Taylor asked to face his critics tonight on the Radio Leicester 'phone in, and now has his sights set firmly on European qualification via the league.

Taylor wasn't hiding from the tough questions after Saturday's loss to Wycombe, and requested that he be allowed onto the Monday night 'phone in to talk to angry fans and respond to e-mails which the official website had asked to be "constructive".

Most callers however were full of praise for the manager's performance this season, although they wanted answers about Saturday.

Lack of leadership

Taylor agreed with one caller there had been a lack of leadership on Saturday and mentioned how Stuart Pearce had played on Sunday for West Ham. Taylor also said not only Matty Elliott needed to think about leadership but also Taggart, Izzet and Rowett and the likes too. He went on to say sometimes it needs someone to grab a team mate by the throat, as he can't always fo it from the sideline! He agreed that they missed Neil Lennon for having a go at colleagues when necessary.

Substitutions explanations

Taylor explained his reasoning behind the double substitution, which then meant Muzzy had to struggle on. He said he'd decided that Sturridge and Akinbiyi were both having bad games. Dean had said at half time he felt tired and it wasn't happening, and Ade was not at his best. Taylor decided that after the Muzzy equaliser he would bring on more fresh legs and go to win the game. He knew Arnie could do that, and Trevor Benjamin had been brilliant against Liverpool, and he was confident they could win this one for us. But 30 seconds later Muzzy was injured and Arnie had to drop back into midfiled and all the plans went out of the window.

Lack of motivation

Again and again in the interview the talk turned to how the players did not look up for it. Taylor stressed again and again they were. More than anything. And that seemed to be the problem. He was under no doubt they wanted it badly, but he could understand that it may looked otherwise. The pressure on them was immense as everyone thought they would win easily, and they were nervous and under pressure. They needed a good start so they could relax and start to play, and it didn't happen.

Time for a big name striker?

One caller asked if it was now time for another big name striker in the £6-7 million bracket. Taylor said that he had been talking to John Elsom and he knows what is needed for the future. At the moment the squad is bigger and better than ever and there is good competition for places, but yes, he'd like a bit of class. A 29 year old Mancini. He said that Ade is getting better all the time, apart from Saturday, and although he may never be the best striker in the world, he learns with every game, but yes, they do need a quality striker.

Rotation system and formations

Taylor was asked if he thought a rotation system may help. The caller suggested that if that was the case then the likes of Stef Oakes would not be thrown into the deep end as we desperately missed Junior Lewis on Saturday. Taylor said that he had believed that Stef was more a sort of player like Junior than Matt Jones was so went with Stef. Unfortunately Stef was under pressure like the others and not his normal confident self. Taylor said he believes that Matt Jones is going to be a very good player, but he is still young and needs more league games under his belt before he plays in the really big games. He also mentioned that Matt Jones looked like he may have a bit of right back in him, and that his passes are very optimistic but with great vision and they just need to calm him down so he plays more like David Batty. Apparently Taylor has talked to David O'Leary about this.

Taylor also reiterated his master plan of being able to play 4-4-2 whilst not having the ball and switching to 5-3-2 when attacking. He says he managed to do it with the U-21s but still needs to work on it here.

Europe and the rest of the season

Taylor said that at the beginning of the season he would have been happy with 10th. Following MON was a difficult job, but he was pleased with the progress so far. He saw his job here as long term, and was loving it here. He said it was hard work when he didn't have Heskey, Collymore and Lennon but he is determined to get it right. He said he was not prepared to let the season go pear-shaped and that we were going to qualify through the league for Europe. he's hoping for a Liverpool - Arsenal FA Cup final as that will mean another league place for the UEFA Cup.

And where does Andrew Impey want to go on holiday?!

Taylor has promised the players that if they string 4-5 wins together in the next bunch of games he will take them all on holiday wherever they want to go...but not where Andrew Impey wants.

So just where does Andrew Impey want to go??! Send your answers in to [email protected] and we'll put the best ones up on Forfoxsake.com!