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I agree. He’s been about strength and power.

 

Its once in a blue moon. This will be a McLean type signing imo.

 

I knew my opinion would go down well. Like I said before, I wish him well but its an easy cheap signing. The lads legs have gone.

 

Hopefully Gary Bowyer has seen enough of him and that isn't the case. Take your point about his age and that there is a risk there.

 

His ability to do what?

 

But you said the same about Mclean!!!!

 

Not a fan?

 

We all said the same about McLean and no doubt Peter Thorne and Sir Gary. One difference here however is that CD has been playing regularly.

 

So, an example of a striker who WOULD get you excited might be...?

I'm guessing a top scorer, player of the season, successful higher division player, or someone equally outside our price bracket, but feel free to blow my presumptuous nonsense to smithereens mate.

 

Doyle is a proven striker. Last season, we constantly asked him to play a role in which he was not comfortable. Hopefully, the Donaldson signing will rectify this even if the Bolton fans don't think he is up to it. They have been wrong before though, I remember a few of them turning up at VP to see the debut of "super" John McGinlay.

 

I asked a simple question, no need to overreact

 

I think we should be looking at complete rebuild job. Young hungry players that we can look to build a team around for 2-3 years.
I think Doidge would be excellent along with a couple more who play in league 2 who did well at Colchester and Newport etc.
I'm not saying Donaldson and Vaughan aren't good players for league 2. I do think that Donaldson is a waste of time but Vaughan I would happily take if he can find any kind of form. We have the perfect opportunity to start again. Complete overhaul. I don't see that with the likes of 36 Clayton. I would love for them to work out obviously but we've been down this road before.. Just last summer we were all giddy. I was having the exact same conversation with fans when I said Anthony O'connor was useless.
We will need a first class fitness backroom team in place for preseason that's for sure.

 

Doyle to Swindon has been on Twitter for the last 2 weeks.

 

I am all for bringing in good young players. We have signed a number of those, but surely you are not suggesting we have no experience at all? I don’t think anybody has gone ott tbh, of course fans are excited that’s natural given the disaster zone last season previously known as Bradford AFC. I hope you don’t take offence, but you come across as supercilious, and derisory of other fans opinion. Your preferred option of taking our time to gain promotion and building a team approach has many pluses, and for the record I like the idea.

However, many fans are appalled that we have sunk back into lg2, and would take some persuading to stay with the club whilst rebuilding takes place. The club is probably of the view that it needs to keep the fan base together as much as possible, it has been hard won and they do not want to let it go lightly. Hard to say whether this can be achieved in one season, or whether the signings so far will knit well together and make a challenge for a swift return to lg1.

 

Just awful.

 

Agree on both counts, I like the way Bowyer is going about his business I am a little taken aback by the calibre of signings he's made hopefully it will continue by signing a mixture of youth and experience.

 

Agree, I think Nuno insisted wolves do the same too.

 

Richard O'Donnell weirdly spoke similarly when he signed...

 

Of course but v few of what we signed had the potential to kick on which is the most important thing, we'd essentially have been handing out 3 year contracts to develop players for park avenue

 

Life as a footballer. It happens.

Don't like it then work for BT repairing phone boxes of something.