Taylor Tries To Wake Up Comatose Team Mates

Wednesday March 12th, 2008 by Ed Harrison· 64 Comments

22 year-old local lad Steven Taylor has tried to wake up some of his team mates to the distinct possibility the club may be relegated in May.

Steven Taylor- rallying call to some of his comatose team mates

Steven spoke today about what’s needed for his home town club to stay up:

“It has been difficult, but we now have to look to our fighting spirit.” “That is what we need to do from now until the end of the season.” “It is a real test of character, and we have to show just how much it means to everybody.”

“We have to show just what it means to pull on a black-and-white jersey and it is up to the players who get the chance to show some passion.”

“We need to show the fans just how much it means to play for this club, because at the end of the day that is all it boils down to.”

“It has come to the stage now where we know we are not in the best position.” “We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and try and put things right.”

“There is no point in looking for excuses.” “We need to go out and fight as a team and not on single terms.” “In recent weeks I don’t think we have done that.”

“The Blackburn game was the closest we have come to battling for each other.” “At Anfield we did well for 42 minutes but Liverpool got that bounce with the freak goal.”

“We had the Liverpool fans quiet. which does not normally happen.” “We went there to try to get a point, but it did not work out for us.”

“We now have to go out on the training ground and work on it and put this to bed. It will be tough, but we know we have the players to do it.” “We have players who have played in all kinds of situations.”

“We have players who have played in the Champions League and the World Cup.” “We have to make that show and every one of the final nine games is a massive game for us now.”

We appreciate what Steven is trying to do here. But he’s not one of the players we are worried about in terms of effort, although his recent play hasn’t been up to his best standards of the season, as many of our readers have rightly pointed out.

But we want to see the players do their talking on the pitch. As Bob Moncur so rightly said yesterday, talk is cheap.

The players need to show pride and passion on the field.

When they do that we’ll acknowledge it - but it’s been a long long time since a talented Newcastle United side like we have has struggled so much to produce 100% effort in their games.

We’ll have to unload quite a few of these stars in the summer, that’s an absolute certainty. Kevin may have to bring in more than 5 players too, once he’s unloaded those that deserve to be dispatched out of the club in the summer.

One of our avid readers recently identified 10 players to go and 10 that can come in to replace them - it looked great to us.

We assume those Newcastle players know who they are, and they will at least be trying a lot harder in our last 11 games.

But we’ll just have to wait see, and we’re not holding our breath because of all the disappointments we’ve had to endure lately.

In fact, the brutal and unvarnished truth is we’re disgusted with the efforts of some of our players since Kevin arrived.

Tags: Steven Taylor · Newcastle News

64 responses so far ↓

1 toonhitman // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:02

try some smelling salts if that fails a good kick in the knackers might sort it
2 cloudstrife // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:04

about time someone noticed!! KK seems so focused on next season when he’ll buy ‘his’ people. ya, in the Championship!
3 Stami // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:06

i 2nd the kick in the nuts…
4 Graham // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:10

Is it just me or is half the Newcastle team (Taylor especially in recent weeks) in a competition to see who can get interviewd the most?

All this we must do this and were better than that is just bullshit. Keep your heads down or you’ll end up getting them blown off!
5 Davies // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:17

Too much time talking, particularly for Mr Taylor. It’s all well and good admitting that the team has been crap, and saying that you need to do something about, but where’s the f*cking results.

Stop talking and start playing the football you are payed obscene money to play.

When all is said and done, these players will be safe in new jobs with big wages if we get relegated. The only prople who will have to live with being a championship side are the supporters. We have given this team more committment than the majority of players pulling on the stripes.

WAKE UP!!!!
6 ELFER // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:20

ED, I read today an aritcle saying that MILNER has not passed yet fitness test? true? If yes…oh no, do not play SMITH please!!

Another newspaper (shieldgazette) stated that the mackems may prepare a bid to take SMITH? Well hell I hope it’s true!!
7 Eric // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:27

Do the media make a beeline for Taylor? Owen too? Who appointed them club spokesmen? Is Taylor winding us up or has he got the wind up?
Let your feet do the talking or your feet will do the walking alongside the summer clearout jessies. Right about the jersey though - there’s too many in the team who should never be allowed to pull it on!
8 Clive // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:30

Taylor should stop being rent-a-gob for the Chronicle and concentrate on defending, he gets away with murder just coz he’s a Geordie! If Bramble had made the mistakes he has this season he’d have been crucified.
9 thelongshanks // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:40

Lubos Kalouda joining sparta.Can u blame him? great player we lost out on.
10 Tom_Toon // Mar 12, 2008 at 15:41

Sparta Prague or Rotterdam?

Taylor needs to wake up first.
11 ToonKing // Mar 12, 2008 at 16:07

i think Prague, lol if he went to Rotterdam then we didn’t miss out on much
12 Obafan // Mar 12, 2008 at 16:08

Clive - you make me really happy by saying those things about Taylor. He can do whatever he want in our defence. He makes mistake after mistake and all he does about it is:
- laughing with it (happenned a few times already)
- crying like a baby for a new offer (earn it first)
- giving interviews every f*cking week (focus on the games instead of talking)

He talks a lot, but he should wake up himself. KK needs to put him on the bench at Brum, but I can’t see it happen. The same goes for SMith and Butt, but I really can’t see it happen. KK has lost his touch from the nineties and now we have to pray that he does not the opposite from what he has done in the past.

