Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:11 pm
Naylor hoping to impress Blues!
Free agent Lee Naylor is believed to be on trial at Birmingham with a view to earning a contract at the Championship club.
Naylor was released by Cardiff last month after a two-year stay and the former England Under-21 international has been given a chance by new Blues boss Lee Clark to stake a claim for a deal, say Sky Sports sources.
The 32-year-old left-back knows the West Midlands well having played over 300 games for neighbouring Wolves before enjoying some success north of the border with Celtic.
He was on a four-man shortlist for the Scottish footballer of the year award in 2007 and is believed to have been close to earning a senior England cap under Steve McClaren.
But Naylor's stock has fallen since then and he played just two Championship games for Cardiff last season - the last of which, coincidentally, was a 1-0 win against Birmingham in December 2011.
http://www.football365.com/birmingham/7 ... ress-Blues
Free agent Lee Naylor is believed to be on trial at Birmingham with a view to earning a contract at the Championship club.
Naylor was released by Cardiff last month after a two-year stay and the former England Under-21 international has been given a chance by new Blues boss Lee Clark to stake a claim for a deal, say Sky Sports sources.
The 32-year-old left-back knows the West Midlands well having played over 300 games for neighbouring Wolves before enjoying some success north of the border with Celtic.
He was on a four-man shortlist for the Scottish footballer of the year award in 2007 and is believed to have been close to earning a senior England cap under Steve McClaren.
But Naylor's stock has fallen since then and he played just two Championship games for Cardiff last season - the last of which, coincidentally, was a 1-0 win against Birmingham in December 2011.
http://www.football365.com/birmingham/7 ... ress-Blues
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:12 pm
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:01 pm
IIRC Naylor marked Burke out of the game, Best game I have seen him play.
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:03 pm
When a player is on trial, he's usually crap, that's exactly the case with Naylor at Brum.
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:04 pm
Kanester wrote:IIRC Naylor marked Burke out of the game, Best game I have seen him play.
He had a superb game to be fair and I remember wondering if DJ had pushed him hard enough the previous season, whether he could have played better for us then as well!
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:12 pm
ITS A SEASON . NOT ONE GAME 
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:54 pm
He was never as bad ad people made out but Taylor is far better.
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:02 pm
2blue2handle wrote:He was never as bad ad people made out but Taylor is far better.
I don't think he was fit enough for the 2010-2011 season, but he couldn't half shoot and was certainly better than Taylor offensively, ask Leeds!
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:42 pm
Didnt help bellamy pushing forward leaving him exposed
Re: Lee Naylor To Brum?
Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:26 pm
I liked Naylor, especially last season. He didn't just lump the ball away every single time, he passed it a bit. Impressed me at left midfield in pre season as well.
In 2010-11 I did feel quite sorry for him. Playing with Bellamy in front of you who is always forward must be difficult because you have a lot of space to cover, perhaps with a more 'hands on' manager he would have performed like he did at Leeds all season
In 2010-11 I did feel quite sorry for him. Playing with Bellamy in front of you who is always forward must be difficult because you have a lot of space to cover, perhaps with a more 'hands on' manager he would have performed like he did at Leeds all season