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« Reply #270 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 21:16:47 »

The bloke arrives on top form.Bowyer would be mad not to accommodate him,even if he has to alter his style

There's always the hope that he tries this, fails miserably and derails their promotion challenge in the process.

Plenty of reasons to suggest that this could end badly for Bradford...which makes me think that recalling him could simply be a negotiating tactic.  Guess we'll find out soon enough.
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« Reply #271 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 21:18:14 »

I didn't realise you'd crossed over to the dark side.  Starwars

Even if I accept your premise, you get massively marked down for using an American dictionary to make a point about English usage.
Pfft, we are the 51st state now and the sooner everyone gets used to that the better.

If you'd looked you'd see their main citation for usage is from the TLS:

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« Reply #272 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 21:22:50 »

can we not be the bradford forum where everytime he scores for them there are another 2 pages of sulky chat. happy to delete this thread to be honest and focus on transfer rumours


he isnt our player anymore excited for some signings.
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« Reply #273 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 07:58:08 »

Doyle has not yet used twitter to say goodbye to fans, nor has he changed his profile (it still says he is a Swindon player).

And he has been online. He's 'liked' two separate comments 4 hours apart.

Make of that what you will.
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« Reply #274 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 08:30:49 »

No point changing it for the sake of a couple of weeks  Wink
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« Reply #275 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 08:36:09 »

Doyle has not yet used twitter to say goodbye to fans, nor has he changed his profile (it still says he is a Swindon player).

And he has been online. He's 'liked' two separate comments 4 hours apart.

Make of that what you will.

I've been regularly checking his Twitter account for that very same reason. Until he's paraded in front of the Yorkshire press, affirming his desire replicate his goal scoring feats at Bradford, then I remain hopeful he'll return.
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« Reply #276 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 08:51:19 »

In my even more desperate straw clutching I notice his wife has reacted with sadness at her husbands departure. Do your thing, Mrs. Doyle.
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« Reply #277 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 09:48:32 »

I'm in two minds... for Bradford to get the best out of him, they'll have to change their style of play. That's a massive risk, as we saw last year when Wellens took over, trying to change the ethos of a team mid-season is very, very difficult. If they do attempt it and they struggle, the pressure will only ramp up on them. However, I can't see Bradford or their fans being happy at losing a striker to a promotion rival at this stage, it'd be PR suicide for them if Doyle signs for us, continues to bang them in and we get promoted. Surely they're just gonna hang on to him until his contract is up?

My kids were properly gutted this morning when I told them he'd been recalled as well.
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« Reply #278 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 09:57:48 »

I'm in two minds... for Bradford to get the best out of him, they'll have to change their style of play. That's a massive risk, as we saw last year when Wellens took over, trying to change the ethos of a team mid-season is very, very difficult. If they do attempt it and they struggle, the pressure will only ramp up on them. However, I can't see Bradford or their fans being happy at losing a striker to a promotion rival at this stage, it'd be PR suicide for them if Doyle signs for us, continues to bang them in and we get promoted. Surely they're just gonna hang on to him until his contract is up?

I think that that argument would be a lot stronger if Bradford were mid-table.  In such a scenario, they would have little to lose in recalling him and changing around the way they played - but with lots of potential upside.

But...they are in the mix already.  They already have a promotion challenge underway.  And in trying to change things around, they may just f*** it up.  The risk that having him scoring freely for us boosts our promotion bid is more or less negated by the prospect that he might also take points off other promotion rivals in the process.  I'm not hanging all my hopes on this.  After all, he is just one player and we have a decent squad this season.  But this doesn't feel over yet to me.  We'll get a clearer idea after this weekend when we see how Bradford line up.
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« Reply #279 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 10:03:58 »

In my even more desperate straw clutching I notice his wife has reacted with sadness at her husbands departure. Do your thing, Mrs. Doyle.
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« Reply #280 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 10:33:38 »

I understand the possible PR disaster for Bradford. But they do have an ‘out’.

They’ve recalled Doyle - appease the fans - then after a while they can announce that despite their best efforts it has become clear Doyle has no desire to play for them and they do not wish to keep an unhappy player.

Blame gets heaped on Doyle.
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« Reply #281 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 10:47:02 »

Nothing to discuss on this now, just wait and see what the next development is.

That will probably be Saturday when Bradford’s lineup is announced, if he starts then that’s that.
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« Reply #282 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 10:56:54 »

Nothing to discuss on this now, just wait and see what the next development is.

That will probably be Saturday when Bradford’s lineup is announced, if he starts then that’s that.

Don't think it's ever that cut and dry as he started both games before he signed for us... but the more I think about it, the more it doesn't make sense for Bradford to let us sign him. I've got a feeling he'll go back there and do well too.
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« Reply #283 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 13:08:37 »

In my even more desperate straw clutching I notice his wife has reacted with sadness at her husbands departure. Do your thing, Mrs. Doyle.

She's also liked a lot of STFC related stuff, since the announcement. Yet no display of joy at him being back at Bradford!? It does seem very strange, considering Bradford is his parent club and we are just little Swindon, who can only afford to pay some of his wages (according to some Bradford fans). Make of it what you will Hmmm
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« Reply #284 on: Thursday, January 9, 2020, 13:26:39 »

She's also liked a lot of STFC related stuff, since the announcement. Yet no display of joy at him being back at Bradford!? It does seem very strange, considering Bradford is his parent club and we are just little Swindon, who can only afford to pay some of his wages (according to some Bradford fans). Make of it what you will Hmmm

She's not in the negotiation and you're overthinking it. If we're looking into Doyle's wife's emotional state then this thread is waaaay too long.
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