"I won't make a rash decision on my future. Ideally I would love to be back playing in the Premier League but also I don't want to be relegated again. I would rather have a year in the Championship fighting to be promoted."Things can change very quickly in nearly a year.
On July the 3rd last year the Internet went mad when Arsenal were heavily linked with a £12m move for Kevin Doyle. In an article about it, even suggested asking for £15 million for him. Now we will be lucky to get £5m for him and with him saying he doesn't want to play for a team in a relegation battle, it looks like he will be set to stay at Molineux for at least another year.
The question is, will we see the Kevin Doyle of old, or the one we've seen this season?
he was worth every penny of the £6.5m we spent on him, as he hustled and bustled his way to keeping us in the Premier League in his first year. In fact, watching Didier Drogba in the Champions League really reminded me of those performances from Doyler in 2009/10, Liverpool at home sticking out. The next started slowly for him but when he got going we improved as a team and looked set to stay up. His injury nearly cost us our Premier League status until the three Stephens (Hunt, Ward and Fletcher) fought to keep us up.
Since then, good performances from Kevin have been limited. The goals have dried up even more, and he has looked lethargic at times. Why?
I noticed this season that Mick was careful with Fletcher, resting him (especially over the Christmas period). It seemed that he had realise what he had done to Doyle, burning him out and running him ragged on his own up front. His confidence dropped and he began to pick up more and more injuries.
If Ståle can reignite him, and we can see him back to his old self then he will surely be too good for the Championship, and strengthen our chances of an instant return to the Premier League. He was a joy to watch as he twisted and turned defenders, pulling them apart and running them ragged.
Let's hope Ståle thinks the same.
yeah ok, i think you start off a bit harsh on the bloke - however you then come round to hit the nail on the head - he was worn out. a team that basically couldnt defend for shit required an extra man in midfield to try help the useless stearman, johnson and berra out. i think you will find defending was usually what he was doing instead of lurking upfront waiting for that killer pass from Jarvis, Kightly or Hammil. I sincerely hope we keep him, and have no doubt that a bit of a rest, and a manager who knows what he is doing will see him banging them in for fun. WE ARE WOLVES
ReplyDeleteDoyle is a class player and works his socks off. If he had the assistance needed he would have been able to do the job. I felt sorry for the guy he was in a no win situation. We have enough in the locker with all our forwards all we need is what everone had been saying for years FFS a decent left back and sort out some attacking midfielders. The Norsk will show us if he is a good manager by getting the best out of players like Adlene and Nenad also the likes of Hammil and please god bring in some of the youngsters like Ismail
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't the only one that was worn out. It was clear that 2 seasons of 'putting in shifts' by constantly closing down space had tired the squad both physically and mentally. Possession of the ball allows teams to recover - we had had two seasons in which we had rarely had the majority of possession in any game. Anyway, hope he stays - class act on his day.
ReplyDeletethe irony was that Mick then said of Fletcher 'you can't keep flogging a dead horse' or words to that effect when that is exactly what he did to Doyle. Doyle is a class act and a year and a half ago we were the envy of every club outside the top 6 because he played for us, so let's hope the new guy can reinvigorate him, though I wish he had the summer off rather than chasing another lost cause with ireland
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