Transfer targets

These are the kind of names that I’d expect – some of the better Championship players perhaps, but nothing to get too excited about.

Coyle built a reasonable squad at Burnley and took it to promotion. He strengthened it for the Premier League, notably with Steven Fletcher and Tyrone Mears.

At Bolton the squad declined noticeably in his time there. This may have been due to pooor choices or, more likely, lack of funds. Players like Elmander and Cahill left, while Holden, Lee and Mears had long-term injuries.

Bolton were relegated; does this sound familiar? Transfers for the Championship season were again uninspired, and Coyle was sacked.

Fletcher moved to Wolves where he played with Kevin Doyle. Wolves went down. Fletcher moved to Sunderland, and narrowly escaped relegation again. Kevin Doyle stayed at Wolves and did go down again. He is far too good to play in League One.

this is what really pisses me off how some fans can instantly form a opinion about a player without actually see the player playing

FAI Under 21 International Player of the Year 2005
PFA Championship Team of the Year 2005–06
Reading Player of the Season 2005–06
FAI Young International Player of the Year 2006
Football League Championship Player of the Month September 2008
FAI Senior International Player of the Year 2008, 2010
FAI International Goal of the Year 2010

And he doesn’t miss many games – he played in every one for Wolves last season.

Doyle and Long played together at Reading.