Kevin Doyle

[Munster Saint]

I guess Mick was hoping Doyle and Maierhofer would form a strike partnership (which hasn't happened). I'd like to see him play in a better team personally but from an Ireland perspective it would be of benefit for us to have Wolves stay up.

[SilkCut]

Mick Mc in the paper today saying how Wolves have no chance of keeping Doyle if they go down. He is apparently the subject of interest of many clubs and according to Mick would not look at of place at City, Man Yoo or Chelsea. Pool could do alot worse than him as well.
Strange that Mick is even talking about the team going down, Pompey and Burnley are gone and Hull are very poor, they have a pretty decent chance of staying up.

Don't get me wrong I would love to see Doyle at a big club but does anyone on here honestly think he would be a regular starter at any of those clubs? Liverpool being the exception as we only have Torres!! I would love to see Doyle at Anfield but the others? Ahead of Rooney, Berbatov, Drogba, Tevez, Bellamy, Adebayor, Kalou, Anelka?
C'mon folks I like the guy, have said so many times but if we think he is the equal of any of those guys then we are dreaming. Would you have Doyle in the Irish team if all of those players I listed were Irish?
Mick McCarthy is preparing for the worst and trying to big up Doyle so Wolves will recoup all of the money they spent on him.

[irishfan86]

I like Doyle, and he has been playing well for Wolves and for Ireland, even if he's not scoring a tonne of goals.

He could be a starter for most Premier League sides in the 5th to 10th place range. He's a good player, with a great attitude, but I don't think he's got elite-level athleticism, speed, or the football brain to be a world-class striker for a top 4 side.

[Yard of Pace]

That was some "tackle" by Jensen on Doyle today! Funny moment.

[yapster]

I like Doyle, and he has been playing well for Wolves and for Ireland, even if he's not scoring a tonne of goals.

He could be a starter for most Premier League sides in the 5th to 10th place range. He's a good player, with a great attitude, but I don't think he's got elite-level athleticism, speed, or the football brain to be a world-class striker for a top 4 side.


Spot on

[OwlsFan]

I have high hopes for Stokes as long as he concentrates on his game. Doyle is a good honest pro but his lack of pace is worrying and his lack of goals.

...and yet you continually attack Keane who scores lots of goals. Apparently you want a striker who is a good honest pro, works his socks off, has blistering pace and NEVER misses a chance.

I'd say asking price €100 million.

[yapster]

...and yet you continually attack Keane who scores lots of goals. Apparently you want a striker who is a good honest pro, works his socks off, has blistering pace and NEVER misses a chance.

I'd say asking price €100 million.


never misses easy chances to put his country in the WC Finals more like...

[Colbert Report]

Last I checked, he scored the goal that sent the France second leg into extra time...

[SilkCut]

Last I checked, he scored the goal that sent the France second leg into extra time...

In fairness to Yapster he did make a boll0cks of a chance to win it when one on one with the keeper. This thread is about Kevin Doyle though, Robbie has his own thread where I have defended him. Robbie Keane is (despite missed chances) above reproach when it comes to what he has done for Ireland.

[theworm2345]

I've often said how I think Doyle lacks the proper "killer instinct" to really be an effective striker, but he just showed it against West Ham when he latched onto a terrible mistake by Tomkins and finished from a tight angle to put Wolves up 1-0.

Foley also hit the crossbar with a good effort from a tight angle.

[tricky_colour]

Good goal for Doyle and good result for Wolves.
If West Ham continue to do badly that will be good for Hull and Stephen Hunts chances of avoiding
relegation.

[Charlie Darwin]

You're making a huge assumption that Hull are even capable of winning three more points this year.

[back of the net]

Great result for wolves , delighted for the irish contingent and esp for Big Mick. Doyle was superb yet again. If Hull go down , i cant see hunt staying there , with a move back to the prem with wolves a very real possibility. Also if hull go down , it hopefully will mean Folan will get some proper game time at club level. Anyways im, getting away from the point...Doyle shows his class yet again, The Boys in Green are lucky to have him.

