Centre back Chris Doig to sign for York City (From York Press)
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Centre back Chris Doig to sign for York City
12:54pm Wednesday 1st February 2012 in News
FORMER Aldershot defender Chris Doig has agreed terms to sign for York City.
The 30-year-old centre back is a free agent and a former Scotland under-21 international.
Doig’s other previous clubs include Nottingham Forest and Northampton.
*See The Press tomorrow for full story and reaction.
Comments(45)
rogue84
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1:00pm Wed 1 Feb 12
seen this guy play a few times and her certainly doesn't take any prisoners. I wonder who's going to lose their place with him brought in.
welcome Chris, help lead us to the promised land of league 2!
Fat Harry
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1:02pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Hopefully this guy's experience will bring some stability to our defence and thus help bring out the best in the lads around him.
OLD - HEAD
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1:15pm Wed 1 Feb 12
eborexile
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1:15pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I think we've strengthened prudently and added the right mix of experience and vigour.
Can we now get behind whoever pulls on our shirt and recognise that goals against are a team issue just as most goals for.
Bring on the rest of the season!
Head of Bomber Command
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1:18pm Wed 1 Feb 12
IMO we needed another centre half some one with a decent playing background. Doig looks fine to me and hopefully he will be a presence in both area's.
rogue84
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1:24pm Wed 1 Feb 12
there's no point in us turning up if we don't give the players as much effort as they give for the shirt, and each one in this squad gives 110%.
Head of Bomber Command
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1:33pm Wed 1 Feb 12
rogue84 wrote:Yes lets keep on the roller coaster and urge the lads and the management on in both competitions with loud vocal support.
eborexile has hit the nail on the head. it's now Feb 1st and that's it, we've got 3 months of the season left, lets get behind each player 100% and roar the lads to a play-off spot.
there's no point in us turning up if we don't give the players as much effort as they give for the shirt, and each one in this squad gives 110%.
duffy
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1:35pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Southern Exile
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1:44pm Wed 1 Feb 12
YorkCityLuke
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1:49pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Maybe we could move Danny P. back to right-back, and push Challinor into midfield (in Boucauds place)?
producefm
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2:10pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Southern Exile wrote:I agree with you that these two defenders are the best in the middle.
Well some more depth certainly, personally once the pitches get back to their playable best I'd still like to see a McGurk/Fyfield partnership in there, supports our playing style...
The Legend Of Keith
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2:23pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Now, who's going to Grimsby? 3 points here could really push us onwards and upwards and the lads will need all of us behind them.
duffy
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2:33pm Wed 1 Feb 12
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The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
Sir Alex
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2:42pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Perfect match to start with; get comfortable at 3 or 4 nil then bring Jason on!!
redbluelion
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4:55pm Wed 1 Feb 12
duffy wrote:See your now over the moon with this signing.. we are also over the moon just to know your happy again..now come on city lets get to both finals and back to playing league football again...thats all we wish for....
I thank you.
YCFC115
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5:25pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Le Fruit wrote:That will be me then and I stand by my comments.
Where's that guy from yesterday who said the club board are a joke? There's some right bullshitters about!
The board have simply used some of the money from the sale and wages of Boucard to pay the wages of a loan player and 2 others signed for 3 months. Hardly backing the manager but if it gets us out of this league then great.
Liked I said it wouldn't of surprised me to see anyone of Blair, Paddy, McGurk or even Walker sold yesterday! IMO
CTID
uhtred
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5:40pm Wed 1 Feb 12
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
brahma
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5:48pm Wed 1 Feb 12
brahma
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5:49pm Wed 1 Feb 12
uhtred wrote:But if he's infallible he won't be making any mistakes will he?
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
duffy
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5:54pm Wed 1 Feb 12
uhtred wrote:I'm just glad Mills agrees with me. Hopefully we now have that commanding organiser at the back to partner McGurk.
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
ian923
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6:32pm Wed 1 Feb 12
joejamestom
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6:47pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Some of our managers signings have not quite worked out but on the whole they have & we are getting bodies in as most posters on here have called for. But given the football we have been enjoying in general very good progress. It will be good to see what the new players have to offer but lets not forget our forgotten men waiting in the squad Potts must be overdue a run out.
Cmon City!!
YCFC115
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7:20pm Wed 1 Feb 12
What on earth has Leeds and Bates got to do with YCFC?? Besides the similarities in the way they run their respective football clubs, in total secrecy - IMO.
duffy
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7:26pm Wed 1 Feb 12
McArthur Crown
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7:56pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Would be surprised if it was in response to any calls from here or elsewhere.
And even if it was, at least he listened.
