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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 17, 2023 23:02:48 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that. But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17. I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me. UTG! I agree. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jul 18, 2023 0:02:10 GMT
Just as we thought we couldn't hate him any more. Never known a player to disrespect so many of his ex clubs including his so-called supported team. Doubt we will ever see him against us again the guy is washed
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Post by gulfofaden on Jul 18, 2023 5:02:43 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that. But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17. I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me. UTG! Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. |
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Post by Windmill Hill Gas on Jul 18, 2023 5:18:53 GMT
Looking back I'm more bitter about how Bristol City went about things than Taylor personally. Football is a short career and he took the opportunity to play at Championship level and earn more money. Then he played and scored a lot of goals for his hometown club, so it's gone fairly well for him really. Having said that I took great relish in berating him when he went of 'injured' in his first game back at The Mem for Oxford! 🤣
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Post by DrFaustus on Jul 18, 2023 6:39:55 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that. But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17. I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me. UTG! Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. Ooo...you're tough. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 18, 2023 6:47:25 GMT
Even before the shameful way his transfer to City was orchestrated by his agent and which he was fully complicit in, i never felt Taylor had or sought to nurture a relationship with Rovers and their fans that other of his ilk had formed .I always felt there was something missing in his demeanour when with us and he certainly never gave us due respect for making him as a player and there fore enabling him to secure a life changing contract at a higher level. The fact he couldn't cut it at that level was no great surprise to me .IMHO although he scored plenty for us( being the beneficiary of the teams creativity) he also missed plenty of 'sitters' and i would not put him in the top echelon's of great Rovers strikers. Although i do not hate the player i have absolute zero respect for him .
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Post by gulfofaden on Jul 18, 2023 6:57:26 GMT
Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. Ooo...you're tough. My mum and all her friends say I’m tough. |
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Post by gulfofaden on Jul 18, 2023 7:02:58 GMT
Even before the shameful way his transfer to City was orchestrated by his agent and which he was fully complicit in, i never felt Taylor had or sought to nurture a relationship with Rovers and their fans that other of his ilk had formed .I always felt there was something missing in his demeanour when with us and he certainly never gave us due respect for making him as a player and there fore enabling him to secure a life changing contract at a higher level. The fact he couldn't cut it at that level was no great surprise to me .IMHO although he scored plenty for us( being the beneficiary of the teams creativity) he also missed plenty of 'sitters' and i would not put him in the top echelon's of great Rovers strikers. Although i do not hate the player i have absolute zero respect for him . I completely agree. I always remembered BEFORE he did the dirty I didn’t like his demeanour. Did we even sing a song for him? The thing is, yes it’s only football. Of course he’s free to do as he wishes and be employed by whomever he wants. There is no law saying he had to treat us with respect. That’s life. On the other side of that equation are us. We neither have any law saying we have to like him, or even be fair to him. This is why the forgiveness and reconciliation brigade confound me. This isn’t Sunday school, it’s a minor football grudge and that’s it. Why can’t you hate someone for their actions? It’s almost incumbent on us to actually give a bit of stick! As far as I’m concerned, you make your bed, and then you lie in it. Matty made his bed and now has to lie in it. His choices, by his own hand. His betrayal caused all of us, albeit minor, pain and suffering. It was our choice to feel betrayed, and it’s his choice as to whether he feels upset half of Bristol will fart in his general direction whenever we see him. |
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Post by richie on Jul 18, 2023 7:19:11 GMT
Lets be honest moving to the Teds was the only way he'd write himself in history. Personally I preferred many more strikers he did a good job for us but he's long gone, we move on and i'll take comfort that when he retires he wont be invited back to the club, its a big part of his career thats soiled and its his own doing.
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Post by badengas on Jul 18, 2023 7:30:30 GMT
But he put his c0ck in a cup for us !