Keep it Going Doyler.

[Charlie Darwin]

Folan played 90 minutes on Saturday, didn't he? Managers tend to take to players who perform well early doors, and he definitely made an impression on Dowie with a couple of goals.

[back of the net]

Folan did play on sat and scored 2 goals but apart from that he has done very little at club level this season. I do agree with you Charlie but equally i believe hull will go down and a season in the championship wud do folan the world of good through getting regular starts under a new manager with whom he made an impression on in the prem albeit short-term. A full season in the championship getting regular football and scoring goals with a club that shud be among the favourites to go back up to the prem will only do his career the world of good , stabilise his recently erratic club career and that can only be good news for Ireland.

Anyway as ill say no more on folan as this is doylers thread,

rgds

[Lenny82]

Smashing game from Doyler and hopefully Wolves can build on this to secure another season of Premiership football for our Irish contingent.

Although I would tend to agree with some of the posters that Championship football would be beneficial to Folan, he may cement his place in this Hull team now under Dowie as there was definitely no love lost between him and Brown. I would much rather Hull stay up and West Ham go down as this might provide (more) game time at for Terry Dixon!!

[Stuttgart88]

Quality finish from Doyle when I thought it was unlikely he could score from that angle with his left foot. He couldn't have hit it any sweeter, nor could the other 2 Wolves scorers. Foley nearly scored a corker too.

[Junior]

Listened to the match on 5Live whilst driving home. The Pundits waxed lyrical about Doylers tireless performance, really complimentary on his work rate, touch, bringing team mates in to play, not to mention his smart finish.

Keeping it going Doyler.........

[tricky_colour]

You're making a huge assumption that Hull are even capable of winning three more points this year.


That may be true but it would be an even bigger assumption to think Hull are capable of winning more than 6 points.
Bar some shocking defending they might have had 3 points against Portmouth.


Sat 3 15:00 A Stoke City PREM
Sat 10 15:00 H Burnley PREM
Sat 17 15:00 A Birmingham PREM
Wed 21 19:45 H Aston Villa PREM
Sat 24 15:00 H Sunderland PREM
May
Sat 1 15:00 A Wigan Athletic PREM
Sun 9 16:00 H Liverpool PREM

No reason why they can't at least a point from each of those games, certainly need 3 points from Burnley.

But back on topic it was a great finish from Doyler, it looks like they must have been practising finishing at Wolves as all the goals were well taken, Foleys was a great effort too and would have been the best of the lot had it gone in.

[elroy]

I would much rather Hull stay up and West Ham go down as this might provide (more) game time at for Terry Dixon!!

Think it was reported here recently that Dixon is being let go by the hammers due to personal problems.

[irishfan86]

Think it was reported here recently that Dixon is being let go by the hammers due to personal problems.

To use the word "reported" gives too much credibility to the post. No source, just a claim by an anonymous poster.

If they were going to let him go, why not let him go now? He's on a 3 year deal as far as I was aware. Why wait until the end of the season if there are personal issues involved?

[Razors left peg]

and it was a poster whos only 2 posts ever on this forum were to say that

[tetsujin1979]

friend of mine is a big West Ham fan, I asked him about Dixon being released, and he'd heard nothing
doesn't completely discredit the rumour, but I'd trust him over some random guy on a football forum with no proof

[irishfan86]

In fairness, it seems to be an odd thing to do -- create an account on foot.ie to make two posts about a fairly low profile player.

What's the point of lying?

[Serb]

In fairness, it seems to be an odd thing to do -- create an account on foot.ie to make two posts about a fairly low profile player. What's the point of lying?

What's the point in trolling a forum? People do it for sh*ts and giggles. I wouldn't rule out Dixon being let go, but like you said yourself, it seems very odd that they'd agree to release someone in 3 months time and keep playing & paying him. There could be some kind of unique circumstance where he needs to leave London and be somewhere else in the summer and beyond maybe. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[tricky_colour]

You're making a huge assumption that Hull are even capable of winning three more points this year.


