Peter Taylor Come On Up…
In another move by the owners it clearly looks like Peter Taylor is joining the coaching staff at Newcastle United after a meeting with directors yesterday down south. Of course Peter Taylor was part of KK’s team when he was in charge of England.
Taylor has worked well with the England U21′s and could be key in a time we seem to be starting to really focus on a structure and development of the youth system at Newcastle.
At last we seem as though we have an actual plan compared to the previous management. Though these are foundations and will take years to settle before the conveyor belts starts fully functioning.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
This would be a great addition to the staff at NUFC and, with his experience in youth setups, possibly represents the kind of approach we were hoping for in threads below. Certainly Taylor appears to be a great coach with a pro attitude.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Yeah I welcome this addition to the setup. I think its a great move by the board and KK. I think he’ll do wonders.
May 16th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
A top, top coach. Not a great manager, but as a coach you can’t get a lot better. His time with England U21′s shows that he’s probably the best man around for ringing the youth through.
This just confirms the the club is going to invest HEAVILY in the youth set-up, as he really won’t come cheap and wouldn’t go back to youth coaching unless it’s going to be something special…
May 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Youth is the future and its a great way to also bankroll the club going foward if teams below us want some of our other players who dont quite make our squad. Its definitely a better way of doing business. If a kid costs £100k to sort and we end up with £2million? Makes sense. Not sure what the figures are but a few of those would do us good.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Sounds like Middlesbrough are looking to put together a £5m “rescue” package for Mr James Milner… To sell or not to sell? I’d much rather sell Smith to them for that amount.
I must admit, he (Milner) can be ineffective, but he’s strong, fast, has a good shot on him and is still very young so could develop a huge amount. I’d rather he didn’t go.
May 17th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Milner has good ability to run at people and stretch opposition. Problem with him is his final ball which may improve with coaching. I wouldn’t like to see him go before getting some more people on board and certainly not for 5m. Our squad is painfully thin.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Im sorry but if thats a rescue package and Michael Chopra went to Sunderland for £5million id rather hold out for at least £10 million.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
The smogs must be short of cash cos they cannot fill their stadium…
May 18th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
And now, apparently, we’re after Arda Turan. I don’t know about anyone else, but he’s arguably my favourite two-footed Turkish 21 year old attacking midfielder (okay, no, I’ve never heard of him). He’s at Galatasaray and rated at £11m.
The best bit of the article however (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_3581498,00.html) says that he might be brought in to replace Emre and Duff, who might be moving on this summer. Bye bye boys! Shame in a way if it’s true, I had high hopes for both of them and still believe that they’ve got talent (Emre in particular) but their time here really has produced nothing.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Who knows who coming or going. I think Duff is due to the fact his house is up for sale. I really wouldn’t expect anyone to put it up at Newcastle atm so there must be something in it. I think Newcastle will be hoping Emre has a good tournament as well hence letting him go early so that they can get a good price for the Turkish midfielder. Hes showed flashes but we’ve had him long enough to have had a chance now. It would be better to have a player with slightly less talent but plays more and more consistant. I dont think we’ll see many old guns signed this season niether and more youth that can grow. I think we have to do a lot of reading between the lines but don’t expect to hear of signings until they are done because our current board dont let anything out so anything in the paper is probably tosh.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I didn’t know about Duff’s house… Interesting. I’d expect him to end up somewhere like Celtic or a newly promoted club. He’s simply lost his edge. You’re right about the rumours too – then again, when did we really know who we’d be signing? Although under FFS that was more due to the process being in a constant state of chaos, not through being professionally secretive. Hopefully this time though we’ll get better players at lower prices…
May 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
hey gents, been a while since i posted.. just been reading the news, and it seems that we are constantly being linked to strikers.. why would we need strikers.. we currently have 1st team strikers.. owen,martins,viduka,smith,carroll and ameobi. Are we getting rid of some? personally i cant see us getting viduka back to full fitness, especially hard this season, and the operation he is going to have(or already had) There has been alot of talk that martins and owen are going to various other clubs in the EPL, what are your thoughts?? I wouldnt be upset if we didnt get rid of smith, i think he’s an ok squad player, and will help when we have injuries next season.. Anyways as for Peter Taylor.. i think it’d be great to have him in the youth setup, i thought Glen Roeder did well at teh academy when he was here.. But i think with his experience in a couple of years we may be able to find our own geordie ronaldo.. it could happen
… anyways looking forward to more media madness as the transfer window opens.. all the speculation etc etc.. hopefully we can talk about the in’s and out on this page very soon.. for the first time in a couple of seasons i am very very excited to see what happens..
May 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Aright snick? I shared your view on Smith as the others here will tell you but that last Chelsea game really nailed it for me. He was up front (his true position) all second half and wasn’t part of one succesful move if I remember right. Couldn’t hold the ball up, couldn’t get himself in good positions, basically he was 100% ineffective and completely bullied. Yes it was Chelsea but this is the EPL and we need people who can at least be some sort of threat. He is a likable character these days since you get the feeling he would run into a brick wall all afternoon if you asked him to. If we get a decent offer he needs to move on I think for his own sake as well as ours.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I think Smith has to move on. Smith would be best in a just above relegation team looking to stabilise next season… like Sunderland. He’d get games and might do better. At the toon he has too many better ahead of him. As for Viduka we need cover if not Viduka being the cover/different option to a main man. Ameobi is moving on and we need a good quality strong forward for other strikers to play off. We have already been linked to 2 in Gomez and Gomis. We will be buying youthful talent though with hunger and something to prove rather than already done it wage chasers.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I agree. Let Smith and Ameobi move on, their careers are going nowhere here. Get someone like Ashton in to take over from Viduka, with Viduka providing an option from the bench (when fit). When he isn’t, Carroll can cover.
Thing is, attack is the least pressing area in terms of new signings…
May 20th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
ok fair enough… but what kind of money would you chaps accept as a decent offer? remember that we paid 6 mill for him a season ago.. if we can get 4.5 or better i’d be happy to flog him off.. otherwise keep him here as the back up.. and Wes, i could only get to see the chelsea game highlights, so if he was a useless as you say.. maybe 4.5 is asking a bit much
any offer over 3 then?? feels like we just throwing money away..
May 20th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Any offer over £3million… We’ll stuggle with his wages tho. Hes on a fortune so its hard to get a club to take him. I disagree tho I think we are in need of a good strong forward who can play week in week out. Viduka dont play enough so hes going to be playing the odd game here and there due to his injuries but thats not good enough for us. Its a great option from the bench when available but hes not reliable enough for a full season.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am
£3m would be a bit of a gutter, that’s a lot to lose in one season. Still, there’s no point sending good money after bad – just get rid of him, so yeah, anything over £3m would be acceptable… I reckon a spell at Rangers, as is the current rumour, would be a great move for him.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I think he’d have to go to premier league so they can afford his wages. I cant see rangers affording £60k a week. Some dumb lower club in the PL will pay
May 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
…Sunderland
May 21st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I’d LOVE to see him at Sunderland… They can have him and Ameobi up front. Straight swap for Jones – we’ll even chuck in a million or two. We get a great striker, they score three goals all season. Brilliant!