Graham Taylor RIP

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Graham Taylor RIP

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Very sad news

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What a shock..... Wonder if the Sun will repost their turnip headline :oops:

RIP

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Sad news. He always struck me as a decent enough honest old school football manager.

RIP.

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DB10GOONER wrote:Sad news. He always struck me as a decent enough honest old school football manager.

RIP.
Ditto.

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According to quite a number of people, ordinary people may I just add, he was a lovely gentleman...
The Sun still have a lot of apologising to do with the lowering of Press Etiquette and human decency to their stupid comparisons of Mr Turner to a turnip and a Spanish onion, he did not deserve that!

My thoughts go to his wife and two daughters, to a man who missed on the League title by 1 point with Watford.
RIP... :cry:

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I remember him on this show;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Match_(TV_series)

And the way he dealt with some serious dickhead no-mark "celebrities" (step forward MC Harvey :oops: ) was impressive.

One of the highlights of (I think) series 3 was an overweight Merse showing he was still a sweet passer of a ball.

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That's very sad news. He always came across as a polite, decent bloke and a proper football gentleman. He took some utterly disgusting stuff from the press but never sunk to their level. It's a very sad loss for football in England.

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DB10GOONER wrote:Sad news. He always struck me as a decent enough honest old school football manager.

RIP.
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Media can fuck off if they are full of tributes for him..He wasn't the greatest manager ever but he did deserve better than he got from them..
Anyone remember his spat with Steve Williams at the end of the Cup quarter final in 1987?

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RIP...good honest old style manager.

People seem to have forgotten how he effectively utilised the long ball that was being coached to all managers doing their coaching badges in the '70's.
I've watched "Do I Not Like That" a few times and just remember the game against the Dutch in which koeman didn't get sent off for a blatant foul, then "flicked" one in at the other end two minutes later to put the dutch two up, effectively knocking England out of the world cup qualification. Taylor went up to the to linesman and said quite audibly, "you can thank your friend, he's just got me the sack".

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Personally I think what he achieved with Watford trumps almost anything in the modern game - promotions from the fourth to the first division and missing out on the title by a point to one of the finest teams in English league history. Beats one season wonders Leicester, and also beats Wimbledon (whose rise to the top was amazing but they never challenged for a title). Also brought some great talents through with the likes of Barnes and Blissett

He was an absolute gentleman - met him once when he was speaking at a dinner and despite having to hear "do I not like orange" on countless occasions by many a piss-head, he took it all with great humour and had time to speak to everyone. A dear old fella who didn't deserve to be treated the way he did by the English press after all he achieved in the game. To be honest it was a miracle we beat San Marino with the likes of Carlton Palmer and Andy Sinton in the team !

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A fucking idiot rugby fan in work just walked into my office and said "George Graham died".

My fucking stomach lurched. :shock: :cry:

"Christ, are you serious? When? How?" I blurted.

"Yesterday. It was in the news" Fuckchops responded.

"Do you mean Graham Taylor?" I asked.

"Oh yeah - one of them soccer lads" he said.

Fucking retard. :roll: :banghead: :box: :censored:

:rubchin:

Obviously, having a fat sweaty towel flicker sticking his thumb up your arse makes you retarded to some degree. :oops: :roll:

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DB10GOONER wrote:A fucking idiot rugby fan in work just walked into my office and said "George Graham died".

My fucking stomach lurched. :shock: :cry:

"Christ, are you serious? When? How?" I blurted.

"Yesterday. It was in the news" Fuckchops responded.

"Do you mean Graham Taylor?" I asked.

"Oh yeah - one of them soccer lads" he said.

Fucking retard. :roll: :banghead: :box: :censored:

:rubchin:

Obviously, having a fat sweaty towel flicker sticking his thumb up your arse makes you retarded to some degree. :oops: :roll:
Some GAA people I know say they wouldn't watch "that soccer" but would watch rugby because it's a man's game...Cunnnts

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Sad news. RIP :(

Great manager for Watford and Villa. Savaged by the press as England manager. Good pundit on Radio 5 Live. As SteveO says, his rise through the divisions was fantastic.

I sympathise with DB10 for that arsehole mistaking GT for our own GG. That must have been an awful feeling, mate :( Here's hoping GG has many more years. He's still looking well 8)

Sad to hear all this shit about anti-football sentiment in Ireland too. Sounds like a bunch of backwards bastard running things :banghead:

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