Well 3 points today against Fulham, what makes it better is it was without Duff, however Hunt was not playing either, but McShane and Kilbane were.
Also Stoke beat West Ham, so pretty good results as far as the Irish players are concerned.

There is a good chance Hull willl stay up going by recent results, West Ham are on a very bad run

[republicofwhite]

Thought I'd get this thread back on track with our reference to his rogueish boss at Wolves:
http://i43.tinypic.com/wttv9u.gif

[samhaydenjr]

:laugh::laugh::laugh:ROFL!!!! Only a few more games and Mick will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a better manager than Roy Keane (will Keano have to officially stop rating himself as a manager at that point?)

[DeLorean]

Only a few more games and Mick will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a better manager than Roy Keane

Well McCarthy was beginning management when Keane was beginning his playing career in fairness, or close enough. Not sure how it proves anything anyway.

[KK77]

:laugh::laugh::laugh:ROFL!!!! Only a few more games and Mick will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a better manager than Roy Keane (will Keano have to officially stop rating himself as a manager at that point?)

Fully agree with this and great to see as well.

[Charlie Darwin]

Rumoured to be the subject of a 10 million pound bid from Arsenal:

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/800829/WENGER-WEIGHS-UP-SHOCK-MOVE-FOR-DOYLE.html

Source is obviously not the most reliable, but I believe the same paper broke the news that Liverpool were after Keane?

[Serb]

Not sure what to make of that to be honest. The quotes from Wenger are almost certainly out of context (i.e. probably from a pre-match interview when Arsenal were playing Wolves). I'd love to see him step up to someone like Arsenal or Villa (they're mentioned in the article as possible admirers too), not sure how likely it is that these teams are really after him. Arsenal really need goals and Doyle, despite all of his positive attributes, isn't going to get that many.

He would suit Villa more I think if he replaced Heskey. He contributes to the overall game plan in the same way as Heskey, but has a few more goals in him than Heskey does.

[Razors left peg]

Hes better than Bentner so I definately think he could do well there. I wouldnt worry too much about his lack of goals this season, most of that has been down to the system that Wolves play and by all accounts Doyle has been fantastic for them in general this season

[Serb]

Hes better than Bentner so I definately think he could do well there. I wouldnt worry too much about his lack of goals this season, most of that has been down to the system that Wolves play and by all accounts Doyle has been fantastic for them in general this season

Yeah, that's fair enough. He did do very well with Reading in his first season in the Premier League (13 or so goals if I recall). Hope it happens for him anyway.

[elroy]

Would combine very well with RVP imo, would be a good move but have my doubts about its validity.

[Charlie Darwin]

Arsenal fans seem to be unimpressed haha

Then again, one of the message board topics I read also mentioned bringing in Toulalan as "cover" for Alex Song so they may not be the most reliable judges of players.

[Stuttgart88]

A Wolves fan in said in The Observer that Doyle has been their best player this year by an absolute distance. He's not the glamour signing many Arsenal fans want, but if they want someone prepared to stand up and be counted in the tricky away trips - a noticeable waekness in the current team - they'd get their money's worth.

Doyle does what Bendtner does a lot better than Bendtner. You could argue that Bendtner is maybe better value because he has more time on his side but I know who I'd prefer (as an Arsenal fan who has seen both players many times).

[seanfhear]

Would combine very well with RVP imo, would be a good move but have my doubts about its validity.How many games a season does Robin Van Persie actually play. He is injured a lot over the years in my opinion and does not play enough games year in year out to be building a team around.

Doyle is good at what he does but in all honesty could do with a few more goals. Perhaps he could get them playing for one of the big four. We will only find out if he gets a move to one of the big four(is that 5/6 this year)

[Colbert Report]

I rate Doyle as far and away our best current player. He'd do very well at Arsenal and ten million isn't a stretch given his age and the fact that Wolves signed him for six million plus just a year ago.

