Kevin Doyle

[Charlie Darwin]

How dare any of you cheer for Wolves ahead of Ireland's favourite team.

[tricky_colour]

Maybe...not sure if its his or Elokobi's goal. Either way, I'm happy :D

I just caught the goal on a stream, it was a scrappy sort of goal, cross came in and Doyle went to head it the it seemed to go in off Elokobi perhaps.
Doyle seemed to pointing to his cheek may, indicatint it came off there.
BBC has it listed as Doyles goal.


Would be nice it Wolves went on the win this one, but hard to see them holding on to the lead against Man U.
However I notice the team at the top often seems to loose to the the team at bottom - I think I will
check out the odds on a Wolves win - 2.55 that's about 6/4 not worth the risk, surprised they are so short.

[Charlie Darwin]

I'd say the odds are short because they've already beaten Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City this year.

[Colbert Report]

I just caught the goal on a stream, it was a scrappy sort of goal, cross came in and Doyle went to head it the it seemed to go in off Elokobi perhaps.
Doyle seemed to pointing to his cheek may, indicatint it came off there.
BBC has it listed as Doyles goal.


Would be nice it Wolves went on the win this one, but hard to see them holding on to the lead against Man U.
However I notice the team at the top often seems to loose to the the team at bottom - I think I will
check out the odds on a Wolves win - 2.55 that's about 6/4 not worth the risk, surprised they are so short.

Pinnacle have Wolves at +136 to win, which is just better than 4/3 for you crazy Europeans and your fractional odds.

[tricky_colour]

Much prefer the fractional odds as it's what I am used to eg 6/4 bet £4 and £6 back.
Still surprised there is not money on Man U, there are 10 minutes to go and you can
get better then 3-1 on a draw and 18-1 on the win.
Man U can easily score a couple of goal in a couple of minutes and often do, especially
late on in the game. I fancy there may be a bit of match rigging going on here!!

When was the last time Wolves beat Man U?

[tetsujin1979]

Much prefer the fractional odds as it's what I am used to eg 6/4 bet £4 and £6 back.
Still surprised there is not money on Man U, there are 10 minutes to go and you can
get better then 3-1 on a draw and 18-1 on the win.
Man U can easily score a couple of goal in a couple of minutes and often do, especially
late on in the game. I fancy there may be a bit of match rigging going on here!!

When was the last time Wolves beat Man U?

I remember Kenny Miller scored against them to win, according to ESPN it was 7 years ago!

[SkStu]

and United were first and Wolves were last then too.

[Colbert Report]

Looks like a broken nose for Doyle in injury time.

edit: just a nosebleed, he's still on.

Great win for Wolves.

[Noelys Guitar]

Great win for Wolves and MOM performance from Doyle. Great hold up play and gave Evans a torrid time. Doyle looks like he has a broken nose. That was a heavy knock he took from Smalling.

[irishultra]

if doyle actually cud score more hed be 1 of the better strikers(outside top 4) in the league..im not talkin 20/15 goals a season just 9 or 10 wud be fine

[geysir]

According to Fox tv, Doyle was the motm.
I wouldn't be too fussed if he had to miss the Wales game. It's enough to know that he is on top of his game.

[Charlie Darwin]

if doyle actually cud score more hed be 1 of the better strikers(outside top 4) in the league..im not talkin 20/15 goals a season just 9 or 10 wud be fine
He got 9 last year, didn't he? Still plenty of time to match that this year.

[tricky_colour]

and United were first and Wolves were last then too.

Yep if you want to make money better back the team at the bottom to beat the team at the top, it seems
to happen far more often than it should. I used to do a similar thing when I used to bet on the dogs, I'd look
for the biggest outsider in the race, getting odds of 10 or 20-1 and more often than not it woudl win!!

[geysir]

When you retired from the dog betting, you must have been one rich punter.

[Drumcondra 69er]

Looks like a broken nose for Doyle in injury time.

edit: just a nosebleed, he's still on.

Great win for Wolves.

Looked broken in his post match interview.

[tricky_colour]

unfortunately all of it went on the horses, where I could not pick a winner to save my life :D

[tricky_colour]

http://www.soccernirvana.com/epl/wolves-2-1-man-united-doyle-video_ce23e71ea.html

GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! !!

[paul_oshea]

Doyle needs to do more of that direct running.

[theworm2345]

1-0 to Wolves, nice header from Doyle

[tetsujin1979]

Scored with a close range header at the near post against Spurs, zero marking from Spurs

[Sullivinho]

Countdown to a 94th minute equaliser begins.

[Serb]

Countdown to a 94th minute equaliser begins.

Forget the equaliser, it has already come. Money on a 94th minute winner.

[EastTerracer]

Very cool penalty by Doyler - 2-2.

The one thing his game was missing recently was a few goals so hopefully this is the start of a run for him.

[tetsujin1979]

Penalty from Doyle! Get in!

First brace in the Premier League from Doyle since he scored twice VS Blackburn in 2007

[geysir]

The goals looked very wide for that penalty.

[paul_oshea]

Is that 7 for the season

[tetsujin1979]

eight, 2 vs notts county, 1 each vs Blackpool, Man City, Doncaster and Man United, and now 2 against Spurs

[tricky_colour]

3-3, Wolves have had a goal disallowed too, 5 mins left.