PAST: get us out of Championship ti the EPL
NOW: get us into the Champinship out of the EPL
13 Tom_Toon // Mar 12, 2008 at 16:10

obafan, do you think boussoufa is to weak for the prem?
14 ObaFan2 // Mar 12, 2008 at 16:15

Wish Taylor and the rest would shut up and start talking with their feet on the football pitch!!!!!

Owen as captain can speak for the team, KK,CM and MA can talk to the press all they want imo but the rest should shut the “f” up and get on with getting 3 points per game instead of talking about it.

As Bobby Moncur says…. talk is cheap.
15 Hammy // Mar 12, 2008 at 17:36

Taylor is crapping himself as there is no way he’ll be able to afford an 18 hole golf course in his back garden on Championship wages, poor guy will have to lower his sights and get a putting green instead ……….unless he forgets golf and gets into the compost business…he certainly talks plenty of shite.
16 carl // Mar 12, 2008 at 17:46

i really believe the match at brummie will determine whether we will go down, we need a win and nothing else.if we lose, bye bye prem
17 Nick Dryden // Mar 12, 2008 at 18:27

For me Taylor goes around like a grinning loon with a very high opinion of himself. Look at all his goal costing mistakes alone this year. Comatose describes his positional sense very well!!
BRING ON EDGAR.
18 bailey // Mar 12, 2008 at 18:56

Who is interested in what the hell Taylor has to say. He must love Anal Oliver chasing him all over for a quote or maybe it is the other way round.
19 trevo // Mar 12, 2008 at 19:01

I wish Taylor would do more interviews just as long as it keeps him away from our back four. The lad is a liability running around like a headless chicken waving his arms about in the box I’m only suprised he hasn’t conceded more penalties through hand balls this season god knows he’s gifted the oposition with so many goals is’s hard to recall them all. He needs to be rested he’s playing with his heart and not his head wish I could say that about the rest of our players.
20 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 19:09

kick up the knackers sounds like a good plan for the underachievers. they would soon buck there idea’s up
21 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 19:56

Pompey 1-0 up against Birmingham BTW lads, good start, gets the wind out of their sails for Monday night, Defoe penalty

2-0 now, Defoe again come on Pompey

2-1 now, what a <10 minutes!!!
22 Colinski // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:09

Taylor talks about them ‘looking at themselves in the mirror’ - and that is exactly what they are doing; grooming themselves, instead of playing footie.
Play the entire reserve team for the next 2 matches and I’ll bet you would see a difference!
And split the entire first team’s wages with them, as an incentive.
23 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:15

damn, is that match on sky? im just watching the psv tottenham match… keep us updated on the score
24 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:20

aston villa are loosing to boro at home… rip take. i can see pompey loosing now. i hate these teams that loose against teams who are there about where newcastle are… like arsenal… ffs
25 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:24

Leo

Pompey are well in control of this game, and Chel$ki’s Bollock has just had a goal disallowed for offside - he was by about half a yard
26 blerred // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:24

boro 1-0 up at villa…..come on o’neill, get your boys playing!!! boro really are sh!te!!!!

in my toon opinion:
OUT - 1.shola, 2.viduka, 3.carr, 4.butt, 5.smith, 6. cacapa (as we need to be looking to the future), 7.n’zogbia (if he wants to go and isnt 110% committed), 8.owen (if he isnt 110% committed and someone is stupid enough to pay him £110k a week)!!!, 9.barton

IN’S: arshavin (zenit), jo (cska), ashton, muntari, v.d.vaart (hamburg), kallstrom (lyon), moutinho (sporting), kompany (hamburg), dunne, annan (start), mbia (rennes), uche (getafe), fernandez (villarreal), bousouffa (anderlecht), ribery, kroos & lahm (bayern), afellay & farfan (psv)

ok, we may not get all (or any) of these players but this is at least the type of player we should be looking at. depserate for some creative spark and some players who WANT the ball and are confident enough to use it, also desperate for some dynamism and power in the middle of the pitch, players who can actually win the ball back and get close to good player, unlike butt, barton and smith
27 blerred // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:27

brummies are level….anyone else smell trouble??
28 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:28

not a huge amount of players will leave in the summer, but im sure many will be brought in
29 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:29

Birmingham have just equalised 2-2 now - we’re f*cked for Monday night now! They’ve obviously got some fighting spirit something we’ve been lacking since day one of the season

Chel$ki 1-0 up Cockerney w*nker Lampard scored a penalty, talk about dubious penalty decision he really made a meal of it
30 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:29

did i say that birmingham will claw it back

its a mick take what are these strong sides doing at the moment, its like they all want newcastle relegated so do not proform against weaker teams

then after the game they give a shit excuse
31 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:31

