Premier League - Taylor slams Newcastle stars

Eurosport - Tue, 26 May 23:17:00 2009

Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor has accused team-mates of lacking commitment as the club were relegated to the Championship.

FOOTBALL Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor reacts during the Premier League defeat to Arsenal in May. The former England U21 captain expressed his anger at team-mates he felt did not try hard enough to prevent the team's relegation - 0

The former England U21 captain lost his place to Fabricio Coloccini earlier in the season but won it back and was one of the few Toon players to emerge from their disastrous season with any credit.

Before their final-day defeat to Aston Villa, Taylor, 23, insisted that he will stay at St James' Park whatever the outcome and feels that several others in the squad did not share his commitment.

"I don't care who you are or what club you've played for, you have to be seen to give 100 per cent in every game and in the last 10 months that hasn't happened," Taylor said. "It hasn't been good enough.

"There were over 3,000 of our fans at Villa Park and you realise what you are playing for. It has to be an honour to play for Newcastle."

Short-term manager Alan Shearer is expected to hold talks with the Newcastle board today, but he will only agree to stay on the condition he has complete control over who remains at the club.

One person Shearer will demand to keep is Taylor, who shares his manager's view about how the club should move forward.

"Massive changes will have to be made," Taylor said. "But we need stability too.

"Relegation is the worst feeling for any professional footballer, and for the lads and myself it has to be the lowest point in our careers.

"But now is the time to move on and look to the future. We need to make St James' Park a fortress again and make sure teams come here and fear us.

"Too many times this season they've taken too many points off us. We need more belief and to believe in one another. We just need that positive mental attitude back."

Reda Maher / Eurosport

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  1. p.s "A level Psychology" I had to laugh mate

    From jack torrance, on Thu 28 May 1:29PM
  2. Well done checkerboard it's very rare to come­ across such a narcissistic egocentric with such good­ insight into their own problems,could be hope for you­ yet.
    p.s Have to agree with the comments about Geordie­ birds though. Q) How do you know when a Geordie lass­ reaches orgasm? A) she drops her pie.

    From jack torrance, on Thu 28 May 1:28PM
  3. Guys stick to football...... if you want to slag each­ other off ........f**k off onto MSN and play to your­ hearts content

    From anglersworld, on Thu 28 May 8:40AM
  4. to checkerboard500.... we dont all live in Newcastle­ you PRI*K so watch your mouth or you mind find it being­ re-arranged for you one day!

    From Joe, on Wed 27 May 3:18PM
  5. Rick Moth the only reason you say thicko geordies were­ ok is because you feel safer and more secure being­ around people even more stupid and simple then­ yourself.

    Case in point Cameron said probably about 20­ posts ago now that this is his last post. Yet still­ keeps posting. Do you see why you think they are thick­ ok? If they knew you liked them because they are that­ way then they might not feel the same way about­ you!

    To Jack if i did visit my GP no doubt he would be­ impressed by Spurs still being in the Premiership. If I­ supported a championship side like Newcastle he would­ probabley be quite disgusted and tell me to support a­ team that wasn't just relegated in such a pathetic­ manor.

    Also I studied A-level Psychology thank you! I­ know all about the models of therapy Biological,­ psychodynamic, behavioural , cognative etc and I know­ all the different types of Schizophrenia, paranoid,­ residual, Catatonic etc.

    When I have been to Newcastle­ and St James park I couldn't help but notice 10 out­ 10 people I met and spoke had some form of a mental­ disorder! There was definetly a look of the lights are­ on but no-ones home. Cameron is case in point here.­

    All they kept saying was in their stupid accent was­ 'Way aye man, I'm from Newcastle like!'­ What a bunch neaderthal cavemen! Most of the women were­ ugly too. All inbred no doubt!

    If Alan 'chose the­ wrong club' shearer dosen't stay on then it­ makes this great joke true

    whats the difference­ between Alan Shearer and NUFC?

    Shearer will be on­ Match of the day next season !!

    ha ha ha ha ha ha ha­ ha ha ha ha!

    So will Spurs and Sunderland!

    From checkerboard5000, on Wed 27 May 2:37PM
  6. checkerboard5000 have you considered a vist to your GP­ recently? there are some very useful drugs available­ such as chlorpromazine,flupenthixol and Thioridizine­ that he could prescribe to help you.Reading between­ your lines I think you've probably had some­ considerable psychiatric involvement in the past but if­ not, there is help out there for you.You're a­ cockney who supports Spurs,now although this sounds a­ very serious condition there are others out there like­ yourself,you are not alone.With the right behavioural­ therapy and medication,one day you could return to­ mainstream society and enjoy football for what it is­ i.e a sport,game,leisure activity.I think once you­ reached this stage of enlightenment your­ friends,real,imagined and otherwise would feel a whole­ lot safer around you.Failing this I recommend a very­ large dose of insulin,it's painless and would do­ everyone a big favour.

    From jack torrance, on Wed 27 May 1:36PM
  7. cameron w some of your lads came South to work and when­ you get to know them they are decent people.Wish you­ well in The Championship.

    From Rick Moth, on Wed 27 May 1:35PM
  8. Rick Moth,
    Nice one mate: good luck to your team in the­ Premier League & Cups next season - i've a­ feeling they'll do very, very well!

    From cameron w, on Wed 27 May 1:04PM
  9. It's funny on this thread people keep denying they­ are Newcastle fans yet keep defending them. What are­ you doing here then? Now thats suspect! Too ashamed to­ admit it online? Wow it must be shamefull ha ha ha­ ha!

