Kevin Doyle is Wolves boss' 'personal project'
Wolves boss Dean Saunders today revealed he has made Kevin Doyle his personal 'project' to restore his confidence in front of goal.
Doyle faces an anxious wait to see if he wins his place back after being omitted for only the second time this season in the Championship for last Thursday's 2-1 defeat at Leicester.
Saunders dropped the Ireland international for tactical reasons rather than take him out of the spotlight as the transfer speculation swirled around Doyle over a loan move to Celtic, which Wolves rejected.
And Saunders is determined that the 29-year-old will rediscover his sharpness in front of goal after a modest five strikes this season and a barren spell lasting 10 matches.
"If he keeps working hard and making the runs that get you goals, it will happen," said the boss.
"He has to keep running into the centre of the goal, running to the near post – or making two runs sometimes if he doesn't connect to the first one – and be alive to everything that comes into the box.
"If he keeps doing that, he'll bang a couple in all of a sudden. And if he can combine that with his workrate and his effort, he's a good player.
"I'll take it personally if he does all that and he's still not scoring."
Saunders added: "He just needs a bit of confidence. When you go through a patch when you haven't scored many goals, you start worrying about everything in your game.
"He's never going to be a 30-goals-a-season man because he's not that type of player."
