Saylor joins Portland Timbers

seatonsluicetoon · Post by **seatonsluicetoon** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:56 pm

http://mobile.nufc.co.uk/default.aspx?s ... id=5774610

Good luck to you Steven. Made of biscuits but love him and wish him luck. The ultimate Mackem WUM as well. Interesting that he's gone to play for a team we've played a couple of times in recent pre-seasons (or is it just be once?). Wonder if he put down some connections while he was out there.

ALF · Post by **ALF** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 1:06 pm

Good luck to him, great servant to the club and if it wasn't for injuries he'd have played for England.

Ol' Dirty Bas Dost · Post by **Ol' Dirty Bas Dost** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 1:09 pm

Good move for him, given the choice between going there and the Middle East I know which I'd go for.

Alfie · Post by **Alfie** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:03 pm

Great servant, loyal local lad.

We'll love him for this if nothing else. Pity he never really recovered from the injuries sustained during the shooting.

Remember Colo · Post by **Remember Colo** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:05 pm

Like everyone else, credit to him for how much he did love the club, and when he was fit and in his prime, he was capable of being a great CB...unfortunately the fitness frequently failed him.

Portland has some of the best football culture in MLS, and if he miraculously stays healthy I think he can do well over here.

bodacious benny · Post by **bodacious benny** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:58 pm

Lower intensity games in the MLS should suit him. He was more than decent at times here, but injuries and lapses of concentration did for him.

Tomski · Post by **Tomski** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 7:57 pm

Former Newcastle defender Steven Taylor had a nightmare debut for his new American team Portland Timbers.

The 30-year-old, who joined the Major League Soccer franchise after his Magpies contract expired in the summer, was given a run out in the Timbers reserve team at Los Angeles Galaxy II.

But his appearance was one the centre-back will want to banish from his memory - and quickly.

Just nine minutes into the game he diverted the ball past his own goalkeeper - 1-0.

The hosts then ran in two more goals for a 3-0 half-time lead. Taylor was substituted after the hour mark and watched from the sidelines as - without him - his new team-mates rallied to pull off a miraculous 4-3 victory.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... nd-timbers

Colly · Post by **Colly** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:23 pm

Woodgate-esque.

Remember Colo · Post by **Remember Colo** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:38 pm

To be fair, joining a league mid-season when everyone is in form and you haven't been playing in half a year probably isn't conducive to a good debut...

ALF · Post by **ALF** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 3:56 pm

I'm over Colo wrote:To be fair, joining a league mid-season when everyone is in form and you haven't been playing in half a year probably isn't conducive to a good debut...

And it was only the second team.

CheickyTiote · Post by **CheickyTiote** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:12 pm

ALF wrote:
I'm over Colo wrote:To be fair, joining a league mid-season when everyone is in form and you haven't been playing in half a year probably isn't conducive to a good debut...
And it was only the second team.

Also, having seen the goal, if he hadn't of gone for the ball then a striker would have almost certainly scored.

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