    To Rick Moth the diseased simpleton. Do you know­ how many decent amateur Boxing clubs there are in­ London? Not many you T.W.A.T. This whole North/south­ divide is a fantasy you fool. I'm from North of­ the Thames! Dosen't exist like it used to in the­ 60's/70's. Only in some of the council estate­ gangs. The lodge is only a 15 min walk from­ Westminister bridge anyway idiot. Incase you don't­ know the bridge it is on the Thames! Would you like­ anymore geography lessons? How can you assume also I­ have never read about the holocaust? I did history at­ school but I don't bring up these subjects when­ I'm angry unlike Cameron. Racism has no place in­ 2009 shame on you.

    Also we have no evidence for­ camerons apparently special needs family (his words not­ mine) he is probably a hermit anyway with no life­ outside of watching Newcastle get relegated ha ha ha­ ha!

    However we do have evidence for his racism and the­ fact he even brought up Gas chambers at all says it­ all. It's only a game cameron so just calm down­ yeah? Not all jews are bad ok? They certainly don't­ need reminding of the gas chambers so I would ask in­ future you learn to control yourself ok?

    but back to­ the topic at hand. Whats black and white, s.h.i.t,­ useless and going downhill fast?

    The Toon

    Who plays­ in the Premiership?

    Not the Toon!

    Why do Geordie­ Supporters have Moustaches?

    So they can look like­ their Mothers.

    What do Toon fans and laxatives have­ in common?

    Both irritate the absolute @#$% out of­ you

    but it's great knowing we will be playing in­ the Prem next season. THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD! and­ your not a part of it anymore!

    Get used to it!

    From checkerboard5000, on Wed 27 May 11:41AM
  10. cameron w that nutter definitely had a bad case of­ testosterone poisoning and his geography was­ suspect.Lambeth is South of the Thames.White Hart Lane­ is North of the Thames.North London boys didnt like­ south London boys.

    From Rick Moth, on Wed 27 May 10:05AM
  11. Behave Jack: hey what about that nutter huh?
    Jack, i­ like your baiting; that's the way it should be done­ and NOT his way.
    I can see it's gonna be a tough­ Summer; i better get growing that thick skin huh?

    From cameron w, on Wed 27 May 9:25AM
  12. p.s is the rumour true that Shearer now gets his wife­ to put black and white stripes on her face so­ she'll go down on him without putting up a­ struggle? . . . sorry couldn't resist it.

    From jack torrance, on Wed 27 May 8:53AM
  13. Cameron and checkerboard what can I say? you guys­ pretty much covered all the bases yesterday didn't­ you.We had holocausts,autistic kids,alligators in the­ sewer . . "Football isn't a matter of life and­ death . . it's more serious than that" ha ha­ you mustn't have had time to eat.

    From jack torrance, on Wed 27 May 8:50AM
  14. cameron w please accept my apology as not all Spurs­ fans are like checkerboard5000.His remarks are bang out­ of order and the more posts he wrote(so full of­ typos)the deeper the hole hes dug himself.I'm not­ Jewish but I have read about the Holocaust and­ Checkerboard5000 definitely hasnt otherwise he would­ NEVER have made such offensive remarks about children­ with "special needs".

    From Rick Moth, on Wed 27 May 7:18AM
  15. my clubs bigger than yours,na na nana na.!gran

    From impactclean, on Wed 27 May 5:56AM
  16. hey checkerboard5000 I'm not a newcastle fan you­ dimwit. the usual spurs assumption eh

    From Ally, on Wed 27 May 4:41AM
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    Check out Youtube and newcastle related relegation­ videos! You think I'm bad? I'm a saint compared­ to the abuse the Toon fans are getting on that­ site!

    Fans of all teams are happy your down! In fact­ in one cool video from a Villa fan at the game says in­ the desription as Villa celebrate the win and­ Newcastles relegation SO DOES THE WHOLE COUNTRY!

    To­ which there are many comment agreeing from pretty much­ every team in the Prem!

    Even I didn't realise the­ Toon were despised that much!

    People always said the­ premiership was the best league in the world. I never­ believed that until Newcastle were relegated! Now I­ truly believe it is the best league IN THE WHOLE­ WORLD!

    Shame you'll never be back in it ha ha ha­ ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

    From checkerboard5000, on Wed 27 May 2:20AM
  18. just clicked on this thread and WOW. Anti-Geordie­ comments racist vile comments too. THIS IS A FOOTBALL­ THREAD NOT A BNP GROUP.......LOSERS.
    And­ checkerboard5000, not all geordies are thicko as you­ put it just as all southerners aren't inbreds too.­ I am a Geordie and proud of my roots but I'm fair­ minded about people and where they are from.
    On the­ football well Newcastle were rubbish this season and­ deserved to go down and some of the fans are deluded if­ they think it's as hoe-in to bounce straight back­ up. I see a struggle next season
    On a positive note it­ might weed out the Keegan supporters and let back in­ the true Newcastle utd fans

    From Brit But Fair, on Wed 27 May 2:17AM
  19. You are right Byronrube it is only game. It's a­ pity racists like Cameron can stoop to such levels.­ It's only a bunch of blokes kicking a ball about a­ pitch for crying out loud. Yet Cameron felt the need to­ bring up the Holocaust and Gas chambers etc. I wish Mr­ cameron sir that you could see through your hate and­ anger and know that Jews are people too and to bring up­ such sensitive subjects shows what venom you have­ toward them.

    Shame on you sir. This is 2009 ­ NOT 1945!

    Think about that will you.

    From checkerboard5000, on Wed 27 May 2:00AM
  20. Yes Rick Moth I have had the unfortunate pleasure of­ doing so on a number of occasions. Found it very hard­ to understand what some of them were saying half the­ time. Certainly noticed a lower intellect typical of­ most Northern football fans.

    It's an experience I­ care not to repat thank you.

    From checkerboard5000, on Wed 27 May 1:50AM
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