Kevin Doyle

[John83]

That's just some fan picking a number he thinks is appropriate though. Also, like many CM fans, I have a favourite version and haven't bothered updating it in years.

[Acornvilla]

guess we will just have to round up every irish footballer and race them

[tetsujin1979]

Doyle's rating on footballtalentspotter: http://footballtalentspotter.com/pla...doyle-911.aspx

[yapster]

Villa and Everton both have better options upfront, I'm afraid a yo-yo club is probably Doyles level now, he is a good player no question but too slow to be at an ambitious club. Back in the day he could have been at a top club but everyone wants strikers with pace now.
From an Irish point of view I think we have to hope Stokes gets the idiocy he has displayed out of his system in Scotland then come back and have another more successful crack at the EPL. That, and that Terry Dixon gets back to something close to the player he was going to be, cos there is not a lot of quality up front for us after Keane and DOyle.

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.

[Lenny82]

Does anybody remember when players used to race each other over 100m and then a champion would be named. I seem to remember Terry Phelan doing well. From memory it was a feature on Saint and Greavsey. Maybe they should bring that back!!!

[tetsujin1979]

I remember Man City's Keith Curle was one of the last defenders left in the competition one year.

[elroy]

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.

[irishfan86]

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.

I thought it was strange as well, plus putting thoughts into Doyle's mind about moving on again might mess with him...ah well...

[endabob1]

Wouldn't surprise me if Doyle has a get out clause in his contract, I would have had if I was in his shoes.

[dr_peepee]

Wouldn't surprise me if Doyle has a get out clause in his contract, I would have had if I was in his shoes.

I thought at the time he signed should have joined Fulham... I can just about about see Wolves staying up though.

[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.