JFH: Terry can grow from spell out of the team
TERRY Taylor heads off for international duty with Wales Under-21s after the weekend without having played a complete match for Burton Albion yet this season.
The highly-rated 20-year-old midfielder has made substitute appearances in the Carabao Cup and the Papa John’s Trophy but was subtituted in his only League One start, against Ipswich Town, after 40 minutes.
Taylor had been booked and looked likely to attract another yellow card as the Ipswich players targeted him in challenges.
Manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink admits this is a difficult spell for Taylor – but has told him it is one that can help his development, overall.
“We had a chat with Terry this week and it’s unfortunate that he’s going to go to the Wales squad and not be with us for 10 days,” said Hasselbaink.
“That doesn’t help his situation (here) but we will deal with it.
“He’s going through a tough time at the minute because he’s not getting a lot of minutes.
“He’s been a little unfortunate because the last game he had, against Ipswich, he got a yellow card and I needed to change him.
“It is one of those moments in his career when he needs to show character and, later, he will look back and he will say those were defining moments. It will shape him as a man.”
Everything we have seen of Taylor so far suggests he will be able to find the positives in the situation. There have been moments when he has looked a marvellous player – a recovering tackle in the Papa John’s Trophy game against MK Dons was quite brilliant. Off the field, he is cheery and approachable and Hasselbaink has spoken glowingly about his January signing from Wolves. But at the moment he is one of a number of Burton players not making it reguarly on to the field in a big squad.
“t is very difficult not only for Terry but for Frazer Blake-tracy, Cameron BorthwickJackson, who was in the team and had an ankle problem against Crewe and came out,” said Hasselbaink. “It’s difficult for Aaron AmadiHolloway, for Omari Patrick. “But it’s about being professional, keeping on working hard and waiting for your opportunity and when it comes, you need to make a difference and try to stay in the team. “You expect those players to lift the training because they want to show me what they’ve got, to make me keep an eye on them, to make things difficulrt for me.
“It brings up the quality in training and games.”