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Post by kruger on Jul 18, 2023 7:41:30 GMT
Can't stand the bloke, went to the 82ers and that I think ruined him, only went there to keep the bench warm and ro stop us progressing, we were on the up at the time and if he would have stayed I think he would have found a good club and might have even made it, as it happens it was all down hill from then and that makes me happy, enjoy league 2 snakey
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 18, 2023 8:08:24 GMT
And of course because of what he did in Jan ‘17 he’ll never get an objective opinion on here! I understand that.But, in May ‘14 if someone had said that MT would score all those goals for us and get us back into the league and then another promotion to League 1 and then sign for the **** I’d have bitten their arm off. I suspect most on here would have agreed in May ‘14 but circumstances changed so they didn’t in Jan ‘17. I don’t have the hate for him that others have, I’m just grateful he scored all those goals for us. It’s about BRFC and being successful and he helped during those years. I don’t expect others to agree with me. UTG! Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. I rest my case. A tad OTT perhaps, your comparison! 😉 UTG! |
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Post by readinggas on Jul 18, 2023 8:54:56 GMT
Even before the shameful way his transfer to City was orchestrated by his agent and which he was fully complicit in, i never felt Taylor had or sought to nurture a relationship with Rovers and their fans that other of his ilk had formed .I always felt there was something missing in his demeanour when with us [...] although he scored plenty for us( being the beneficiary of the teams creativity) he also missed plenty of 'sitters' and i would not put him in the top echelon's of great Rovers strikers. Although i do not hate the player i have absolute zero respect for him .
Basically this.
He always struck me as an smugly arrogant so-and-so, no great surprise then that he did what he did.
His main attribute was to work himself into superb positions, but his conversion rate always seemed fairly poor to me - he was in the right place at the right time so often that percentages were on his side.
Life moves on, and so should we.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 18, 2023 9:15:06 GMT
Yeah, I’m sure double agents who worked for the Germans in world war 2 were beloved because before they sold out their countrymen they “did a lot of good work for us and we are just thankful for that” You people, you have overactive empathy and not enough fire and brimstone. Can we all grow some testes please. I can’t even watch highlights from that era to see that turncoat arrogant fk celebrating. I rest my case. A tad OTT perhaps, your comparison! 😉 UTG! Just a tad. 👍 |
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Post by SleepyGas on Jul 18, 2023 10:30:15 GMT
61 goals in 3 years at Rovers 65 goals in 6 years since I wonder if trading hero status at an ‘on the up’ Rovers was worth a very quick payday after all and 4 different clubs since. The only legacy he has left in football is in being a snake to multiple clubs. Great stuff. Although, to be fair, he made amends with Oxford by coming back to them and scoring a fair few goals.. I doubt their fans even remember the handshake celebration when he scored against them for us now Now he's gone back to FGR and if he gets a decent goal return there I am sure they will forget his worm celebration against them.. (I don't think there is any chance of him making amends for us though  ) |
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Post by nailseamark on Jul 18, 2023 10:36:16 GMT
One of my favourite what if scenarios at rovers. What if Taylor had stayed that season. We were on absolute fire and pushing towards the playoffs whilst city were struggling in the championship. There was a real feeling that we might finally overtake them!
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Post by SleepyGas on Jul 18, 2023 10:44:52 GMT
One of my favourite what if scenarios at rovers. What if Taylor had stayed that season. We were on absolute fire and pushing towards the playoffs whilst city were struggling in the championship. There was a real feeling that we might finally overtake them! He was actually a great signing for City. Not because of his on-field performances necessarily (although he was involved in a move which led to them scoring against Man Utd or Man City or whoever it was that they beat in a cup).. but signing our top goalscorer at a time when we had some real momentum going up through the leagues - and City in decline at the time (20th in the Champ?) - was a genius move. All the "Welcome to Bristol" stuff and the snake gif and the "Champagne Moment" was a real lift for their fan base and took some of the pressure off of Lee Johnson. Definitely a "what if" moment.. if he had stayed we could have snuck play-offs.. and City might well have gone down. Imagine! |
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Jul 18, 2023 10:55:46 GMT
Never forget Taylor subbing himself at the Mem whilst having a mare for Oxford.
Not to mention the stick he got when we completed our 4-3 comeback in the FA cup against them!
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Post by hollyhillgas on Jul 18, 2023 11:10:29 GMT
But he put his c0ck in a cup for us ! And we sang about that every time he scored. |
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Post by Russgas on Jul 18, 2023 11:20:36 GMT
FGR director of football Allan Steele added: “Matty is somebody who I’ve admired for a while. I know he has really strong feelings for the club and he’s an incredible person to be around. 🤣🤣🤣
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