27-05-2021, 09:32 AM
This is the thing about Taylor and it is a fair point. Did that exchange about his girlfriend’s shop happen? In my opinion yes, it was too specific not to have done. Is that the reason he was dropped? No, definitely not. There is a bit of 2+2=5 with him sometimes.
As you say he has been overlooked by successive managers who havent given him a chance. The culture here is one of must get results now, there is no time to nurture and develop players because the manager fears for his job if he loses 2 on the bounce. So we dont carry passengers and there can be a reluctance to blood youngsters unless they take their chance straight away.
Then there is Carvalho’s character. He is what he is but DT paints a picture of a polite young man but not one to knock on the door and demand that he plays. Says he could do a bit more, extra training etc to prove a point etc. I just think if for example Peter Taylor was still around he would have done the arm around the shoulder thing, given Joao a bit of confidence then who knows how it would have turned out.
As you say he has been overlooked by successive managers who havent given him a chance. The culture here is one of must get results now, there is no time to nurture and develop players because the manager fears for his job if he loses 2 on the bounce. So we dont carry passengers and there can be a reluctance to blood youngsters unless they take their chance straight away.
Then there is Carvalho’s character. He is what he is but DT paints a picture of a polite young man but not one to knock on the door and demand that he plays. Says he could do a bit more, extra training etc to prove a point etc. I just think if for example Peter Taylor was still around he would have done the arm around the shoulder thing, given Joao a bit of confidence then who knows how it would have turned out.