Do You Remember Doyle & Hughes? (1 Viewer)

Offhegoes · Mar 14, 2014

Although being out of the Ricoh, and a 'club in crisis', isn't it a little more exciting than those horrible lower mid table seasons in the Championship under Reid / Adams / Dowie / Coleman / Boothroyd?

I remember that Hughes/Doyle partnership like the ugliest girl you bedded! Hughes, was ex-arsenal, with a attitude and a deadly left foot apparently.He appeared to have no work rate, passion or drive about his game. Simple sideways passes and that's about it. Doyle, although the better of the two, was a severly limited footballer, another left footer (giving us no balance), with an engine, but an inability to trap a football, and pass. Admittely he was better with a creative player like Wise.

Not saying its great now, but having young players coming through like Clark, Daniels, Thomas, Wilson, Phillips, Fleck, Adams is a breath of fresh air.

sw88 · Mar 14, 2014

I do remember that unfortunately..........

Nick · Mar 14, 2014

Could do with a Doyle type player alongside Fleck.

sw88 · Mar 14, 2014

Nick said:
Could do with a Doyle type player alongside Fleck.

A pussy cat? Really Nick?

RoboCCFC90 · Mar 14, 2014

I had been able to...........

Until about 35 minutes ago.

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diggerdaley · Mar 14, 2014

I think Doyle is doing a good job for Sheff Utd,he has been their captain I believe.

bigfatronssba · Mar 14, 2014

Offhegoes said:
Although being out of the Ricoh, and a 'club in crisis', isn't it a little more exciting than those horrible lower mid table seasons in the Championship under Reid / Adams / Dowie / Coleman / Boothroyd?

I remember that Hughes/Doyle partnership like the ugliest girl you bedded! Hughes, was ex-arsenal, with a attitude and a deadly left foot apparently.He appeared to have no work rate, passion or drive about his game. Simple sideways passes and that's about it. Doyle, although the better of the two, was a severly limited footballer, another left footer (giving us no balance), with an engine, but an inability to trap a football, and pass. Admittely he was better with a creative player like Wise.

Not saying its great now, but having young players coming through like Clark, Daniels, Thomas, Wilson, Phillips, Fleck, Adams is a breath of fresh air.

Yep, the lower mid table League 1 season is so much more exciting.

robbiethemole · Mar 14, 2014

I would like a Lee Cattermole / Michael Brown nasty bugger, under your skin type player please.

SkyBlueM · Mar 14, 2014

'Yep, the lower mid table League 1 season is so much more exciting'

Eight consecutive league wins and an FA cup semi final - dreadful

stupot07 · Mar 14, 2014

SkyBlueM said:
'Yep, the lower mid table League 1 season is so much more exciting'

Eight consecutive league wins and an FA cup semi final - dreadful

I think he meant us now compared to Adams / dowie / Coleman, etc

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chickentikkamasala · Mar 14, 2014

I remember Hughes playing in goal as an emergency keeper and making 2 fantastic saves!

Sterling Archer · Mar 15, 2014

diggerdaley said:
I think Doyle is doing a good job for Sheff Utd,he has been their captain I believe.

Ask a Sheff Utd fan for their opinion and you'll get the opposite. They can't stand him and hate that due to the captaincy he gets far more game time than he should.

Sterling Archer · Mar 15, 2014

As for Hughes, he was excellent in his first season for us if I remember rightly (didn't he get fans player of the season?) before he turned to pish.

stupot07 · Mar 15, 2014

Sterling Archer said:
Ask a Sheff Utd fan for their opinion and you'll get the opposite. They can't stand him and hate that due to the captaincy he gets far more game time than he should.

True but you can fault his record in league one.

2009/10 promoted with Leeds
2011/12 finished 3rd lost in play off final
2012/13 finished 5th reached play offs
2013/14 - FA cup semi final,

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Sterling Archer · Mar 16, 2014

stupot07 said:
True but you can fault his record in league one.

2009/10 promoted with Leeds
2011/12 finished 3rd lost in play off final
2012/13 finished 5th reached play offs
2013/14 - FA cup semi final,

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His record or the clubs he played for records?

Dimi Traore has a champions league winners medal by the way.

Rusty Trombone · Mar 16, 2014

Sterling Archer said:
His record or the clubs he played for records?

Dimi Traore has a champions league winners medal by the way.

I think Oggy has won the European Cup twice.

stupot07 · Mar 16, 2014

Sterling Archer said:
His record or the clubs he played for records?

Dimi Traore has a champions league winners medal by the way.

I'm just pointing out that in this league, his/his club record is pretty good. And unlike Traore he was pretty much ever present and/or captain and achieve those thing over a number of seasons not 1.

