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Doyle tipped to improve with age
Saturday 13th March 2010, 11:29AM GMT.
Mick McCarthy is confident Kevin Doyle will be a better player for Wolves next season.
Doyle pledged his future to the club in an interview with the Express & Star interview this week, provided Wolves stay up.
And the £6.5m club record signing is excited by the prospect of new arrivals promised by boss McCarthy that would be triggered by Premier League survival.
Doyle is Wolves’ six-goal top scorer but McCarthy is hopeful that tally would be higher with more assistance and better chances.
“He’s had a great season. I’m hoping he’s going to come on a bit more next season with us,” said the Wolves chief.
“He needs someone to slot in him or put a cross on his head, but we’ve had great delivery from corners and free-kicks.
“I’m not saying we’ve been unlucky but we might get a bit of luck where a ball just might drop to Doyle like it dropped to Paul Scholes in our box last week.”
Villa, Everton and Sunderland have again been linked with Doyle.
But the 26-year-old is happy at Molineux and McCarthy insisted any interest won’t faze his star asset.
“It doesn’t bother me at all,” he said. “It just tells me he’s playing well.
“It won’t bother Doyle. He’ll just get on with job like he always has done.
“It won’t interfere with his performances.
“It’s flattering but you just get on with your job. The ones that don’t get on with their job aren’t like Doyle.
“You don’t get to that level of performance by worrying what is going on elsewhere.
“That makes the world go round in football – you play well and there are supposedly bigger, better and richer clubs having a look.
“Whether that’s us looking at somebody or somebody looking at ours, it doesn’t bother me at all.
“I remember myself as a player in the long distant past, if you’re having a great season and thinking: ‘I’m doing alright’, people start talking about you.”
McCarthy however admitted Wolves, who went into today as the division’s lowest scorers on 21, should be netting more goals.
“We were never going to score tonnes but on chances created, we should’ve scored more,” he said.
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I’m afraid that our manager is once again opening his mouth without getting his brain in gear . Doyle is going to be a better player for us next year . Is this ONLY providing we stay in the premier league ? Is there a clause in Doyle’s contract that allows him to leave if we are relegated ? The E&S states that Doyle has pledged his future to Wolves…’ providing we stay up ‘.
I believe , and his record at Reading confirms this , that Doyle is not one of the no loyalty brigade who move around on a whim for more and more money . So is MM trying to set a price on him already ( or perhaps it’s Jez ?? ) . It would be good for the long suffering Wolves fans to know whether our best player is likely to be only with us short term . Come on lads a win today can go a long way to making sure that ALL of us start the season in the premier again next August and particularly with Doyle in the team.
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Give Mick and Doyle a break Mike. If we went down he’d have to go for the sake of his career. Loyalty is a two way street. Fans don’t mind dropping a player when they think he is of no use. Plus, if a bigger club than Wolves came in and offered him 20K more a week he’d be daft to not go. Just like if you got offered another job with more money you’d be off. Mick and Doyle have both given 100% this season.
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its always if what and when
6.5 mill for 1 season good business jez
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its always if what or when
6.5 million 4 one season good business jez.
what will the parachute money be spent on
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We have a dilema, we need to score more goals as goals win games, but we are not playing the right tactics with the right personnel to create the chances to take. Something has to give and give quickly. Either we accept a low goal tally and hope that the few we do score is enough to keep us up or we change the way we play ! This is not a negative comment, but based on a desire that we stay in this league. Our current tactics are just not bringing the goals and more importantly the points !
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No 1 Mike, i said exactly what you’ve said about Doyle only last night, when at Reading he scored about 13 goals in the PL. But stayed last season in the Championship, and was only sold with other top players like Hunt, surely players owe clubs and their supporters more than 1 season no matter what league you play in. But as you say is the choice KD, or does Jez Moxey decide who stays and more importantly who GOES. Especially if ‘Big Money Offers’ come in for ANY of our players ?. GOOD LUCK TODAY LADS UTW.
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Win today please. No excuses!
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ALL players who play for relegation threatened sides will say they will stay with their clubs if they stay up BUT the acid test is – should a top club come sniffing around, the option of playing for Wolves or instead for say Arsenal, Liverpool etc would be too good an opportunity to turn down!
Doyle is Wolves’ best asset but going down will see us saying goodbye and the only upside to that is, we must obtain the highest price we can get so that at least 2 or 3 more players can be bought with the money.
Regarding Mick’s comments, they are nothing short of making sure other clubs are aware of the possibilities but then we all know what they are, don’t we?
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I for one hope that Kevin is with us next year and I certainly feel he will get better with age.
However being asked to run ragged at Wolves without any support is likely to send him to the knackers yard a lot sooner than he would like.
I see all this talk as yet another PR exercise designed to scotch rumours and take the emphasis away from whats really important and whats happening right now and for the next crucial 10 games.
Sure in private pat Kevin on the back but all we as loyal fans want out of the press office at Wolves is HOW WE ARE PREPARING TOO AND HOW WE ARE GOING TOO SURVIVE THIS SEASON.
Enough of the spin please and concentrate on keeping us up, otherwise I can guarantee that once the big boys come knocking not only Doyle but the rest of the young talent at Wolves will be off.
Morgan and Moxey you are a discrace to our beautiful club. If only you two would get better with age.
One More Thing.
COME ON YOU WOLVES – Burnley your time is up.
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0-3 with Doyle getting all three today!!!!
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1-2 heaven help all the anti mick brigade ,lol
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It wont allow me to post this reply on the other thread for the match action, but what a cracking 3 points today!
Squeaky bum time from 75 mins onwards, but we played well, got 2 goals, and looked dangerous again. I was undecided before, but now I’m beginning to think 4-5-1 might be the way forward! Shame Doyle didn’t get his goal today, so unlucky when we were 2-0 up!
Adlene and Henry were awesome again today, Jarvo was great too, looked a constant menace! Different game at the Villa next week, hopefully get some more luck there too!
Up The Wolves!!
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