KEVIN DOYLE ADMITS he has yet to hear from QPR after he helped the London club regain their Premier League place after a four-month loan spell.
The Irish forward made 12 appearances for QPR, scoring two goals, after a loan move from Wolves at the end of January. He started the Championship playoff final that Rangers won 1-0.
The last few weeks have been hectic for Doyle as he decamped from London to Birmingham before heading home for a brief stay in Wexford. Ireland’s end-of-season tour is the priority before a decision will be made to play another Championship season with Wolves [newly promoted from League One] or seek a move elsewhere.
“It’s up the the air,” Doyle admitted when asked about his future. “I’m here until the end of the American tour and am then on holidays for a few weeks and report back to Wolves on 7 July. That is as far as I know at the moment.”
Pressed about staying on with QPR, Doyle commented that ‘nothing was said or guaranteed’ by boss Harry Redknapp. Despite the fact that his future is unclear, the forward says he was unhindered from celebrating the R’s promotion last weekend. Many of his teammates had been ‘on the other end of it’ the previous season and contract worries were swept aside for 48 joyous hours.
The best thing Doyle can do to ensure he remains in Redknapp’s thoughts is to score a goal or two on international duty. The 30-year-old bristled at suggestions he is the team’s ‘veteran striker’ when Robbie Keane is absent but acknowledges he has a responsibility as a senior player in the squad.
“When Shane Long played up front on his own, he got some goals. I’ve got a number of goals for Ireland, Jon Walters has a number of goals, so it is all about just chipping in.
No-one in the world is going to match Robbie’s [goalscoring] record, or very few ever, so you’re comparing us to somebody who’s record is incomparable to 99% of strikers in the world. Even the best strikers in the world don’t have his goalscoring record at international level.
“Realistically, we’re not going to match that but we can bring other things to the team… His record is as good as it is ever going to be. I can’t see anybody ever beating it after us. Never say never but for somebody to beat that record, he is going to have to be some player.”
Not really fair when you remember that Sligo were kicked out of the championship last year for the same reasons
@Tom McBride: totally agree.
@Tom McBride: nobody cares about lesser teams. It’s all about the big few.
@Homes: Absolutely, no way would any teams outside of Div 1 or 2 have a game rescheduled for the same. Nonsense.
@Homes: Tyrone hardly in the “big few” these days are they??
Can you imagine the sledging that will go on. The Tyrone backs sneezing on top of the kerry forwards etc
@James Beattie: lol. Didn’t think of that. Hilarious haha
Up Kerry!
Would the Tyrone team not be vaccinated yet?
@Gerard Browne: can still have covid
@John O Reilly: I know that but if everybody is vaccinated there’s no need to quarantine?
@Gerard Browne: still have to isolate even if fully vaccinated!
@Darren Mullins: if positive yes but not if a close contact as you become a casual contact if vaccinated or is it different in the UK?
@Darren Mullins: Makes the point of getting the vaccine pretty pointless so
@Gerard Browne: with the vaccine you only get a milder dose of covid
@Gerard Browne: If you call significantly reducing your chances of death or serious illness then ya, pointless
Tyrone should have been thrown out
Good call. Even though I have to do a week of late shifts to get Sunday off!
Sligo couldn’t field a team and were punished , Tyrone should be out of the all Ireland series . Broke covid rules kick them out
@Greg: they didnt break any covid rules. Cork u20s were given a similar postponent this season for the same reason.
@Kieran Lynch: where did they celebrate after Ulster Final?
Rte just announced it being postponed for a week. Final moves to September 4th.
@Kieran Campbell: Saturday???
@John McCabe: Yeah Sat 4th Sept. Most likely a 6:30-7pm kick off too, so they can accommodate for the Ireland vs Azerbaijan game in Lansdowne which kicks off at 5 bells on Saturday as well.
@Ultan Corcoran: I believe the All Ireland Final will have a ‘throw in’, and the other match at the Aviva will have a’kick off’
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
This bl00dy virus has stopped being a joke when it interferes with GAA all ireland.