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covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
Could do with a Doyle type player alongside Fleck.

lol no

Nick · Mar 17, 2014

covcity4life said:
lol no

Why not? I would prefer Doyle over Thomas any day of the week.

covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
Why not? I would prefer Doyle over Thomas any day of the week.

yeh and i am sure if england play with pace and power we will win the world cup this summer too?

evolve nick.

Nick · Mar 17, 2014

So why would you prefer Thomas over Doyle?

hill83 · Mar 17, 2014

covcity4life said:
yeh and i am sure if england play with pace and power we will win the world cup this summer too?

evolve nick.

You've assumed the reason he would prefer Doyle over Thomas and ran with it as fact there.

covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
So why would you prefer Thomas over Doyle?

thomas

doyle was terrible!

i dont mind you saying you would like a defensive midfielder instead of thomas but doyle is shite and anyone who likes him knows nothing about football.

hill83 · Mar 17, 2014

But yeah, Doyle ahead of Thomas? Not for me.

Nick · Mar 17, 2014

covcity4life said:
thomas

doyle was terrible!

i dont mind you saying you would like a defensive midfielder instead of thomas but doyle is shite and anyone who likes him knows nothing about football.

Where did I say I liked him? Just said I would prefer him over Thomas alongside Fleck.

covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
Where did I say I liked him? Just said I would prefer him over Thomas alongside Fleck.

and i said lol no

Nick · Mar 17, 2014

covcity4life said:
and i said lol no

What are your reasons in terms of attributes?

Sterling Archer · Mar 17, 2014

At this stage of their careers, you go for Thomas every day of the week. For the following reasons:

1. The anger my Sheffield United supporting mate has about how bad Doyle is makes me laugh. Laughing is good for the soul and makes me happy.
2. Thomas is younger and has the more potential to improve at this stage of his career than Doyle.
3. I'd rather see us play a younger talent than a guy who failed for us for a large percentage of his career.
4. Doyle's purple patch for us was alongside Dennis Wise, who I'm pretty certain will not come out of retirement to help Micky.
5. I am pretty certain that the assumption I make about Doyle being on bigger wages than Thomas is true.
6. By most accounts, Doyle is a bit of a prick who can easily disrupt dressing room harmony. This is very precious for a club in our current position.
7. I had to endure over 200 games of watching Doyle foul and kick the ball out of play as well as hear the utterly ludicrous notion of "every team needs a player like Doyle in their side", I'm not sure I could take going through all of that again. I've only just stopped the counseling.

The greatest compliment I could ever give Doyle is not he was nowhere near as bad as Gary Deegan.

Thomas is quite clearly lacking in form at the moment and I've never believed in the hype surrounding him after the whole Liverpool shenanigans either. But the prospect of seeing a 33 year old Doyle trundle round for us instead, fills me with the fear.

covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
What are your reasons in terms of attributes?

thomas can pass

doyle CANNOT

Nick · Mar 17, 2014

I agree about the wages and the room to improve, I just mean that right now purely based on football he would do a better job.

Yes, he might not be able to pick out 40 yard passes, but as an example would he keep the ball in play in the oppositions half in the last minute for no apparent reason?

covcity4life · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
I agree about the wages and the room to improve, I just mean that right now purely based on football he would do a better job.

Yes, he might not be able to pick out 40 yard passes, but as an example would he keep the ball in play in the oppositions half in the last minute for no apparent reason?

he cant pick out 40 yard passes but he continualy tries too, thats stupid or selfish

either way we dont want/need him

robbieray · Mar 17, 2014

Liked Bodie better than Doyle

Sterling Archer · Mar 17, 2014

Nick said:
I agree about the wages and the room to improve, I just mean that right now purely based on football he would do a better job.

Yes, he might not be able to pick out 40 yard passes, but as an example would he keep the ball in play in the oppositions half in the last minute for no apparent reason?

What makes you so sure?

Sheffield United fans have wanted him out of the side all season. He's their joke figure. If I could be arsed, I'd get some links from a SUFC forum to prove this but I really need to get out of a thread discussing Doyle before it makes me want to jump out of a window.

I was delighted when we finally got rid of him.

torchomatic · Mar 17, 2014

I thought Doyle was poor. One of the worst players I've seen in a City shirt since Paul Telfer. However, I'd have him back like a shot now. The weak spot in our midfield at the moment is Connor who gives the ball away constantly.

wingy · Mar 17, 2014

torchomatic said:
I thought Doyle was poor. One of the worst players I've seen in a City shirt since Paul Telfer. However, I'd have him back like a shot now. The weak spot in our midfield at the moment is Connor who gives the ball away constantly.

Did you think he did better yesterday ,sounded like It.

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