As for the possibility of replacing Mills, I think it would be a case of him leaving to go somewhere else first.
Whether we go up or not we should want him here next season too - if he wants to stay.
uhtred
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9:39pm Wed 1 Feb 12
brahma wrote:good point "fallible", you're not Basher Bennet my old English teacher are you?
But if he's infallible he won't be making any mistakes will he?
yorkshirecalling
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10:11pm Wed 1 Feb 12
duffy wrote:Congratulations Duffy. You must be really good at Football Manager. Reckon European Cup winner Gary Mills really respects your achievements.
uhtred wrote:I'm just glad Mills agrees with me. Hopefully we now have that commanding organiser at the back to partner McGurk.
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
YO1
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11:16pm Wed 1 Feb 12
duffy wrote:I hope that was tongue in cheek? I suspect not.
uhtred wrote:I'm just glad Mills agrees with me. Hopefully we now have that commanding organiser at the back to partner McGurk.
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
duffy
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11:18pm Wed 1 Feb 12
yorkshirecalling wrote:I said we needed a centre half half, some said not. Hey Mills feels the same way as me. What can I say.
duffy wrote:Congratulations Duffy. You must be really good at Football Manager. Reckon European Cup winner Gary Mills really respects your achievements.
uhtred wrote:I'm just glad Mills agrees with me. Hopefully we now have that commanding organiser at the back to partner McGurk.
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
duffy
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11:24pm Wed 1 Feb 12
YO1 wrote:Of course I'm serious. I'm not saying Mills read my postings and signed him based on that, even my heads not that big. I'm simply stating that I feel we need a commanding centre half and Mills feels we need a commanding centre half.
duffy wrote:I hope that was tongue in cheek? I suspect not.
uhtred wrote:I'm just glad Mills agrees with me. Hopefully we now have that commanding organiser at the back to partner McGurk.
duffy wrote:god preserve him if he proves to be infallible and makes a mistake that leads to a goal !! Better tell him the super human standards demanded by Duffy.
http://m.northampton chron.co.uk/sport/fo otball/cobblers/nort hampton_town_no_imme diate_return_for_def ender_doig_1_3460701 The comment at the bottom could have been written by me. Captain/ leader/ great in the air.
We both feel the same way.
uhtred
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8:53am Thu 2 Feb 12
duffy
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9:14am Thu 2 Feb 12
uhtred wrote:He obviously won't start straight away but given we already have some would say four centre halves looks to be here to play that commanding captain role alongside I hope McGurk. Of course he could be a flop as any player can but at least Mills seems to have realised we do indeed need an organiser it's a step in the right direction. I will of course inform him if I'm not happy.
let's not get too carried away here with high expectations - remember Greg Young who came with similar playing credentials. He also has had little match practice in the last 2 years, if Wiki is to be beleived, and has not been taken up by either Northampton or Aldershot, 2 teams near the bottom of League 2 and therefore inferior teams to York. Nevertheless he must have something given his appearances previously for Forest and Northampton and GM knows him. I suspect he will not be playing until he proves his fitness and when he does I hope he does well, otherwise another bout of Duffy misery.
haxbyycfc
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10:16am Thu 2 Feb 12
YCFC115 wrote:How can you say the board haven't supported the manager? He was allowed to rebuild a team in the summer spending realtively large amounts on Walker & Banjo and had to pay compensation to Kiddy for Blair. Just because we can't buy our way out of the league like Fleetwood you're having a go at the board.
Le Fruit wrote: Where's that guy from yesterday who said the club board are a joke? There's some right bullshitters about!That will be me then and I stand by my comments. The board have simply used some of the money from the sale and wages of Boucard to pay the wages of a loan player and 2 others signed for 3 months. Hardly backing the manager but if it gets us out of this league then great. Liked I said it wouldn't of surprised me to see anyone of Blair, Paddy, McGurk or even Walker sold yesterday! IMO CTID
Plus I think only getting Swallow for three months is a good idea as we can offer him a contract if we want to keep him and if someone else gets him we get compensation under football regulations! So all good in my opinion!
Mickey T
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10:45am Thu 2 Feb 12
Well here is a team for Saturday.
Ingham, Challinor, TY, Doig, Tonne, (those last three will not happen) Brown, Kerr, Paddy, Blair, Walker, Swallow.
Some not included in the above need a kick up the a*se and dropping from the team.