One thing’s for sure Leo we’re in trouble on Monday night based on Birmingham’s ability to claw a game back
32 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:33

yep, so even if we manage to get a lead, they will work hard and try and claw it back. if we dont get the lead they will just walk all over us
33 Azvael // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:39

We need a free kick specialist like others team. n’gozia suck a lot in this role.
34 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:41

Azvael the longer the season has gone on the worse players like Milner and n’Zogbia have become, their crossing sucks rarely beating the first man
35 ToonUSA // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:52

Portsmouth 2-2 Birmingham …….and they came back from 2 goals down i am really starting to panic a bit someone please slap me and tell me we will be ok on monday
36 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:53

Would give you a slap no problemo but might need one myself on Monday night when I’m drowning my sorrows

Pompey 3-2 now :: Hermann Hreidarsson
37 Obafan3 // Mar 12, 2008 at 20:59

pompey gta 3rd thank fook
38 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:02

not finisshed tho till the fat lady sings, shame fat sam is doing work for itv4 tonight
39 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:03

come one you villains, you need to score 2 goals… please
40 billygee // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:06

And whose going to wake Taylor up, he’s just as bad if not worse than the rest.
41 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:07

Yep we could do with a reversal of fortune in the Villa :: Boro game to maintain the table standings, at least B’ham are 3-2 down @ the mo’

Bloody hell Cockerney w*nker Lampard scored a goal from open play and not a penalty! 3-0 now.
42 Obafan3 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:21

yer villa equalised!!
43 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:23

Gareth Barry equalised for Villa

Joe Cole - 4-0 Chel$ki
Wank Lampard - 5-0 Chel$ki; dead jammy keeper couldn’t hold onto his shot and went in off the keeper
44 Gloryhunter // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:26

… and Owen will be watching the Apprentice on BBC. He just couldn’t give a f*ck about us. Captain FFS!
45 CJ // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:28

Never mind waking up your team mates you also Steven need to wake up and prove your a good player based on this seasons display’s you are the white Bramble.
46 Cockney Magpie // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:32

who is watchin the apprentice? Louise Redknapp jus rang Mike Ashley and got him to buy 3 tickets for £100.000 lol
47 Cockney Magpie // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:33

he was like “how much are the tickets?” n she goes sum people have bought one for £200 and sum1 has bought 1 for £30,000″ and Big Mike just goes “right well 3 tickets and il giv u £100,000 lol wat a legendg
48 Obafan3 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:40

waay pompey 4-2
49 Gloryhunter // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:40

Bloody hell. I’m watching it now. Full of no-hopers, has-beens and tossers. Ring a bell?
50 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:40

Pompey 4-2, Kanu
51 Gloryhunter // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:41

Two tvs on, radio on, and blogging away. This is living.
52 Punk Skunk // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:42

Ta portsmouth!..villa are cack!..
53 CJ // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:45

Spot on Gloryhunter i heard Alan Smith had got a day off along with Barton.
54 Gloryhunter // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:49

Buy one get one free
55 Leo // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:49

good on mike ashley
56 Gloryhunter // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:55

Cheeky Girl’s boyfriend …. hahaha
57 Steve_48 // Mar 12, 2008 at 21:55

Watching Everton 2-0 Fiorentina; Everton are really up for this now
58 daiv // Mar 12, 2008 at 22:06

NUFC players are full of bull. They talk bollocks to the papers and produce crap on the field.They are not too bothered about playing rubbish until it might affect their wages inthe Championship. Panic is setting in which might not be a bad thing. Some of our muppets might try. They have had it far too easy for far too long. The manager always gets the blame. Lets have a real go at the players at the end of the season if we get relegated so that they will not want to come back. In all honesty, do we want most of them back.
59 Punk Skunk // Mar 12, 2008 at 22:33

Jenas…Oops!..Snigger!..
60 Punk Skunk // Mar 12, 2008 at 22:35

How Daiv, if they get win bonus’s, then maybe they should get a lose pay cut?..
61 IrishMan // Mar 12, 2008 at 23:20

Ed, there are nine games left, not 11.
62 Gun "Indonesian Geordie" // Mar 13, 2008 at 7:47

f*ck Taylor coz he’s now a tw*t I used to admire him for his passion and full concentrated effort in games. But I think being in the limelight for too long has created arrogance and too high pride in him. Agree with you TREVO mate about his aeroplane defensive skills, opening arms wide. Wondering who he got that skills from. And to be honest, he doesn’t even know how to mark players anymore. Try to look back at how many times opponents has tricked him and he easily moved one leg up. I hope he will go back to who he was earlier. Any Comments?

HOWAY the LADS!!!!!!!
63 client09 // Mar 13, 2008 at 9:01

its pretty hard to get motivated when you can afford to pay someone who will wipe your ass for you on a daily basis…

i have decided to take up football beacuse i want to be a rich, lazy, talentless sod who does nothing but sexually harass women and bignote myself.

Well, thats Man Utd, maybe not us, but i do believe that they are ridiculously overpaid and this just breeds inertia..

Why bother trying when you get paid 50k p/w regardless of what happens??
64 m. // Mar 13, 2008 at 20:42

he’s shellshocked and almost deserting, and trying to rally the lads? f**k that for a bloody laugh.