Backing for Stale Solbakken's Wolves methods by Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle today responded to the Wolves doom-mongers by insisting boss Stale Solbakken is the most attack-minded manager he has played under.
Solbakken came in for his first criticism from some fans after Tuesday’s 2-2 draw against Bolton for making safety-first substitutions to try to protect their 2-1 lead.
Doyle and fellow striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake were sacrificed for Richard Stearman and Bjorn Sigurdarson before Mark Davies’ 90th-minute leveller.
But Doyle, who scored twice in three minutes to put Wolves ahead, stressed Solbakken thinks more about attacking football than anyone else who has managed him in a list that includes Steve Coppell, Mick McCarthy, Steve Staunton and Giovanni Trapattoni.
“When we’re playing well, we play some good stuff and that’s what happened in the first half against Bolton,” said Doyle.
“This manager probably emphasises it more than any other manager I’ve played under about how he wants us to go forwards and play football, not just about how we defend.
“It’s exciting to hear these new ideas and it’s the most I’ve heard of that sort of thing in my career, so we need to translate that onto the pitch.”
Comments for: "Backing for Stale Solbakken's Wolves methods by Kevin Doyle"
Niall
Firstly , well done to Doyle for the brace on Tuesday night . He has many a naysayer but i like him as a player . Works hard , tries to open defences and reliable ( always reminds me in a way of Ray Kennedy from LFC ) . However , listening to the radio here in US the complaint was not the first half , which was energetic and in which we played well , but the whole of the second . We sat back and created nothing up front whilst the defence kept getting split with very minute . Absorbing pressure for a number minutes is one thing , but for a full 45 ? It was an inevitable result that Eagles or Petrov were going to open us up and Bolton would score . Was amazed we lasted as long as we did . As a team we keep getting into this position and sitting back instead of killing off the opposition . Thats not doom and gloom , just an honest appraisal .
I've been impressd by Stale so far . Its a new system and the players seem to be responding . BUT i'm also one of 'those' fans who would love the results but in all honesty i would prefer a good season , a strong playoffs finish but not go up . Get another season to solidify and then go back up ...... and stay up !