Wilyorkuk1983
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11:05am Thu 2 Feb 12
redwhiteblue
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11:14am Thu 2 Feb 12
All week they have been shouting for 'new signings' - we sign two mid-fielder/wide men - questions are ask 'why - we need a central defender'. Question marks over Gary's actions and failure to listen to comments and the board. The deadline was 11pm - 31st January - deals take time. Before the deadline Gary signs a central defender - still not happy - not good enough - not an international or well known. We are a conference club with a wage structure set. You just can't please some people. do we want to end up like Kettering-Darlington - we know what that's like. Thank you Mr Craig and friends
We don't have a multi-millionaire to pump money into the club like Fleetwood and Crawley last term. We have a fantastic Chairman - who rescued the club - he's a true supporter of the club - we should be thanking him and fully supporting him.
The club will not make a trading profit this season - as last season we will make a loss - who picks up this loss - Jason McGill and family. We have a playing budget, Gary is expected to work within this - to sell Boucs and bring in three is good business. The Chairman has allowed Gary to use the £25K to bring in these players - he could have just pocketed the £25K to reduce 'his' losses at the end of the season. Up to now the signings Gary has made have been excellent - admired by most teams in Conference - we have scouts at the games every week - we must have players worth watching.
I noticed an article in the Non League paper last weekend - no loans to help clubs next year - how's that going to affect our playing budget? Looks as if it could be reduced by £300K - £400K. We must get out of this league - the play offs plus the Trophy would really help the cause. Average crowds of 3500 - 4000 would also help.
Lets get behind Jason McGill, Gary Mills and the team for the final push to get out of this league before we end up with playing budget similar to Harrogate - or going part-time - that's the next step. FACT
Mickey T
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11:15am Thu 2 Feb 12
Phil, Leeds
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11:19am Thu 2 Feb 12
Mickey T wrote:There's no way all 3 new signings will come in straight away. Why make wholesale changes to a team that's lost just once in 19? Chris Smith is sure to start and rightly so. Time will tell if the new players are better than those we have but they will have to earn their places in the side as there was already plenty of quality here confirmed by our position in the league. Can't be a bad thing to have a bit more cover though.
Jason McGill has backed Gary Mills admirably IMO all the time he has been in charge. The same with Martin Foyle too. Well here is a team for Saturday. Ingham, Challinor, TY, Doig, Tonne, (those last three will not happen) Brown, Kerr, Paddy, Blair, Walker, Swallow. Some not included in the above need a kick up the a*se and dropping from the team.
Mickey T
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12:19pm Thu 2 Feb 12
Phil, Leeds wrote:I know it will not happen Phil that bit is in brkts. Too many at once.
Mickey T wrote:There's no way all 3 new signings will come in straight away. Why make wholesale changes to a team that's lost just once in 19? Chris Smith is sure to start and rightly so. Time will tell if the new players are better than those we have but they will have to earn their places in the side as there was already plenty of quality here confirmed by our position in the league. Can't be a bad thing to have a bit more cover though.
Jason McGill has backed Gary Mills admirably IMO all the time he has been in charge. The same with Martin Foyle too. Well here is a team for Saturday. Ingham, Challinor, TY, Doig, Tonne, (those last three will not happen) Brown, Kerr, Paddy, Blair, Walker, Swallow. Some not included in the above need a kick up the a*se and dropping from the team.
I think the squad looks quite a bit better than say three weeks ago when we had the likes of Dermzy and Hendo etc in it.
missionfromarry
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12:20pm Thu 2 Feb 12
RooBeck
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12:50pm Thu 2 Feb 12
YCFC115
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6:08pm Thu 2 Feb 12
selbyred
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7:04pm Thu 2 Feb 12
YCFC115 wrote:Do you ever have anything positive to say about anybody or anything?what a barrel of laughs to be around you must be!
Lets get one thing straight, Jason McGill DID NOT save the club all on his own. Has everyone forgot the efforts of the trust, bucket collections and so called "bond" scheme? McGill came to the table late on with CLP money and with a huge interest rate return. He is in a win, win situation and not a knight in shining armour or pink feathers like some might like to think!
YCFC115
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7:24pm Thu 2 Feb 12
selbyred wrote:It was in response to those unfortunate city fans suffering from alzheimer's.
YCFC115 wrote:Do you ever have anything positive to say about anybody or anything?what a barrel of laughs to be around you must be!
Lets get one thing straight, Jason McGill DID NOT save the club all on his own. Has everyone forgot the efforts of the trust, bucket collections and so called "bond" scheme? McGill came to the table late on with CLP money and with a huge interest rate return. He is in a win, win situation and not a knight in shining armour or pink feathers like some might like to think!
Believe it or not I enjoy being a city fan even in our current position, love the football being played under GM besides the odd defensive mistakes. What I can't stand is reading some of the Jason McGill fan club who contribute to this forum.
Al-YCFC says...
12:57pm Wed 1 Feb 12