I feel sorry for Taylor but he should have left after euro 92. England where lucky to qualify for euro 92, so not qualifying for the WC 94 wasn't a shock. Its amazing how quickly England went downhill.
I think it looks even worse because of how quickly England's performance in Italia 90 came to be reimagined or mythologised as something it never was. It was never really that great; England were quite fortunate to make it to the semis.That said, with hindsight, Taylor's decision to drop Waddle and Beardsley probably didn't help matters.
Post Ramsey. Revie, Greenwood, Robson, Taylor, Venables ,Hoddle ,Keegan, Foreign managers, McClaren, Hodgson, Southgate. The role of the media. Discuss.
In the first half of that England-Holland match Frank Rijkaard scored (for Holland) what must stand as one of the clearest examples at international level of a goal that was disallowed for off-side when in fact it was on-side.
I totally agree with what you say about Rijkaard's goal , he was on side , but my grievence is with the inconsistancy of the Ref. The Koeman-Platt incedent , it may have been a Penalty , it may not , but when the free kick was taken , the Holland wall was not 10 yards away , and a Dutch player encroached before the ball was struck . Nothing done by the Ref . For the Koeman goal Paul Ince did the same thing and was booked , Ref's inconsistancy , also there was a studds up tackle by a Dutch player on Des Walker (i think) and he wasn't even booked , again Inconsistancy on the Ref's part . I think the Ref was affraid to give decisions against the Dutch
I'm not English, but I thought that Holland match was a very tough result. Didn't England hit the post twice as well as the Platt-Koeman penalty that wasn't given? Dorigo hit the crossbar with a free-kick (I think).
sorry David Platt but you're wrong...Koeman should have walked but you need to look at the qualification campaign as a whole...England failed to beat Norway and Holland at Wembley, and were soundly beaten by Norway in Oslo (before the defeat in Holland)...so they had failed to beat their two biggest rivals at home...then there was Poland away...England used up much of their luck in Katowice...how they came away with a draw remains a mystery...non-qualification was merited, whether you like it or not
+hugodrax71 Totally agree hugodrax71, Platt blaming ONE bad Reffereeing decision on WC qualification , when England failed over the whole qualifying group , I mean seriously Carlton Palmer !
+John Ruby it was effectively 'game over' in June 93 after the 2-0 defeat in Oslo...after that England were seriously on the ropes...and failing to beat their two biggest rivals at Wembley was another massive blow...this was an awful England side managed by a hard-working and likeable man but who was out of his depth...simple
anyway what you on about, Koeman should have been sent off, Platt would have scored and history would have been different. holland went through and were shit as usual.
hugodrax71 jog on, that programme was made years ago...do you think we sit here worrying about what happened all those years ago when we have a squad like the one we have now. Of course not, I couldn't care less about Koeman or Holland. Bring Holland on, I saw the recent 1-2 defeat and I know who will win when it comes to it. Our weakness if we have one is the memory of 1966 and this team can be better if they can believe.
Graham Taylor, a genuinely good man and a gentleman. Had a good club management career, alright didn't win a trophy. Possibly some stronger candidates at the time of his appointment, Howard's Kendall would have been my choice, although I'm a biased Evertonian but he had the credentials. Terry Venables went on to succeed Taylor but I'd have gone for him straight after Robson if not Kendall. Brian Clough, although possibly passing/passed his peak by then or even Ron Atkinson??
A few questionable comments on Lineker. He was coming off the back of 28 league goals (why the hell did we take Smith, Clough and Merson when Wright has just scored 29 goals) so was not in terrible form, created the goal and was realistically the man in the squad likely to make something happen. Taylors style of football wasn’t suited for international level. The opposition were too good.
Yeh the ref cost Taylor his job...nevermind the perfectly good goal Holland scored in the first half that was ruled out. Bad breaks happen in Football you either deal with them or you use them as excuses. Take a wild guess which avenue Taylor's player decided to pursue?
i'm too little to know bout england miserable 94 wc qualifying...but i do noted england struggle to put together their best team in few occasion during that time...key player like gazza,shearer, barnes and pearce either injured/suspended in key match...and des walker, one from england best player at italia 90 have dramatically lost form...but still that team from 1993 much better than current team...
Taylor had to make a change in 92, Lineker never looked like scoring all tournament, alan Smith was a top forward great in the air, ok it never worked and England went out, lineker can toss the captains armband on the floor and he is still a hero, that's bollocks in my view, mr Taylor is treated like crap, after italia 90 England squad was an aging team Taylor had to build again with basically average players, .R.I.P mr Taylor you didn't deserve to crap you had to put up with.
So David Platt claims England did not qualify for USA '94 on ONE descision in the match v Holland ! Really David ? What about defeat to Norway ? , the draw at Wembley v Holland , not beating Poland , do they not count to you ? . When players like Carlton Palmer get into the National team , you know things are desperate
@@tyqwdybijo They didn't though, did they? They stuffed it up way before the Holland game away. The side was purely average and didn't deserve to qualify.
