Kevin Doyle has has revealed he enjoys playing as a lone frontman in Wolves 4-5-1 formation and added he is keen to add to his tally of six at Turf Moor tomorrow.
Doyle is set to play a lone role again at Burnley tomorrow.
The Irish International said: “Strikers thrive on goals – it doesn’t matter how well you play, when people talk about you, that’s what you’re judged on. You can be Diego Maradona on the pitch¸ but I think if you can’t score a goal as a striker it doesn’t really matter.
“It’s tough but I’ve enjoyed the games. The chances may not have been coming my way but we have been getting some chances. That’s positive. I know from experience before it will happen again.
“It’s just a case of keeping working and keeping doing the right things and when it does fall my way, I’ve got to enjoy it and try to get some goals between now and the end of the season. It’s going to be like that in our situation – we’re not going to be scoring loads of goals so it’s up to us to try to keep them out at the other end and nick one or two from an attacker’s point of view.
“I’ve enjoyed every game. I’ve enjoyed it whether I’ve got goals or not. We played Manchester United the other day and I really enjoyed the game and that’s the way I look at it. It’s the same for any of us – whoever plays up front and in the wide positions must just keep plugging away and hope to capitalise on chances we do get.”
Tomorrow’s game at Burnley is huge in Wolves’ bid to beat the drop and Doyle is under no illusions about how the result could affect Wolves’ end of season position.
He added: “It’s a big game, just the same as last week and this is the next game so it is the most important. It is a pressure game so we’ll all enjoy playing in it.
“Burnley got a decent result against Stoke on Wednesday in coming from behind to get a draw and they’ll be confident at home.
“The crowd are very good, they’ll be passionate and they’ll be right at us because they’ll realise that playing against us will be a great chance for them to get out of their situation. So it will be similar to ourselves in that we’re both confident we can win.”
The striker says that he doesn’t tend to look at the league table as it depresses him.
Doyle added: “For the last week or so I haven’t bothered looking because you look good one week after a result and you look depressed the next week after a bad one. So I’ve decided to forget about it.
“It does your head in and I’m sure it’s the same for fans looking at it because it only make you nervous. There are 10 games left to finish our season brilliantly, have a great finish to the season and we are two or three games away from being safe. That’s our opportunity – it’s there for us if we want it. If we play well that can happen.
“The only time to be feeling pressure is if it comes to the situation where we have to win to stay up, so we shouldn’t let it get it to us.” My verdict: I think Doyle would easily get double figures each season if he was playing in a decent Premier League team that plays two up front. The problem he face at Wolves is that McCarthy is employing him as a lone striker; meaning he is having to create his own chances.
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My verdict: At a better Premier League club I am sure Doyle would bag at least 10 goals a season but here at Wolves he is playing as a lone frontman. As a reult he is having to create his own chances. Give him a partner Mick!
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