[Closed Account]

Forget the equaliser, it has already come. Money on a 94th minute winner.
Wolves with a late equaliser, could be another twist in the tale though,

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[Stuttgart88]

3-3, Wolves have had a goal disallowed too, 5 mins left.Yet another rubbish ref decision this season. I just posted about this on the EPL thread in World Football, if anyone's interesting in offering an opinion.

[Stuttgart88]

Doyle just said 2 weeks without a game now. Less chance of an injury. How many games are Fulham playing?

Just got MOTM.

[paul_oshea]

I like the way you are thinking Stutts

[tetsujin1979]

Doyle just said 2 weeks without a game now. Less chance of an injury. How many games are Fulham playing?

Just got MOTM.
Fulham have only one game between now and the 26th - away to Everton

[irishultra]

6 league goals is it? if he could get between 10-12 it would be brilliant. he's well capable of it just needs to show more hunger(for goals)..

would people prefer to see wolves go down and find another higher team? reckon hes done enough to earn a move to a bigger team?

[Stuttgart88]

Please rest him Hughesy.

[paul_oshea]

Is that your term of endearment for him?does he have one for you?

How is there only 1 game between now and 26th?is the Wednesday after the 26th international or is it before?

Not a chance of Hughes resting him given the form he is in!

[tricky_colour]

Wigan propping up the table.

[Fergie's Son]

I'm confused as to why we are talking about Fulham and Wigan in the Kevin Doyle thread? Great game yesterday. Pitch look dreadful so he'll be used to Lansdowne.

[the bear]

big game needed from doyler next week with the other lads missing, good to see him coming into the match in goalscoring form

[DannyInvincible]

Doyle has a headed goal disallowed a half an hour in against Villa.

From BBC updates:


1531: Another disallowed goal at Villa Park - and it's a lot more contentious this time - Kevin Doyle heading home from Matt Jarvis cross, a cross that is adjudged to have gone out of play. Close.

[DannyInvincible]

Doyle sets one up for Jarvis now with a flick-on.

[Noelys Guitar]

Doyle sets one up for Jarvis now with a flick-on.

No. the beeb got it wrong it was Milijas who headed it on. Doyles "goal" should have stood. Having another excellent game. Foley is playing right full and doing OK. Wolves could be 3 0r 4 up. Actually just showed Doyles disallowed goal again and maybe jarvis' cross just went out of play. Pity but great to see him putting the chance away.

[tetsujin1979]

Villa's back line is painfully inexperienced, I'm surprised it isn't more than 1-0

[theworm2345]

Doyler could miss the rest of the season
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0328/doyle_ireland.html

[DannyInvincible]

Article saying he he'll be out for between four and eight weeks now. I wouldn't condone rushing him back or anything, but he should be back for the game in Macedonia, if not Wolves' last game or two of the season.

[BonnieShels]

News came out this evening that it's a ligament strain that's not as bad as feared. Will still be 4-8 weeks though.

[geysir]

From the BBC, which goes against what I understood was the case regards insurance of players while on intl duty for Ireland.

Meanwhile, Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey revealed the club will not receive any compensation for Doyle's injury.
"We get diddly squat," he said. "Unlike England and Scotland, the Republic of Ireland don't offer insurance or compensation for players who get injured.
"Fifa's guidelines do not require them to do so. The clubs have to take out insurance to protect their players if they want to.
"Kevin has gone away, done his best for his country, and was playing well, setting up the first goal, got injured and we will continue to pay his wages and get no compensation at all for him."

[Charlie Darwin]

I have heard this before actually. There was also a fiasco before the Airtricity League XI played Manchester United at the end of last season and the players were offered 4 match tickets instead of insurance.

[Colbert Report]

No big deal, Wolves are a massive club who've made millions off our Kevin already. I hope they get relegated so he can get a transfer to a proper club like Birmingham.

[geysir]

I heard the same interview that Stutts remarked upon in another thread "with Moxey on the radio last night and Moxey actually seemed to take it all in good grace, accepting it as an occupational hazard and a quirk of the system"

But I humbly beg to differ. Moxey sounded a very decent jolly chap, which might have given the impression that he was taking it all with good grace but he gave me the impression, that on a financial level he felt Wolves were very hard done by. He pointed out that Wales etc insure their players and now Wolves are left out to hang dry to pay Doyle's wages while he recovers and all because the FAI don't insure the players. I got the sense that Moxey had just found about it and realised that he had nothing on the FAI. As if he didn't read the small print on the release request from the FAI which stated in obscure legal language that the FAI do no longer insure the players on intl duty.

I have a clear enough memory that the FAI insured the players and clubs were compensated for players injured on intl duty up to a period of 3 or 6 months. Clearly this policy has changed. Some wires have got crossed between the FAI and the clubs.
Doyle is the financial asset of Wolves and if all information was communicated and understood re the FAI insurance policy change, then surely you would expect Wolves to extend the insurance cover for their fragile valuable asset.
It is not clear where this communication broke down.
How does this change in FAI policy affect the squad? possibly it will be more difficult to get some 3/4 recovered players released by their clubs.