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Eoin Doyle

Discussion in 'Where are they now' started by SteveC, Aug 16, 2019.

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should we recall Doyle in January

  1. Yes - play him

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  2. Yes - but only to derail Swindon

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  3. No

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  4. Really not sure

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  1. Bronco

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    There are a couple of other choices.

    Tell Swindon it they want to keep him they need to pay more for the privilege.
    Tell Swindon can have him on a free and negotiate with Doyle and his agent, for maybe a longer termed contract hes 32 nexy March, which may be more acceptable ( security for him and his family).
     
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  2. Old city man

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    It's easy to be envious of Doyle scoring for fun but
    I think it was a financial move regarding wages and
    getting Connolly and Pritchard in for same money
    is a better deal for me.

    We are up there with injured players to come back
    so if we get promoted then it can't be a bad decision
    to loan Doyle out.We have a clause to prohibit him
    playing against us and although Swindon are a rival,
    he can still score against other promotion rivals,it's
    up to us to get the best out of what we've got and
    Maybe add a player or two in January and push on.
     
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  3. SteveC

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    I thought this was a poem for a minute :)
     
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  4. SteveC

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    No idea. The McCartan situation is a strange one to me, as we seem to have a player with the experience and know-how to be a game changer (as he proved in his last couple of appearances for us) but GB just seems dead against utilising him, which is baffling. The Port Vale game for instance, we were desperate for something to change but he stubbornly refused to do anything!
     
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    If Swindin buy him in January it will then possibly give us enough funds to further strengthen the squad.
    And if we do meet Swindon in the play off its the best team on the day and so far even thought we haven't played with any conviction I haven't seen any team we should be weary of.
     
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    You say add a player or two in January to push on. If we can afford to do that, we may as well recall Doyle. Nobody can convince me that Doyle would not score goals in our current side with the likes of Pritchard, connolly and Ismail supplying the service.

    We need to give ourselves the best possible chance of achieving promotion at the first attempt, surely recalling Doyle would greatly enhance our chances
     
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    That seems to be the part people aren't getting.

    Let's not bring back our 13 goal striker because financially we've spent up yet come January they'll all be screaming for more additions!
     
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    If Lincoln had wanted McCarten, we would not have seen hide nor hair of him.
     
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    Or he could stop being a work shy pussy and score some goals for us to help us get promotion.
     
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    So you reckon if he was just dropped into our team instead of Donaldson or Vaughan he would be banging goals in and not reducing the number of goals scored by others?
     
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    The budget is fixed, Mcburnie's money went someway towards off-setting the ridiculous overspend last season.
    The money save on Doyle's loan to Swindon will be already virtually eaten up, there's a nominal amount left for emergency cover.
    The only way that we'd have any sort of significant cash available in January would be a plum third round cup draw.
    Even then that wouldn't be wasted on bringing back Doyle, he proved his worth to us last season, zilch!
    He has no interest at all in giving his all for us, he isn't professional enough.

    I fully expect him to stay at Swindon for the remainder of the season on the same terms,
    We cannot afford him, they cannot afford him, he's getting his full contractual money between both clubs
    Then in the summer, off he pops to negotiate himself a deal wherever it takes his fancy.

    People need to stop this fanciful idea we'll getting this prolific scorer back in January.
    Or somehow bring him back just to stop Swindon's play-off credentials, it isn't going to happen folks!
     
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    So how come other senior players such as O'Donnell, Mellor, O'Connor and Akpan etc all get a free pass and another chance?
     
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    Nah,an ode to common sense!
     
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    Nobody wanted them
     
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    I take your point but we needed strengthening in the winger and
    better midfield option.We got two good wingers but in order to
    afford them we needed to offload someone and unfortunately,
    Doyle never got the chance to play with them and see if his form
    would improve and score goals.

    As for adding a couple of players in Jan window I would expect to
    offload two or three fringe players to pay for the additions.I see
    that as fine tuning and hopefully getting auto promotion.I think
    we can do that.
     
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    Agreed, which means they are all still here and still contributing DESPITE last season.

    Doyle could also contribute and to rule him out because of last season when the proof is right there before your eyes is nonsense.
     
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    Jesus, what is the matter with you? We cannot afford him!!
     
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    Hmmm, did Doyle ever get a chance to play in our team with 2 quality wingers or was he lumped up front on his own?
    I’d bring him back to play up front with Vaughan or Donaldson and see how he does with Zeli and Connolly down the flanks and Cooke / Pritchard feeding from midfield.
    So to answer your question, yes I think he’d score goals in our current team.
     
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    There is a poetic irony in that. Imagine the same scenario of us playing Swindon in the Play Off’s, perhaps the Final at Wembley and.....Doyle as a City player being barred from playing! :joy:
    If that wasn't an incentive for him to come to a deal with Swindon, for us to ‘release’ him and for him to accept an 18/30 month contract, then l struggle to think what would attract him. Go Eoin and enjoy the land of roundabouts!
     
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  20. Steve1970

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    I think there could be some unhappy posters come the end of January when Doyle is still at Swindon.
     
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