A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
Matt Taylor’s departure from Rotherham is a reminder of what can happen when soaring ambition collides with rock-hard reality.
Taylor’s long-term vision for the club was admirable; a team of solid, experienced Championship players with the technical ability to make a radical departure from the direct style that was Rotherham’s hallmark under predecessor Paul Warne.

Sadly, it was also unrealistic. A club of Rotherham’s means simply cannot afford a squad of that calibre, as Taylor discovered during a frustrating summer when his advances were spurned by practically eve...