Madton Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Queen of the South confirm the signing of Doyle. Have they? Looks like he is def signing but don't see any confirmation anywhere? Edited July 13, 2018 by Madton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 They had him playing right wing in a pre-season friendly the other night which must have been a laugh Good luck to him, likeable guy who gave us 100%. Just wasn't good enough offensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Queens fans were frothing at the mouth over on P&B at the prospect of signing him. No loss for us IMO. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca937 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Surprised he got a ft club. Try’s hard but awful footballer. Good luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/2925914/michael-doyle-queen-of-the-south-from-morton/amp/?__twitter_impression=true TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madton Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Surprised he got a ft club. Try’s hard but awful footballer. Good luck to him. Harsh to say awful footballer IMO. Very poor offensively but absolutely fine defensively. He played just about every game for us the last two seasons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Have they? Looks like he is def signing but don't see any confirmation anywhere? If you want to accept The Sun as confirmation, https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/2925914/michael-doyle-queen-of-the-south-from-morton/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca937 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Harsh to say awful footballer IMO. Very poor offensively but absolutely fine defensively. He played just about every game for us the last two seasons! Probs because he was 1 of duffys nice boys. He was crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Probs because he was 1 of duffys nice boys. He was crap. He wasn't. He was part of a decent defence and was by far the fittest in the team. Going forward he was poor but you can't have everything at this level and I guess Ray is looking for some more balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madton Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Mark Russell not getting a deal at St Johnstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EanieMeany Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 If you have a full-back who "is poor offensively" and is only going to sit and provide cover for a winger, then surely you're wanting a natural defender who can tuck in at centre-back or play in a back three. Doyle is none of these things, so all you're really left with is a guy who isn't very good. I'd expect a lot of our play against Queens to be focused down their right wing. AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Mark Russell not getting a deal at St Johnstone. Have to imagine the compensation situation is preventing a lot of clubs taking a chance on him. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 If you have a full-back who "is poor offensively" and is only going to sit and provide cover for a winger, then surely you're wanting a natural defender who can tuck in at centre-back or play in a back three. Doyle is none of these things, so all you're really left with is a guy who isn't very good. I'd expect a lot of our play against Queens to be focused down their right wing. He'd be capable of dealing with that. As part of a back 4 he's good at defending and his running did get us up the park and take pressure off. His biggest failing was distribution but that doesn't make him a poor defender as part of a back 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 http://www.qosfc.com/news-4057 Doyle knocked them back last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Probs because he was 1 of duffys nice boys. He was crap. Rubbish. Doyle was fine defensively and worked his arse off every game for us. The biggest problem was Duffy's insistence on not signing a winger to play in front of him meaning he was our attacking threat on that side too which isn't his strength. There's a storm on the horizon And for that I can't see the sun For I'll keep a waiting on the pavement For the ice cream van to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodless Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Now we don’t have a right back or a winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Now we don’t have a right back or a winger. We have weeks to go til season start. No sweat. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Doyle had a couple of big problems. One was that his passing and crossing up the pitch could be so poor that he was creating good opportunities for opposition breaks. This meant that not only did he not create very much, but also that he could be problematic defensively. On the whole he was good enough defensively, but he did have a spell when he was a bit error prone and a bit prone to being caught flat footed (being slow off the mark was his other problem - I think he had been described as the slowest and fastest player at the club). On the flip side, an on form Forbes in front of him pretty much hid all of those deficiencies and gave him the confidence to play his best stuff for us. He looked a really good right back for a spell. He also works really hard and comes across as a great guy, so there's never a hint of him hiding or giving up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca937 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Rubbish. Doyle was fine defensively and worked his arse off every game for us. The biggest problem was Duffy's insistence on not signing a winger to play in front of him meaning he was our attacking threat on that side too which isn't his strength. The fact he worked hard is not in dispute. He is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I liked Doyle, and if we wanted to continue to float about the middle of the Championship he’d have probably still been fine, but to push on it was somewhere we clearly had to upgrade. We haven’t (yet) but anyone capable of putting in a decent cross would already be an improvement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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