make that? Can I use it for my laptop background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted January 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2017 GT's Villa in their peak Everton were top or certainly in the top 2/3 when this game was played and people were tipping them for the title. We annihilated them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 12, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 12, 2017 1 minute ago, DK82 said: Did you make that? Can I use it for my laptop background? I did. That one is a bit small, but I can send you a bigger one that will be less pixellated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Just now, NurembergVillan said: I did. That one is a bit small, but I can send you a bigger one that will be less pixellated. That's be great, I'll send you my email address. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, S-Platt said: Platt, McGrath and Yorke the 3 best signings in my lifetime all by Sir Graham. He also brought Sid back to the club for his second spell. That is two of the best players this club has ever had and alongside Yorke and Platt arguably all our best players over the last 30 odd years all signed by Graham Taylor for fees totalling less than 1 million pound combined. We eventually sold Platt and Yorke for over 17 million. Edited January 12, 2017 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, Xela said: GT's Villa in their peak Everton were top or certainly in the top 2/3 when this game was played and people were tipping them for the title. We annihilated them. Always remember this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Grahame Taylor - there is a proper Aston Villa legend - no argument. R.I.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Definitely deserves his own song in my opinion. a villa legend no question. Your certainly no turnip to us big T Expect 90 minutes of graham Taylor's claret and blue army on Saturday. Was anyone at that legendary away day at Goodison when the thousands of villa fans sang it none stop. Edited January 12, 2017 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 12, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2017 There's a tribute special about him on 5live at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted January 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2017 Even when GT had left, his legacy created other good times. The sale of Platt to Bari for £5.5m (a huge fee at the time) enabled Big Ron to completely remodel our team and give us some of the best football we have seen in a long time down down Villa Park (and oh so close to that title again!). The other gem he unearthed, Yorke, when he was sold by JG, it funded the likes of Merse and Dublin and another spell of flying high at the top of the table! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 He laid the foundations for Big Ron to just add a bit of sparkle to no doubt at all. I have no doubt he would have won things if he'd stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Sad news. A true Villa legend passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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