Sponsored by
How does booing help? asks Taylor
PETER TAYLOR leapt to the defence of Tommy Doherty after the Valley Parade crowd turned on the midfielder.
The 31-year-old was booed by a small section of fans following his miscued back-pass that led to Justin Richards netting Port Vale's second goal.
Taylor, who was upset when the fans gave his side stick after their only win of the League Two season against Stevenage on August 14, said: "I don't understand the booing.
"I am 57 and I don't understand how a player who has been outstanding in the game then makes a mistake and gets booed.
"If someone can explain to me how that is going to help, I will introduce booing in training. How will that make the player feel the next time?
"If that is what has happened at the club for the last 10 years, that might be a reason why we haven't had a very good 10 years."
The defeat means City have lost four of their first five games and sit 22nd.
Despite that, Taylor insists there were grounds for optimism in his side's display especially when compared to the 2-0 defeat at home to Southend United in their previous outing.
He said: "The result is frustrating, but I thought the performance was a lot better. Against Stevenage and Southend, we didn't create much but we did (against Port Vale). That is more of a plus, even though when anyone reads the paper it will say 'Bradford 0 Port Vale 2'.
"How we didn't score late in the first half and then after half-time amazes me. But then we gave away a really comical goal.
"What we have to do is stick together and work hard on the training field."
The end of the game saw several Vale players race to join in with a commotion in the tunnel. Taylor said: "It was nothing. People maybe thought Geoff (Horsfield, Port Vale assistant) was having a go at (Louis) Moulty but it wasn't. Geoff was just trying to calm it down."
Email to a friend
Print this page- Three-inch blanket of snow heading our way today
- Alan Shearer in list of favourites for Leeds and England jobs: Latest odds
- Barnsley’s Keith Hill invokes Fawlty Towers over link with Leeds job
- McCormack feels United search can be narrowed down
- Redfearn throws down gauntlet as queue builds at Elland Road
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Yorkshire
Saturday 11 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: -2 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: North west
