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Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:45 am  

https://www.facebook.com/10004643497990 ... DNwBECNMl/ To be honest I thought we'd already announced this.

https://www.facebook.com/10004643497990 ... DNwBECNMl/ To be honest I thought we'd already announced this.

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:14 am  

Surprised it's only a one year deal.

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:28 am  

phe13 wrote:

Surprised it's only a one year deal.

Me too, but he now has the incentive to work hard and show he deserves a further contract.

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:43 am  

This guy was very highly rated a couple of years ago at Bradford. Hooker is an area where I think we have been poor at for the last 3 or 4 years so think he will be a good signing

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:30 am  

phe13 wrote:

Surprised it's only a one year deal.

Most have been 1 year deals

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:40 am  

phe13 wrote:

Surprised it's only a one year deal.

I think 1 year contracts makes sense. We look to be signing a squad which will compete strongly at the top of the championship, but they will have a lot to prove over the year that they will also be able to compete at a super league level. We've shown over the past few years that having a championship level squad in Super League doesn't work.

Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:03 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Me too, but he now has the incentive to work hard and show he deserves a further contract.

Basically from what I'm told, he signed for us when we were still SL using a get out clause. We are not SL now but it seems he wants to honour the deal despite actual SL clubs being interested. That said he's only giving us a year, and you can't blame him.

I suspect we've had to give Keighley a small pay off, as technically his get out clause is void in our case.

I believe he's very highly rated.

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Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 1:39 pm  

I can't remember where I read it but I thought he signed last season but Keighley blocked it as they were still fighting to stay in the league.
But now they are not he is free to sign.

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Re: Thomas Doyle signs : Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:31 pm  

He was very decent for us and many of use were sad that he was allowed to leave since he'd come through our academy system.