[Charlie Darwin]

I think Wenger has accepted that vP tends to miss a lot of games, so Doyle could be a great signing. Think about it: if you're an Arsenal fan and you've got a tricky away game and one fit striker - would you prefer Bendtner up top on his own, or Doyle?

[Razors left peg]

I think Arsenal have tied up the signing of Chamack from Bordeaux on a free transfer so it would make u doubt the truth of this story, but as Ive said already I do think Doyle is good enough. The Arsenal fans who are commenting on the story in the paper are saying similar things that the Fulham and Villa fans were saying about the signings of Duff and Dunne when they were announced

[Acornvilla]

you know Doyle to fulham could be a good bet? chances are some bigger team will take a punt on bobby now if he scores the winner in the europa league final you never know where some of that team could end up?

I would love to see him at arsenal i think it would really bring him on as a footballer but even with my green tinted glasses i can't see it happening..

[Charlie Darwin]

I didn't really see Robbie signing for Liverpool, either, but it happened. I think Doyle is good enough, but I don't know whether Arsene's valuation will match Wolves's. I have a hint of a feeling the value Mick places on him might be more than he's actually worth, just because he's such an important player for them.

[Serb]

I have a hint of a feeling the value Mick places on him might be more than he's actually worth, just because he's such an important player for them.

Well, someone like Doyle could be the difference between the Premier League and the Championship for a team like Wolves. If they sold him and didn't find an adequate replacement, it could cost them the £20 million plus that teams earn from being in the Premier League.

[Lenny82]

Finished off the season with another goal today. Pity he didn't get 10 for the season but 9 out of Wolves' 32 is not bad at all!! Will he stay or is there a bigger club waiting to snap him up???

[WexCar]

Really Really hope a bigger club comes in for him, he's too good to be playing with Wolves

[tricky_colour]

"but if Manchester United, Manchester City or Liverpool come hunting him, I'd have a real problem."
Not sure if they would come hunting for him, especially Man U, but you never know.


http://www.fansfc.com/story/21009.html

Doyle on Hunt:-

http://www.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/wolverhampton-wanderers-news/2010/05/09/kevin-doyle-reveals-that-wolves-target-stephen-hunt-will-be-fit-for-the-start-of-next-season-66331-26406972/

Doyle off to Juventus? :plane:

http://www.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/wolverhampton-wanderers-news/2010/05/09/wolves-star-striker-kevin-doyle-harbours-hopes-of-playing-abroad-66331-26405784/

[Razors left peg]

the story about him in Italy is interesting. would love to see him try make a go of it there rather than a struggling premiership team

[paul_oshea]

The one thing bendtner has over doyle is fluidity, arsenal play counter attacking quick football. Doyle is used to hold up the ball a lot more, would he be able to play the way arsenal would want in a lone striker role where he would have to take the ball on at pace and distribute it quickly rather than holding it up for another player to come along? Id also rate bendtner slightly more agile, a good example would be the away goal against barcelona.

[Brendan 82]

I'm glad that some big clubs are showing an interest in Doyle; and I think they should really. This season I watched countless Wolves games where Doyle was so amazing. His strength and ability to hold up the ball, his touch, his all round effort is also spectacular when compared to someone like Berbatov. I was listeneing to Football Weekly last week and Sid Lowe was saying that Ibra has been mostly poor for Barca because the service to him has been poor and because Barca don't play to his strengths by putting enough quality balls into the box. I had to laugh when I thought of the miracles that I seen Doyle produce out of the most meagre service. He is often completely abandoned up front; what is amazing is that from this dreadful position he often physically holds off some of the league's top defenders and produces great little touches back to teammates and such. Great player, as someone said above I would consider him our best senior player now. I'm really glad he has done well at Wolves but does he really need to stay there? He has already proved himself at that level with Reading before. He seems confident enough to make the step up and certainly has the ability. I'd love to see him with a top club, g'wan Doyler.